Substitute teaching can be a wonderful “sometimes” job for many people. It’s a great way to learn more about teaching, particularly if you think you might be interested in teaching full time. By substituting, you can try out a variety of age groups and subjects to help you decide where you would best fit should you decide to teach full time.
Substitute teaching is also great because it carries little responsibility with it outside of the time you spend in the classroom. Full time teachers have papers to grade and lesson plans to prepare, but substitutes have no work to take home. In addition, substitutes can turn down an assignment, if they have other plans for the day on which they’ve been asked to teach.
Requirements for substitute teaching vary by state. Some states require a teaching certificate and others require simply that you have a college degree in some field. Check with your local school system for requirements if you think you’d like to try your hand at substituting.
So, now that we have convinced you that substituting is a great way to make a little extra cash and figure out if teaching is your passion; here are 17 tips designed to make your substitute teaching experience pleasant and rewarding.
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Education, teaching and e-learning blogs can provide some of the best reading on the Internet today. The wide range of topics — from history to math — and the wider range of expertise in these blogs can provide teaching and learning tools. The following list contains 50 of the best and newest teaching blogs, beginning in February 2009. The blogs are listed by month of creation within 2010 and 2009. [click to continue…]
Teachers teaching future teachers is what educational professorship is about. New methodologies, awards, publications and work beyond the campus often are the marks of what makes an education professor stand out. The following top 20 most influential education professors have done all these things and more…and you can find them in the news as well as on campus. [click to continue…]
Twitter is a great way to keep up with what’s going on in the world of education; especially if you follow some of the most prolific and influential educators that tweet. There are many highly respected and innovative teachers who tweet regularly about their classroom ideas and tools. Following this information from these top educators is a great way to get new ideas for your classroom and to help you stay excited about teaching. Here are twenty teachers worth following on Twitter.
- Diana Dell: Dell is an Educational technology consultant who specializes in learning games and activities.She’ll give you some great ideas for you to use in your own classroom.
- Tweet for Education: Though not truly an educator, this group tweets and retweets the best of the best when it comes to new information that teachers can use.
- Julie LaChance: LaChance is a technology facilitator who supplies all sorts of resources to teachers. She has a website, and puts a lot of information on Twitter as well.
- Kelly Hines: Hines is an award winning teacher who is an innovator in using technology in the classroom.
- Steve Wheeler: Wheeler is a Web 2.0 researcher and author of The Digital Classroom. He is also a lecturer, e-learning specialist, international speaker and co-editor of Interactive Learning Environments.
- Vicki Davis: Davis is a teacher from Georgia who is an avid user of technology in the classroom as a way to build cultural bridges.
- Chicken Saltash: This anonymous teacher is an educator and avid tweeter about all things in the classroom as well as about animals.
- Larry Ferlazzo: An avid educator and inner city high school teacher in California.
- Maggie Verster: Verster is an ICT teacher and teaching activist in South Africa.
- Ozge Karaoglu: Karaoglu is a teacher in Istanbul, Turkey. She is also a preschool team leader,coordinator of an EFL DVD project, e-moderator, and the content and educational coordinator of Minigon reader series.
- Terry Freedman: Freedman is a teacher from the UK who is passionate about using technology in the classroom.
- Michael Fawcett: Fawcett is a primary teacher in New Zealand who is an avid tweeter.
- P Donaghy: Donaghy is an ICT teacher in Dublin, Ireland, who is a course director in moodle and Google Apps. Moodle stands for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment. It is a free and open-source e-learning software platform, also known as a Course Management System, Learning Management System, or Virtual Learning Environment. Some of today’s most innovative teachers use Moodle.
- Russel Tarr: Tarr is an history teacher in France. He is also the author of ActiveHistory.co.uk and ClassTools.net. Tarr shares many ideas that other educators can benefit from.
- Tony Parkin: Parkin is the retiring head of ICT Development in London.
- Digital Maverick: This teacher in the UK is a learning technologist and self proclaimed “moodle evangelist”.
- Weemooseus: Weemooseus is a middle school technology teacher in New Mexico. She is also an education reform advocate.
- Steve Bunce: Bunce is a teacher from the Uk who is interested in digital storytelling and game based learning.
- Cyndi Danner Kuhn: Kuhn is an Educational Technology Teacher at the University of Kansas. She is also an Apple Professional Development Trainer.
- Peter Vogel: Vogel is an ICT and physics teacher from Vancouver, BC. He is interested in using technology for teaching science in the classroom.
Following other teachers on Twitter is a great way to hone your skills and get new ideas. Be sure, however that you share your own ideas, too. One of the great benefits to using Twitter is that it becomes a two way communication flow. Particularly when it comes to teaching; this sharing of techniques and strategies can really benefit you in the classroom. As you can see here, there are great teachers from all over the world on Twitter, so you can use techniques that may not be prevalent in your area.
There are plenty of other great teachers on Twitter. Follow these and see what other educators can provide you with the ideas you need to keep your classroom fun and cutting edge.
Special education caters to the educational needs of those students which certain level mental disability to comprehend things. Below is the list of some useful open courses list for people who deal into teaching of special education.
