Open Directory - Reference: Education: K through 12: Educators: New and Prospective Teachers
See also: - School-based initial teacher training through the GTP route. UK. - Includes news, publications, meetings, teacher preparation information, professional development, and state chapters. - 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. - The types of questions teacher candidates should ask their interviewers. - Information on educator preparation programs, educator standards, upcoming conferences, and a report on the quality of teacher education in the state of Ohio are presented. - Information is primarily for student and new science teachers. Ideas include classroom management suggestions, how to prepare for the start of the school year, and how to handle laboratory situations. - Weblog covering the whole first year out of college as a teacher. - Resources and programs for new K-12 teachers to promote collaboration among all stakeholders concerned with recruiting and retaining quality teachers for Illinois schools. - A support environment for professionals mentoring or supervising novice teachers. Includes an integration of theory, research, and application of promising practices for promoting educator learning and personal development. - 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. - Includes how to get a job, teaching jokes, classroom discipline tips, and pros and cons of public and private schools. - Designed to support the professional development of educators. Includes free articles, new teacher training programs, and support products available to purchase. - Information about helping new teachers. - Details about study for the Postgraduate Certificate of Education by working in schools with professional teachers. - 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. - First-year teacher shares her experiences and insights. - A collection of advice to someone who is new to the teaching profession. - 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. - From the US Department of Education. - 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. - Credentialing and advanced degree information for beginning teachers, experienced teachers and administrators, as well as educator information for each state. - Selected articles from the book. - Summary of a conference held March 6-7, 2002 at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas. - A former Teach for America corps member reflects on the program and offers advice to prospective applicants. - 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. - 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. - 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. (October 01, 2001)
