Teaching Resources
Education is the process of
facilitating learning,
or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits.
Educational methods include storytelling, discussion, teaching, training,
and directed research. Education frequently takes place under the
guidance
of educators, but learners may also
educate themselves. Education can take
place in formal or informal settings and any experience that has a
formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts may be considered
educational. The methodology of teaching is called pedagogy.

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Leadership -
Teaching
Education Reform
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Child Development -
Reading and Writing
Parent
Teacher Organization is a formal organization that
consists of parents, teachers and school staff. The organization's goals
may vary from organization to organization, but essentially the goals
include volunteerism of parents, encouragement of teachers and students,
community involvement, and welfare of students and families. It is not
affiliated with Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) or Parent-Teacher-Student
Association (PTSA.) PTA is a national association of millions of members
and thousands of local units that provides leadership training and staff
support.
PTA is a formal organization composed of parents,
teachers and staff that is intended to facilitate parental participation
in a school.
Parent University"All information needs
instructions, if there
were no instructions, life could never exist. This is why we must make
sure that the instructions we give are the best instructions available, as
well as the best information available, otherwise,
mistakes will happen more
often, which makes life extremely
vulnerable, as
we can clearly see today. Our world is full of problems that should not
even exist."
Teacher Training
Teacher Training & Development
Teacher Training Program
Teachers College Columbia
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wiki
Teachers Needed Report (PDF)
Teacher Education Accreditation Council
Nat. Board for
Teaching Standards
Teacher Education
Teach
Teacher Vision
TN
Learning and Teaching
Learning Styles and Methods
Books on Teaching MethodsA good teacher is measured by their ability to use multiple teaching
methods and mediums to convey the same information.
Behind every intelligent person, or highly skilled
athlete, is a great coach or a great teacher. Even if
someone taught themselves, they still had to use some
knowledge that was provided to them by others.
Everything should have a Learning Objective, if not,
then what is it?
Certified Teacher is a teacher who has earned
credentials from an
authoritative source, such as the government, a higher education
institution or a private source.
Education Specialist is an advanced degree in the U.S. that
is designed for individuals who wish to develop advanced knowledge and
theory beyond the master's degree level, but may not wish to pursue a
degree at the doctoral level.
Classroom Management -
Great Teachers
Teacher is a person who provides education for students.
Facilitate
Instructor is a person whose occupation is
teaching.
Teacher Education refers to the
policies
and procedures designed to equip prospective teachers with the
knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and skills they require to perform their
tasks effectively in the classroom, school and wider community.
Proctor
is a persons who takes charge of, or acts for, another.
Professor is an
academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and
research institutions in most countries. Literally, professor derives from
Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an
expert in arts or
sciences, a teacher of the highest rank. Professors conduct original
research and commonly teach undergraduate, graduate, or
professional courses in
their fields of expertise. In universities with graduate schools,
professors may mentor and supervise graduate students conducting research
for a thesis or dissertation. Professors typically hold a Ph.D., another
doctorate or a different terminal degree. Some professors hold a master's
degree or a
professional
degree, such as an M.D., as their highest degree.
Lector
one who reads, whether aloud or not.
Lecturer
denotes an academic expert without tenure in the university, who is hired
to teach on a full- or part-time basis, but who is not paid to conduct
research.
Reader (academic rank)
denotes an appointment for a senior academic with a distinguished
international reputation in research or scholarship.
College of Education is a division within a university that
is devoted to scholarship in the field of education, which is an
interdisciplinary branch of the social sciences encompassing sociology,
psychology, linguistics, economics, political science, public policy,
history, and others, all applied to the topic of elementary, secondary,
and post-secondary education.
Normal School
is a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers. Most
such schools are now called teachers' colleges.
Elementary Education Degree
Student Teaching is a college-supervised instructional
experience; usually the culminating course in a university or college
undergraduate education or graduate school program leading to teacher
education and certification.
Student Teacher is a college, university or graduate student
who is teaching under the supervision of a certified teacher in order to
qualify for a degree in education.
Tutoring -
Counseling
Inspiring Teacher Movies (amazon)
Inspire My Kids
Motivation Words
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Teaching Quotes -
Inspiration Quotes
Revolving Door Of Teacher Turnover Costs Schools Billions Every Year
Teacher Attrition Costs United States Up to $2.2 Billion Annually, Says
New Alliance Report
After 25 Years, This Teacher Says It's All The Paperwork That Made Him
Quit
Teacher Shortages in the U.S. School-going population will increase by
roughly three million students in the next decade.
Master of Education degree in education often includes the
following majors: curriculum and instruction, counseling, school
psychology, and administration. It is often conferred for educators
advancing in their field.
Masters in Education Guide
Masters in Education
Masters in Elementary Education
Teaching Works
Substitute Teacher is a person who teaches a school class
when the regular teacher is unavailable; e.g., because of illness,
personal leave, or other reasons.
Para-Professional Educator is a teaching-related position
within a school generally responsible for specialized or concentrated
assistance for students in elementary and secondary schools.
Teaching Assistant is an individual who assists a teacher
with instructional responsibilities.
Research Assistant is a researcher employed, often on a
temporary contract, by a university or a research institute, for the
purpose of assisting in academic research. Research assistants are not
independent and not directly responsible for the outcome of the research
and are responsible to a supervisor or principal investigator. Research
assistants are often educated to degree level and might be enrolled in a
postgraduate degree program and simultaneously teach.
Teaching Assistant UK is a person who supports students in
the classroom. Duties can differ dramatically from school to school,
though the underlying tasks often remain the same.
Master Teacher Corps
Teaching Assessment
Teacher Assessment
Teacher Quality Research
Nat. Council on
Teacher Quality
Teacher Evaluation Policies
Teacher Evaluation by Students (PDF)
Rate My
Teachers
How Teachers Are Rated in 25 Countries
Global Teacher Prize
Teacher Vision
Teacher Qualities
Testing Failures
Assessment Warnings
Observation Flaws
The Global Teacher Status Index
Pre-Service Teacher Education is the education and
training provided to student teachers before they have undertaken any
teaching.