Professional Role in Teaching Special Education: This courseware offered by Susan Bruce of Michigan State University is based upon professional role in teaching special education. It imparts learning on topics like collaboration with teachers, parents and community settings.
Best Special Education Practices: This courseware offered by Ann Nevin from Arizona State University is for elementary and secondary teachers in special education.
Heilpädagogik Online: It is quarterly peer reviewed online medical journal with special focus on Special education and disability studies. It is set up with goal to provide scientific knowledge of Special Education and Disability studies for professional as well as public. Its articles are provided in German as well as English.
The Inonu University Journal of the Faculty of Education (INUJFE): It is an open courseware with access to electronic and open access electric and print journal devoted to the dissemination, criticism, interpretation and encouragement of all forms of systematic enquiry into education and fields related or associated with education.
International Journal of Special Education: Published since 2002, this Journal is intended to make its content available free to everyone who is interested in special education or is a student of special education.
International Journal of Whole Schooling: This is an internationally referred publication to device new methods of learning and schooling for all children. The journal is for a large range of people in education field including researchers, parents, teachers, students, community members and policy makers for expressing views and ideas on topics ranging scholarly research, experience of teachers, policy analysis and many more.
The Open Education Journal: it s is an Open Access online journal which the best content comprising research articles, reviews and short articles from the areas of education research on varied issues of learning and specially special education.
Teaching Exceptional Children Plus: This journal publishes content useful for people who are working with and working with need of children with special education and needs.
The Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD): It is an international organization of and for the professionals who from diverse fields of work, showcase and represent diverse disciplines with a promise to enhance the educational level and lifespan of individuals with learning disabilities and be in need of special education.
Federation for Children with Special Needs: The Federation work with objective to provide support and assistance to children with disabilities, professional partners and their communities. It is also working with objective to learn from families and to encourage them to participate in communities with people with disabilities.
Education Wonks are persons who are highly enthusiasts of bringing change to education and more of the times are interested in modifying education patterns. Below are the profiles of the education enthusiast with regular tweets on Twitter.
Sara Neufeld: Living at Baltimore she is a Writer, education wonk and yoga practitioner.
Mark Leach: Living at Camden, London he is a full time HE policy geek for NUS, cinema nerd and a sushi lover.
Diane Weir: Living at Wstford Massachusetts she is an IBMer and an education wonk and express her ideas and views on education through her blog http://www.dianeweir.com.
Ana Petero: Living at SF Bay Area she is an educator and politics wonk.
BobMorrison: Living at Warren, New Jersy Morrison is a Music and Arts Education Researcher, Advocate and public policy wonk.
Adam Hall: Living at Newberry, SC, USA is a BA and an MA in English. He also been trained as an Office of Vocation and Adult Education (OVAE) facilitator. A Breaking Ranks II instructor and a Smaller Learning Communities (SLC) workshop provider.
Kristen Kulinowski: Presently living at Houston, Texas is a chemist, education policy wonk and presently working as a mediator to describe interfaces between science and society in respect to nanotechnology.
SecurEducation: Living at Minnesota US, he is education wonk for IT security hazards.
Neil Allison: Living at Washington DC, Neil Allison is an education expert with nearly over 10 years of experience creating and putting effective business policies into effect. He has implied his innovative solution making strategies in digital media, online tutoring, institutional assessment, education analytics and course management.
Kathy Christie: Living at Denver, she is an education policy wonk and you can have better idea about her area of interest from http://www.ecs.org.
Many people would not be who they were it not for education. Today, more people than ever are seeking college education to make their loves a little better. The increase in the number of those who are looking for higher education has prompted many institutions to start providing online degree level education. All sorts of courses, including Education are available in virtual campuses. If you are a teacher and you want to improve your career, you can enroll in one of the online colleges and universities and study for an online degree Masters in Education.
An online Masters in Education program has its advantages. For those who are already in employment, it gives them a chance to go back to study without having to leave their jobs. It is a convenient way to achieve higher education because you can study when you are free to do so, you do not have to reschedule your activities for the day or postpone any important engagement. This flexibility, not found in regular classes, has made it possible for many people to obtain Masters Degrees without a problem.
There are numerous options of online colleges and universities to choose from if you are planning on advancing your education. However, there are a few things that you will have to first consider before you apply in any one of them. The first thing you need to do is to verify the college’s authenticity. The internet is home to countless conmen who pretend to offer online education when in the real sense all they want to do is swindle people. A college offering an online Masters of education program should have been accredited by the relevant authority in its area of operation.
The best online Masters in Education course has to be taught by the best qualified instructor. Make sure that you do thorough research to ascertain your online instructor’s credentials. You can get this from testimonies from students whom the instructor has taught before. This will make your learning experience much easier.
An online Masters in Education degree is really easy to get. All you will be required to have is high speed internet connection so that your learning is not inhibited in any way. This will enable you to attend virtual classes from anywhere you are in the world. It will also enable you to access the online library offered by the institutions to people who are pursuing a Masters in Education Degree. You will need to send the online institution copies of academic documents that will provide proof that you are qualified to apply for the course.
Getting a Masters in Education is one of the things that will greatly improve your career and your life. You will find that it will help you find a whole range of opportunities in your career that you might have never thought possible. Join a virtual college that offers online Masters in Education program and you can be sure your life will change for the better.