General
Ideas for New Teachers and Education Students
Open Learning Agency - Canadian Learning Network - great collection
BCTF - New Teachers' Site (download handbook for new teachers and TOCs)
Teacher Toolbox (lots of links, templates, time savers, assessment tools...)
The Primary Program - BC Ministry of Ed (great overview of teaching, learning, assessing -- applicable for all grades)
PITA (Provincial Intermediate Teachers Assoc.) New Teachers Wiki
Beginning Core French Teachers: À vos marques, prêts, partez! A must-have guide for teachers
Pour les nouveaux enseignants de français langue seconde -- blog d'ACPI
Sell or buy used university textbooks online
Teachers First New Teacher Resources
What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching
Helping Your Students With Homework
Flashcards - variety of themes - print and use
Tools and Templates: many graphic organizers, schedules, planning pages, etc.
Smartboard demo - Teaching ideas
Lesson Plans
Teachers First - matrix of lesson plans (elem, middle, secondary) for all subjects
Teachers.Net - TEACHER RESOURCES
International Reading Association: Read*Write*Think (lesson plans, student materials)
Learning Network Lesson Plans - search by theme, grade level
Teach-nology - lesson plans organized by subject area and theme
Teacher Networks
Join BCTF's listserv for beginning teachers (as well as various subject areas)
List of all BC schools, contact info
Back to School
Back to School Ideas, Links, Printables, Worksheets, Bulletin Board Ideas
Getting to Know You: Activities for the First Day of School
Fourteen Great Activities for the First Days of School!
Activities for the First Days of School
Classroom Set-up/Ambience
TeacherVision -- many useful tips and tools for organizing your teaching K-12
Harry Wong - The First Day of School (resources for teachers)
Differentiated Instruction
How to differentiate instruction
The Kids in my Class: Students with Diverse Needs in Regular Classrooms (Delta School District)
The ESL Kids in my Class (Delta School District)
The Aboriginal Kids in my Class (Delta School District)
Classroom Management
11 Techniques for Better Classroom Discipline
Lee Canter and Fred Jones - two models for developing a discipline plan
Dr. Mac's Amazing Behavior Management Advice Site
Assessment of/for Learning
How Do I Mark That? (tutorials/samples from Ray Appel's resource)
Assessment tools (rubric generators, graphic organizers, etc.) Kathy Schrock
Classroom Assessment Resources (BC Ministry of Education) ... Primary Program - Read Chapter 8