Educational Testing Service
The New Teacher Project is an organization in the United
States with a mission of ensuring that poor and minority students get
equal access to effective teachers. It attempts to help urban school
districts and states recruit and train new teachers, staff challenged
schools, design evaluation systems, and retain teachers who have
demonstrated the ability to raise student achievement.
The New Teacher Project
Tennessee Teachers Association
Teach
Thought
50 Great Teachers Project (NPR)
Collective Learning
Collective Learning
Teaching Degree Programs
Education Career Schools
Become
a Teacher
En
Corps Teachers
Teacher U
Academic Keys
Teaching Strategies
National Alliance on Effective Education
Society for Performance Improvement
Canter Teacher Training
Merlot Learning Online Teaching
Learn Teach Read
Student Achievement
We are Teachers
Get Schooled
Learning Point Associates
Scholastic
Education Consumers
Academic
Job HunterEducation Jobs
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SpringWest Ed
Carnegie Foundation
Engines For
Education
National
Commission on Teaching
Preparing Faculty
I Love Schools Help for Teachers
Education
TrustEdu Scapes
Motivation Resources Courses -
Inspiration
Connected Waldenu
Mind Tools
Moodle Course
Management System
Common Sense Press
Common Sense Media
Teachers
Mind
Learning and Teaching
Thoughtful Classroom
Ad Junct
NationCNX Sharing Knowledge
A Way to
Teach
Teaching Tips
Instructional Tips
Effective Teaching
National Endowment
for the Arts
Wallace Foundation
Jacobs Foundation
Pearson Foundation
Imagine Cup
Learning Theories
Learning Contracts
Changing
Minds
Thomas Armstrong
books on human intelligence and education.
Process
Network
Ctr 4
Process
Blackboard
Million Ways to Teach
Connect a Million Minds
After School
Teaching Tips for Understanding Students in the Classroom
1: Watch how each student interacts. How do they prefer
to engage? What do they seem to like to do? Observe so you can
understand all they are capable of.
2: Listen. Try to understand what motivates
them, what their goals are and how they view you, their
classmates and the activities you assign them.
3: Engage. Talk with students about their
individual interests. Don't offer advice or opinions – just
listen.
4: Experiment: Change how you react to
challenging behaviors. Rather than responding quickly in the
moment, take a breath. Realize that their behavior might just be
a way of reaching out to you.
5: Meet: Each week, spend time with students
outside of your role as "teacher." Let the students choose a
game or other nonacademic activity they'd like to do with you.
Your job is to NOT teach but watch, listen, and narrate what you
see, focusing on students' interests and what they do well. This
type of activity is really important for students with whom you
often feel in conflict or who you avoid.
6: Reach out: Know what your students like to
do outside of school. Make it a project for them to tell you
about it using some medium in which they feel comfortable:
music, video, writing, etc. Find both individual and group time
for them to share this with you. Watch and listen to how
skilled, motivated and interested they can be. Now think about
school through their eyes.
7: Reflect: Think back on your own best and
worst teachers, bosses or supervisors. List five words for each
that describe how you felt in your interactions with them. How
did the best and the worst make you feel? What specifically did
they do or say that made you feel that way? Now think about how
your students would describe you. Jot down how they might
describe you and why.
How do your expectations or beliefs shape how they look at you?
Are there parallels in your beliefs and their responses to you?
Written by Researcher
Robert Pianta. Originally titled "7 Ways Teachers Can Change
Their Expectations"
Classroom Management is the process of ensuring that
classroom lessons run smoothly despite disruptive
behavior by students.
The term also implies the prevention of disruptive behavior.
19 Big and Small Classroom Management Strategies
Time Management
Education Specialist
Teachers Pledge
Collaborative Classroom
Classroom Management Guide
Teacher Vision
Classroom Management
The Teachers Guide
Teaching Channel
Instructional Practices for an Effective Classroom (PDF)
Strategic Learning
Strategic Learning
Educational Strategies
Support for Instructional Coaches, Classroom Teachers and
Educational Leaders
Learning Methods
Teacher Training
Rita Pierson: Every Kid needs a Champion (video)
Tutoring
Youth Advocate (wiki)
Education Purposes
The
Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early
Learning (CSEFEL)
No
Nonsense Nurturer (PDF)
25 Things Successful Educators Do
Differently
Audio-Visual
A Code of Professional Ethics: A Guide to Professional
Conduct in the field of Educational Communications and
Technology.
Classroom Management Theorists and Theories
Fred Jones
Tools for Teaching Kids How to get Along (PDF)
Table of Contents
Introduction
Tool Kit
New Teacher Center
The Center for Transformative Teacher Training (CTTT)
Whole Brain Teaching: Grade 1 Classroom (youtube)
The concept is correct, but it's misused a little.
Simultaneous Subject Teaching is about making connections,
it's not about silly gestures.
Interactive Teaching Methods by Chandralekha Singh's
(youtube)
Learning Management System
is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking,
reporting and delivery of electronic educational technology (also called
e-learning) courses or training programs. Learning management systems
range from systems for managing training and educational records to
software for distributing online or blended/hybrid college courses over
the Internet with features for online collaboration, school districts, and
schools use LMSs to deliver online courses and augment on-campus courses.
LMSs also act to augment the lessons the teacher is giving in a brick and
mortar environment, not just replace them. Corporate training departments
use LMSs to deliver online training, as well as to automate record-keeping
and employee registration.
"Sometimes in order to be a good teacher you have to modify your
behavior, and not just your
teaching methods."
The American
Statistical Association published research showing that
teachers account for up to 17% of student learning.
