Action Research

• Action Research Resources
  Links to numerous Action Research sites
  http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arhome.html
  
  
• Educating as Inquiry: A Teacher Action Research Site
  http://www.lupinworks.com/ar/index.html
  
  

• Teacher Research: Action Research
  Site developed by the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University
  http://gse.gmu.edu/research/tr/TRaction.shtml

Assessment, Standards and Accountability

• Assessment Resources - Oregon Public Education Network
  Information that answers who, what, and when questions about the Oregon Statewide Assessment System. Work sample requirements, CIM implementation timelines, and state test schedules are also provided.
  http://www.open.k12.or.us/open01bc.html
  
  
• Assessment and Standards - Oregon Public Education Network
  OPEN offers you information about:
  • performance and content standards. This includes a searchable database of Oregon's content standards that lets users retrieve just those subject areas and benchmarks they want.
  • state assessment requirements, implementation timelines, and testing windows.
  • resources that help visitors use and understand Oregon assessment practices.
  http://www.open.k12.or.us/open01.html
  
  
• Cognitive Foundations of Learning to Read: a Framework
  includes the components required to teach reading, resources related to reading assessment, activities and resources.
  http://www.sedl.org/reading/framework/
  
   
• FairTest!
  The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) is an advocacy organization working to end the abuses, misuses and flaws of standardized testing and ensure that evaluation of students and workers is fair, open, and educationally sound.
  http://www.fairtest.org/
  
  
• Looking at Student Work
  An association of individuals and educational organizations that focus on looking at student work to strengthen connections between instruction, curriculum, and other aspects of school life to students' learning. Hosted by the Annenberg Institute Rethinking Accountability Initiative
  http://www.lasw.org

• Making Assessment Work for Everyone: How to Build on Student Strengths
  contains research information and practical ideas for modifying assessments to make them more effective. Examples demonstrate how to make the process equitable and beneficial for students and teachers alike.
  http://www.sedl.org/pubs/tl05/
  
  
• No Child Left Behind: Accountability
  Questions and Answers on accountability from the US Department of Education
  http://www.nclb.gov/next/faqs/accountability.html
  
  
http://www.open.k12.or.us/standards/cimcri/


• Special Education Assessment Process for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students: Guidelines and Resources for the Oregon Department of Educaton:
  An interface between current best practices for functional assessments with the current emerging practices for multicultural assessments.
  http://www.tr.wou.edu/eec/AssessmentProcess2001.pdf
  
  

Behavior and Classroom Management

• Adolescence Directory On-Line
  an electronic guide to information on adolescent issues. It is a service of the Center for Adolescent Studies at Indiana University.
  http://education.indiana.edu/cas/adol/adol.html"
  
  

• Positive Behavioral Intervention Supports (PBIS)
  Information and technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective school-wide disciplinary practices.
  http://www.pbis.org/english/
  
  
• Teachers Helping Teachers:
  Classroom Set-Up and management tips from teachers in the field.
  http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/ ClassroomManagement.html
  
  
• Teacher Tools
  Practical "down in the trenches" materials to share. The Forms and Letters section includes downloadable forms and related paperwork. Also includes lesson plans, a teacher tips bulletin board, and a "used curriculum" bid board where you can buy stuff from other teachers.
  http://www.teachertools.org/index.html"

Curriculum and Instruction

• Brain Connection - Library
  Category-specific listings of articles, news, interviews, reviews, and interactive resources on general topics, education topics and clinical topics.
  http://www.brainconnection.com/library/
  
  
• Cognitive Foundations of Learning to Read: A Framework
  Interactive site that includes a comprehensive look at all of the necessary components required to teach reading. It also includes resources related to reading assessment, activities that work, resources, etc.
  http://www.sedl.org/reading/framework/
  
  
• Core Resources for Looking at Student Work
  Listing of resources and links related to looking at student work. Complied by MiddleWeb
  http://www.middleweb.com/LASW/LASWmain.html
  
  
• Education Place
  K-8 resources for teachers, students, and parents. Includes Reading/Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Intervention, Professional Development, activities, games, and textbook support.
  http://www.eduplace.com/
  
  
• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
  Extensive listing of math and science resources categorized by topic, search feature to find web sites with lesson plans, lessons, software, professional development opportunities, and links to online academic standards.
  http://www.enc.org/
  
  
• Embracing the Child
  Categorical recommendations of literature for learning and shared reading.
  http://www.embracingthechild.org/
  
