Outside resources to promote curiosity, independence, and new ideas for teachers and parents
Tap into your curiosity...
These are either local, district/state subscriptions (free to you), and/or have use-now resources:
Duke TIP Teachers Workshop <<highly recommended for use-now resourcesActively Learn (district subscription)Smithsonian Institute for Educators <<STOP EVERYTHING and visit now. So. Much. Stuff.NCWiseowl (state subscription--see your GES to fully exploit this awesome resourcs)Carolina Public Humanities (a local goldmine of lessons & professional development. Includes free or low-cost summer PD opportunities)NCCAT: North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching. Free to NC teachers so that they may fully focus on targeted professional development.
Poetry Out Loud: a powerful program whose elements can be used in part or full to develop student voice.Brave New Voices: spoken word festival for teens.CommonLit: FREE reading passages and lessons for teachers, because "teachers shouldn't have to pay!"Grammarly: add to Chrome for helpful editing support.Flocabulary: try this for free; if it is a resource you would like to use full-time, let's talk about the (reasonable) funding for it.
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