 These websites of particular interest to educators
are recommended by Vermont-NEA members and hot linked for
your convenience.Come explore!
These Tips and Ideas are
intended for teachers who are just beginning their careers.
This site is provided
by our National Education Association especially for
Education Support Professional
members.
This chart -- developed
by the National Education Association and the National
Association of State Directors of Special Education
-- shows what constitutes a Highly Qualified Special
Education Teacher under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Improvement Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-446)
See practice tests at no charge, including ParaPro
and Praxis at Test
Prep Preview.
The NEA
Teacher Toolkit is a suite of Web-based
classroom tools designed by NEA members for teachers.
These tools can help teachers meet requirements of both
IDEA and "Highly Qualified Teacher" in the
No Child Left Behind Act and accelerate achievement
for each child.
Included in the suite are: classroom tools, IEP tools,
curriculum tools, and assessment tools. These basic
tools are available at no cost.
These are
the very interesting graphs
that go with Vermont-NEA's 2005 professional development
issues survey.
Special Educators can click
here to find these two documents on the State Department
of Education Website:
- Definitions
of Special Education Instructional Arrangement and Their
Implications for HQT
- Special Educators' HQT Content Kowledge Requirementhis
The Department also has posted
The Vermont Re-Licensing Process: A Reflection
of Ongoing Professional Growth, A Handbook for
Educators |
Vermont-NEA's Professional
subject area affiliates offer websites...
Vermont
Alliance for the Social Studies
Vermont Association
of Family and Consumer Sciences
Vermont Business
Teachers' Association
Vermont Council for Gifted
Education
Vermont
Council on Reading
Vermont Design
and Technology Education Association
Vermont
Educational Media Association
Vermont Foreign Language
Association
Vermont Music Educators
Association
Vermont Speech-Language-Hearing
Association
The sons and daughters of Vermont-NEA members are
eligible for the Vermont-NEA/Maida
F. Townsend Scholarship.
The First Day Celebration
asks employers to help make the first day of school
a holiday by releasing employees to go to school with
children.
Vermont-NEA is a partner supporting
The Vermont Center
for the Book, which is "dedicated to forming and
fostering communities of readers who use books and discussion
to investigate and understand the world around us." |
Vermont-NEA is located at 10 Wheelock Street in Montpelier, and we welcome your comments.