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Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character is a resource for administrators, teachers and parents as seeking to fulfill their responsibilities as moral educators. The Center publishes books on character education topics and a quarterly newsletter, Character. Boston University School Of Education
The National Character Education Center provides educators with hundreds of solutions and practical strategies through the free monthly online newsletter Values in Action! "The Best in Ethics Education." Each article is designated by a grade-level category. The Center offers hundreds of practical ideas and a clear model which includes seven body reference points for cultivating seven core ethical virtues in students. "Character Classics" and "Character Lessons for Life" are offered as part of a schoolwide bedrock ethics training curriculum. "Columbine High School's Rachel Scott Challenge" assemblies are included as part of their high school events. Gene Bedley, CEO Education Policy and Education Reform
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1701 K Street, NW, Suite 1000 Also, visit Fordham's online bulletin of education news at: edexcellence.net/flypaper Grants and Funding
DonorsChoose.org is a nonprofit that connects public school teachers with people who want to support classroom projects. Propose a funding project for your classroom on the website and recruit passionate donors from across the country to contribute. www.donorschoose.org Job Recruiting and Job Postings
ABC Teaching Jobs posts K-12 teaching and administrative jobs by state, grade level, and subject area. In addition, post your resume and let schools find you. www.abcteachingjobs.com
EdZapp offers educators a free, easy-to-use online application for PK-12 schools and districts throughout the U.S. and Western Canada. Currently used by over 300 districts, EdZapp provides free tools to research any district in the U.S. and apply to thousands of job openings nationwide. For a small fee, EdZapp will also manage an official electronic credentials portfolio for you, receiving official documents from your university or other sources (e.g. transcripts, placement files, licensure, test scores) so you only need to request and pay for them once. www.edzapp.com
K-12jobs.com posts job opportunities for teachers and school administrators at kindergarten, elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools and vocation schools. It also provides resources on job fairs, certification, salaries, a news group forum, and other educational links. www.k12jobs.com
Teachers-Teachers.com is a free academic placement service. Register to make your resumé available to thousands of schools that are hiring teachers. www.teachers-teachers.com
TopSchoolJobs.org, Education Week's career community, provides career resources to K-12 educators and administrators to help them explore their career potential, and to connecting K-12 recruiters with the most highly-qualified candidates globally. Reaching over 100,000 engaged readers each week in print and over 300,000 each month online, Education Week is the largest and most respected news and information source in the K-12 education community. Attn: Customer Service
WantToTeach.com assists new teachers in locating their first or second K-12 teaching job throughout the country. Also designed to aid current teachers who desire to move within a state or move to another state, find a suitable position. It features administrative, support and non-instructional positions as well. www.wanttoteach.com Lesson Plans, Books, and other Teaching Materials
Founded in 1986 by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., the Core Knowledge Foundation conducts research on curricula, develops books and materials for parents and teachers, offers workshops for teachers, and serves as the hub of a growing network of Core Knowledge schools. 801 East High Street
Gateways to Better Education is a national organization dedicated to helping public schools appropriately and lawfully teach Judeo-Christian history, thought, and values. Eric Buehrer, President
LessonPlansPage.com contains more than 2,500 free lesson plans that are available by grade level and subject. The website is owned and operated by EdScope, L.L.C., and is recommended by the U.S. Department of Education. EdScope, L.L.C. / Kyle Yamnitz
National Association for Beginning Teachers (NABT) is dedicated to the future and preservation of quality educators. NABT recognizes the potential challenges to beginning teachers and seeks to encourage their inherent enthusiasm by providing community forums, mentoring opportunities, and the latest educational tools.
