Hot Topic : Professional Portfolios
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/CPR/publications.htm#Level3ClassroomTeacher
Level 3 Classroom Teacher Information and Guidelines. This gives a
brief description of portfolios, the purpose and requirements for
advancement to Level 3 Classroom Teacher status.
http://www.catl.uwa.edu.au/etu/portfolio
This is a general guide to portfolio presentation from an academic
perspective, includes some good ideas.
http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/edu_leadership/prof_read/portfolios/index.php
This site looks at the construction of professional portfolios for
differing purposes and career stages.
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Classroom Behaviour Management
The New Teachers Survival Guide - Created by Hannah
Means, this guide gives information to teachers about managing in
the classroom. It looks at discipline, organisation, grading and management.
It also contains links to other sites helpful to new teachers.
http://hannahmeans.bizland.com/
Teacher resources and practical classroom behaviour management
skills training, Professional Development, in-service training
seminars, workshops programmes. The website features a Discipline
Help centre which defines some problem behaviours and suggests possible
solutions.
http://www.behaviour.com.au/
The New Teachers Guide - This guide has been prepared
by the US Department of Education for beginning teachers. It includes
has hands-on tips from other first-year teachers who talk candidly
about their successes and setbacks, with a particular emphasis on
the relationships they formed with their colleagues and their students'
parents. The full document is available in pdf
http://www.ed.gov/teachers/become/about/survivalguide/index.html
Useful Links
General Teaching Database
A great general website that has a huge amount of resources
and useful links
http://www.edna.edu.au
Other sections of the Department's web site that may prove useful
follow.
Curriculum Directorate
Visit the Department's Curriculum Directorate Website for a wealth
of information and links to valuable sites:
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/learning/
Resourcing the Curriculum
CMIS Evaluation identifies curriculum materials that support
West Australian school curriculum applications. All types of curriculum-related
resources are reviewed for teachers and students.
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/
Curriculum Council
Curriculum Council information is disseminated to all schools
and should be available in your school through the Principal or your
Line Manager. Visit the Curriculum Council Website. The Curriculum
Council also provides the Curriculum Framework free of charge
to all teachers in Western Australia. If you do not have a copy of
the Curriculum Framework, please contact the Curriculum Council
through your Principal.
http://www.curriculum.wa.edu.au
Lesson plan ideas
Need some ideas about activities and links? Visit the following websites
for some inspiration.
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