Teacher Resources - Local, State and National Resources
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This page is designed to give teachers and administrators quick access to resources that support Hertford County Public Schools' initiatives. The resources range from powerpoints presented in district workshops, links, lessons and explemars that will assist educators in our effort of continuous improvement and building capacity among Hertford County educators.
Understanding the Common Core State Standards
Overview of Common Core State Standards:
Common Core Videos and Lessons
SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium: This is a consortium that will create the assessment aligned with the New Common Core Standards. The state of North Carolina will use the assessment created by this consortium which will supplant our current EOG/EOC accountability system. Teachers will find sample questions for ELA and math linked to this website.
English Language Arts:
Common Core Instructional Shifts
Text Complexity in Reading:
Math:
http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards/mathematics
Eight Mathematical Practices:
http://www.carrollk12.org/instruction/instruction/elementary/math/teacher/common/default.asp
NC Science & Social Studies Essential Standards
Science and Social Studies:
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/support-tools/#crsocial
Best Practices
Revised Blooms:
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/standards/rbt-knowledge-chart.pdf
Robert Marzano Instructional Strategies:
http://www.tltguide.ccsd.k12.co.us/instructional_tools/Strategies/Strategies.html
http://www.marzanoresearch.com/research/researched_strategies.aspx
Rigor in the Common Core Classroom
Layered Curriculum
http://help4teachers.com/how.htm
Seven Elementary Tips for Teaching with Technology:
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/technology-tips-younger-elementary
Standards Solution:
30,000 items of High Quality Instructional Content: English-Narrative Stories, Informal Articles, Writing Prompts, Math-Multiple-Choice, Short Constructed Responses, Extended Construction Responses and Science-living science items
Go to www.standardssolution.com; enter your username and password (Hertford County elementary and middle school instructors should have a username and password)
Khan Academy:
Lesson demonstrations in a varitey of disciplines
http://www.khanacademy.org/#browse
New Horizons for Learning:
Teachers, school administrators, students, consultants, or parents, will find information from this website useful:
http://education.jhu.edu/newhorizons
- Neurosciences includes information about the development and function of the human brain applied to learning
- Transforming Education includes descriptions of successful projects and methods that are transforming schools and other educational institutions
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Teaching and Learning Strategies offers a synthesis of the most effective ways to facilitate and enhance teaching and learning
- Perspectives on the Future includes illuminating discussions of the kinds of future we are preparing our children and students to face
- Special Needs/Inclusion is a comprehensive collection of information and resources on this topic for parents, teachers, and students
- Lifelong Learning is about learning in childhood and parenting, adolescence, higher education, the adult years, the workplace, and the senior years
- Student Voices offers students' views about learning and ways to help them to use their voices constructively and effectively
Related Files
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Professional Learning Community Protocol
This powerpoint assists content PLCs in the structured process of the work of the PLC. -
PLC Questions
This is the framework of questions that drive the dialogue and actions of the content professional learning community.