Bedgrove Infant Training School
Background information about the school as well as about the different ways of training to become a teacher in the UK.
New Physics Teacher Project
Advice for the first year physics teacher gathered from interviews with expert physics educators.
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.
Hip Teacher
Weblog covering the whole first year out of college as a teacher.
New Math Teachers
Provides some good ideas for new math teachers.
The Role of Texas Physics Departments in the Preparation of K-12 Science Teachers
Summary of a conference held March 6-7, 2002 at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas.
Second International GIREP Seminar on Quality Development in Teacher Education and Training
1-6 September, 2003, University of Udine, Italy. The seminar can be summed up as one in which the concerns of producing professional physics teachers for the demands of the 21st century.
2Schools Consortium
School-based initial teacher training through the GTP route. UK.
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Includes news, publications, meetings, teacher preparation information, professional development, and state chapters.
Student Teachers
Great little activities to use with students.
Aysa Publishing - Interest Corner For Novice Teachers
Articles with advice for inexperienced teachers.
A Career Choice Series - Teaching
Source of teacher career information, with a list of education programs, teaching facts and steps to becoming a teacher.
Education Interview Questions
The types of questions teacher candidates should ask their interviewers.
New Teacher Survival Guide
Includes how to get a job, teaching jokes, classroom discipline tips, pros and cons of public and private schools, and more.
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.
Survival Guide for New Teachers
From the US Department of Education.
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.
Careers in Teaching
16-page PDF-format guide about the pros and cons of becoming a teacher.
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.
Mentor Junction
A comprehensive support environment for professionals mentoring or supervising novice teachers. The site also contains an integration of theory, research, and application of promising practices for promoting educator learning and personal development.
NEA: Tomorrow's Teachers - Looking Good on Paper
"Having a stellar résumé and portfolio will set you apart from the crowd."
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.
North Bedfordshire School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT)
Details about study for the Postgraduate Certificate of Education by working in schools with professional teachers.
NPR : One Year in the Life at Roosevelt High School, A Special Report
NPR's Robert Smith is spending a year following the students and faculty at Roosevelt High School in Seattle, Wash. -- the largest high school in the city.
Owatonna Mentoring Program
Experienced Owatonna educators are teamed up with probationary teachers in a three-year progression, to provide support, encouragement and professional development.
Primary Catholic Partnership
School-centred initial teacher training in the Southampton, UK area which promotes high standards of teaching and learning based on a Catholic philosophy of education.
PT3 - Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers for Technology
The primary function of the PT3 grant is to assist pre-service teachers learn and integrate technology into their lessons and units of study. The PT3 team targets pre-service teachers and their professors as they provide a variety of resources for facilitating technology development.
Nontraditional Career Resource Center at Rutgers University
A program funded by the New Jersey Department of Education, and is housed at the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Parents, educators and students explore, research, and share information on nontraditional (for their gender) careers.
Rethinkingschools.org - Teaching to Make a Difference
A collection of advice to someone who is new to the teaching profession.
Rethinkingschools.org - Getting Students Off The Track
First-year teacher shares her experiences and insights.
The New Teacher Book
Selected articles from the book.
Recruiting New Teachers, Inc.
This site examines the teaching profession in great detail, as well as providing resources for potential teachers.
Information on Teach for America
Details of an interview experience with Teach for America, and links to their national web site and the Houston school district which hired this particular person.
Mentoring the New Teacher
SkyLight Professional Development provides a summer program that provides training for the most critical problems facing novice teachers.
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.
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.
Training and Development Agency for Schools (UK)
An executive Non-Departmental Public Body established to raise standards in schools by attracting able and committed people to teaching and by improving the quality of teacher training.
Teachnology Forum - New Teachers / Student Teachers
A forum for new educators.
What Techniques Can Make You More Marketable When You Look to Get Your Teaching Job?
Examines five key considerations for landing a teaching job.
Teacher Focus Forum - New Teachers' Place
Forum to discuss new teacher issues with other teachers who are now or have recently been through similar situations.
Getting Started - A Checklist for Beginning Teachers
The Alberta Teachers' Association offers this advice.
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.
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.
Thoughts on Teach for America
A former Teach for America corps member reflects on the program and offers advice to prospective applicants.
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