Teacher Burn Out
Personality and Contextual Variables in Teacher Burnout (PDF)
Teacher Attrition Costs United States Up to $2.2 Billion
Annually, Says New Alliance Report
Teacher Stress and Health Effects on Teachers, Students, and Schools
America Schools Report -
Meditation
Mindfulness for Teachers Simple Skills for Peace and Productivity in
the Classroom.
Is Silence Golden? Elementary school teachers' strategies
and beliefs regarding hypothetical shy/quiet and
exuberant/talkative children.
Extroversion
Teacher Responsibilities
The teacher has the
responsibility to lead students toward the
fulfillment of his/her potential for intellectual, emotional,
psychological, and social growth. Teachers are responsible for
stimulating maximum learning on the part of the pupils assigned
to them by providing a good environment and by guiding sound
curriculum experiences and activities in the classroom, the
school, and the community. The teacher reports to the building principal
or other designated person. Major duties and responsibilities of the
teacher are to:
Learning Specialists
Teachers become Healthier when they Learn
1. Meet and instruct assigned classes in the locations and at
the times designated.
2. Develop and maintain a classroom environment conducive to
effective learning within the limits of the resources provided
by the division, with responsibility for the order and progress
of his/her classes.
3. Prepare for classes assigned, and show written evidence of
preparation upon request of the immediate supervisor.
4. Assist students in setting and maintaining standards of
classroom behavior.
5. Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect
students, equipment, materials, and facilities with
responsibility for the neatness of his/her room and the proper
care of all furniture and supplies.
6. Evaluate student progress on a regular basis.
7. Employ a variety of instructional techniques and
instructional media, consistent with the physical limitations of
the location provided and the needs and capabilities of the
individuals or student groups involved.
8. Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required
by law
9. Be available to students and parents for education-related
purposes outside the instructional day when required or
requested to do so under the reasonable term.
10. Comply with and enforce school rules, administrative
regulations, and School Board policies.
11. Attend and participate in faculty meetings as well as other
professional meetings called by the administrative staff.
12. Cooperate with other members of staff in planning
instructional goals, objectives, and methods.
13. Assist in selecting books, equipment, and other
instructional materials.
14. Establish and maintain cooperative relations with others.
15. Accomplish reasonable special assignments as assigned by the
principal.
16. Provide for his/her own professional growth through an
ongoing program of study, including workshops, seminars,
conferences, and/or advanced course work at institutions of
higher learning.
17. Perform other school duties as assigned.
Teacher Duties and Responsibilities
The purpose of the Teacher
Duties and Responsibilities Instrument (TDRI) is to describe the expectations
for teachers in addition to the teaching tasks outlined in the GTOL.
A. Follows
professional practices consistent with school and system policies in working
with students, students’ records, parents, and colleagues .
Classroom Management
1. Demonstrates communication and interpersonal skills as they relate to
interaction with students, parents, other teachers, administrators, and other
school personnel
2. Is available to students and parents for conferences according to system
policies.
3. Facilitates home-school communication by such means as holding conferences,
telephoning, and sending written communications.
4. Maintains confidentiality of students and students’ records.
5.
Works cooperatively
with school administrators, special support personnel, colleagues, and parents.
B. Complies with rules, regulations, and policies of governing agencies and
supervisory personnel.
1. Complies with state administrative regulations and Board of Education
policies.
2. Adheres to school and local school system procedures and rules.
3. Conducts assigned classes at the times scheduled.
4. Enforces regulations concerning student conduct and discipline.
5. Demonstrates timeliness and attendance for assigned responsibilities
6. Provides adequate information, plans, and materials for substitute
teacher.
7. Maintains accurate, complete, and appropriate records and files reports
promptly.
8. Attends and participates in faculty meetings and other assigned meetings
and activities according to school policy
9. Complies with conditions as state in contract.
C. Demonstrates professional practices in teaching.
1. Models correct use of language, oral and written.
2.
Demonstrates
accurate and up-to-date knowledge of content.
3.
Implements
designated curriculum.
4.
Maintains lesson
plans as required by school policy.
5.
Assigns
reasonable tasks and homework to students.
6.
Participates in
professional development opportunities and applies the concepts to classroom and
school activities.
D. Acts in a
professional manner and assumes responsibility for the total school program, its
safety and good order.
1.
Takes precautions to protect records, equipment, materials, and facilities.
2.
Assumes responsibility for supervising students in out-of-class
settings.
3. Demonstrates
appropriate personal contact while in performance of school duties.
E. Assumes a
role in meeting the school’s student achievement goals, including academic gains
of students assigned to the teacher.
F. Observations of the teacher by the principal and assistant principals, in
addition to those recorded on the GTOI during instruction, at other times as
appropriate.
(Other duties and
responsibilities prescribed by local school or system such as, but not limited
to: lunchroom, homeroom, hall, playground and other advisory duties).
GTDRI Assessment Instrument
Student Teacher Responsibilities
A student from an approved institution of higher learning may
take practice teaching, practicum, or field work in Public
Schools
upon approval of the Superintendent and under such regulations
as the Superintendent shall set forth to ensure that the
progress of the pupils in any class is not adversely affected.
1. Teacher training institutions desiring to place students in
Public Schools should begin by contacting the Human Resources
Department.
2. To make the program effective and beneficial to both the
student teacher and the school division, full approval of the
principal and supervising teacher shall be secured.
(a) An understanding should be reached as to the hours during
the day and the length of time a student teacher shall be
working in any school.
(b) No student teacher shall be accepted by any Public School
until the principal has approved the application sent it to the
Human Resources Department.
3. Schools assigned student teachers shall work cooperatively
with the representative from the teacher training institution in
supervising the student teacher. Supervising teachers should not
leave the responsibility for supervising students to a student
teacher by being absent from the classroom until such time as
the student teacher is capable of managing the classroom and has
demonstrated competence in doing so.
