Preparing for the First Day Setting Up the Classroom
Planning the Curriculum Computing in the Classroom

Every teacher new and old must decide plan the curriculum for the year with both student interests and learning standards in mind. These resources will give you fresh new ideas along with the tried and true, and will show you where to find national and state standards so you can align your curriculum to these guidelines.

            

Curriculum Ideas

Power to Learn's School to Career: New York Liberty
http://www.powertolearn.com/school_to_career/liberty/index.shtml
In this School to Career feature about the NY Liberty, find out about all the careers that collaborate to produce a NY Liberty game-- from the mascot and the players to the Merchandise Manager and Senior Buyer.

Power to Learn's Spotlights
http://www.powertolearn.com/spotlights/index.shtml
Spotlights offer an in-depth look at a particular theme, event or subject including Creative Expressions, Women in the Workplace, and many more in our Spotlight Archive!

Teacher Vision
http://www.teachervision.com
Sponsored by the Family Education Network, this content-loaded site is filled with back to school tips, curriculum materials and lesson plans, teacher resources, professional development suggestions, and much more.

Teachnet
http://www.teachnet.com
Teachnet is brimming with back to school ideas, power tools and tips for teachers, lesson plans, free education clip art, and bulletin board suggestions.

Yahooligans! Teacher Guide
http://www.yahooligans.com/tg/backtoschool.html
The Yahooligans Teacher Guide features lesson plans, educational resources, free newsletters, clip art for the classroom, and more.

Elementary School Educators Homepage
http://k-6educators.about.com/education/k-6educators/?PM=460_1007
This site is loaded with helpful teaching tools, lesson plans, bulletin board ideas, classroom management techniques, and icebreaker activities.

The New Middle School Teacher Guide
http://www.middleweb.com/1stDResources.html
Hosted by MiddleWeb, this online back to school guide is chock-full of valuable resources for teachers, parents, and students, including tips for new teachers, first day strategies, book recommendations and much, much more.

Secondary School Educators Homepage
http://7-12educators.about.com/education/7-12educators/mbody.htm
This About.com site contains a plethora of Back to School resources for upper middle school and high school teachers. Along with plenty of lesson plans and teaching strategies, this site offers suggestions on classroom management, advice on enhancing your students' active listening skills, and techniques for setting a positive tone in the classroom.

Standards

U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov
Every teacher should visit the official U.S. Department of Education page to investigate what our government is doing to improve education for America's children. This site contains valuable information on educational initiatives and partnerships, as well as information on grants, research, and other resources.

NY State Department of Education
http://www.nysed.gov
Learn about funding opportunities and for your school as well as information on teacher certification and more.

NJ State Department of Education
http://www.state.nj.us/education
Find out about opportunities for grants and professional development, as well the state guidelines for standards and assessment.

CT State Department of Education
http://www.state.ct.us/sde
Catch up on the latest state guidelines for student assessment, working with special education students, school reform, technology and more.

National PTA
http://www.pta.org
Join the national PTA online or catch up on the latest national and regional PTA news.

NYC School Leadership Teams
http://www.adelphi.edu/nyst
Learn about NY City's school leadership team programs written in multiple languages. You can also obtain up to date events, training and other educational happenings in NYC.

NYC Board of Education
http://www.nycenet.edu
Learn about professional development training offered in New York City as well as job opportunities for educators.

 
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