Teachers & Administrators

Employees undertaking teaching, guidance and general educational functions who have university or alternative certification, as well as employees undertaking administrative and management roles in K-12 educational institutions.

Sub-headings:

Lesson Planning

Resources that help teachers develop lessons, classroom activities, and assignments about a variety of subjects.

Training

Materials on the methods of training teachers, including the education functions of teacher education programs.

Resources in this category:

AOL@School
http://www.aolatschool.com/message

Directory of online education resources for K-12 teachers and students, including reference materials, classroom tools, lesson plans, technology tips, and current education news.

Biology Lessons
http://www.biologylessons.sdsu.edu/classes/index.html

Contains cell biology lessons for prospective elementary school teachers. With modifications, some of these materials are suitable for use with K-8 students.

Breaking News English
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

Ready to use lesson plans for ESL (English as a Second Language) and EFL (English as a Foreign Language) courses based on current affairs. News articles, listening, and communicative activities at two different levels of difficulty are uploaded daily.

Council of Chief State School Officers
http://www.ccsso.org/

Maintained by the national nonprofit organization representing public officials who serve as elementary and secondary education department heads. Provides information on current policy issues, resources for school reform, collaboration, and professional development.

edhelper.com
http://www.edhelper.com/

Created by a team of teachers, edHelper.com is dedicated to providing teachers a single shop for educational resources. Edhelper has lesson plans and downloadable worksheets in many subject areas, inlcuding math, reading and writing, social studies, science, and technology. There are also links to education news stories and teaching aids on the Web.

Education Oasis
http://www.educationoasis.com/

Download practical teaching tools, like award certificates and forms, or browse the curriculum, instruction, and professional development resources. Also includes reviews of books for children, teens, and educators.

Education Week
http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html

"The Web's authoritative source on K-12 education has been rebuilt to make it easier to tap into the wide range of resources, from the latest news to an extensive database of state indicators to the top jobs for educators." Site is the home for Education Week, Teacher Magazine, The Daily News, archived articles back to 1981, and state policy data. Site requires free registration for access.

Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/

Search the web using this education-specific search engine; find lesson plans; browse employment listings; read articles on current K-12 education issues and professional development.

ERIC: Education Resources Information Center
http://www.eric.ed.gov/

This free database from the United States Department of Education indexes a variety of education-related articles. Some resources are available for free online while others must be obtained elsewhere. The site includes the ERIC Thesaurus.

EUREKA! AGORA--Assemblage of Great Online Resources for Adults
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/tradebooks/

Resource for adult basic education instructors. Includes instructional planning, trade books, and instructional strategies.

Federal Resources for Education Excellence (FREE)
http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html

This site makes hundreds of federally supported teaching and learning resources easier to find. Resources are organized by subject areas and also can be found through full-text and quick searches, as well as by date added under the New Resources link. New resources are added monthly from the 51 participating Federal agencies.

Game Theory .net
http://www.gametheory.net/

Provides resource materials for educators, students, professionals and "geeks," including a list of textbooks, lecture notes, Java applets, and online games. Get links to game-theoretic themes in movies, books, and the popular press for those interested in game theory. Great for school or for fun!

globalEDGE
http://globaledge.msu.edu/

Provides up-to-date information on most world countries. Also included are learning modules for international business teachers and students, and a blog.

GradeConnect
http://www.gradeconnect.com/front/

This is a free course management and grade book system available for teachers. You will need to sign up for a free account to use the system. Some features: online grade book, post announcements, post assignments, generate progress reports and send out multiple emails to students and their parents. Note that students would have to sign up as well.

Hebrew Language Teachers' Toolbox
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/hebrew/personal/naph/toolbox.sht...

A collection of tools that Hebrew language teachers might want to use in working with their students and of ideas and suggestions related to the use of technology in the Hebrew classroom.

The Knowledge Loom
http://knowledgeloom.org/index.jsp

This site is great for schools or school districts in the process of creating staff development plans that support student learning goals. Early Literacy and Equity will be added soon.

Learn NC: Beginning Teacher Handbook
http://www.learnnc.org/

The North Carolina Teacher's Network has created an excellent resource of tips and strategies for beginning teachers and the professionals who support them. Information includes the following: getting started as a teacher, physical environment, classroom management, professional education, advice, and resources. : Instructional Resources, Standard Course of Study, Links Library, Discussion Forums, Professional Development, Virtual Classroom, Web Utilities and Parents and Community.

LEARN North Carolina
http://www.learnnc.org/

The North Carolina Teacher's Network has created an excellent resource for all teachers on the following subjects: Instructional Resources, Standard Course of Study, Links Library, Discussion Forums, Professional Development, Virtual Classroom, Web Utilities and Parents and Community.