School Counselors (advising and guiding)
School Principal Responsibilities
The
Principal is the administrative and professional leader of
the school, and as such, he/she is directly responsible to the
Superintendent for its successful operation. The major
effect of the principal is in the field of educational
leadership and supervision, with stress on the improvement of
teaching and learning. To bring about this improvement, he/she
should call
upon all of the resources of the school division.
A. Supervision of Instruction.
The primary duty of the principal is to develop and implement an
effective instructional program appropriate to the pupils in
his/her school. Careful attention should be given to the
supervision of teachers and other instructional personnel
working in the school, including both full and part-time
personnel.
B. Supervision of School Property
Principals have general supervision of the grounds, building,
and appurtenances of the school, and are responsible for his/her
neatness and cleanliness. The safety of the children is a
primary responsibility, and school premises should be inspected
regularly, giving careful attention of safety factors. When
repairs are needed, principals should notify the designated
person in the office of the Superintendent.
C. Make Recommendations
Principals may submit recommendations to the Superintendent for
the appointment, assignment, promotion, transfer and
dismissal of all personnel assigned to his/her supervision.
D. Other Duties
Principals also perform the following duties:
1. Collect data, prepare and complete attendance reports as
required by the Superintendent or by law.
2. Conduct, under the direction of the Superintendent, studies
and investigations to improve instructional procedure.
3. Establish and maintain proper relationships between the
school, the home, and the community
4. Keep an accurate record of all non-resident pupils in the
school and enroll no such pupils without an official permit
from the designated person in the office of the Superintendent.
5. Supply the Superintendent's office with pertinent information
whenever pupils are suspended and referred there.
6. Receive all patrons calling at the school and, when
requested, arrange for conferences between patrons and teachers.
7. Hold fire drills and submit drill reports promptly.
8. Organize the school for civil defense in accordance with the
latest bulletin published by the Virginia State Department of
Education and in accordance with such supplementary regulations
as may be issued by the office of the Superintendent.
9. File, in the administrative office, all required reports.
10. Attend all meetings called by the Superintendent.
11. Arrive at school long enough before the regular opening hour
and remain there long enough after dismissal to arrange for
proper supervision of activities of pupils from the time the
latter arrive on the grounds until they leave.
12. Perform such other duties as may be assigned by the
Superintendent pursuant to the rules and regulations of the School Board.
School Superintendent Responsibilities
A school superintendent is the chief executive officer of a
school district. A superintendent is usually hired by the school
board of the district. As the CEO, superintendents have general
management responsibilities, including hiring of senior staff.
They typically oversee education standards and student
achievement, plan budgets and allocate resources, and also act
as the point person for interactions with government agencies.
Education Background
A master's degree is the minimum education requirement for most
school superintendent positions, and a significant number of
superintendents have earned Ph.D.s. Many superintendents have
their master's and doctoral degrees in education, education
administration or public administration, but a few have graduate
backgrounds in the subject areas they taught.
Certification or Licensing
Nearly all states require school superintendents to be certified
or licensed. States such as Washington and Wisconsin require
school superintendents to become certified before they can
become licensed. Superintendent certification is typically a
two-year program with a master's degree prerequisite, often
including a field-based element where you work with practicing
district superintendents for some months. Students working on a
doctoral degree may complete course requirements for
superintendent certification as part of their doctoral program.
Administrative Responsibilities
School superintendents have a broad set of administrative and
supervisory responsibilities that vary based on the size of the
school district. Hiring and firing of senior staff, handling
teacher and staff disciplinary matters, and managing the budget
are the primary administrative responsibilities of most
superintendents. In most districts, superintendents are also
responsible for overseeing the implementation and enforcement of
all state and federal statutes and programs relating to schools.
Educational Standards and Student Achievement
School superintendents have the difficult task of helping to set
educational standards and measure student achievement in their
districts. Superintendents typically have general authority over
school curricula, within state guidelines. They often work
together with the school board to develop and implement short-
and long-range plans for curriculum, as well as instructional
evaluation and improvement. School boards in some districts,
however, sometimes clash with superintendents when they want to
take a more active role in designing school curriculum or
deciding how student achievement is measured.
Age - Grade Level
Preschool: Ages 3-4
Pre-K: Ages 4-5
Kindergarten: Ages 5-6
1st Grade: Ages 6-7
2nd Grade: Ages 7-8
3rd Grade: Ages 8-9
4th Grade: Ages 9-10
5th Grade: Ages 10-11
6th Grade: Ages 11-12
7th Grade: Ages 12-13
8th Grade: Ages 13-14
9th Grade: Ages 14-15
10th Grade: Ages 15-16
11th Grade: Ages 16-17
12th Grade: Ages 17-18
Age-Based Grade Assignments Hinder Millions of Students. Traditional
age-based grade levels may be hampering the progress of millions of K-12
students in the United States and should be a
target for reform, according to a new
study co-authored by a UNC Charlotte education professor.
HOPE PC
Education in the United States (wiki)
Curriculum Designers
Curriculum Designers
Curriculum Specialists
Curriculum Assessment
Curriculum is the totality of student experiences that occur
in the educational process. The term often refers specifically to a
planned sequence of instruction, or to a view of the student's experiences
in terms of the educator's or school's instructional goals.
Instructional
Design is the practice of creating "
instructional
experiences which make the acquisition of knowledge and skill more
efficient, effective, and appealing." The process consists broadly of
determining the state and needs of the learner, defining the end goal of
instruction, and creating some "intervention" to assist in the transition.
The outcome of this instruction may be directly observable and
scientifically measured or completely hidden and assumed. There are many
instructional design models but many are based on the ADDIE model with the
five phases: analysis, design, development, implementation, and
evaluation. As a field, instructional design is historically and
traditionally rooted in cognitive and behavioral psychology, though
recently constructivism has influenced thinking in the field.
