Illinois New Teacher Collaborative

An article from Fall 2008 issue of JSD about how data can only be used effectively in the right context.

From the National Association for the Education of Young Children, these parent communication tips are especially useful for Early Childhood educators.

A Teaching Channel Collection specifically for beginning teachers.

A collection of teacher written articles about parent-teacher communications, shared through Scholastic.com and including

• 9 Tips for Success...
• Communicating with Parents in Pictures

Tips, tricks, checklists, and audio examples about building relationships with families. Provided by the American Federation of Teachers

Wealth of information about preparing for Parent-Teacher Conferences, as well as information about families and building partnerships.

This is the keynote presentation and audio recording by Dr.

This is full of new and daily educational, trivia, "bell ringer" quizzes that are timed. Useful for rewards and a few extra minutes at the end of a lecture or activity.

This has several links for different sections of biology from Ecology to Evolution, Anotomy & Physiology to Animal Behavior, Conservation to Cell Biology. You will love the site.

This .pdf resource is the presentation used by Dr. Johnell Bentz for her breakout session titled "Differentiating Instruction in your Classroom" at the 2011 INTC Beginning Teacher Conference.