Classroom resources

Developing curriculum continued

Service learning

• National Service Learning Clearinghouse
• Learn and Serve America
• The International Partnership for Service Learning and Leadership
• What is service-learning?

Interdisciplinary curriculum

• Structuring and Delivering Interdisciplinary Courses: Approximating the Ideal
• Interdisciplinary Curriculum Planning
• Cross-Curricular Thematic Instruction

Designing instruction

Bulletin boards

• Bulletin Board Ideas
• Your Search for Bulletin Board Ideas Is Over!
• Kim's Korner for Teacher Talk
• Classroom Displays and Bulletin Boards
• ProTeacher Bulletin Boards

Linking instruction with intended outcomes (objectives)

• Making Students as Important as Standards
• Keeping it Simple and Deep

Using homework effectively

• School Improvement Research Series on Homework
• Gateshead Excellence in Cities: Effective homework strategies to challenge talented students

Teaching

Asking appropriate questions

• The Art of Asking Good Questions, the Key to Engaging Students in Learning
• Types of Questions Based on Blooms Taxonomy
• Effective Questioning Techniques
• Using questions in teaching

Team teaching

• Perspectives on Team Teaching
• Team Teaching: Teaming Teachers Offer Tips
• Clusters and Team Teaching, Building Connections Between Students and Teachers
• Notes on the Five Types of Team Teaching
• Learning teams, When teachers work together, knowledge and rapport grow

Learning environment

Using physical space effectively

• Creating an Effective Physical Classroom Environment
• Classroom Arrangement
• First Year Teacher Program, Classroom Arrangement
• Teachers' Perceptions and Use of Classroom Space

Safety in the classroom

• Science Safety
• Module 20 Classroom Safety
• Hazards in the Art Classroom

School environment

Working with parents

• Survival Guide for New Teachers: Working with Parents
• AOL @ School: See Parent Involvement section
• How Parents Can Support Learning

Involving the community

• Parent- and Community-Involvement Strategies That Work
• Supporting Parent, Family, and Community Involvement in Your School
• Community Science
• Family and Community Involvement in School Health

Issues of safety

• The Safety Library
• Food Safety and HACCP in Schools