  
• Internet Sites for Math Teachers
  Topical listing of links to math sites (Math history, multicultural, test preparation, math reference tables, general math, brain teasers and specific math topics.
  http://people.clarityconnect.com/ webpages/terri/sites.html
  
  
• Learning Disabilities Online
  Interactive website for teachers, students and parents. Provides general information and specific information on a variety of topics all related to Learning Disabilities.
  http://www.ldonline.org/
  
   
• Marco Polo Oregon
  Provides Oregon teachers with the knowledge, skills and tools to integrate quality Internet resources effectively into their daily classroom instruction. Site includes original content, educator-reviewed links and rich supplemental lessons for six discipline-specific areas (the arts, economics, geography, humanities, mathematics, science).
  http://www.marcopolo.k12.or.us/
  
  

• Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning
  Provides educators with instructional strategies that research shows have the greatest likelihood of positively affecting student learning. It is designed to be used by K-12 classroom teachers, building-level administrators, and central office administrators. It is offered as a tool to enhance students' achievement in any content area. Available online in PDF format.
  http://www.mcrel.org/topics/topics.asp?topicsid=6
  
  
• Oregon School Library Information Syster (OSLIS)
  OSLIS is a consortium of the Oregon Education Media Association, Oregon Education Technology Consortium, Oregon Public Education Network, and Western Oregon University, Teaching Research.
  It was developed with two goals:
  1. provide low-cost access to high quality information resources
  2. provide information literacy curriculum for students, teachers, librarians, and other educators
     
  http://www.oslis.k12.or.us/
  
  
• PBS Teacher Source
  Search or browse the PBS TeacherSource database of more than 1,400 lesson plans and activities correlated to more than 115 sets of state and national curriculum standards.
  http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/search.htm
  
  
• PE Central
  Web site for health and physical education teachers, parents, and students. Provides the latest information about developmentally appropriate physical education programs for children and youth and information for adapting PE for students with various disabilities.
  http://www.pecentral.org/
  
  
• ProTeacher
  ProTeacher features BusyBoard discussion boards, mailrings, and an extensive directory of teacher-selected lesson plans, teaching ideas and resources.
  http://www.proteacher.com/
  
  
• Reading Online
  Peer-reviewed journal of the International Reading Association. It focuses on literacy practice and research in K-12 classrooms (students aged 5 to 18).
  http://www.readingonline.org/
  
  
• Scholastic: Teachers Homepage
  Site contains online activities, lesson plans, teaching strategies and tools.
  http://teacher.scholastic.com/index.htm
  
  
• Teachers Network.Org
  A national nonprofit organization that supports classroom teachers in the United States.
  http://www.teachnet.org/
  
  
• Universal Design for Learning - CAST
  A new paradigm for teaching, learning, assessment, drawing on new brain research and new media technologies to respond to individual learner differences.
  http://www.cast.org/udl/

Diversity

• Bilingual/ESL Education
  This site, hosted by Education Commission of the States, provides a topic overview, a series of "quick facts," links to suggested additional research and readings, and answers to the most frequently asked questions about bilingual education and English as a Second Language programs.
  http://www.ecs.org/html/issue.asp?issueID=16"
  
  
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools (ERIC/CRESS)
  - including American Indians & Alaska Natives, Mexican Americans, Migrants, and Outdoor Education One of the 16 national clearinghouses in the ERIC system. Website contains education-related materials such as journal articles, reports, curriculum materials, and conference papers, more.
  http://www.ael.org/eric/
  
  
• Multicultural Education
  Links to multicultural education articles and resources; maintained by the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL).
  http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/ educatrs/presrvce/pe3lk1.htm

• Multicultural Pavilion
  A University of Virgina site providing resources for educators, students, and activists to explore and discuss multicultural education; facilitate opportunities for educators to work toward self-awareness and development; and provide forums for educators to interact and collaborate toward a critical, transformative approach to multicultural education.
  http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/index.html
  
  
• Native American Resources
  http://www.kstrom.net/isk/mainmenu.html
  
  
• Teaching Diverse Learners Web site
  A resource dedicated to enhancing the capacity of teachers to work effectively and equitably with all students.
  http://www.lab.brown.edu/tdl/
  
  
• Teaching Tolerance
  Teaching Tolerance is a national project for helping teachers foster equity, understanding and respect in classrooms and beyond. Site provides resourses for educators and reviews of multicultural education materials.
  http://www.splcenter.org/center/tt/teach.jsp
  
