Teacher Links
This page is updated frequently. Educational staff are
encouraged to let Tom O'Connor know about the usefulness and currency of
these links and to make suggestions for other links which would be helpful
to other teachers.
ACLS (Adult Community Learning Services) - this is a useful link for DOE programs which includes DOE staff addresses, important documents to download such as ABE Curriculum Frameworks, and latest DOE mailings
SABES (System for Adult Basic Education Support) - web site contains document, bibliographies, lists of workshops and trainings and links to other educational sites
Focus on
Basics - quarterly publication of the
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy.(NCSALL) The
website includes all back issues of the publication with articles on best
practices and current research on adult learning and literacy,
Gateway to Educational
Materials - the key to one-stop, any-stop access
to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources
on the Internet!
Assessment Strategies -resources are extensive for multiple-subject assessments at Scoring Guides, Portfolios, Performance Tasks, Peer Evaluations--all are covered.
Federal Resources
for Educational Excellence (FREE) - website which makes
teaching and learning resources from across the federal government available
in one place
Teachers.Net- large teacher site which includes lesson plans, discussion areas etc.
Teachervision.com
- large teacher site which includes lesson plans, printable handouts, graphic
organizers, subject materials, professional development materials, classroom
organization tools and a teacher store.
The Study Place - after registering, a teacher of adults age 18 and above may create your own online lessons using simple forms, find ready mand online lessons, create a class home page and track student progress online.
Writing Lesson Plans - a collection of articles which useful infomation on how to write quality lesson plans. It includes such topics as Lesson Plans the Easy Way, How to Write Behavioral Objectives, Verbs for Behavioral Objectives, Lesson Planning: Teaching Questions, How to Write an Assessment Based on an Objective, and the Common Mistakes in Writing Lesson Plans
Webquest Information this site includes a large number of materials to assist teachers interested in developing Webquests. A Webquest is a a formalized web-based activity that promotes inquiry-based learning by assigning students a task and a step by step process to accomplish the task. Various resources are suggested to guide the student to the information needed to accomplish the task. A Webquest may be developed by teachers as a learning activity for their students or developed by a group of students as the focus of a class web page development project..
English as a Second Language Links
Mathematics Links for Teachers