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Resources For Teachers
These links are provided as a resource. The Contra Costa County Office of Education does not take responsibility for the quality, accuracy, and context of the following Web sites. If you find an outdated link, please send us an e-mail.
Quicklinks
- American Red Cross's School Safety Initiative
- California Symphony
- CCCOE Resources
- Curriculum
- DonorsChoose Bay Area
- Education Resources
- Government & Other Education Agencies
- Google for Educators
- Health and Food Allergy Resources
- Information Resources
- Internet Safety
- Job Search Web Sites
- Local Resources
- No Child Left Behind Resources & Forms
- Technology Professional Development Classes
Other
Pages of Interest:
Family Resources | CCCOE Divisions | Career
Opportunities | District Web Sites
DATELINE: List of classes and resources for teachers, produced monthly by the CCCOE Communications Office
Resources for Special Education Teachers: List of useful links and upcoming conferences for Special Ed teachers
Resources to Help Assist Students and Adults Through Trauma: List of links compiled by the Communications Office
ETAC: Educational Technology Advisory Council: The purpose of ETAC is to facilitate communication of information, distribution of educational resources, and promotion of a network between districts in Contra Costa County in order to enhance learning through the use of technology.
The Snorkel: An Online Support Forum for Technology Leaders is designed as support arena for all K-12 educators and administrators invested in integrating technology into the classroom.
The Port Chicago Disaster: A Resource for Students and Teachers looks at the events surrounding the WWII explosion as well as the ensuing court martials and recent pardon by the president.
Technology and Assessment organizes resources on the Web into categories: Student Work, Teacher Use, Student Data, Curriculum, and School Success.
Bats: A Thematic Resource is developed and maintained by CCCOE Technology Systems staff to provide a resource for teachers doing a thematic units on Bats. Tens of thousands of teachers and school children from all over the world have used and enjoyed the site.
Feed Your Need for Speed: Improving School Networks and Networks: Plain and Simple are developed by the CCCOE Technology Systems staff to support teachers and technical help responsible for maintaining and improving the school's network performance.
Conference Presentation Site is a listing of current conference presentations that CCCOE is offering complete with links to all handouts.
Understanding Education Acronyms IEP? ISP? CPS? Find out what these, and other educational acronyms mean.
California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Calisphere Use the University of California's calisphere Web site to explore thousands of primary source documents and images.
The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
Explore Science and Explore Math use Macromedia's interactive Web technologies to really grab the learner.
History & Social Studies Web Site for K12 Teachers by Dennis Boals
NASA Spacelink Check out "outer space" with the NASA Spacelink
Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) A huge resource with separate sites covering Science, Math, History/Social Studies, and Language Arts.
Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources Compiled by Dr. Marty Levine of California State University, Northridge.
Social Studies School Service: Catalogs, online resources, curriculum materials for Social Studies teachers.
Job Search Web Sites
Education Sites:
EdJoin.org is maintained by the California Teacher Recruitment and Incentive Program. EdJoin is a portal to thousands of teaching and other education job openings and to a broad range of job placement and training services for job seekers.
K-12jobs.com is stated as having "the largest pool of K-12 employment opportunities online.
Teachers.net Career Center notifies job hunters of teaching jobs as soon as they are posted.
EduTech offers online educational employment listings
Education World job newsletter posts job listings in a weekly online newsletter sent out to subscribers.
General Job Search Sites:
Craigslist is a Bay Area-based site with numerous categories of job listings including "education/teaching"
Hotjobs is a national site with searchable categories including "education/training"
Monster.com is advertised as the "#1 career site on the web." Job listings include an "education, training and library" category
BayRecruiter is a searchable database of Bay Area jobs
CareerBuilder lists 300,000+ jobs in categories including "education & training."
Education Resources
Standards-Based Instruction for Special Education at CCCOE on October 7 and 14, 2008
C3ASME Educator Resource Fair at Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Sept 22, 2008
Edutopia: The George Lucas Educational Foundation’s Web site to encourage innovation in schools. Edutopia documents, disseminates, and advocates for exemplary programs in K-12 public schools to help these practices spread nationwide.
Google for Educators: Google has assembled information and tools such as a teacher’s guide to Google Tools for Your Classroom, the quarterly Google for Educators newsletter, The Infinite Thinking Machine, as well as a number of additional tools.