Plain Language Writing and
Readability (writing tips)
Instructional Design Coordinator is a person who is responsible for
overseeing the implementation of instructional design techniques, usually
in an academic setting or in corporate
training.
Emergent
Design describes a theoretical framework for the
implementation of systemic change in education and learning environments.
Instructional Theory is "a theory that offers explicit guidance on how
to better help people learn and develop." Instructional theories focus on
how to structure material for promoting the education of human beings,
particularly youth.
Collaboration
Solutions for EducationEducation
Research
Mindshift -
How we will Learn
Teacher Collaboration
Curriki Open
Source Curriculum
Master of Science in Education with
Curriculum & Instruction Strategies
Instructional Coaches
Instructional Materials Development
Project
for School Innovation
Academia
Who's Researching What
NYC
Teaching Fellows
New Visions
Marc
Prensky
Teaching for Change
Core
Knowledge
Subsumption Theory
Backward Design
is a method of designing educational curriculum by setting goals before
choosing instructional methods and forms of assessment. Backward design of
curriculum typically involves three stages: Identify the results desired
(big ideas and skills). What should the students know, understand, and be
able to do? Consider the goals and curriculum expectations Focus on the
"big ideas" (principles, theories, concepts, point of views, or themes).
Determine acceptable levels of evidence that support that the desired
results have occurred (culminating assessment tasks). What will teachers
accept as evidence that student understanding took place? Consider
culminating assessment tasks and a range of assessment methods
(observations, tests, projects, etc.). Design activities that will make
desired results happen (learning events). What knowledge and skills will
students need to achieve the desired results? Consider teaching methods,
sequence of lessons, and resource materials. Backward design challenges
"traditional" methods of curriculum planning. In traditional curriculum
planning, a list of content that will be taught is created and/or
selected. In backward design, the educator starts with goals, creates or
plans out assessments and finally makes lesson plans. Supporters of
backward design liken the process to using a "road map". In this case, the
destination is chosen first and then the road map is used to plan the trip
to the desired destination. In contrast, in traditional curriculum
planning there is no formal destination identified before the journey
begins. The idea in backward design is to teach toward the "end point" or
learning goals, which typically ensures that content taught remains
focused and organized. This, in turn, aims at promoting better
understanding of the content or processes to be learned for students. The
educator is able to focus on addressing what the students need to learn,
what data can be collected to show that the students have learned the
desired outcomes (or learning standards) and how to ensure the students
will learn. Although backward design is based on the same components of
the ADDIE model, backward design is a condensed version of these
components with far less flexibility.
Learning Styles
Teaching Tools
Online
Teacher Resource
Google Classroom
Education News
Journal of Teacher Education (JTE)
Free
Teaching Aids
Teaching Tips (PDF)
International Children's Education
Lessons
Learning Resources
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Lesson Plans
Lesson
Plans Page
Enchanted Learning
E Notes
Story Arts
Free Lesson Plans
Lesson
Plans
Work Sheets
Worksheet Works
Worksheet Generator
Busy Teacher 16,831
free printable worksheets and lesson plans for teaching English.
American Field Service - Teachers Toolbox
Happy Child
Teach-nology
Lesson
Planet
Teach Hub
Teachers Pay Teachers
Brain Games -
Educational Toys
Innovative Learning Conference
Purpose of Education
Open
Education Resources
Books on How to be a Great Teacher
BrainOlogy
Learner
Learning for Life
Child Development
Gifted Children
Pedagogy
Tutoring -
Home Schooling
P21 Skills for the
21st Century
Differentiated Resources
Uncommon
Schools
Teacher Vision
Faculty
Focus
Teacher
Resources
Teaching Expertise
Sites
for Teachers
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Education - Teaching ?
Teaching or Education involves the activities of
instructing; activities that
convey knowledge or skill.
Knowledge acquired by learning and instruction.
Gain
knowledge or
skills. The gradual process of acquiring knowledge.
The
profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or
university). The result of
good upbringing (especially knowledge
of
correct social behavior).
The
principles and methods of instruction.
Online Education using the Internet
Instruction is a message describing
how something is to be done, How something
is used. How something is
perceived.
Process is a particular
course of action intended to
achieve a result.
(psychology) the
performance of some composite cognitive
activity; an
operation that affects mental contents. A sustained
phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of
states.
A mental
process that you are not directly aware of. Subject to
a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some
purpose, improving, or remedying a condition. Perform
mathematical and
logical operations on (data) according to
programmed
instructions in order to obtain the required
information. Shape, form, or
improve a material.
Principles is a rule or standard especially of good behavior.
Rule of personal conduct. Direct the course of; manage or
control.
Behave in a certain manner.
You need to have people have the option
to change their careers when the needs of the society changes.
And in order to do this effectively everyone must have access to
information, knowledge and training, so that people can acquire
the necessary skills in order for them to work a new job that
is needed by society. This way people will always have work and
people will always have the ability to work a new and different
job when needed. And then society will always have the workforce
that's needed, thus people will be able to solve any problem
they're faced with, and make as many improvements to services
and tools that they need.
You don't want to influence
people, or tell people what kind of work they should do, or what
career they should pursue. You want to show people the facts.
And show them how these facts were collected, show them the
importance of these facts, and show them how they can verify
these facts for themselves, while at the same time, also explain to
them that there are things that are still not known to us, so
that they are fully aware that as more information is learned
they may have to make corrections to how this information is
being used at the present time. If you provide this information
and knowledge to people, people will always do what's right and
always do what's needed. Yes,
people will still make mistakes,
but if people are completely educated they will be able to understand
these mistakes and correct them accordingly. Highly Educated people are
better prepared to learn from their mistakes instead of just continually
suffering from their mistakes, as ignorant people often do.
Quality Control (management)
"
It's not just what you do for work,
but just as important, it's what you do in your life. You can
work many hours and be very productive, but if your style of
living is filled with waste and abuse then that negates all the
hard work you've done, and
you will most likely not be a benefit to society at all, so
don't waste your potential."
