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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Behavior Management Ideas

Behavior management in the classroom is essential to keeping any elementary classroom running smoothly and efficiently. Any teacher will tell you there are numerous strategies and techniques to manage behavior in the classroom. However, each teacher needs to find what works best for them. Here are a few website which offer great incite into behavior management in an elementary school classroom:




http://www.proteacher.com/030000.shtml -This site offers many tips and suggestions for managing behavior when it comes to various situations and procedures in the classroom.

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/classroom-discipline/resource/5806.html -This site offers numerous links regaurding behavior management tips, classroom discipline, conflict resolution, classroom organization, and more.

http://drwilliampmartin.tripod.com/classm.html -'The Really Big List of Classroom Management Resources' offers 419 links to various websites related to classroom management.

These are great sites to find tips and ideas on behavior management. I hope you will find them useful!





Monday, March 9, 2009

Creating Lesson Plans

As a teacher, we all need to be able to create appropriate lesson plans. The internet has many resources for finding and creating lesson plans and activities for your classroom. You can find lesson plans for any grade level, subject matter, and ability level including special needs activities.

Here are a few links to sites for creating and finding lesson plans.

http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/lesson_plan/ -This site gives you an outline for a lesson plan and allows you to fill in the boxes to create your lesson plan.

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/WriteLessonPlan.htm -This site contains 10 steps to creating a quaility lesson plan along with links to over 3,500 free lesson plans.

http://www.pecentral.com/ -This website is designed for health and PE teachers and offers numerous lesson plans and activities for all grade levels.

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Monday, March 2, 2009

Finding a Job

Finding a job can be a very long and stressful process. There are so many ways to go about searching for a job. Most find a particular school district in which they would like to teach in; however, you may need to be more flexible with your choice. Finding a good teaching job may require you to relocate or commute to work. Then even after you find a job, you have to consider if it is the right job for you. Below are a list of website to help you find a teaching job that fits your needs.

http://www.educationamerica.net/ -This site allows you to post up to 3 resumes and 5 cover letters. You can also find information and tips on writing resumes and cover letters along with job fair listings here.

http://www.teacherjobs.com/ -This site allows you to post resumes

http://www.teachers-teachers.com/ -This site allows you to post resumes

http://www.schoolspring.com/ -This site allows you to post resumes

All of these website offer FREE registration to users. Schools also use each of these websites when searching for a teacher.

I hope these websites are useful! :)