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| American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Includes news, publications, meetings, teacher preparation information, professional development, and state chapters. http://www.aacte.org/ |
| Bedgrove Infant Training School Background information about the school as well as about the different ways of training to become a teacher in the UK. http://bedgrovetraining.co.uk/ |
| Information on Teach for America Details of an interview experience with Teach for America, and links to their national web site and the Houston school district which hired this particular person. http://www.serafin.freeservers.com/ |
| National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) A coalition of 33 specialty professional associations of teachers, teacher educators, content specialists, and local and state policy makers. http://www.ncate.org/ |
| New Teacher Center at University of California, Santa Cruz A national resource dedicated to teacher development. Offering several support programs designed to equip the new teacher with necessary skills and support for success in the classroom. http://www.newteachercenter.org |
| North Bedfordshire School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) Details about study for the Postgraduate Certificate of Education by working in schools with professional teachers. http://www.northbedsscitt.org.uk/ |
| Primary Catholic Partnership School-centred initial teacher training in the Southampton, UK area which promotes high standards of teaching and learning based on a Catholic philosophy of education. http://www.pcp-scitt.org.uk/ |
| PT3 - Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers for Technology The primary function of the PT3 grant is to assist pre-service teachers learn and integrate technology into their lessons and units of study. The PT3 team targets pre-service teachers and their professors as they provide a variety of resources for facilitating technology development. http://www.pt3.uh.edu/ |
| Recruiting New Teachers, Inc. This site examines the teaching profession in great detail, as well as providing resources for potential teachers. http://www.rnt.org/ |
| standards-of-practice.net A free, interactive, professional development resource for new and experienced teachers, based on the Ontario College of Teachers Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession. http://www.standards-of-practice.net/ |
| Summerbridge A program for high school and college students to teach other students a few courses during the summer in exchange for a stipend. Program is run in a number of cities around the United states. http://www.summerbridge.org/ |
| Teach For America TFA is a national teacher corps of recent college graduates who commit two years to teach and to effect change in under-resourced urban and rural public schools. http://www.teachforamerica.org/ |
| The National Board For Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) Works to strengthen the teaching profession and to improve student learning in America's schools by establishing high standards for teachers. http://www.nbpts.org/ |
| The Teacher Training Agency (UK) An executive Non-Departmental Public Body established by the Education Act 1994. Its purpose is to raise standards in schools by attracting able and committed people to teaching and by improving the quality of teacher training. http://www.useyourheadteach.gov.uk/ |