Related Links
While by no means all-inclusive, the following list of web links is provided to assist you with locating professional resources in areas related to the most recent initiatives and most commonly accessed educational organizations and sites:
Professional Development
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
- Beacon Educator
- Florida Association for Staff Development
- Helping Teachers Through High Quality Professional Development -- see "professional development" number 45-54 on this page.
- Learning Point Associates (formerly NCREL)
- Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning
- Learning Forward
- North East Florida Educational Consortium (NEFEC)
- Panhandle Area Educational Consortium
- Performance Learning Systems
- Professional Learning Communities of Continuous Inquiry and Improvement
- Slide Shows for Workshops
- Teach in Florida
Leadership
- American Association of School Administrators
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
- Keeping Teachers Motivated
- National Association of Elementary School Principals
- National Assoc. of Secondary School Principals
- Professional Learning Communities
School Improvement
- American Federation of Teachers
- Great Schools
- National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
- Pathways to School Improvement
- Regional Education Laboratory Network
- SERVE
Literacy
- Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site
- Check Your Spelling
- Children’s Literature – Resources for Teachers
- Encouraging Young Children’s Writing
- English Town
- Everyday Literacy
- The Florida Center for Reading Research
- Grammar Lady
- Grammar and Punctuation Glossary
- Handwriting Skills
- Homonym Helper
- Literacy Tips
- Mystery Net
- National Institute for Literacy
- National Study Of Writing Instruction
- Printable Free Grammar Worksheets
- Reading Rockets
- Six Early Literacy Skills
- Story Place
- Thinking Fountain A to Z
- The Ultimate Writer's Guide
- Zoo Books
Instructional Strategies
- Cyberguides
- Education World: The Educator's Best Friend
- Education World’s “Best Of” Series
- FREE Resources
- Fun Brain
- Kid Port
- Kid Quest
- PBS Kids
- Pics-4-Learning
- Puzzle Maker
- Teacher Quality
- Teachers FIRST
- TeacherLINKS List
Curriculum
- Educational Resources
- Filamentality
- Gateway Educational Materials
- High School Hub
- Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
- MSR Maps
- Resources for Math and Science
- State Standards
- STEPS and the Lesson Architect
- TeacherVision Lessons
- Tired Teachers' Resources
- Videoconferencing for Learning
Assessment and Research
- American Library Association
- Awesome Library
- Biography
- Channel One
- The Columbia Encyclopedia
- Consortium for Policy Research in Education
- Fact Monster
- FIRN
- Grolier Online
- iTools! Research-it! Find-it!
- Library Spot
- The National Center for Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing
- Online Evaluation Resource Library
- SEFLIN
- SunLink
Parent Involvement
- The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
- CIERA Family Literacy Resources Database
- Encourage Your Child to Read More
- Encourage Your Child to Write
- Encourage Teen Literacy
- Encouraging a Child to Read
- Encouraging Reading in Late Readers
- Everyday Literacy
- Fostering Literacy at Home
- Homework Help
- Importance of Reading to Toddlers
- Interactive Ways to Encourage Your Children to Read
- Literacy Tips to Help Your Little Ones
- National Center for Family Literacy
- Raising a Reader
- Strategies for Encouraging Strong Readers
- Summer Time Reading Ideas
- Teaching Writing to Your Homeschool Child
- Tips to Encourage Reading