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Teachers face an array of problems and issues in the classroom and life as a teacher. This area provides helpful links to resources that identify practical information on handling the major issues faced by teachers.
I. Effective Communication Strategies for Teachers and FamiliesA. Teacher’s Network
This comprehensive site offers teachers professional development packages, curriculum ideas, an interactive blog, a long list of linked-resources, and even grant opportunities. B. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The page linked below offers eight helpful strategies for communicating with parents. While obviously geared toward math teachers, these strategies generalize to any teacher. If you are a math teacher, though, take note of the header buttons on this page that link you to professional development opportunities, as well as links to lessons and resources for the math teacher, broken out by grade level (elementary, middle and high school). C. Scholastic
This site offers several articles helpful to teachers for effective parent communication and productive parent-teacher conferences. Be sure to also note the tab for links to Teacher Resources and Student Activities for more curricular ideas.
Other Links:
Five Keys to Successful Parent-Teacher Communication
Ten Tips for Productive Parent Conferences D. Homelinks: Teacher Tools for Communicating with Parents
This link takes you to a description of a series of tools developed by Jennifer Cummings, M.Ed. on strategies of holding effective parent-teacher conferences for Grades 2-8. There is a cost for the information ($19.95). E. Teacher Vision
This comprehensive site offers presentation clip- and stock-art by topic, lesson plan suggestions, sample tests, and effective teacher strategies. It also includes timely articles on important professional strategies for teachers, including parent-teacher conferences. Much of the site is free, and there is a paid-membership option for total and unlimited access. II. Classroom ManagementA. Barbed Wire Model
This blog makes some connections as to how messy classroom management really is. B. Teacher Vision
Teacher Vision provides many useful links on topics such as the Art of Teaching, Assessment, Behavior Management, and Classroom Organization. C. The Teacher’s Guide
Teacher’s Guide is another comprehensive Internet resource for teachers including lesson plans, themes, activities, and other teacher resources. III. Writing with Students
Gallahger, Chris and Amy Lee. Teaching Writing that Matters. New York: Scholastic, 2008
Yancy, Kathleen Blake. Reflection in the Writing Classroom. Logan: Utah State UP. 1998 IV. How Students Learn/Ed Psychology
A. How Students Learn
This is a 50-page .pdf monograph on various types of learning, and a good primer on aspects of educational psychology written by George Brown (2004). B. How Students Learn vs. How We Teach
Excerpts from Lion F. Gardiner’s article “Why We Must Change: The Research Evidence” (1998). C. Self Efficacy
Self efficacy is the belief in our ability to perform a specific function, and is a component of Albert Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory. It has wide application in our students’ ability to tackle difficult material, as well as our ability, as teachers, to grow professionally and improve our instructional skills. D. Education Oasis
Marcy Driskoll’s (2006) “How Students Learn (and What Technology Might Have to Do With It). Note the bibliography at the end for further reading. E. Solution Tree
Bellanca, James & Brandt, Ron (Eds), 21st Century Skills: Rethinking How Students Learn (2010, Bloomington: Solution Free Press). Authors such as Linda Darling-Hammond, Howard Gardner, Bob Pearlman, Chris Dede, and others have contributed to this new compilation of essays on student learning.
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