Classroom resources
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Content Knowledge, Planning for Instruction & Learning Environments
Professional teaching stands 1, 4, and 5
Teaching Tools
- Puzzle creator: word search, cryptograms, mazes & more
- Free Clip art for educators
- Teaching Tools: Free Videos for Teachers
- Intel: 21st Century Teaching Tools
- Microsoft: Lesson plans that use technology
Reading in all content areas
- Teaching Reading in a Foreign Language
- How Important is Teaching Literacy in All Content Areas?
- Reading Strategies in the Social Studies Classroom
- Teaching American History Through Biography
- Reading and Writing in the Science Classroom
- Teaching Reading Comprehension
Classroom management (discipline of misbehavior)
- Really Big List of Classroom Management Resources
- Classroom Management
- Management Tips for New Teachers
- The Behavior Home Page
- Classroom management and discipline
Working with standards
- Education World, National and State Standards
- Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Learning Standards
- Illinois HeadStart, Illinois Early Childhood Program Standards Matrix
- Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Frameworks for Curriculum Development
Curriculum Development
- Points to Consider When Selecting a Curriculum (pdf)
- Structuring and Delivering Interdisciplinary Courses: Approximating the Ideal
- Cross-Curricular Thematic Instruction
Standards aligned resources for all content areas
Classroom Environment
- Bulletin Board Ideas
- Your Search for Bulletin Board Ideas Is Over!
- Kim's Korner for Teacher Talk
- Classroom Displays and Bulletin Boards
- ProTeacher Bulletin Boards
- Creating an Effective Physical Classroom Environment
- First Year Teacher Program, Classroom Arrangement
- Teachers' Perceptions and Use of Classroom Space
Safety
- Science Safety
- Module 20 Classroom Safety
- Hazards in the Art Classroom (pdf)
- The Safety Library
- Food Safety and HACCP in Schools
Math
- Mathematical tools, animations, data, history and lesson ideas
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Math lessons, activities, games and resources
Art
- The arts: Biographies, resources, history, visuals & lesson ideas
- High Quality Video of artists, performances & museum resources
- Modern Arts Curriculum materials
- Connecting the visual arts with all content areas
- ArtEd 2.0: Technology in the art classroom
Science
- Science animations, visuals, guides, information & lesson ideas
- NASA for Educators & Students
- American Museum of Natural History Education Page
- Ecology: maps, resources, images & lesson plans
History
- Historical timelines, biographies, documents & lesson plans
- The Field Museum Online
- Roles for Scientist and Engineers in the Schools
Human Development and Learning, Diversity and Instructional Delivery
Professional teaching standards 2, 3, and 6
The inclusive classroom (special needs of students)
- Creating an Inclusive Classroom
- The National Center on Response to Intervention (RTI)
- A Parents Guide to RTI
- The RTI Action Network
- The National Center for Learning Disabilities
- Teaching to All Students
- E-Ready Special Education Professional Resources
- Inclusion of students with special needs
- National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
- Understand special needs of students
- ADD/ADHD in the Classroom
- Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
- A Guide to the Individualized Education Program
Autism
- Autism Spectrum Institute at Illinois State University
- The National Autistic Society
- Teaching Students with Autism
- trainland.tripod.com: Provides many links to information for teachers who are teaching students with autism
Diverse Cultures
- New Horizons for Learning: Multicultural Education
- American Multicultural Student Agency
- Meeting the Diverse Needs of Young Children
- Teaching writing to linguistically diverse students
English Language Learners
Visual and auditory impairments
Assessment
Professional teaching standard 8
Asking appropriate questions
- The Art of Asking Good Questions, the Key to Engaging Students in Learning
- Types of Questions Based on Blooms Taxonomy
- Effective Questioning Techniques
- Using questions in teaching
Assessment strategies
- Issues of Assessment in Testing Children Under Age Eight
- Unlocking the Playground in My Mind: An Educator's Story
- Assessment and Evaluation
- Classroom Assessment Techniques (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
- Classroom Assessment Techniques (University of Hawaii)
- Fair Assessment (pdt)
- All Things Assessment
- Five Steps to Improving Program-Level Assessment Practices
- Fundamental Assessment Principles for Teachers and School Administrators
Grading
Linking instruction with intended outcomes (objectives)
Using homework effectively
Collaborative Relationships and Communication
Professional teaching standard 7 and 9
Involving the community
- Parent- and Community-Involvement Strategies That Work
- Supporting Parent, Family, and Community Involvement in Your School (pdf)
- Community Science
- Building Family and Community Relationships
- Parent and Community Involvement in Middle School Learning
- Organizing Family and Community Relationships with Schools (pdf)
Team teaching
- Perspectives on Team Teaching
- Team Teaching: Teaming Teachers Offer Tips
- Clusters and Team Teaching, Building Connections Between Students and Teachers
- Notes on the Five Types of Team Teaching
- Learning teams, When teachers work together, knowledge and rapport grow
Parent Relationships
- Survival Guide for New Teachers: Working with Parents
- 50 Ways Parents Can Help Schools
- Parent Involvement in Schools
- Dealing with difficult parents
- 9 Techniques for Building Solid Parent-Teacher Relationships
- Helping Teachers and Parents Foster a Positive Relationship
- Working with Parents of Children with Autism
- Working with Parents of Special Education Students
Colleague relationships
Professional Development and Conduct
Professional teaching standards 10 and 11
Service learning
- National Service Learning Clearinghouse
- Learn and Serve America
- The International Partnership for Service Learning and Leadership
- What is service-learning?