Mentoring and Support for Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers
Posted by hblount on 23 Jan 2012 | Tagged as: Teaching Strategies/Resources
Edutopia is hosting an online academy for new teachers. The New Teacher Academy will include the following topics:
1/17/12 – Classroom management
1/24/12 – Lesson planning
1/31/12 – Delivery of instruction
2/7/12 – Working with parents
2/14/12 – Building relationships
You can find this week’s topic, Classroom Management, at the Web site below.
Posted by hblount on 18 Jan 2012 | Tagged as: Teaching Strategies/Resources
We look forward to seeing everyone at the upcoming FCSTAT Midwinter Professional Development Conference in Kerrville January 19-21! Be sure to stop by our booth and enter for a chance to win a subscription for one online curriculum of your choice. The Curriculum Center staff will be presenting the following sessions:
Friday, January 20, 2012
Posted by hblount on 13 Dec 2011 | Tagged as: Teaching Strategies/Resources
What you can do with Quizlet…
(Source: http://quizlet.com)
Posted by hblount on 12 Dec 2011 | Tagged as: Teaching Strategies/Resources
http://www.youtube.com/schools?feature=inp-bl-paq
YouTube for Schools is a network setting that school administrators can turn on
to grant access only to the educational content from YouTube EDU. This means
videos from over 600 of YouTube’s education partners like the Smithsonian, TED,
Steve Spangler Science and Numberphile. In addition to limiting access to
specific videos, Google has also worked together with teachers to put together
over 300 playlists broken out by subject and by grade level. Sounds like a great
idea for teachers who have trouble keeping their kids focused in the classroom.
YouTube for Schools gives you access to the hundreds of thousands of educational videos on YouTube EDU. This includes short lessons from top teachers around the world, full courses from the world’s best universities, professional development from fellow educators, and inspiring videos from thought leaders.
Schools can customize the content available in their school. All schools get access to all of the YouTube EDU content, but teachers and administrators can also log in to YouTube.com and create playlists of videos that will be available at your school.
School admins and teachers can log in and watch any video, but students cannot log in and can only watch YouTube EDU videos and videos their school has added. All comments and related videos are disabled and search is limited to YouTube EDU videos.
Use YouTube videos to enrich your classroom lessons, spark a conversation, make theory come to life, tap into the mind of the visual learner and more. YouTube.com/Teachers helps teachers learn to use YouTube as a powerful educational tool.
Posted by hblount on 12 Dec 2011 | Tagged as: Teaching Strategies/Resources
You may have noticed that the name of the blog has changed from FCS New Teacher Blog to Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher Blog. The blog was originally developed as a place for new FCS teachers to receive mentoring and support as they began their teaching careers. We have now opened the blog to all FCS teachers and will continue to share resources and ideas related to teaching family and consumer sciences. We encourage you to read the blog, comment on postings, ask questions, and share your ideas!
Posted by hblount on 15 Nov 2011 | Tagged as: Teaching Strategies/Resources
Students are often asked to use the Internet to research a multitude of topics. Unfortunately, not all Web sites are created equally nor are they all credible sources of information. I recently came across a great tool that students can use to evaluate Web sites.
The PDF version of the form is available at the link below.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/evalhigh.html
Posted by hblount on 27 Oct 2011 | Tagged as: Teaching Strategies/Resources
Please check out the New Teacher Survival Central web site from Discovery Education!
Whether you’re a newbie feeling IN OVER YOUR HEAD or a veteran teacher IN A RUT, you’ll find ideas and plans to keep you energized. Even if you have everything completely IN CONTROL, be sure to check out the creative ideas and time-saving tips to help keep you on top of your game throughout the entire school year. (Source: Discovery Education)
Posted by hblount on 18 Oct 2011 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
I hope you will be able to make time for students to participate in this wonderful opportunity November 2 & 3, 2011!
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Posted by hblount on 14 Oct 2011 | Tagged as: Professionalism/Ethics, Teaching Strategies/Resources
In Texas, anyone who suspects that a child is being abused or neglected has a
legal obligation to report it. Professional reporters are required to report
suspicion of abuse or neglect within 48 hours.
A Professional Reporter is anyone licensed or certified by
the state or works for an agency or facility licensed or certified by the state
and has contact with children as a result of their normal duties. By law,
professionals may not delegate their duty to report to another person such as a
coworker or family member.
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has developed a self-paced, online training about recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect for teachers and other school staff. The training can be accessed at the following Web site http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Training/Reporting/default.asp
Posted by hblount on 06 Oct 2011 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Teaching can be very emotional. On any given day a teacher may experience happiness, sadness, anger, and excitement. Knowing how to manage theses emotions is an important skill for teachers to have.
Take the following Emotional Intelligence Quiz from Edutopia to learn more about emotions and how to handle them.
http://www.edutopia.org/louisville-social-emotional-learning-quiz