Microsoft Education: Provides access to a wide range of education resources to help you better integrate technology and curriculum innovation into your schools and classrooms.
Pacific Bell's Blue Web'n: An extensive collection of award winning educational Web sites.
K-12 World: A collection of quality links to educational sites and resources.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators (Discovery Schools): A categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth.
KidSource Online: A treasure trove of education, healthcare, and recreation information categorized for newborns, toddlers, preschoolers, and K-12 students.
MathMagic: A K-12 telecommunications project that provides strong motivation for students to use computer technology while increasing problem-solving strategies and communications skills.
Reading Revolution Reading and Spelling Program: Reading Revolution is a uniquely powerful program that has helped more than 100,000 students – even the most challenged reader.
Scholastic's Instructor Magazine: Everything from strategies for integrating the curriculum and meeting the needs of the kids you teach to professional development opportunities and help with assessment.
Teachers Helping Teachers: A site completely by and for teachers. Contains links by areas of interest (math, science, language arts, social studies) where you will find tips and lesson plans related to the topic.
Teaching with Electronic Technology: A collection of sites which reflect the "considerable variety of uses for computing and related forms of electronic technology in teaching."
Teachers.Net: Contains instructions for subscribing to the WebTalk, an interactive electronic information list for educators.
The WebQuest Page: Defines and provides for one of the most innovative and best ways to use the Web.
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Government
& Other Educational Organizations
Association of California School Administrators (ACSA)- Region 6
California Department of Education (CDE)
CDE
Dataquest: find facts about California schools and districts
CDE Fact
Book: The 2003 Fact Book provides statistics and information on a
variety of subjects concerning education in California.
FCMAT (the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team): Comprehensive information about California Schools.
Thomas Legislative Information: Bills, Congressional Record, Congressional Advisory Board Reports, The Legislative Process, Legislative Branch Internet Sites, and U.S. Government Internet Resources
FEMA Kids Teacher Resources The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Web site for kids teacher and parent resource page.
[Top of Page]No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Resources
NCLB
TEACHER REQUIREMENTS
Certificate of Compliance Worksheet
CALIFORNIA
HIGH OBJECTIVE UNIFORM STATE STANDARD OF EVALUATION
California HOUSSE – Part 1 – Assessment of Qualifications
and Experience
CALIFORNIA
HIGH OBJECTIVE UNIFORM STATE STANDARD OF EVALUATION
California HOUSSE – Part 2
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Information Resources
Contra
Costa Crisis Center Community Online Resource Database
This database of
the Contra Costa Crisis Center contains information about health and
human services available to residents of Contra Costa County. Generally,
the services described are low-cost or offered for a fee based on income.
CDE Virtual Library: A collection of resources for districts with high priority schools.
ASK ERIC: The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a national information system, supported by the US Department of Education.
ERIC/CSMEE Clearinghouse: for Science, Mathematics, and Environment Education.
ERIC Informational Science & Educational Technology: Dedicated to the scope areas of Library and Information Science and Educational Technology, provides links to resources in Library and Information Science and Educational Technology, the ERIC database, ERIC/IT digests in full text, a guide to ERIC/IT publications, and more.
EE-Link: Environmental Education on the Internet.
Filamentality: An interactive Web site that guides you through the process of picking a topic, searching the Internet for good sites pertaining to that topic, and "spinning" your own web-based learning page.
Houghton Mifflin's Educational Link Library
McREL's Noteworthy Series: An online "magazine" containing articles that address the personal, technical, and organizational domains of educational reform.
California
Three Rs Newsletter
The California Three rs Newsletter is an electronic bulletin which addressing
issues of Rights, responsibility, and Respect in California Schools.
Pathways to School Improvement: Provides the latest research on important issues such as assessment, math and science education, educating "at risk" students, safe and drug-free schools, school-to-work transition.
Pew Internet & American Family Life Project: The Pew Internet & American Life Project produces reports that explore the impact of the Internet on families, communities, education and civic and political life.
Teachnet: Provides teachers with tips, ideas and activities for improving the classroom.
Teachers' Guide to the US Department of Education: Helps you find your way through the maze of centers and labs, clearinghouses and programs supported by the Dept. of Education.
