Teachers' Resources

Links to the Sunshine State Standards

• Sunshine State Standards: "Next Generation"  Curriculm, Instruction and Assessment.
  
• InTech 2000 Forum Introduction to the Sunshine State Standards.
• Florida Department of Education

General Education Teaching Resources

• ERIC: The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a national information system designed to provide users with ready access to an extensive body of education-related literature. Recent revisions to the service make more full text material freely available.
• T.H.E. Journal:

• A to Z Teacher Stuff - Designed to help teachers find online lesson plans and resources.
• Calendar Through the Ages: history of human endeavor to organize our lives in accordance with the sun and stars.
• Children's Literature Web Guide: Internet resources related to books for children and young adults.
• DiscoverySchool.com - "Fresh ideas to enhance learning." Lesson plans, teaching worksheets, curriculum center, clip art, and homework helpers.

• Education Index for Primary Education Resources. Many education resource links.
• Education World: sponsored by American Fidelity Educational Services
• Elementary (K-12) resources: "37,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education."
• ELibrary in the LIRN databases includes searches by reading level and by state standards. Your LIRN password is required for this database.
• Great Web Sites for Kids - from ALA

• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth, updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.
• Kids' Stuff from Refdesk
• Meridian: A Middle School Computer Technologies Journal: An online journal; a service of NC State University, Raleigh, NC, to help demonstrate to middle school teachers the best ways of applying computer technologies to classroom teaching and learning.. Some articles include K-3 as well as middle school applications.
• Resources for Christian Teachers: a well-maintained site offering resources for teachers in Christian, public, private,and home schools, as well as children's ministry resources. Includes translation into Spanish and other languages.

• Smithsonian Institution Encyclopedia Smithsonian
• Teachers helping teachers: "This is a free, non-profit service. It costs nothing to access the information, and no money is made from teachers who contribute. Material on this service is updated weekly during the school year."
• Teachers' Internet Use Guide: A guide to designing Internet-based lessons. Includes Texas standards.
• TEACHERS source from PBS. PBS forms Technology Alliances with companies that support PBS TeacherSource's mission to serve preK-12 educators.

Classroom Management

• Teacher's Guide, Classroom Management
• Teachnet Classroom Management Topics

Administration

• Florida Association of School Administrators
• Nation Center for Educational Statistics: The Digest of Education Statistics provides a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of education from prekindergarten through graduate school. Topics in the Digest include: the number of schools and colleges; teachers; enrollments; graduates; educational attainment; finances; federal funds for education; employment and income of graduates; libraries; technology; and international comparisons.
• U.S. Department of Education:
  • No Child Left Behind

 August 2011