"Figuring out what you want to do with your life is not easy.
There's a lot to learn, there's a lot to know, and there's a lot
of questions to ask. But what ever you plan to do with your
life, you better do it before you die."
You need to understand that your
parents don't know everything, so
that means that 99% of the world doesn't know everything. And
it's not their fault. We have not yet improved education
adequately enough in order to fully educate people. So everyone
is undereducated. So that is one of the main problems that we
need to correct. When we do, we will solve all other problems.
It will not happen over night, or will it be without
difficulties. But it will be one of the single most important
advances that humans has ever made.
Examine the world and see where
the major problems are, see if any
of those problems connect with you, meaning, does your knowledge
and experiences help you to understand this particular problem.
Do you feel like you can learn how to help solve this particular
problem? And if you do, then you would need to learn the
necessary steps to take, like, what education you would need?
And what type of training you would need in order to provide a
Needed Service, or needed product, that would
Help solve this problem and also improve peoples lives,
Sustainably?
When we
work together we can accomplish some amazing things
Education Policies
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Education Development Center
Center on
Education Policy
Public
Policy and Higher Education
Education Policy
The Institute for
Higher Education Policy
Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act is a 1974
law that governs the access of educational information and records. FERPA
gives parents access to their child's education records, an opportunity to
seek to have the records amended, and some control over the disclosure of
information from the records. With several exceptions, schools must have a
student's consent prior to the disclosure of education records after that
student is 18 years old. The law applies only to educational agencies and
institutions that receive funding under a program administered by the U.S.
Department of Education.
Education
Public Interest
Education Reform
Center for Public Education
Fordham Institute
Higher
Education
American Council
on Education
Council of Chief
State School Officers
European
School Net
Inside
Schools
Education Answers
Nat. Assoc. of
Independent Schools
Association of American Educators
National
Grammar School Assoc.
American
Association for Higher
Education &
Accreditation
Assoc. for the
Study of Higher Education
Higher Education Assessment
Knowledge
Management for Higher Ed
Council for
Higher Education Accreditation
International Development for Education
Association for
Institutional Research
United Federation
of Teachers
Assoc.
Elementary Principles
Middle School
Association
Nat. Assoc.
of Principals
Assoc. State
Boards of Education
National School
Boards Assoc.
American Assoc.
of State Colleges &
Universities
Assoc. Of
American Colleges
Society for
College & University Planning
American Assoc. of
Professors
Nat. Assoc. of
College Admissions
K12
Phoenix
Project
My ACPA
NASPA
New Tech High
ABC Teach
Kipp Knowledge is
Power
Education Corner
Teaching
Monster
Program Evaluation
Character
CountsSEDL
Reach
Every Child
Teach Free
Calder
Center
New Visions
Bridges 4
Kids A.A.I.A
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City Schools
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Schooled
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School Gowns
Broad Prize
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Choice Pearson
Education
Commission
Children's Defense
Montage Education
Reggio Emilia Approach
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Education Assoc.
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of School Psychologists
Child Development
Fun
Education
Reading, Writing & Literacy
Special Education
Education Research
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning is a scholarly inquiry
into student learning which advances the practice of teaching by making
inquiry findings public.
Educational
Research refers to the
systematic
collection and
analysis
of data related to the field of education.
Research may
involve a variety of methods. Research may involve various aspects of
education including student
learning, teaching methods, teacher training, and classroom dynamics.
Educational research attempts to solve a problem. Research involves
gathering new data from primary or first-hand sources or using existing
data for a new purpose. Research is based upon observable experience or
empirical evidence.
Research demands accurate observation and description. Research generally
employs carefully designed procedures and rigorous analysis. Research
emphasizes the development of generalizations, principles or theories that
will help in understanding, prediction and/or control.
Research requires
expertise—familiarity with the field; competence in methodology; technical
skill in collecting and analyzing the data. Research attempts to find an
objective,
unbiased
solution to the problem and takes great pains to
validate the
procedures employed.
Research is a deliberate and unhurried activity which is directional but
often refines the problem or questions as the research progresses.
Research is carefully
recorded and
reported to other persons interested in the problem.
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Institutes for Research
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Core
Standards
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Science of
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National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Nat. Association
of Independent Schools
Education
Commission of the States
International Student Assessment is a 15-year-old school
pupils' scholastic performance on mathematics, science, and
reading.
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Promise
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Middle Level Education
Educational Psychology is the branch of psychology concerned
with the scientific study of human learning. The study of
learning processes, from both cognitive and behavioral
perspectives, allows researchers to understand individual
differences in intelligence, cognitive development, affect,
motivation, self-regulation, and self-concept, as well as their
role in learning. The field of educational psychology relies
heavily on quantitative methods, including testing and
measurement, to enhance educational activities related to
instructional design, classroom management, assessment, which
serve to facilitate learning processes in various educational
settings across the lifespan.
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of High School Scholars
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of Collegiate Scholars
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Taxonomy (wiki)
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Learning
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Learning Research in the 21st Century
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and Learning
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Change
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Board
Completion Agenda
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Surfing
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Consultants
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Association for College Admission Counseling
Academic Advising is a series of intentional interactions
with a curriculum, a pedagogy, and a set of student learning outcomes.
Academic advising synthesizes and contextualizes students' educational
experiences within the frameworks of their aspirations, abilities and
lives to extend learning beyond campus boundaries and timeframes.
Great
SchoolsConcurrent
Enrollment
Study Hall
Accreditation for
College
World
Wide Learn
Educational Consulting
Appreciative Advising is a social-constructivist advising
philosophy that provides a framework for optimizing advisor interactions
with students in both individual and group settings.