Teacher Talk Forum: Learning resources from Indiana University -- for secondary students, parents, and educators.
Wrightslaw:
This is a resource for accurate, up-to-date information about advocacy
for children with disabilities.
You will find hundreds of articles, cases, newsletters, and resources
about special education law and advocacy in the Advocacy Libraries and
Law Libraries.
Health and Food Allergy Resources
Contra
Costa Health Services
Information on flu
vaccine availablity and flu
prevention. The site also has a catch jingle on flu prevention.
New Asthma Medication Law (AB
2132)
As of Jan. 2005 students are allowed to carry and self administer
their own inhaled asthma medication at school. The new law allows
the student to treat their asthma symptoms immediately in order to
miss less class time. Appropriate forms must be signed by both the
parent and physician. Teachers and staff should alert the office
if any student is carrying an inhaler. The student may then be seen
by the school nurse or the office staff to be evaluated for proper
medication use. For sample school forms or school policies on the
new law please contact: Sally
McFalone, OTR from Contra Costa Health Services at 925-313-6242.
Ounce of Prevention Campaign
Centers for Disease Control's campaign to provide resources about
handwashing, cleaning and disinfection, and other easy-to-follow
steps in an effort to develop and maintain successful hand hygiene
and cleaning practices, and is aimed at educating a broad consumer
and professional audience.
Pandemic
Flu Resources
A list of links related to pandemic influenza.
The
Food Allergy
& Anaphylaxis Network
American Academy
of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
American College
of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
National Association
of School Nurses
Contra Costa County Community Awareness and Emergency Response (CAER): Promotes awareness of emergency procedures, especially shelter-in-place. Includes a Kids' Corner with activities for children and information about classroom visits from Wally Wise. Also includes a detailed list of local emergency contacts.
Contra Costa Crisis Center Community Online Resource Database: This database of the Contra Costa Crisis Center contains information about health and human services available to residents of Contra Costa County. Generally, the services described are low-cost or offered for a fee based on income.
Contra Costa Water District: The CCWD's mission is to deliver clean, safe drinking water in an environmentally responsible manner. The district provides a complimentary science and environmental education program which includes grade specific classroom presentations, field trips, watershed visits and school assemblies for schools in the CCWD service area.
Gardens at Heather Farms: CLASSROOM PROGRAMS - Trained docent(s) will come to your classroom to present course material. Each program includes an interactive presentation, hands-on activities and resource materials.
Lawrence Hall of Science: Located in Berkeley, Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) is a singular resource center for preschool through high school science and mathematics education, and a public science center with exciting hands-on experiences for learners of all ages.
Lindsay Museum: The Lindsay Wildlife Museum is a wildlife rehabilitation and educational center that focuses on native California wildlife and natural history. The museum exhibits live, non-releasable native wildlife in Walnut Creek.
School Violence Tipline This 24-hour school violence tipline (800.863.7600) offers a safe place that students and parents can call anonymously to report weapons on campus, homicidal and suicidal remarks, bullying, homophobic behavior, and other acts leading to violence. We then work with school authorities and/or the police to prevent it. Tipline callers aren't asked their name, and we don't have caller I.D.
Tony La Russa's Animal Resuce Foundation (ARF): ARF has a wide array of programs and resources for teachers to help spread the message of care and compassion for our companion animals. ARF has a wonderful interactive children's Learning Center, FREE classroom and assembly presentations for schools (that meet California Educational Standards) and the ARF Rescue Patrol--interactive software with a humane message of respect for and care of our animal companions as well as educational curriculum tools for educators.
A Recent study from the American Red Cross's School Safety Initiative revealed some troubling findings about kids' awareness of what to do in emergency situations. To get tips, facts and ideas on how to increase your students' crisis awareness savvy, click here.
Public school teachers can use DonorsChoose to propose resources for their students. Concerned individuals like you can then select a proposal to fund.
The California Symphony offers teachers, students and parents tickets at $20. For more information, please call the office at 925-280-2490 or visit the California Symphony Web site.
www.wiredkids.org
Wired Kids, Inc. is a U.S. charity dedicated to protecting all
Internet users, especially children, from cybercrime and abuse.
www.wiredsafety.org
WiredSafety provides help, information and education to Internet
and mobile device users of all ages. Click here
for safety information regarding myspace.com.
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