Helios Foundation Teachers' Initiative

CEC/Helios Teachers' Initiative Resources for Teachers
 Welcome to the Teachers and Teaching Initiative Resource Page. Funded by the Wachovia Foundation and created by the Council for Educational Change, this page provides a compendium of resources for new and practicing teachers.

    * Aligning Classroom Assessment with High-Stakes Testing (NEW!)
    * Arts in Education K-6 (NEW!)
    * Arts in Education 7-12 (NEW!)
    * Creating Parent Partnerships (NEW!)
    * Teacher Leaders as Coaches and Mentors (NEW!)
    * Best Practices in Using Data to Improve Achievement
    * Best Instructional Practices: An Overview
    * Best Literacy Practices K-6
    * Best Literacy Practices 7-12
    * Best Mathematics Practices K-6
    * Best Mathematics Practices 7-12

Tips for New Teachers
    * New Teacher Guide Book
    * Ideas for New Teachers
    * Survival Guide
    * New Teacher Resources and Tips

General/Lesson Plans
    * Effective Praise
    * Sites for New Teachers
    * Active Listening
    * On-line Reference Tools, Maps, Dictionaries, etc
    * First-Day-of-School Icebreakers
    * Microsoft Tutorials, Lesson Plans, etc
    * Lesson Plans
    * Lesson Plans and Classroom Technology

Language Arts Sites
    * Cyberguides for the Study of the Most Frequently Read Lliterature
    * Graphic Organizers
    * Writing Skills, "Making Writing Fun"

History/Civics Sites
    * Top 5 U.S. History Sites
    * Lesson Plans and Paper Topics of American History Grades 7-12
    * Library of Congress, Government Web Sites

Math Sites
    * Math Focused Lesson Plans
    * Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Math
    * Standards-Based Lesson Plans for Math K-12

Classroom Management
    * Classroom Routines and Procedures
    * Routines and Procedures
    * Laying the Foundation for Positive Classroom Behavior
    * The Basics of Centers
    * Techniques for Better Classroom Discipline
    * Techniques that Backfire
    * Ten Teacher-Tested Tips for Classroom Management
    * A Test to Help Determine Your Classroom Management Profile
    * Proactive Discipline
    * Classroom Environment: The Basics
    * Instructional Goals and Classroom Space
    * Sample Floor Plans
    * Arranging for Independence
    * One Room, Many Uses
    * Don't Put It Down, Put It Up!

Working with Parents and Communities
    * Creating Parent Partnerships
    * Parents’ Evening

Teacher-To-Teacher Workshops provided by the U.S. Department of Education
    * Beginning to Write - Grades K-5
    * Developing Computational Fluency in Addition & Subtraction - Grades K-4
    * Examining Student Work: Protocol for Improving Reading Instruction - Grades K-6
    * No Child Left Behind Basics for Teachers and Principals
    * Patterns to Symbols: Algebra - Grades 3-6
    * Looking at Vocabulary - Grades K-5
    * Reading in the Content Areas: It's Just Different - Grades 5-10
    * Taking the "Dense" Out of Density - Grades 2-6
    * Using Technology to Enhance Algebra Instruction - Grades 7-12