Teaching and Learning

Get Ready for NEA’s Read Across America Day, March 2, 2010

Let the planning begin! Read Across America Day is just around the corner.  Sign up to receive free e-newsletter-- provides the latest news in reading from Read Across America and partner organizations. You'll find links to grant information, classroom and parent materials, and more.

NEA’s Read Across America Online Toolkit  (insert calendar)   https://www.nea.org/grants/13358.htm

•Parent Resources http://www.nea.org/parents

Practical information that parents can put to use

• Subscribe to the Works4Me e-newsletter

• Works4Me is a library of ideas, tools and resources that educators have found helpful, even invaluable. Find information on topics ranging from how to handle parent teacher conferences to curriculum ideas for learning math facts. Access practical, teacher-written classroom tips. In addition, you can sign up to receive our free e-newsletter highlighting tips of the week.  

• NEA Academy
Devoted to meeting the professional needs of teachers and Education Support Professionals. Learn more…

Real Challenges, Virtual Solutions in Alaska Classrooms

When the only road to school melts during the year, there has to be a backup plan for educating students. But virtual education may not provide all the answers. By Cynthia Kopkowski McCabe

Describing the towns and villages where teachers work in rural Alaska simply as "remote," doesn't really do the trick. Read more…

Teaching in Alaska   

This Website resource is intended to answer questions potential job seekers in Alaska are likely to ask. And you should be asking questions. Working as a teacher in Alaska—particularly rural and remote Alaska—is nothing like teaching in the Lower 48. Learn more.

Alaska Statewide Mentor Project

Vision: Every student in Alaska has the benefit of a great teacher.
Great teachers help our children to learn, grow, and thrive. They make learning exciting and tap into the knowledge, skills, and resources of local communities to help students achieve both personal and academic success.

Mission and goals: Give every new teacher the support they need to succeed.
The Alaska Statewide Mentor Project exists to lift up and support the profession of teaching in Alaska.

Learn more about the Alaska Statewide Mentor Project.