This page provides a variety of links to organizations, teacher-to-teacher initiatives, professional development toolkits, regional education labs, and more.
I thought this website went into a good amount of detail about cooperative learning techniques for teachers. I found that it was very helpful for a teacher trying to stay on task and organized.
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This goes with the Publications and Organizations part of the COPE. It is a publication that will keep you informed on what you need to to do to keep up with your professional development as a teacher in Indiana.
Outdoor time Spending time outdoors is more than just a free-play recess, but can teach kids about teamwork, sharing and how to interact with each other. Some Head Start lesson plans for outdoor time can include playing a sport, such as kickball or soccer, organizing a marching band or running through an obstacle course on the playground. Other outdoor activities can include identifying trees, plants, animals and insects that are located on the school's property. This sight offers everything for the Head Start Teacher with lesson plans for language, cognition, motor development and social and emotional development
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View Study Skills View Organizers Cooperative Learning Instruction Strategies For a teacher who is trying to teach through cooperative learning from the teacher's resources or lesson plans, he or she might face problems of discipline or noisy lessons as after all it's just a class full of students.
Community: a group of people interacting together on a consistent basis; communities are often organized around a common set of values or interests. " Engage: to draw into; to involve, attract and hold the attention of; to employ or keep busy.
Educators are introduced to PowerPoint, as they create a presentation that contains text, pictures, tables, and a graphic organizer. This Web-Site can help you put a presentation together to inform your parents about curriculam, classes, and events using a range of slide layouts and formatting skilles.
This website gives plenty of resources to further your professional development as a teacher. It gives books to read, and different websites to look at.
The Association of American Educators is a group where teachers can work collaboratively. The association will advocate for there members along with having some professional development that will allow teachers to become more effective in the classroom.