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Home / Reference / Education / Educators / K through 12 / New and Prospective Teachers
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- A Career Choice Series - Teaching - Source of teacher career information, with a list of education programs, teaching facts and steps to becoming a teacher.
www.bluerising.com/teachers
- A Novice's Hard Lesson: Bringing Order to a Class - In these first weeks of school, Ms. Moffett is learning that teaching is only part of her job description [requires free NYTimes registration to view article].
www.nytimes.com/2000/09/28/nyregion/28TEAC.html
- Allexperts Teaching Q&A - Volunteer experts tell what it's really like to be a teacher and provide career-advancement tips.
www.allexperts.com/getExpert.asp?Category=1493
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education - Includes news, publications, meetings, teacher preparation information, professional development, and state chapters.
www.aacte.org
- Assessing Teachers' Effectiveness - Contains information and discussion concerning the following conceptual aspects of assessing teachers' effectiveness: purposes; category of teachers to be assessed; conceptions of teachers' work; dimensions of teacher quality; approach to establishing validity of assessments.
cleo.murdoch.edu.au/gen/iier/iier7/dunkin.htm
- Careers in Teaching - Guide about the pros and cons of becoming a teacher.
www.gradlink.edu.au/gradlink/student/s_teach.htm
- D & W's Teacher Resources: First Years - Ideas and assistance for student and first year teachers. E-mail list, web links. Information on behavior and classroom management, grading and gradebooks, and various aspects of instruction.
www.datasync.com/~teachers/home.html
- Education Interview Questions - The types of questions teacher candidates should ask their interviewers.
www.snybuf.edu/~cdc/edu-questions.html
- ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education - A collection of research initiatives focused on excellence in teaching and learning.
www.npeat.org
- First Year Urban Teacher - A comprehensive instructional guide to facilitate the first year teacher's transition into the classroom -- from the first day to the last day. Also find other tips for prospective teachers such as resume help, links, sample interview questions and classroom management techniques.
www.geocities.com/urbanteacher
- Information on Teach for America - Some information on an interview experience with Teach for America, and links to their national web site and the Houston school district which hired this particular person.
www.serafin.freeservers.com
- Mentoring the New Teacher - SkyLight Professional Development provides a summer program that provides training for the most critical problems facing novice teachers.
www.skylightedu.com/mentoring/index.cfm?fuseaction=enter
- Mighty Mentors - Helps new and student teachers pair up with experienced teachers in email mentoring partnerships, free of charge.
www.teaching.com/mentors
- My Job: I Stop Class for Large Spiders - People mostly say teaching is a selfless profession, but I believe it is mostly selfish [required free NYTimes registration to view article].
www.nytimes.com/2000/11/29/business/29MYJO.html
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) - A coalition of 33 specialty professional associations of teachers, teacher educators, content specialists, and local and state policy makers.
www.ncate.org
- New Math Teachers - Provides some good ideas for new math teachers.
people.clarityconnect.com/webpages/terri/terri.html
- New Physics Teacher Project - Advice for the first year physics teacher gathered from interviews with expert physics educators.
earthfuture.tripod.com/mp/adviceproject.html
- New Teacher Center at University of California, Santa Cruz - A national resource dedicated to teacher development. Offering several support programs designed to equip the new teacher with necessary skills and support for success in the classroom.
www.newteachercenter.org
- New Teacher Survival Guide - How to get a job, classroom discipline tips, the ins and out of public and private schools, and even some school jokes.
www.dun.org/sulan/teacher
- North Bedfordshire School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) - Details about study for the Postgraduate Certificate of Education by working in schools with professional teachers.
www.northbedsscitt.org.uk
- Owatonna Mentoring Program - Experienced Owatonna educators are teamed up with probationary teachers in a three-year progression, to provide support, encouragement and professional development.
www.owatonna.k12.mn.us/esc/instructional%20services/mentoring
- Recruiting New Teachers, Inc. - This site examines the teaching profession in great detail, as well as providing resources for potential teachers.
www.rnt.org
- SoYouWanna Be A Teacher? - This article goes through the entire process, from certification to lesson plans, so that a person will know what to expect and how to prepare for a career in teaching.
www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/teacher/teacher.html
- standards-of-practice.net - A free, interactive, professional development resource for new and experienced teachers, based on the Ontario College of Teachers Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession.
www.standards-of-practice.net
- Student Teachers - Great little activities to use with students.
www.abcteach.com/StudentTeachers/StudentTeacher.htm
- Student Views on First Year Teaching - Provides a good bit of advice for first year teachers.
www.aci.mta.ca/MtATeach/FirstYear.html
- Summerbridge - A program for high school and college students to teach other students a few courses during the summer in exchange for a stipend. Program is run in a number of cities around the United states.
www.summerbridge.org
- Survival Guide for New Teachers - From the US Department of Education. Can be downloaded as a pdf document.
www.ed.gov/pubs/survivalguide
- Teach For America - TFA is a national teacher corps of recent college graduates who commit two years to teach and to effect change in under-resourced urban and rural public schools.
www.tfanetwork.org/join_our_corps/home.asp
- Tears and Sleepless Nights: A New Teacher's Struggles - There were moments this fall when Donna Moffett did not recognize herself. [requires free NYTimes registration to view article].
www.nytimes.com/2000/12/11/nyregion/11TEAC.html
- Ten Tips for New Teachers - Ten tips to help student teachers become successful in the classroom. Written by a veteran teacher and student teacher mentor.
www.teachersfirst.com/tenpoints.shtml
- The National Board For Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) - Works to strengthen the teaching profession and to improve student learning in America's schools by establishing high standards for teachers.
www.nbpts.org
- The Teacher Training Agency (UK) - An executive Non-Departmental Public Body established by the Education Act 1994. Its purpose is to raise standards in schools by attracting able and committed people to teaching and by improving the quality of teacher training.
www.canteach.gov.uk
- The Urban Teacher Residency Program - Created to help insure a quality education for ALL students. Applicants should be devoted to teaching in and holding high expectations for the children in Jacksonville's (FL) most challenged inner-city schools.
www.duvalutrp.com/home.html
- Using the Internet to Improve the Student Teaching Experience - Examines how the student teaching experience could be enhanced via the use of technology.
www.coe.uh.edu/insite/elec_pub/HTML1997/tp_hut1.htm
- What Techniques Can Make You More Marketable When You Look to Get Your Teaching Job? - Examines five key considerations for landing a teaching job.
www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/jobs
- What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching - Dedicated to the first year teacher. The site manages to articulate the primary challenges and rewards of teaching in a clear and succinct way, using the words of the teachers themselves. New and Veteran teachers respond to issues ranging from professional isolation to differences in student ability to the unexpected exhilaration of this demanding career.
www.ed.gov/pubs/FirstYear/index.html
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