Links to Relevant Websites

Under the direction of Assistant Dean Dr. Barbara Markle, the Office of K-12 Outreach strives to embody MSU's land grant three-part mission of research, instruction and outreach, with emphasis on service to the state's education community. K-12 Outreach works with schools to improve student achievement by providing programs for and services to public school teachers and administrators. The mission and unifying theme of every K-12 Outreach activity is to improve student learning and increase student achievement throughout Michigan.

RBTeach.com

Research for Better Teaching announces the launch of its new and improved website! Explore resources on the Pyramid of Professional Knowledge. View videos from the RBT DVD Training Series. Access many free resources and downloads on Skillful Teaching and Leadership.

Annenberg: The Learning Classroom: Theory into Practice (awesome and free)

Thirteen half-hour programs featuring leading education researchers illustrate a variety of learning theories with applications to classroom practice. Videos of teachers demonstrating practices that apply the theories are provided. It is FREE! You must have Windows Media Player (latest version) which can downloaded for free. Register for free, and you have access to Video on Demand

ASSIST Beginning Teachers

This comprehensive website contains over 1000 research based, practical, downloadable tools and resources organized around comprehensive teacher induction and critical areas of teaching. The tools and resources are intended for direct use in classrooms, with school based professional learning communities, in mentoring relationships and for organizing comprehensive induction. The tools are about fostering good teaching practice, and all educators will find them useful.

Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning

CASEL is a collaborative that works to advance the science and evidence-based practice of social and emotional learning (SEL). They write books, articles, and briefs that synthesize scientific advances in SEL and explain their implications for practice. This site provides a wealth of resources that address social and emotional learning.

The George Lucas Education Foundation

http://www.edutopia.org/aboutus

Project learning, student teams working cooperatively, children connecting with passionate experts, and broader forms of assessment can dramatically improve student learning. This site makes available at no cost an archive of best practices from classroom tips and tools to recommendations for districtwide change. It provides downloadable media programs by leading educational experts and instructional modules that are centered around the George Lucas Foundation's Core Concepts: Integrated Studies, Project Learning, Technology Integration, Teacher Development, Social and Emotional Learning and Assessment.

Teaching Practice

This site, sponsored by the National Board for professional Teaching Standards, provides exhibits of teaching practice in video and text by National Board certified teachers. You may have access to these classroom teaching videos and accompanying explanatory text at no cost. These exhibits cover various subjects, levels and exemplary pedagogical practices.

Aha! Process Incorporated Free downloads available (link) http://www.ahaprocess.com/Downloads.htm

For more than a decade aha! Process has been committed to improving the educational and occupational lives of people in poverty with eye-opening learning opportunities—both for the poor and for those who work with them. Beginning with an emphasis on education and the difficulties children from poverty experience in most schools, the company has worked extensively with educators and other professionals to understand how the hidden rules of class operate—and to help raise the achievement levels of individuals from poverty.

Education Organizations

All Kids First

American Association of School Administrators Online

American Education Research Association

American Federation of Teachers

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Center for Occupational Research and Development

Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement

Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence

Coalition of Essential Schools

Council of Chief State School Officers

Council of the Great City Schools Online