Professional Development is learning to earn or maintain
professional credentials such as academic degrees to formal coursework,
conferences and informal learning opportunities situated in practice. It
has been described as intensive and collaborative, ideally incorporating
an evaluative stage. There are a variety of approaches to professional
development, including consultation, coaching, communities of practice,
lesson study, mentoring, reflective supervision and technical assistance.
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Making a Difference
Qualities and Skills of a Worker
Unique Employment Opportunities
Green Jobs
Job Searching Tools
Professions
Social Involvement
Public Service Jobs Ideas
Volunteering
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Education Sayings & Quotes
Mental Health"Don't just learn the tricks of the trade,
learn the trade."
Master Craftsman
Training Definitions
Teaching Resources
Inspiration 101
Career Path Testing
Career Path Testing
Career Aptitude Test
Aptitude is a component of a
competency to do a
certain kind of work at a certain level. Outstanding aptitude can be
considered "
talent". Aptitudes
may be physical or
mental.
Efficacy is the ability to get a job done
satisfactorily.
Skills (abilities)
Learning Abilities
Teaching Adults
IQ Testing
Psychological
Measurement
Career Testing
Skill Scan
Engaging Assessments for Career Development.
Test Q
Central
Test
Accreditation -
Degree
Transferable Skills Analysis is a set of tests or
logic to determine what positions a person may fill if their previous
position(s) no longer exists in the local job market, or they can no
longer perform their last position(s) (e.g., because of an injury). An
informal transferable skills analysis can be performed with the help of a
career counselor, career portfolio or a career planning article or book.
Transferable skills are determined by analyzing past accomplishments or
experience. For instance, a stay-at-home parent and homemaker might find
they have skills in budgeting, child development, food services, property
management, and so on.
Retraining
Changing Course
Worker Qualities
- Employee Ethics
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Fastest Growing Occupations
Career
is an individual's journey through learning, work and other
aspects of life. There are a number of ways to define a career and the
term is used in a variety of ways.
Career Wise
Career one Stop
Quintessential Careers
Career Education Network
Online O
Net Center
O Net
Center
Career Path Services
Career Descriptions
Public Service Careers
Career Planner
Beyond Career
Know How
2 Go
Vocational Education is education that prepares people to
work in a trade, a craft, as a technician, or in support roles in
professions such as engineering, accountancy, nursing, medicine,
architecture, or law. Craft vocations are usually based on manual or
practical activities and are traditionally non-academic but related to a
specific trade or occupation. Vocational education is sometimes referred
to as career education or technical education.
Trade School is a post-secondary educational institution
designed to provide vocational education, or technical skills required to
perform the tasks of a particular and specific job. Vocational schools are
traditionally distinguished from four-year colleges by their focus on
job-specific training to students who are typically bound for one of the
skilled trades, rather than providing academic training for students
pursuing careers in a professional discipline.
Skilled Labor
-
Trades
-
Professions
Vocational Information Center
Vocational School Database
Vocational Schools
P Tech NYC
Ct Tech
American Job Center Network
U.S. Department of
Labor
Engineering -
Construction
Put it into Practice
On the Job Training
Internship
is a job training for white collar and professional careers.
Apprenticeship
is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or
profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study
(classroom work and reading). Apprenticeship also enables practitioners to
gain a license to practice in a regulated profession.
Learn while you Earn -
Real Life Examples
Journeyman is a skilled worker who has successfully
completed an official apprenticeship qualification in a building trade or
craft. They are considered competent and authorized to work in that field
as a fully qualified employee. A journeyman earns their license through
education, supervised experience, and examination.
Professions
(accreditation)
Inter-Professional Education refers
to occasions when students from two or more professions in health and
social care learn together during all or part of their professional
training with the object of cultivating collaborative practice[1] for
providing client- or patient-centered health care.
Dual Education System combines apprenticeships in a company
and vocational education at a vocational school in one course.
Job Shadow is a popular on-the-job learning, career
development, and leadership development intervention. Essentially, job
shadowing involves working with another employee who might have a
different job in hand, might have something to teach, or can help the
person shadowing him or her to learn new aspects related to the job,
organization, certain behaviors or competencies. Organizations have been
using this as a very effective tool for learning.
Experience Learning -
Training
Cooperative Education is a structured method of combining
classroom-based education with practical work experience. A cooperative
education experience, commonly known as a "co-op", provides academic
credit for structured job experience. Cooperative education is taking on
new importance in helping young people to make the school-to-work
transition.
Situated
Learning is how individuals acquire professional skills,
extending research on apprenticeship into how legitimate peripheral
participation leads to membership in a community of practice. Situated
learning "takes as its focus the relationship between learning and the
social situation in which it occurs"
Higher Education Improvements
Training and Development is a function concerned with
organizational activity aimed at bettering the job performance of
individuals and groups in organizational settings. Training and
development can be described[by whom?] as "an educational process which
involves the sharpening of skills, concepts, changing of attitude and
gaining more knowledge to enhance the performance of employees.
Employment
Training Programs
Entrepreneurship
Programs -
Innovation
Industry City Innovation Lab trains a quality workforce of local
community residents, and integrates them into surrounding businesses. We
have a social responsibility, and we’re giving you the opportunity to get
onboard.
Hackerspace
Competency-Based Learning is an approach to teaching and
learning more often used in learning concrete skills than abstract
learning. It differs from other non-related approaches in that the unit of
learning is extremely fine grained. Rather than a course or a module every
individual skill/learning outcome, known as a competency, is one single
unit. Learners work on one competency at a time, which is likely a small
component of a larger learning goal. The student is evaluated on the
individual competency, and only once they have mastered it do they move on
to others. After that, higher or more complex
competencies are
learned to a degree of mastery and isolated from other topics. Another
common component of Competency-based learning is the ability to skip
learning modules entirely if the learner can demonstrate they already have
mastery. That can be done either through prior learning assessment or
formative testing.
Slide Show.
