Recommended Links
The following are links to recommended organizations and web sites that provide information on learning disabilities, ADHD, and other issues.
You can also see this list organized by type of organization, by focus, or by audience.
Teaching Cannel is a video showcase of inspiring and effective teaching practices in America's schools. Teaching Channel works to revolutionize how teachers learn, connect, and inspire each other to improve education.
Teaching Diverse Learners is a resource dedicated to enhancing the capacity of teachers to work effectively and equitably with English language learners (ELLs). This site provides access to information — publications, educational materials, and the work of experts in the field — that promotes high achievement for ELLs.
Teaching English Language Vocabulary
Here you will find a variety of activities and lesson plans designed specifically for vocabulary instruction for English language learners.
Teaching LD provides information and resources for teaching students with learning disabilities. It is a service of the Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD) of the Council for Exceptional Children. DLD is a international professional organization consisting of teachers, psychologists, clinicians, administrators, higher education professionals, parents, and others.
Teaching Tolerance: Classroom Resources
Teaching Tolerance is dedicated to reducing prejudice, improving inter-group relations and supporting equitable school experiences for children. The interactive Web site provides free educational materials, including downloadable curricula, classroom activities, and an e-newsletter.
This resource is a place where parents and educators can learn the many ways in which timelines can be used to support learning. A variety of formats are presented, including wall timelines and notebook timelines, and there are colorful photographs illustrating each one.
TeachingLD provides resources about teaching students with Learning Disabilities, including content about assessment, instruction, and policy. Topics include curriculum-based measurement for monitoring student progress; teaching methods such a co-teaching and direct instruction; and current issues such as response-to-intervention models.
Teachnet offers lesson plans in a variety of content areas, and classroom tools to help with classroom management and organization.
Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers
The website provides publications, resources, workshop and training curricula, and a calendar of events for parents of children with disabilities.
Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers
Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs) in each state provide training and information to parents of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities and to professionals who work with children. This assistance helps parents to participate more effectively with professionals in meeting the educational needs of children and youth with disabilities. The Parent Centers work to improve educational outcomes for children and youth with all disabilities (emotional, learning, mental, and physical).
This website gives step-by-step instructions on how to provide a well organized lesson in which ELLs can build vocabulary and comprehension by retelling stories. It also offers several links to a variety of stories, as well as information about classroom discussions and assessments.
Ten Tricks for a Successful Fieldtrip
This article by Karen Moser offers suggestions on how to arrange and manage a fieldtrip to reduce teacher stress and increase learning.
Tennessee Education Association
Tennessee Education Association is a National Education Association State Affiliate that regularly lobbies legislators for the resources schools need, campaigns for higher professional standards for the teaching profession, and files legal actions to protect academic freedom and the rights of school employees.
Tennessee State Parent Information Resource Centers
Tennessee Voices for Children, Inc. speaks out as active advocates for the emotional and behavioral well-being of children and their families.
TNTESOL&s mission is to develop the expertise of its members and others involved in teaching English to speakers of other languages to help them foster effective communication in diverse settings while respecting individuals& language rights.
TESOL: ESL Standards for PreK-12
The ESL Standards for PreK-12 Students is the result of many years' effort on the part of TESOL members and others who have sought to improve the education of students who are learning English as a second or additional language in the United States.
TESOL: Pre-K-12 English Language Proficiency Standards
The new PreK-12 English Language Proficiency Standards, an augmentation of the WIDA English Language Proficiency Standards, provides extensive matrices elucidating sample performance indicators, organized by the five standards (targeting language in social/intercultural interactions, language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies) and grade-level cluster. This publication is available for purchase from TESOL.
The Texas Federation of Teachers is the Texas State Affiliate of the 1.3 million-member American Federation of Teachers and represents more than 57,000 members statewide.
Texas Association for Bilingual Education (TABE)
Through a balanced program of research, professional development, and public education, TABE pursues the implementation of educational policies and effective bilingual-bicultural programs that promote equal educational opportunity and academic excellence for bilingual/ESL students.
Texas Education Agency: Pre-Kindergarten Curriculum Guidelines
This website, created by the Texas Education Agency, outlines the state's Prekindergarten Curriculum Guidelines.