National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) is a national professional association dedicated to special education teachers, professors who teach future special education teachers, students who are working towards their teaching certification in special education, and inclusion classroom teachers working with children with special needs. NASET provides practical information, useful resources, member benefits and an extensive special education database. www.naset.org
Resources for Schools and Indispensable Educators (RISE) seeks to make teaching in a low-income community more sustainable for a greater number of teachers. RISE membership offers teachers who are bolstering student achievement in low-income communities an opportunity to network with fellow teachers, financial resources, and career opportunities. 177 Post Street, Suite 900
Student Paths is a free, nationally recognized showcase program designed to help students with the transition from high school to their future. Founded in 1997 by a college student, Student Paths takes a been-there-recently approach, making it fun, interesting and relevant for high school students. The Student Paths program includes a classroom publication along with a corresponding Lesson Plan Guide. Numerous resources and worksheets are also available. Gayle Saunders, Client Engagement & Support Consultant Professional Development
Drexel PRO is an educational partnership program designed to allow working professionals the convenience of taking courses online with the affordability of reduced tuition rates. Drexel University Online currently works with over 250 corporations, health systems, school districts, and professional associations to offer degree programs to their employees and members at special reduced tuition rates. Drexel PRO organizations come from areas all over the country and from a number of different industries including engineering, healthcare, business, public health, clinical research, technology, education, and more. AAE Member Discount: Through a collaboration between Association of American Educators and Drexel University Online, you and your immediate family members can now earn a top-ranked degree or certificate and receive special tuition rates (10-30% off regular rates) when you enroll in one of Drexel’s distinguished online programs. For more information, view the AAE Member Benefit flyer. AAE Partnership Liaison:
e-Literacy is a user friendly, comprehensive teacher professional development program, designed to improve and encourage teacher practice and to develop a classroom framework for teaching reading in grades K-3. Centrec Business Center
LessonLab is an internationally recognized research and consulting firm that offers state of the art Online Professional Development programs for teachers. LessonLab, Inc. Teacher Quality and Certification
The American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE) is a non-profit organization, dedicated to recruiting, preparing, certifying and supporting dedicated professionals to improve student achievement through quality teaching. ABCTE offers an innovative, online teacher preparation and certification program for highly knowledgeable individuals who want to change careers and become teachers. ABCTE has issued over 2,000 teaching certifications to date. The organization offers certification in ten subjects including the high-need areas of math, science and special education. The program is currently accepted by nine states for public schools: Florida, Idaho, Missouri, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Utah. Many charter schools and private schools in other parts of the country also accept ABCTE certification. You can get access to ABCTE’s resources through a free one-week trial of their teaching certification program to help determine if the program is right for you. ABCTE has a YouTube channel, where ABCTE teachers talk about the program and share teaching success stories. The organization has also created www.CharterTeacher.com, an online resource for charter school teachers, administrators and those who aspire to teach in a charter school. Also, listen to podcasts from ABCTE's web radio program, New Teacher Hotline. 1225 19th Street N.W. Suite 400
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan,nongovernmental organization. It was formed in 1987 to advance the quality of teaching and learning by developing professional standards for accomplished teaching, creating a voluntary system to certify teachers who meet those standards and integrating certified teachers into educational reform efforts. National Headquarters
National Council on Teacher Quality is a nonprofit organization devoted to the pursuit of teacher quality by bringing common sense to bear on this urgent national priority. NCTQ aims to provide up-to-the-minute information on what the various policy options are, which may work well, which seem not to work at all, and how we could learn more. Kate Walsh, Executive Director
The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET) was established with the mission of ensuring a highly skilled, strongly motivated and competitively compensated teacher for every classroom in America. NIET seeks to accomplish this mission through engaging in a broad range of effective initiatives focused on implementing comprehensive teacher quality reforms across the country. 1250 Fourth Street
Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) is a nonprofit organization of institutions of higher education and others
devoted to the improvement of academic degree programs for professional educators. The Council's primary work is the accreditation of these professional
programs through a system that examines and verifies competent, caring, and qualified professional educators.
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A special project of the National Right to Work Legal Defense and Education Foundation, Inc., Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism (CEAFU) was established in 1975 to challenge compulsory unionism for teachers. CEAFU provides Information to teachers about their rights regarding union participation. Cathy Jones, CEAFU Director
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation provides advice for educators regarding union participation. 8001 Braddock Road, Suite 500
Public Service Research Foundation is a national citizens' lobby concerned with union influence on the public. 320 D Maple Avenue East |
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