Learning Centre - Library and Archives Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/education/index-e.html

This site for Canadian teachers and students features primary material culled from the holdings of Library and Archives Canada. Resources include lesson plans, tools for improving research skills, and book and website recommendations.

The Learning Page
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/index.html

This site was created by the Library of Congress (LC) to assist teachers is using the American Memory Collections, an online archive of over 100 collections of rare and unique items important to America’s heritage, to teach history and culture. The site offers educators guidance on using primary sources, as well as providing activities, discussions, and lesson plans for classroom use.

Microsoft Education - Lesson Plans
http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.mspx

"Looking for some great ideas on how to integrate technology into your curriculum? Search our lesson plans, and explore the resources below." Lesson plans here can be searched by grade level, theme, or learning area.

National Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse
http://www.recruitingteachers.org/

"The Clearinghouse serves as a gateway to job banks that list openings for teachers. It also provides resources for certified teachers seeking jobs and for school districts seeking qualified teachers. In addition, the Clearinghouse provides resources for individuals interested in becoming teachers and offers school districts and states strategies for improving teacher recruitment and retention."

OBIS – The Ocean Biogeographic Information System
http://www.iobis.org/Welcome.htm

"OBIS is a web-based provider of global geo-referenced information on marine species." Click on any point in the oceans of the world to see what marine creatures live there. Some of the organisms link to fact sheets from the Fisheries Global Information System. There is also an image library of photographs of marine life and lesson plans using the database for middle school science teachers.

Pathways to School Improvement
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/

Pathways synthesizes research, policy, and best practices on issues critical to educators engaged in school improvement, such as assessment, at-risk students, family & community, instruction, leadership, literacy, mathematics & science, policy, professional development, and technology in education, as well as access to archived favorites.

PBS TeacherSource
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/

PBS TeacherSource includes more than 3,000 free lesson plans and activities. To help educators find materials quickly, resources are organized into seven subject areas (Arts & Literature, Health & Fitness, Math, Science, Social Studies, Pre K-2, Library Media), with a site search.

ProTeacher
http://www.proteacher.com/

ProTeacher is a Web directory of lesson plans and activities organized into thematic and subject areas for elementary school teachers and parents.

Resources for Teachers
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48536

This IPL pathfinder is intended for teachers and other educators interested in locating resources on the Web. This information was gathered with the intent of meeting the professional needs of K-12 teachers. Both print and Internet sources are provided.

Rethinking Schools
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/

Rethinking Schools, a small nonprofit organization, "attempts to be both visionary and practical: visionary because we need to be inspired by each other's vision of schooling; practical because for too long, teachers and parents have been preached at by theoreticians, far-removed from classrooms, who are long on jargon and short on specific examples." This site provides access to the current issues, as well as archived articles, from the Rethinking Schools journal. Helpful features include an Article Index and Archive that is searchable. Other resources included on the site are Web Resources and RS publications for purchase.

Scholastic Central
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/home.jsp

A great site for educators. Scholastic offers teaching ideas for grades PreK-12, online activites and teaching strategies.

Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
http://www.sedl.org/

"Research-based resources for systemic school improvement, including reports, products, and databased developed in-house and links with the other nine RELs and their products. REL products and services are addressed primarily to educators, education administrators, and education policymakers and focus on practical applications of education research."

Speechville Express
http://www.speech-express.com/

A resource for families, educators, and medical professional offering information about language development in children.

The Teacher's Companion to the Anime Companion
http://www.koyagi.com/teachers.html

A useful guide for teachers who might be considering using manga, anime, or related materials in their classroom as learning material.

Teachers Network
http://www.teachersnetwork.org/

Educational resource developed by a non-profit teachers organization. Provides free lesson plans, teacher videos, online classes, educational links, a teacher store and other resources for new and experienced teachers working in pre-K to grade 12 educational environments.

Teachers' Domain
http://www.teachersdomain.org/

"The Teachers' Domain collections include classroom-ready multimedia resources for use in lessons or independent study." Find video, audio, interactives, images, documents, explanatory background articles, correlations to U.S. state and national curriculum standards, media-rich lesson plans, and resource management tools. Free registration required.

Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz
http://www.jazzinamerica.org/

A jazz resource library complete with lesson plans for educators, audio clips, artist biographies, and digital images. You will also find "style sheets" that describe the general characteristics of a variety of jazz styles including dixieland, cool jazz, swing, bebop, ragtime, and third-stream.

U.S. Education Standards
http://www.education-world.com/standards/national/

Education World presents the objectives of the voluntary National Education Standards for the major subject areas. This site allows educators to stay abreast of the current efforts being made in the area of National Standards.

Utah Education Network
http://www.uen.org/

Provides many resources for educators and students within and outside of Utah. By choosing resources, students or educators can search for lesson and curriculum plans, educational games on the Internet and other learning resources. The website provides resources for students and teachers from K-12 through college.