One In a Million: Kristina Lopez

One In A Million Feature Questions Name: Kristina Lopez School: Synergy Public School Grade: 4th How long have you been a teacher? I have been teaching now for three years. This is my third consecutive year of teaching 4th grade. 

Parent Engagement Specialist Intern

Parents in the School

The Parent Engagement Specialist Intern plays a vital role at Million Dollar Teacher Project. You will plan, organize and implement an appropriate outreach and engagement program to enhance communication between the parents of the students involved with the Classroom Support Team and the classroom/teacher. The Parent Engagement Specialist in this role should examine his/her attitudes […]

Executive Assistant Intern – Fall, Spring & Summer Opportunities

Executive Assistant in Intern

The Executive Assistant Intern plays a vital role at Million Dollar Teacher Project. As the Executive Assistant Intern, you will be the first point of contact for the other interns. You will report directly to the founder of MDTP, Lloyd Hopkins. You will gain firsthand knowledge of the inner workings of a nonprofit, and you […]

Marketing Intern – Fall, Spring & Summer Opportunities

Content Creator

Are you good at creating eye-catching content? Are you a master of social media? Do you want to learn about business and marketing? Million Dollar Teacher Project’s Marketing Internship is for you! You will be developing content that markets MDTP and its events. You will also be creating verbiage and ensuring it is used consistently […]

Special Events Management Intern – Fall, Spring & Summer Opportunities

special events management intern

Are you interested in supporting teachers in innovate ways that do not involve being in the classroom? Be a special events management intern! You will gain experience in event planning and organization, fundraising, and donation solicitation. You will meet and forge partnerships with local business leaders and make other valuable connections within the community– All […]

Teacher Recognition Intern

The Teacher Recognition Intern plays a vital role at Million Dollar Teacher Project. You will gain firsthand knowledge of the inner workings of a nonprofit, and you will develop professional communication and leadership skills. By the end of the semester, the Teacher Recognition Intern will have acquired both hard and soft skills that will appeal […]

Teacher Support Intern

The Teacher Support Intern plays a vital role at Million Dollar Teacher Project. As the Teacher Support Intern, you will gain firsthand knowledge of the inner workings of a classroom and the education system.  You will also develop professional communication and managerial skills. By the end of the semester, the Teacher Support Intern will have […]

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Growing the Tree

Million Dollar Teacher Tree was first developed in a classroom by students in a program called, Next Generation Service Corps at Arizona State University in December of 2017. These students were tasked by Lloyd Hopkins, founder of Million Dollar Teacher project with developing a project that can potentially become an integral part in helping MDTP achieve its mission. The group eventually developed the original prototype for Million Dollar Teacher Tree—a cutout dollar sign that would be placed in surrounding businesses near the partner school. The idea was pitched to staff members of MDTP during the last of their class, and the project was picked up by MDTP as a new pilot program for the organization. After many months of planning, the prototype was eventually revamped into what it is today, Million Dollar Teacher Tree.

Golden Apple

These apples are intended to provide any sort of Professional Development which, in turn, gifts them with key knowledge to add to their personal skill-set to better work with their students.

As educators, teachers are constantly looking to continually grow in their profession to not only learn how to better connect with their students, but to also make the learning experience much more exciting.

Suggested donation amount range: $10 – $100

Red Apple

These apples are designed to provide the typical day-to-day items in the classroom. Teachers spend can spend upwards of $1,000 out of pocket to have enough supplies yearlong for their students– to alleviate this, the Red Apples were created.

Everyday school supplies include; pencils, notebooks, crayons, hand sanitizer, etc.

Green Apple

These apples are intended to provide a big-ticket item for the teachers. These supplies are typically something that the teachers can use for more than one school year.

Examples include; a class-set of computers or new furniture for the classroom.

Suggested donation amount: $500+