General Resources

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• ABC Teaching Jobs - ABC Teaching Jobs is a K-12 recruitment site designed to help educators find teaching and administrative jobs and schools to find qualified educators.

• Actionbioscience.org - provides lessons for high school/undergraduate levels to accompany its peer-reviewed articles examining bioscience issues. Lessons are written by educators and correlated to NSES standards. Articles and lessons focus on issues in biodiversity, environment, genomics, biotechnology, evolution, new frontiers in the sciences, and education.

• Answers.com - A free all-inclusive one-stop center for teachers, librarians, students and parents for quick explanations, definitions, translations and facts. It contains over 3 million topics, as well as lesson plans and handouts.

• Assignment: The World - Activities, lesson plans, timelines and more.

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• bigchalk, the Education Network - Classroom management, professional resources, curriculum design

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• Celebration of Teaching and Learning - This website, from the NYSED Office of Cultural Education, consists of material about and online access to cultural resources for teachers and educators.

• Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) Online Classroom Projects - CIESE sponsors and designs interdisciplinary projects that teachers throughout the world can use to enhance their curriculum.

• Center for Performance Assessment - A private educational organization that helps individuals, school districts, and corporations achieve their educational objectives through assessment, accountability, and standards.

• Count On - Mathematics resources

• Crayola Creativity - Art techniques, lesson plans, creative experiences, etc.

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• Discovery School - Teaching tools, lesson plans, etc.

• District Administration - The magazine for K-12 education leaders.

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• Education Atlas - A comprehensive guide to education sites on the Web.

• Education Commission of the States - The core of this Web site is the Education Issues section, which provides a wealth of information on dozens of education issues, from accountability to vouchers. Each "Issue Site" includes an overview of the issue; information about state legislation, programs and activities; links to the best research, reports and articles about the issue; links to other Web sites with good information about each issue; and other resources such as examples of good education practice and databases that can be sorted into tailored views.

• Education Resource Center - The Education Resource Group is dedicated to helping professional educators, student teachers, parents, mentors and tutors educate students by providing access to education resources. 

• Education Week on the Web - Online newspaper of record.

• Education World - Resources include lesson planning, professional development, and teacher tools.

• Educational Videos - Free educational videos from ConocoPhillips.

• Einstein Project - A nonprofit corporation dedicated to improving the quality of science, mathematics and technology education for K-12 students in Wisconsin.

• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) - ENC's mission is to identify effective curriculum resources, create high-quality professional development materials, and disseminate useful information and products to improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning.

• eThemes - Creating Internet Resources for Teaching & Sharing

• Experimental Aircraft Association - Aviation education resources for elementary, middle school and high school teachers.

• Exploratorium - Website contains learning tools and professional development resources.

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• Family Education Network - Resources include lesson plans, teacher tools and tips for classroom management.

• flight-history.com - Aviation history resources & archives.

• Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program - The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the United States Department of State and arranges direct one-to-one classroom exchanges to over thirty countries for teachers at the elementary, secondary, two-year, and four-year college
  levels. Administrators can participate in six-week shadowing experiences in nine different countries.

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• Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) - a consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.

• Google for Educators - Explore how Google and educators can work together.
  
  
• Gradeworks.com - A free web-based tool for teachers that promotes communication between parents, teachers and students.
  
  

• Great Schools.net - Elementary, middle and high school information for public, private and charter schools nationwide.

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• History Channel - This site contains study guides and a speech archive, among other things.

• Homework Hotline - Study guides, homework tips, homework helper and more.

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• Initiative on Education Excellence for Hispanic Americans Website - The Initiative serves as a resource for information relating to the closing of the educational achievement gap of Hispanic Americans.

• Innovative Teaching - Links to various resources such as distance learning, lessons, projects, research, etc.

• Insideschools.org - An independent non-profit group offering authoritative reviews of the more than 1,100 NYC public schools.