Competency Based Education
Learning Methods
Job
Readiness Training
Jobs Program
Glass Ceiling represents an invisible barrier that keeps a
given demographic (typically applied to
women) from rising beyond a
certain level in a
hierarchy.
Professional Development is learning to earn or maintain
professional credentials such as
academic degrees to formal coursework,
conferences and informal learning opportunities situated in practice. It
has been described as intensive and collaborative, ideally incorporating
an evaluative stage.
Personal Development
Professional Development
The
Makers Coalition
Standards for
Training
Performance Instruction
American Society for Training and Development
My Skills My Future
Career
Explorer
Read about
your Career Options
Careers in Government
Workforce Investment Act
Internet
Guru Guide
Work Certified Program
Work Certification
Work
Certified Testing
Military to Civilian Skills
Certification Program
Service Learning with Disadvantaged Youth
School Counselor Responsibilities
School Counselor is a
counselor and an educator who works in
elementary, middle, and/or high schools to provide academic, career,
college readiness, and personal/social competencies to all K-12 students
through a
school counseling program.
School Social Worker provides counseling services to
children and adolescents in schools.
Consultant is a professional who provides expert
advice in a particular area.
Counseling Psychology
Counseling
Categories (wiki)
Licensed -
Accredited -
Professional Advisor
School counseling professionals provide direct and indirect services
to students. They also develop and implement comprehensive
counseling programs that focus on student
outcomes. Through direct student services, school counseling programs and
their counselors provide: Core School Counseling Curriculum. Lessons that
are designed to help students achieve competencies, knowledge, attitudes,
and skills appropriate to their level of development. Individual Student
Planning. Activities designed to assist students in establishing goals and
developing their future plans. Responsive Services. Meeting the immediate
needs and concerns of students in both individual and small-group settings
or crisis counseling.
Indirect services for
students involve any activity that is completed on behalf of students.
These include referrals, consultation, and collaboration with stakeholders
such as administrators, teachers, parents, and community organizations.
School counseling professionals are also involved in student evaluation of
abilities, the identification of issues that impact school participation,
and prepare and present workshops on certain topics such as bullying and
drug abuse. Elementary school counselors take a collaborative approach to
helping students. They work closely with teachers, administrators and
parents to make sure every young student is being taught at the right
level, students who may be struggling are getting the appropriate support
and referrals, and the top students are being adequately challenged. They
also watch for warning signs when a student may have a learning
disability, an underlying emotional or behavioral concern, or having
problems at home that affect their learning. In middle schools, school
counseling professionals provide guidance where it is sorely needed, among
a population that is experiencing physical, mental, emotional and social
growing pains. From the transition from childhood to adolescence, middle
school students typically explore and expand their interests, begin to
connect their learning in school to real world experiences, engage in high
levels of activity, develop their own identity, and seek opinions from
peers for comfort, understanding, and approval. A
middle school counseling office is rarely empty as all manner of
issues arise daily, from physical and social conflicts, to academic
struggles and emotional issues.
The American
School Counselor Association (ASCA) describes the work of high school
counseling offices as providing support, guidance, and opportunities to
adolescents who are seeking to define their independence, transition into
adulthood, and evaluate and further develop their skills. High school
counselors provide academic and career planning activities, address
personal and social development concerns, and prepare and present
workshops on a variety of topics. Crisis counseling and management is
prevalent to the high school counseling role as adolescents are challenged
with the pressures of alcohol, sex, drug abuse, relationships, and
multiple stressors.
Guide is a person who leads others to more abstract goals such as
knowledge or wisdom. The term can also be applied to a person who leads
travelers or tourists through unknown or unfamiliar locations.
Mentor.
Occupational Therapist works with a client to help them
achieve a fulfilled and satisfied state in life through the use of
"purposeful activity or interventions designed to achieve functional
outcomes which promote health, prevent injury or disability and which
develop, improve, sustain or restore the highest possible level of
independence.
Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment to develop,
recover, or maintain the daily living and work skills of people with a
physical, mental, or cognitive disorder. Occupational therapists also
focus much of their work on identifying and eliminating environmental
barriers to independence and participation in daily activities.
Occupational therapy is a client-centered practice that places emphasis on
the progress towards the client's goals. Occupational therapy
interventions focus on adapting the environment, modifying the task,
teaching the skill, and educating the client/family in order to increase
participation in and performance of daily activities, particularly those
that are meaningful to the client. Occupational therapists often work
closely with professionals in physical therapy, speech therapy, nursing,
social work, and the community.
Teacher
Teacher by 38 Special (youtube)
Just when I thought I finally
learned my lesson well
There was more to this than meets the eye
And
for all the things you taught me, only time will tell
If I'll be able
to survive, oh yeah.
Teacher, teacher can you teach me?
Can you tell
me all I need to know?
Teacher, teacher can you reach me?
Or will I
fall when you let me go? Oh, no.
Am I ready for the real world? Will I
pass the test?
You know it's a jungle out there
Ain't nothin' gonna
stop me, I won't be second best
But the joke's on those who believe the
system's fair, oh yeah.
Teacher, teacher can you teach me?
Can you
tell me if I'm right or wrong?
Teacher, teacher can you reach me?
I
wanna know what's goin' on, oh yeah.
So the years go on and on but
nothing's lost or won
What you learn is soon forgotten
They take the
best years of your life
Try to tell you wrong from right
But you
walk away with nothing, oh oh.
Teacher, teacher can you teach me?
Can you tell me all I need to know?
Teacher, teacher can you reach me?
Or will I fall when you let me go?
Teacher, teacher can you teach me?
Can you tell me if I'm right or wrong?
Teacher, teacher can you reach
me?
I wanna know what's goin' on, oh.
Teacher, teacher, can you
teach me?
Teacher, teacher, can you reach me?
Teacher, teacher, can
you teach me?
Teacher, teacher, oh yeah.
Teacher, teacher
Teacher, teacher