Professional Development

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By and for teachers like you, FACS Classroom Solutions e-Newsletter offers practical, road-tested strategies for your classroom and your career. You’ll find tools for engaging students, tips for integrating academics into the FACS curriculum, and ideas for fostering relationships and community; using technology; and navigating funding, legislative, testing, and other administrative issues. You can read the e-newsletter online or subscribe to receive each issue by e-mail.

Teaching Today

Find hundreds of free videos, classroom activities, how-to guides, teaching tips, and more on this Web site dedicated to excellence and innovation in teaching. Get lesson plans on dozens of topics, from addition to World War I, and access a large library of free downloads including graphic organizers, reading and writing strategies, and class management tools.

McGraw-Hill Professional Development Web Site

Teaching effectiveness is the focus of this Web resource. Browse strategies and real-life classroom practices submitted by other teachers (and share your own!), access free videos modeling instructional techniques, and see McGraw-Hill’s offerings of books, DVDs, and online courses on topics such as assessment, differentiated instruction, and standards-based instruction.