  

ESL and Bilingual Education

• Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition
  Launched in 1993, the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota supports a number of interrelated programs of research, training, development, and dissemination of information related to second language teaching, learning, and assessment.
  http://carla.acad.umn.edu/
  
  
• Center for Applied Linguistics
  A private, non-profit organization that uses the findings of linguistics and related sciences in identifying and addressing language-related problems. CAL carries out a wide range of activities including research, teacher education, analysis and dissemination of information, design and development of instructional materials, technical assistance, conference planning, program evaluation, and policy analysis.
  http://www.cal.org/
  
  

• Daves ESL Cafe
  A general resource site and discussion forum for ESL and EFL teachers and students. Lesson plans and activities are located in the Idea Cookbook. Other pages include: Idioms, Slang Expressions, Phrasal Verbs, Online Quizzes, and ESL Web Guide
  http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/index.html
  
  
• ERIC Clearinghouse - Resources for Mainstream Teachers of English Language Learners
  http://www.cal.org/ericcll/faqs/RGOs/mainstream.html
  
  
• National Association for Bilingual Education
  Promoting educational excellence and equity through bilingual education, the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) is the only national organization exclusively concerned with the education of language-minority students in American schools.
  http://www.nabe.org/

Mentoring

• Lifelines to the Classroom: Designing Support for Beginning Teachers
  Published by WestEd, this article discusses types of support and strategies for supporting beginning teachers.
  http://www.wested.org/online_pubs/tchrbrief.pdf
  
  
• MiddleWeb
  Provides links to teacher mentoring resources
  http://www.middleweb.com/mentoring.html
  
  
• National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education (NCPSE): Retention of Special Education Professionals: A Practical Guide for Strategies and Activities for Educators and Administrators
  http://www.special-ed-careers.org/pdf/retguide.pdf
  
  
• New Teachers Online
  Part of Teachers Network.org, By Teachers, For Teachers. This site has online mentors, resources for new teachers, a helpline, How To...., instructional videos, and lesson plans.
  http://teachersnetwork.org/ntol/
  
  

• Peer Coaching for Improvement of Teaching and Learning
  Published on Teachers Network.org, this article deals with issues, components, benefits and recommendations for Peer Coaching programs.
  http://www.teachnet.org/TNPI/research/growth/ becker.htm
  
  
• Teachers Helping Teachers: The Path to School Improvement
  The Fall, 1999 issue of Edutopia, is devoted to research and resources for mentoring and teacher support.
  http://glef.org/EdutopiaPDF/Fall99.pdf
  
  
• Teachers Network; For New Teacher
  New Teachers Online explores the experience of being a teacher and lots of helpful information.
  http://www.teachnet.org/ntol/
  
  
• Supporting New Teachers: The Good Mentor
  May 1999 article in Educational Leadership, which identifies six qualities of good mentors.
  http://www.ascd.org/cms/objectlib/ascdframeset
  /index.cfm?publication=http://www.ascd.org/ed_topics/ el199905_rowley.html

Online News and Journals

• CDC Today Online
  Journal of the Council for Exceptional Children
  http://www.cec.sped.org/bk/cectoday/index.html
  
  
• Education Week on the Web
  American Education's Online newspaper of record
  http://www.edweek.org/
  
  

• ESL Magazine Online
  Practical, informative articles by recognized leaders in the field, information about the latest ESL/EFL products and services
  http://www.eslmag.com/
  
  
• Journal of Special Education Technology (JEST)
  Online publication of the Technology and Media Division of the Council for Exceptional Children
  http://jset.unlv.edu/
  
  

Special Education

• All Kinds of Minds
  The site contains a variety of programs to help parents, educators, clinicians, and kids understand and manage learning issues.
  http://www.allkindsofminds.org/home_educators.aspx
  
  
• Autism Society of America
  Dedicated to increasing public awareness about autism and the day-to-day issues faced by individuals with autism, their families and the professionals with whom they interact. Provides information and education, supporting research and advocating for programs and services for the autism population.
  http://www.autism-society.org/
  
  
• Brain Connection - Clinical Topics
  This site contains information and teaching strategies for students with ADD/ADHD, Autism, Mood Disorders, Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders, and Reading and Language Differences.
  http://www.brainconnection.com/library/?main=disordhome/main
  
  
• The Clerc Center
  Located at Gallaudet University, the The Clerc Center organizes its work into three national mission priority areas: literacy, family involvement, and transition for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children.
  http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/
  