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• Kennedy Center ArtsEdge

• Knowledge Loom - A place for educators to become part of an active online teaching and learning community.

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• Learner.org - A partnership between The Annenberg Foundation and The Corporation for Public Broadcasting to advance excellent teaching in American schools.
   

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• Microsoft Classroom Teacher Network - Instructional resources & professional development

• MiddleWeb - Exploring middle school reform.

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• NASA Quest - Dedicated to bringing NASA people, space & science to classrooms through the Internet.

• National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) - This site contains links to Internet & multimedia resources.

• National Geographic Education Guide - Resources on this site include lesson plans, maps, and online adventures.

• National Geographic Online - A boarding pass to world wide travel, National Geographic Magazine, World Magazine, Map Machine, and Hot Spots.

• National Park Service

• National Science Center - Resources include teacher tools, math and science camp curriculums, etc.

• New York City Early Childhood Professional Development Institute - This website includes information on New York City college/university degree programs in Early Childhood; Early Childhood Continuing Education programs; and professional development opportunities. It also contains information that supports the efforts of program directors and others to improve the quality of their programs.

• New York State Earlychildhood.org - This website has been developed to support professional development and improve the quality of early childhood and school-age programs. It is designed to provide a one-stop source of information for those exploring careers in early childhood and school-age programs as well as those already working in the field and looking to advance in their careers. It also contains information that supports the efforts of program directors and others to improve the quality of their programs.

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• OLAS Jobs: On-Line Application System for Educators - OLAS is an Internet-based application serving school districts in several regions of New York state. These school districts have committed to using this system as their primary source for filling jobs. Districts can view applicant information, resumes, and cover letters. Candidates are able to apply to specific positions using one application and/or have an option of granting all districts access to their application.

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• Partnership for Reading - A joint effort by the National Institute for Literacy, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the U.S. Department of Education. This site offers information about the effective teaching of reading for children, adolescents, and adults, based on the evidence from quality research.

• PBS TeacherLine - Online professional development through facilitated courses, a learning community and resources.

• PBS TeacherSource - Lesson plans and activities

• Peace Corps - Site includes teaching about culture, lesson plans and much more.

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• Sharing Success - The New York State Education Department's statewide system for identifying and disseminating successful educational programs and practices.

• Sites for Teachers

• Smithsonian Institution - Links to all Smithsonian web sites including museums and organizations, traveling exhibits, activities, events and resources.

• Smithsonian Institution for Teachers - Site includes resource bank, and lesson plans.

• Sport Science - Resources relating to the science of various sports.

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• TCRecord.org - Various resources available.

• TeAch-nology - Resources on the site include lesson plans, worksheets, and teaching ideas.

• Teacher Magazine

• TeachersCount - A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting teaching as a profession and providing teachers with resources. Their goal is to help teachers be successful and to know that they are appreciated.

• Teacher's Closet - Resources include lesson plans, activity sheets, portfolios and much more.

• Teachers' Domain - Multimedia resources, correlations to national and state curriculum standards, lesson plans, etc.

• Teachers.net Gazette - Features education news, commentary, teaching tips, lessons, pedagogy, classroom crafts, recipes, inspiration, humor, and free printables for the classroom.

• Teaching.com - Free, non-commercial educational Web services for educators and students.

• Timesavers for Teachers.com - Downloadable, often-used forms, checklists, units, timesaving ideas, and other reproducible worksheets for busy classroom teachers.

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• US Department of Education - Information includes finding teaching opportunities, improving student performance and professional development.

• US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - This site has classroom activities and teaching resources.

• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Information includes curriculum resources and community service projects.

• US Geological Survey (USGS) - Site includes lesson plans/activities, paper models and educational materials.

• US National Archives & Record Administration - Digital Classroom

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• Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) - The VFW's citizenship education program arms teachers with school activities and resources designed to teach America's youth about patriotism and service and about the contributions of our nation's veterans in preserving peace.

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