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» American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education - Includes news, publications, meetings, teacher preparation information, professional development, and state chapters.




» 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.




» 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.




» Education Interview Questions - The types of questions teacher candidates should ask their interviewers.




» Educator Preparation in Ohio - 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.




» Embrace Challenge - 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.




» First Year Urban Teacher - An 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.




» Getting Started - A Checklist for Beginning Teachers - The Alberta Teachers' Association offers this advice.




» Hip Teacher - Weblog covering the whole first year out of college as a teacher.




» Illinois New Teacher Collaborative - Resources and programs for new K-12 teachers to promote collaboration among all stakeholders concerned with recruiting and retaining quality teachers for Illinois schools.




» 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.




» Mentor Junction - 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.




» NEA: Tomorrow's Teachers - Looking Good on Paper - "Having a stellar résumé and portfolio will set you apart from the crowd."




» New Math Teachers - Provides some good ideas for new math teachers.




» New Physics Teacher Project - Advice for the first year physics teacher gathered from interviews with expert physics educators.




» The New Teacher Book - Selected articles from the book.




» 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.




» New Teacher Survival Guide - Includes how to get a job, teaching jokes, classroom discipline tips, and pros and cons of public and private schools.




» New Teacher University - Designed to support the professional development of educators. Includes free articles, new teacher training programs, and support products available to purchase.




» NewTeacher.com - Information about helping new teachers.




» 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.




» North Bedfordshire School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) - Details about study for the Postgraduate Certificate of Education by working in schools with professional teachers.




» 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.




» Rethinkingschools.org - Getting Students Off The Track - First-year teacher shares her experiences and insights.




» Rethinkingschools.org - Teaching to Make a Difference - A collection of advice to someone who is new to the teaching profession.




» 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.




» 2Schools Consortium - School-based initial teacher training through the GTP route. UK.




» 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.




» 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.




» Survival Guide for New Teachers - From the US Department of Education.




» 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.




» Teacher Certification Information - Credentialing and advanced degree information for beginning teachers, experienced teachers and administrators, as well as educator information for each state.




» 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.




» 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.




» Thoughts on Teach for America - A former Teach for America corps member reflects on the program and offers advice to prospective applicants.




» 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.




» 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.




» 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. (October, 2001)