Welcome to my teacher resource page! Here you will find all sort of helpful information. These are sites on the internet that I have found useful in my own professional career, so in the spirit of professionalism, I thought I'd share! If you know of other sites that would be helpful for others in the teaching profession, please email me and let me know ; I'd love to add to this list of links! This page is divided into the following categories: (1) Finding a Job (2) Professional Organizations (3) Teaching Resources (4) Instructional Sites for Students & Classroom Use (5) Best Practices in Education Finding a teaching job is practically a job in itself. Putting together an effective resume, writing cover letters, and getting all your materials together and in the mail is a time-extensive process. Even without the actual job search process, one can get tired and frustrated- just by trying to keep up. In an effort to make the job search process a bit easier, I have put together a list of web sites that list teaching jobs for those in the English field. Best of luck!
The Academic Employment Network This website lists various teaching jobs for all educators. Simply select the state where you want to teach and the network will pull up all the listings they have for that state.
This site details a map of the United States. All states that have current teaching vacancies will be highlighted green. Simply click on the state you are interested in and all of the teaching vacancies for that state will appear!
To use this website you must be a member. However, there are other great sites listed under the "resources" section.
For those teachers who want to teach in a Lutheran school, this is the site to check. It will list schools that are close to you by miles or by cities.
Run through the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis Campus) this site is similar to K12jobs.com. By using a map of the US, the user clicks on a state and is then given a list of open jobs within that state.
This site offers a free registration and will even send a standard application to all the schools that have openings in your area! What's more, you can browse postings by field or location. In addition, this site has various links to help with such things as resumes and cover letters.
This site is maintained by the WI State Department of Public Instruction. Once connected to this site you can check for Wisconsin jobs by school, position, city, keyword, or category. The DPI updates this site weekly.
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Here is a brief listing of various professional organizations one can be a part of. Since I can't list them all, I only listed those which are general enough to apply to all teachers, or those which apply specifically to English teachers. These links are also great resources for help, lesson plans, or just to look around. At most of these sites, you can also find out how to become a member. Being a part of a professional organization is a great way to stay in touch with a major field of study. The National Education Association Web Page American Federation of Teachers Association of American Educators National Center for Educational Statistics National Council of Teachers of English National Center for Parent Involvement in Education
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One of the best ways to be an effective teacher is to make sure that plenty of resources are available. What better place to use than the World Wide Web! Thus, I have compiled the following links for teachers to use. These links offer everything from stylebooks, documentation, dictionaries, web sites to find effective lesson plans, and even some special links just for English teachers! A web site for both teachers and students, this site has many great links for any educator.
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary The old tried and true dictionary-- online!
Research Central takes students through the critical steps in planning their search, and finding and evaluating information..
All sorts of great lesson plans that English teachers can use.
A site that contains lesson plans for all disciplines. Check it out!
A HUGE teacher clearinghouse that has many teacher resources, lesson plans, and much more.
An interactive web site that is designed for the learning and enjoyment of all Shakespeare's plays.
Drama, Story Telling & Reader's Theater This is a site that houses links to all sorts of creative web pages for use with drama, stories ,puppets, and reader's theater. It has a lot of great links... check it out!
Education Place Activity Search If you are looking for more than 400+ original activities for ALL SUBJECTS in the K-8 range, then this site probably has it. You select the curriculum areas and grade levels you are looking for and the site will do the rest!
An interactive web site that can be used for writing and journalism. The site focuses on journalism and can even be used by students. It offers great pictures of how a newsroom works and great advice-- even a few contests. It's fantastic!
For those who teach ESL, this site is GREAT! It has lesson plans, activities, games, journals & organizations, and even publishers for work done by ESL students. It's quite comprehensive.
A page put together by an independent English teacher to help those in the profession. It contains links for the Standards of Learning in English as well as links to homepages put together by real authors! It has other resources too, such as links to lesson plans, multicultural literature, mythology, and much, much more!
A whole bunch of high school English curriculum links. The site has links to references, lesson plans, and more!
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