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Good teacher website has excellent resoures.

 NYS Resource Guides are documents focusing on curriculum essentials, student learning experiences, and sample assessment models. These guides were developed to go hand in hand with the Learning Standards manuals. Resource Guides go beyond the Learning Standards manual by helping teachers find additional support for their planning.

The time has come to move the nation forward in its pursuit of high quality science education for all. In a process managed by Achieve, Inc., 20 states are leading the development of rigorous and internationally benchmarked science standards that will define the content and practices all students will need to learn from kindergarten through high school graduation. These Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) will undergo multiple reviews, including two public drafts. A first draft of the standards is expected in early 2012, with a final version expected in late 2012. NSTA is providing advice to the project and engaging the science education community in the feedback process. New science standards will be based on the recently released Framework for K-12 Science Education that offers a new vision for K-12 education in science and engineering and representing a significant shift in how these subjects are viewed and taught.

Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Best Research-based Teaching Practices

The National Science Education Standards mandate that science teachers "plan an inquiry-based program", "focus and support inquiries", and "encourage and model the skills of scientific inquiry." Inquiry is an approach to teaching that involves a process of exploring the natural world, that leads to asking questions and making discoveries in the search of new understandings. Inquiry is a method of approaching problems that is used by professional scientists but is helpful to anyone who scientifically addresses matters encountered in everyday life. Inquiry is based on the formation of hypotheses and theories and on the collection of relevant evidence. There is no set order to the steps involved in inquiry, but children need to use logic to devise their research questions, analyze their data, and make predictions. When using the inquiry methods of investigation, children learn that authorities can be wrong and that any question is reasonable.

Welcome to Concept to Classroom! We've got a new look with the same great workshops. The site features a series of FREE, self-paced workshops covering a wide variety of hot topics in education. Some of the workshops are based in theory, some are based in methodology - but all of the workshops include plenty of tips and strategies for making classrooms work. Access the workshops in the menu below or visit the About the Series section to learn how you can apply these workshops toward professional development credit.

Welcome to Inquiry-based Learning. Start here in the "Explanation" section, which is all about the CONCEPT. Then go on to "Demonstration" and the following sections, where we move from CONCEPT TO CLASSROOM!

What Teacher Educators Need to Know about Inquiry-Based Instruction   

iTeach/iLearn is a initiative of the New York City Department of Education. Within the project, using the materials and professional development sessions highlighted on this site, teachers have implemented units of study that integrate the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning. As a result students are approaching their lessons with new enthusiasm and perspective. The culture of these schools is changing as principals, coaches, teachers and students experience new ways for classroom learning to include collaboration, exploration and organization. This iTeach/iLearn website is a place for educators and others to find professional development resources and share information. iTeach/iLearn schools also have been invited to a group within ARIS, enabling them to learn about upcoming professional development activities, ask questions, find school specific information and share best practices for instruction in a technology rich environment.

Video:  A good primer on CCLS for math and literacy.  All NYC based.

Video from Teacher's College on the levels of reading.  She goes through different lenses for interpretation.