Are your wages reported on a W-2 or on a 1099NEC? If you are a W-2 employee you cannot deduct any job-related expenses on a federal tax return.
Job-related expenses were eliminated as a federal deduction for W-2 employees by the tax laws that changed for 2018 and beyond. Your state tax laws might be different in AL, AR, CA, HI, MN, NY or PA.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/4482873-which-federal-tax-deductions-have-been-suspended-by-tax-re...
You use the educator expense deduction:
TEACHER EXPENSES
Go to Federal>Deductions and Credits>Employment Expenses>Teacher (Educator) Expenses
https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc458
If you are working as an independent contractor (and your question is being posted from Self-Employed) then your expenses are reported on your Schedule C.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/self-employed/help/how-do-i-report-income-from-self-employment/00/...
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/self-employed/help/what-is-the-self-employment-tax/00/25922
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2902389-why-am-i-paying-self-employment-tax
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901340-where-do-i-enter-schedule-c
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3398950-what-self-employed-expenses-can-i-deduct
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901110-do-i-need-to-make-estimated-tax-payments-to-the-irs
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