  
• Collaborative Problem Solving and Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE)
  Funded by the US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. CADRE provides technical assistance to state departments of education on implementation of the mediation requirements under IDEA '97. CADRE also supports parents, educators and administrators to benefit from the full continuum of dispute resolution options.
  http://www.directionservice.org/cadre/ resources/contents.htm
  
  
• Council for Exceptional Children
  the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted.
  http://www.cec.sped.org/
  
  
• IDEA Practices
  The IDEA Partnerships, working together for five years, inform professionals, families and the public about IDEA '97 and strategies to improve educational results for children and youth with disabilities.
  http://www.ideapractices.org
  
  

• On-Line Health Resources
  Directory of Health related websites.
  http://www.onlinehealthresources.com/index.html
  
  
• LD Online
  Information about learning disabilities for teachers, parents and other professionals.
  http://www.ldonline.org/
  
  
• National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum
  Provides a vision of how new curricula, teaching practices, and policies can be woven together to create practical approaches for improved access to the general curriculum by students with disabilities.
  http://www.cast.org/ncac/
  
  
• The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)
  Coordinates national resources, offers technical assistance, and disseminates information related to secondary education and transition for youth with disabilities
  http://www.ncset.org/
  
  
• National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
  For information on Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education
  http://www.nectac.org/
  
  
• TeachingLD
  A service of the Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD) of the Council for Exceptional Children, DLD is the largest international professional organization focused on learning disabilities.
  http://www.teachingld.org/
  
  
• The Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
  Established by the Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education to give schools capacity-building information and technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective school-wide disciplinary practices.
  http://www.pbis.org/english/
  
  
• Reading Rockets
  A national multimedia project that looks at how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how to help them.
  http://www.readingrockets.org/

Supporting New Teachers

• All Kinds of Minds
  A great resource for teachers filled with strategies for teaching and learning.
  http://www.allkindsofminds.org/home_educators.aspx
  
  
• Fantastic First Year
  A discussion group for enthusiastic teachers who are in their first or second year of teaching.
  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fantasticfirstyear/
  
  
• MiddleWeb's The First Days of Middle School
  Contains sections on Help for New Teachers, Discipline and Classroom Management,The First Days of Middle School (for all teachers) and Books for New and Restless Teachers
  http://www.middleweb.com/1stDResources.html
  
  

• Teacher Talk
  Stimulating ideas for creative teaching, ways to understand the needs of adolescents, and practical tips on how to use a variety of techniques in your classroom.
  http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/tthmpg.html
  
  
• Teachers Helping Teachers
  Education site written by teachers for teachers
  http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/index.html
  
  
• Teachers.Net
  Internet community for teachers and administrators. In addition to dozens of special interest support forums and mailrings, Teachers.Net offers over 1000 free lesson plans, job listings, curriculum support, reference materials, and 24 hour support live seven days a week.
  http://teachers.net/
  
  
• Teachers on Teaching
  Audio excerpts from lengthy interviews conducted with experienced and accomplished teachers who share their solutions to many of the critical pedagogical and personal issues facing teachers.
  http://www.ncrel.org/he/tot/map.htm
  
  

Talented and Gifted Education

• Teacher Talk
  Website containing links to pages that are related to teachers working with gifted students.
  http://www.ri.net/gifted_talented/teachers.html
  
  

Technology

• Teaching and Learning on the Web
  Over 779 examples of how the web is being used as a medium for learning.
  http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tl/
  
  
• Web Tools for Educators
  FREE web tools. These exciting tools can help you create opportunities that can make teaching challenging and fun.
  http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/
  
  

• The Web Project
  Devoted to developing innovative uses of technology forr collsborative learnig in the arts, humanitites and social sciences by people of all ages.
  http://www.webproject.org/
  
  

Paraprofessionals and Teams

• AFT Paraprofessional and School-Related Personnel
  http://www.aft.org/psrp/
  
  
• National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals
  Addressing policy questions and other needs of the field, providing technical assistance and sharing information about policy questions, management practices, regulatory procedures, and training models that will enable administrators and staff-developers to improve the recruitment, deployment, supervision, and career development of paraprofessionals.
  http://www.nrcpara.org/
  
  

• Paraeducator Support of Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms
  A Center on Disability and Community Inclusion at the University of Vermont project to develop, implement, and evaluate a model for the effective use of paraeducators to support students with disabilities in general education classes.
  http://www.uvm.edu/~cdci/parasupport/