Teaching
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Beginning
Teacher Support and Assessment / University of Southern California - links to general and subject-specific sites.
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Dr. Mac's Amazing Behavior
Management Advice Site - sections cover behavior management, strategies for assessing common behaviors and conditions; step-by-step
"how-to" pages; assessing and measuring behavior; using
the interventions of applied behavior analysis and psycho-educational
interventions; implementing schoolwide practices, and interesting
and/or humorous readings.
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National Beginning Teachers
Association - service organization provides community forums, mentoring opportunities, and the latest educational tools for new teachers.
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The New
Teacher Center
/ University of California, Santa Cruz - supports new teachers by
serving as a national resource to help develop and retain well-trained
educators through its unique induction model which focuses on student
learning and classroom instruction with the guidance of highly trained
and supported mentors.
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Survival Guide for New Teachers (2000) - helpful tips for the first-year teacher and other documents about teaching and the first year on Ed.gov
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Journals
- ERIC - Educational Resources
Information Center (public web)
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ERIC (Ebsco)
- IEJLL -
International Electronic Journal For Leadership in Learning - University
of Calgary
- Full text articles for all except Vol. 1, 1997 which contains
only abstracts.
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Professional Development Collection (Ebsco)
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General Education
- ED.gov (U.S. Dept. of Education) -
information on the U.S. government's policies and resources related
to education. Most interesting are the links in the Teaching Resources
and One-Stop for Lesson Ideas sections.
- Education World: A Teacher's
Best Friend - The goal is to "make it easy for educators
to integrate the Internet into the classroom."
- Educator's Reference
Desk - Information Institute of Syracuse. Includes a resource
collection, lesson plans, and a question archive.
- Edutopia - George
Lucas Educational Foundation. Encourages innovation in schools; offers
free instructional modules. Of special interest are the areas on teacher
preparation and technology integration.
- Federal Resources for
Educational Excellence - U.S. Dept. of Education has compiled
information from over 45 government offices here. Access via 10 broad
subject categories as well as search for specific information.
- National
Education Technology Plan - links to Toward a New Golden
Age in American Education (2004).
- Kathy Schrock's
Guide for Educators - Hosted on Discovery.com
- Smithsonian Education
- The central education site for the Smithsonian Institution. The
"Educators" section is useful for teachers and teacher education
students; see the lesson plans and resource library areas.
- Teachable Moment
- Provides elementary, middle school and high school educators with
ideas, classroom activities, and student readings to foster critical
thinking on solving current social issues.
- Teacher - Library of Congress designed site of classroom teacher resources such as lesson plans, classroom activities, primary sources, and professional development.
Certification
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Education for Grade Levels
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Education for Targeted Groups
- BRJ Online (Bilingual Research
Journal) from the National Association for Bilingual Education
and The Southwest Center for Education Equity and Language Diversity,
College of Education, Arizona State University - archives available
free.
- Center for
Multilingual, Multicultural Research - Rossier School of
Education, University of Southern California. "These links cover
preservice, induction, and continuing education for educational
personnel including
administators, teachers, paraeducators, parents, and those involved
in the education of linguistically and culturally diverse students.
Topics include recruitment and retention of teachers, state and
local certification requirements, national teaching and certification
standards,
and the role of all teachers in supporting the language, academic,
and psycho-social development of linguistically and culturally
diverse students."
- Institute for Urban
and Minority Education - Teachers College, Columbia University
- LD online - Covers learning
disabilities and ADHD. See the link "Especially for Educators."
- The Literacy Web -
Links to best practices, literacy topics, resources and current research in literacy instruction.
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Education in Subject Areas
- Mathematics
Education Resources on the Internet
(2003) includes links to online databases and reference tools,
biographical and historical resources, lesson plans, mathematics
problems and contests, professional societies, online discussion
groups, and professional development.
- National Council for the
Social Studies Classroom - Links to curriculum standards and
resources
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - Links to mathematics resources for educators in elementary, middle school, high school and higher education.
- National Science Digital Library -
has a link to "Resources for K-12 Teachers."
- National Science Education
Standards
- presents standards for teaching science, professional development of
science teachers, assessment, content, programs, and science education
systems.
- ScienceNetLinks
- Standards-based resources for K-12 science educators, lesson plans,
Internet resources, tools, and benchmarks. Science NetLinks is part of
a partnership that includes the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
- Web English Teacher -
offers links to K-12 English and language arts resources mostly geared toward middle and high school.
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Substitute Teaching
- NSTA (National
Substitute Teachers Alliance) - includes news, links,
tips, resources, and a chat board.
- Substitute Educator Resources /National
Education Association - resources on substitute teaching: articles,
books, courses, lesson plan ideas, handbooks, and research.
- Substitute Teaching Institute
/ Utah State University - provides products and services, newsletters,
and "educational how-to's" to substitute teachers nationwide.
- Texas
ESC (Education Service Center) Region 12 Substitute Certification
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ParaEducators
- The
Implementation of Effective Paraeducator Practices in Educational
Settings - North Dakota, Department of Public Instruction.
Provides a glossary of terms, sample job descriptions, resources,
and three online training modules. The training covers Student
Support Concepts, Human Growth and Development & the Impact
of Disabilities, and Utilizing Effective Instructional Strategies
to Serve Students with Disabilities in Integrated Settings.
- National
Clearinghouse for Paraeducator Resources - Center for
Multilingual, Multicultural Research, Rossier School of Education,
University of Southern California. Provides links to abstracts
from the ERIC Database, Paraeducator-to-Teacher career ladder,
resources, and an electronic discussion forum.
- NEA
Paraeducator Handbook - National Education Association.
Available for download in Word or PDF.
- Online
Paraeducator Resources - comprehensive links although from
a commercial firm, TRISPED Staff Training Solutions.
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Paraeducators
- Council for Exceptional Children site describes the role and
responsibilities of paraprofessionals working with special needs and
provides related resources to members and non-members.
- Paraeducator
Resource and Learning Center (PRLC) - Center on
Disability and Community Inclusion, University of Vermont.
Presents six free educational units: Collaborative Teamwork,
Inclusive Education, Families and Cultural Sensitivity,
Characteristics of Children and Youth with Various Disabilities,
Roles and Responsibilities of Paraeducators and Other
Team Members, and Implementing Teacher-planned Instruction.
Each unit presents a slide show, knowledge challenge
of 10 questions, learning activities, and related web
sites.
- Project Para / University
of Nebraska, Lincoln - offers free online self-study programs
for paraeducators and supervisors of paraeducators.
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