Directions to create your own tests on SUCCESS:
Directions Success Site.pdf
Link: http://www.success.ode.state.oh.us/
Extended Response/Short Answer Info from Success Site Link: ERSA Success.pdf

 Miami University once again is offering workshops and summer PD with the Ohio Writing Project.

www.muohio.edu/owp Teachers receive credit and there are scholarships that guaranteed 50% tuition discount to all educators. All workshops also apply to the OWP Master of Arts in Teaching program.

 

 

ProgressBook Help:
Just to remind you that if you need assistance with Progressbook, there are very helpful online videos that can help you put in grades, do lesson planning etc...one stop shopping really. To access go to http://www.hccanet.org/

 1) Look at the top (gray bar) and click on "student services"

2) Scroll down to "manual" and click

3) Click on "progressbook"

4) you then choose "teacher videos" and will see a whole bunch of videos to choose from.

How to Create Lesson Plans in PB by Cathie Carroll

 

Master Teacher Process:
If you are interested in starting the Master Teacher process, please use this link:http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=1598&ContentID=46544&Content=55384 

 All the forms you need are in interactive PDF format - which means you can just type right into them as you work through the process, save onto your computer and continue to work that way. 

You only need to complete forms: C,  D (all 4 of the criteria),  G (need two recommendations),  H

 Forms J, K are to help you....  

The deadline for this year is Jan 5, but if you are at all interested in doing this down the road...why not start now and continue working on it when you have time throughout this year and into next summer...  

Also, if there are other people in your building who are interested, I encourage you to form a master team group so you can work on things together....I think it will be easier and more fun that way too! from Meg Graham

"Teachers' Domain" now includes Math, Language Arts, Social Studies. and Arts, 
in addition to their core Science resources! 
http://www.teachersdomain.org 

You will need to create an account (free) but then you can create folders of 
lesson plans, video clips, etc.  This is a great site to Bookmark or add to your Favorites. 

The federal government has created a new 
website to aid students in searching for a 
college and for funding for that college.  
The address is   *NEW!- www.college.gov

http://www.free.ed.gov/ 
You will find materials, lessons, contests, programs and links for all areas of study.  
Just choose your area of study and click--there is a ton of free stuff here.

This site is so cool!  You can create your 
own home library catalog FREE online.  
http://www.librarything.com 

"What is LibraryThing? 
Enter what you're reading or your whole library—
it's an easy, library-quality catalog. 
LibraryThing also connects you with people who read the same things. 

What's good? 
Meet the world's largest book club. Find people with eerily similar tastes. 
Catalog with Amazon, the Library of Congress or 690 other world libraries. 
Import from anywhere. 
Get recommendations. Tag your books and explore others' tags.

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/us-puzzle.html Cool U.S. Map Puzzle

Teaching Resources for 2008-2009

• ODE’s Web site provides valuable program information, data and statistics, events and feature stories of interest to Ohio educators and families. Click here for the home page. Be sure to try the Search function at the top right corner of any page to locate specific information, and Quick Links for some of the most requested pages, including licensure applications, academic content standards and educator profile tool.
• Access lesson plans, assessments and other teaching tools through Ohio's Instructional Management System. IMS is Ohio’s Web-based source to help teachers creatively teach Ohio’s academic content standards to improve student achievement in Ohio. To use the IMS, click here.
• Ohio’s Statewide Testing Web site provides teachers and students information and resources for the Ohio Achievement Tests (OAT) and the Ohio Graduation Tests (OGT). Click here for Ohio’s Statewide Testing Web site.
• The Federal Resource for Educational Excellence (FREE) Web site makes it easy to track down new teaching resources from federal agencies. Some of the latest topics include water purification, spreadsheets, nanotechnology, planets, artists and trail diaries. Click here to find more information on these topics and others in arts and music, health and physical education, history and social studies, language arts, science and mathematics.
• Smithsonianeducation.org, which offers more than 1,200 free educational resources, includes a feature that aligns those resources to standards of learning in every state. By entering the name of a state into the search engine, teachers can find lesson plans, virtual exhibitions, photographs, artworks and databases of research information that apply to their curriculum. The state standards are correlated to subjects. Click here to explore the collection.
• PBS Teachers Web site, a portal for pre K-12 educators, offers a one-stop resource for educators searching for wide-ranging curriculum resources, video products and online professional development opportunities through the PBS TeacherLine. PBS Teachers is the doorway to all educational resources and services PBS offers, and provides information on effective ways to use media and technology in the school learning environment. Click here to access PBS Teachers.