Partner With Educators Rising South Dakota
Your Investment Helps Shape What's Next.
Our partners give Educators Rising South Dakota the strong foundation we need to create meaningful opportunities for students exploring a future in education.
this work possible.
Our goal is simple: provide meaningful Educators Rising opportunities at little to no cost for students and schools.
That takes a strong foundation of businesses, organizations, foundations, and individual donors who believe in students and understand the importance of growing our future educator workforce.
Because of our partners, we can focus on creating experiences that inspire students rather than allowing cost to determine who gets to participate.
Your Impact in 2025–2026
Look What Partnership Makes Possible.
Together, we're creating opportunities for future educators across South Dakota.
600+
Future Educators
Served
60
School
Chapters
300+
Students at
State Conference
120
South Dakota Students
Represented at Nationals
More Than a Donation
Your Support Creates Experiences.
Partner support turns ideas into opportunities. It allows students to travel, explore college campuses, build leadership skills, compete, and meet other young people who are excited about education.
These experiences help students move from simply considering education to beginning to see themselves as future educators.
09
Learning Expos
Students explore college campuses, teacher preparation programs, and connect with other future educators.
01
Fall Leadership Conference
Student leaders and Teacher Leaders come together for leadership development, connection, and growth.
01
State Conference
Students compete, learn, network, and showcase their skills and passion for education.
03
Postsecondary Scholarships
Scholarships help future educators take the next step in their education journey.
National Conference Scholarships
Students have an opportunity to represent South Dakota and take their Educators Rising experience to the national stage.
60%
Why Grow Your Own Matters
An Investment in Local Communities
Today's Students Can Become Tomorrow's Local Educators.
Nationwide, 60% of teachers worked in schools within 20 miles of where they went to high school.
That's why introducing students to education careers while they're still in high school matters.
When businesses and donors invest in future educators, that investment has the potential to return directly to the communities that helped inspire them.
Educators Rising South Dakota helps students explore education early, build meaningful connections, and begin seeing themselves as future educators in the communities they call home.
Source: Grow Your Own Teachers Initiatives Resources, Texas Comprehensive Center/AIR, 2018.
Your Investment by the Numbers
Help Us Keep Opportunity Accessible.
Partner support helps us provide a full year of opportunities while keeping participation costs low for our members and schools.
$40K
Annual Budget
Helps provide a fully funded year of student opportunities across South Dakota.
$66
Per Member
Helps provide opportunities for more than 600 student members.
Annual Partnership Opportunities
Find the Right Way to Partner.
Whether you're an individual supporter, local business, statewide organization, foundation, or corporate partner, there is a place for you in this work.
Friends of Educators Rising
$500
Recognition includes:
Classroom Champion
$1,500
recognition in our annual impact report
Leadership Partner
$2,500
logo visibility at events
Future Educator Advocate
$3,500
vendor/display opportunities at conference, a speaking opportunity,
Legacy Partner
$5,000
present a scholarship or award and create customized partnership opportunities.
Stronger Together
We Want Our Students to Know the People Standing Behind Them.
Partnership with Educators Rising South Dakota is more than placing a logo on a website. We want to share the stories of the businesses, organizations, and people investing in our future educators.
We want students and schools to understand that communities across South Dakota believe in them, support them, and are invested in the educators they may one day become.
Partner Spotlights
Student Connections
Event Recognition
Community Stories
Let's Invest in South Dakota's Future Together.
Interested in becoming an Educators Rising South Dakota partner? Have a different idea for how your business, organization, or foundation could support our students? We'd love to start the conversation.
Travis Lape
Your Investment Helps Shape What's Next.
Our partners give Educators Rising South Dakota the strong foundation we need to create meaningful opportunities for students exploring a future in education.
Our goal is simple: provide meaningful Educators Rising opportunities at little to no cost for students and schools.
That takes a strong foundation of businesses, organizations, foundations, and individual donors who believe in students and understand the importance of growing our future educator workforce.
Because of our partners, we can focus on creating experiences that inspire students rather than allowing cost to determine who gets to participate.
Look What Partnership Makes Possible.
Together, we're creating opportunities for future educators across South Dakota.
Served
Chapters
State Conference
Represented at Nationals
Your Support Creates Experiences.
Partner support turns ideas into opportunities. It allows students to travel, explore college campuses, build leadership skills, compete, and meet other young people who are excited about education.
These experiences help students move from simply considering education to beginning to see themselves as future educators.
Learning Expos
Students explore college campuses, teacher preparation programs, and connect with other future educators.
Fall Leadership Conference
Student leaders and Teacher Leaders come together for leadership development, connection, and growth.
State Conference
Students compete, learn, network, and showcase their skills and passion for education.
Postsecondary Scholarships
Scholarships help future educators take the next step in their education journey.
National Conference Scholarships
Students have an opportunity to represent South Dakota and take their Educators Rising experience to the national stage.
Today's Students Can Become Tomorrow's Local Educators.
That's why introducing students to education careers while they're still in high school matters.
When businesses and donors invest in future educators, that investment has the potential to return directly to the communities that helped inspire them.
Educators Rising South Dakota helps students explore education early, build meaningful connections, and begin seeing themselves as future educators in the communities they call home.
Source: Grow Your Own Teachers Initiatives Resources, Texas Comprehensive Center/AIR, 2018.
Help Us Keep Opportunity Accessible.
Partner support helps us provide a full year of opportunities while keeping participation costs low for our members and schools.
Find the Right Way to Partner.
Whether you're an individual supporter, local business, statewide organization, foundation, or corporate partner, there is a place for you in this work.
We Want Our Students to Know the People Standing Behind Them.
Partnership with Educators Rising South Dakota is more than placing a logo on a website. We want to share the stories of the businesses, organizations, and people investing in our future educators.
We want students and schools to understand that communities across South Dakota believe in them, support them, and are invested in the educators they may one day become.
Let's Invest in South Dakota's Future Together.
Interested in becoming an Educators Rising South Dakota partner? Have a different idea for how your business, organization, or foundation could support our students? We'd love to start the conversation.
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