TEACHER PAGES

Practice

• Attending to the Needs of the Whole Child, Conversation with Director of NWREL's Child, Family and Community Program Project concerning issues of readiness, transition and best practice
• The Ausubelian Preschool Program: Balancing Child-Directed & Teacher-Directed Approaches
• The Building Blocks of Continuity
• Center For New Discoveries in Learning, Lots of strategies for teachers and families; caution material for sale, but some information free
• Class Size / School Size, Links to sites with info on research on class and school size
• Colorado Parent Information and Resource Center, Center devoted to parent participation in education; info on how to become involved and for teachers on how to use parent volunteers; nice site!
• Comer School Development Program, Model for urban education that has turned schools around
• Cooperative Learning, Growing site with information about what makes cooperative learning such a powerful teaching tool with older primary level students
• Creating a Democratic Classroom Environment
• Critical Issue: Organizing for Effective Early Childhood Programs and Practices
• Developmentally Appropriate Practices: Right For All Kids, Article on DAP
• Distinctions Between Self-Esteem and Narcissism, Synopsis of Lillian Katz book asks educators what really contributes to a sense of self-worth.
• Grade Retention, Report Questions Effectiveness, Research from University of Maine
• Early Childhood Program Research and Evaluation, An ERIC Digest
• EdWeb, Explores technology and school reform
• Full Day Kindergarten, ERIC Digest with links to other resources on the internet concerning length of day for kindergarten
• Full Day Vs. Half-day Kindergarten, Interactive site where teachers share their beliefs and knowledge about length of kindergarten day
• Harvard Project Zero, Describes model projects that incorporate multiple intelligences and other concepts
• Head Start Transition Checklist, List of considerations for transition; ways parents can continue to be involved in kindergarten programs
• High/Scope, Links to High/Scope info on the net from this site.
• Improving America's Schools Newsletter
• Integrating Curricula with MI Introduction, Thorough overview of book
• Learning, Examination of critical issues in learning
• National Association of School Psychologists Says "Social Promotion" and Retention Are Failed Practices
• New Horizons for Learning, Information about environments that support teaching and learning
• NURTURING GIFTEDNESS IN YOUNG CHILDREN, ERIC article about meeting the needs of gifted children is an early childhood/primary setting
• Online Educator, Site with education-related website reviews and links; changes frequently
• Parent Involvement: Literature Review and Database of Promising Practices
• Positive Trends in Learning, Texts on meeting the needs of a changing world
• Reaching All Families Creating Family-Friendly Schools, US Department of Education site information; book length
• Recess and Social Development, Comprehensive article concerning the benefits of recess and play
• Resolution on the Issues of Social Promotion and Grade Retention, IRA position statement
• The Responsive Classroom Buy the book learn more about Responsive Classroom
• Responsive Classroom, Northeast Foundation for Children site with information about Responsive Classroom, newsletter, training dates and sites, etc
• School Size, An ERIC Digest
• Theme-related Sites, Nice selection of theme topics with researched links to internet info
• Topics in Early Childhood Education, Topical articles in ECE with archives of past offerings. (Recent articles include "Computers in the Preschool Classroom" and "Emergent Literacy")
• Welcome to Teachnet, Teacher ideas from classroom decor and management to looping
• "The Waldorf Promise", Overview of award winning video about Waldorf Approach to education; links to other sites about Waldorf
• The Waldorf Way, Describes the philosophy and practices of the Waldorf School in Wilton, NH
• What Do We Do? Transitions For One and All
• What's New in Title I? Need to know about the new (not so new now) Title I law? Find out from Mary Jane Letendre herself
• What's Ahead in Elementary Education, Gerald Bracey's predictions
• Why Teach Art?, Article about the value of art for young children