Teacher Resources

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a science-based therapy as a response to misbehavior in the learning environment. This ABC (Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence) chart is one of the most prominent resources used in ABA. The ABC chart allows educators and specialists to record students' behaviors, what happened right before the behavior, and the consequence of the behavior. This assists by observing patterns in the cause of the behavior, and how best to help the student manage such behaviors.

"A Quality Journal of Educational Research and Ideas" by ATF A Union of Professionals. This is a progressive, informational journal by, and for professional educators. Their wide scope of educational topics range from early childhood to K-12 to public services, healthcare, and more.

The Book Whisperer, Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child is a text dedicated to the author and educator's "powerful but unusual instructional approach" to developing a love for reading. The book is filled with techniques, approaches, and real-life experiences to guide children to finding pleasure in literature. It is an easy, inspiring read and a helpful resource for the elementary and secondary educator. This resource is linked to the author, Donalyn Miller's website.

Calm is a meditation and relaxation app. As educators, it is important that we care for ourselves, so that we are capable of caring for others. Quietness and mindfulness are wonderful ways to maintain mental health. This app features daily meditation sessions, sleep stories, calming music, peaceful background noise, and more. There is a yearly subscription to access all benefits of Calm. But there is also a free version with limited access. The link will take you to the official Calm website (it is well worth the personal investment).

This tool kit was designed as a part of the Family Development Plan and training program by the College of Education, through the University of New Mexico. It is geared toward early childhood (which caps off at third-grade) but could still be useful for elementary grade educators. It goes into depth, with the support of contemporary research, activities, and ideas, to discuss how we, as educators, can ensure that every child has every opportunity they need to learn and grow. The tool kit is equip with activity ideas for family engagement, team building challenges, personality and strengths quizzes, and more.

This is a useful source for understanding children's literature. This text goes into depth about the characteristics and importance of appropriate children's literature, the different genres, and how to apply them as a means of exploration and education for school-aged children. There is no website correlated to this text, so the link will take you to Amazon, where you can purchase the book.

Learning standards for early childhood education, ages birth through Kindergarten. These guidelines are used to track early childhood growth and development, suggesting age-appropriate milestones and benchmarks for age groups within. These standards are organized into 5 domains for infants and toddlers (Beginning to: know about ourselves and other, communicate, move and do, build concepts, and Approaches to learning), and 7 domains for preschool through Kindergarten (Physical development, health and well-being, Literacy, numeracy, Aesthetic creativity, Scientific conceptual understandings, Self, family, and community, and Approaches to learning).

"Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies" PATHS is a grade-school curriculum designed to help young children develop and apply social-emotional skills. It was created to reduce aggression and behavioral problems and to enhance the learning process in the classroom. This curriculum uses real-life scenarios and cute puppets (for the lower grades) to relate to and learn from.

Prezi is a presentation platform unlike any before it. It offers a fresh approach to displaying information in a seemingly interactive way. Prezi is an lively and creative way to showcase your information and hold the attention of your audience.

This book offers "49 techniques that put students on the path to college". It is designed for educators of students K-12, and gives real-life examples of activities and conversations to assist the comprehension of each teaching technique. The website that is linked to this book is the Teach Like a Champion homepage offering books, blogs, trainings, curriculum and more. Recently added are webinars offering techniques and principles for online teaching.

"Founded in 1993, TEACH Magazine delivers pragmatic tools and resources to K-12 educators everywhere. TEACH stands as an open forum for discussion supporting good teachers and teaching while promoting innovation in education." TEACH Magazine is designed for the modern educator, the modern student, and the modern teaching approach. With articles and resources for the present, every-evolving realm of education.

This book, Rethinking Our Classrooms, Teaching for Equality and Justice is filled with true stories from real educators discussing and advocating for equal educational opportunities for every single child. Accompanying the stories within are various resources and bits of information to ensure that educators are prepared to assist students through some of the deepest educational injustices they may be faced with. This book was published by Rethinking Schools, whose website is linked to this source and contains an array of magazines, articles and resources for educators who teach for equality and justice.

"Inspire ALL students with open, creative mindset mathematics." YouCubed offers a diverse array of math approaches and activities, geared toward engaging students in fun, interactive math practices.