Resources for PA Teachers

Act 48 Professional Development Management System - get your  professional personnel ID number and check continuing education progress.

Certification System from PDE (TCS) - check here to see your current certifications and a list of the Praxis tests that you have passed.

Federal Resources  for  Educational Excellence  this is a gateway to hundreds of resources from the  Federal government, arranged by subject area.

Lesson Plans and  Teacher Web Site Resources- some great sites to check out.

Pennsylvania Academic Standards  Click here to find  the links to all 12  curricular standards documents in both Word and PDF,

Pennsylvania Education Portal -  From PDE, includes information about the state’s Classrooms for the Future, Pennsylvania Inspired Leadership, and Keystones projects, as well as Learning Nexus, a search tool that provides curriculum-centered content aligned to the state’s academic standards and assessment anchors.  It also provides academic performance information for each school in the Commonwealth. 

Pennsylvania Department of Education- PSSA Resources  At this link, find  a page listing numerous resources for the PSSA  such as the Assessment Handbooks, the Item and Scoring Samplers,  Eligible Content, and data sites such as eMetrics and the Grow Network.

Pennsylvania Professional Development Organization Through a partnership between the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the National Center for the Profession of Teaching, free online Act 48 professional education courses are now available to all Pennsylvania full-time certified public school educators via the state-funded website. 

Pennsylvania Standards Aligned System-  a curriculum framework website, with models aligned to the state standards, in various content areas.

Professional Organizations- find links to most professional education organizations.

Rubric Generators-    choose from these  web sites that assist in creating various rubrics and checklists.

Technology Tools/Lesson Plans- find links to tutorials, lessons integrating technology, and more.

Top 25 Web Sites for Teaching and Learning-  From ALA/AASL, the "Top 25" Web sites foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration.

US Department of  Education Cross Site Index-  search a topic across all the US government educational web sites from ERIC to the Eisenhower Clearing House.

US Department of Education Teacher to Teacher Initiative - PowerPoints and handouts from 107 workshop sessions  held across the country last summer.  Materials cover subjects such as reading, math, history, art and foreign language as well as topics like differentiating instruction and teaching students with limited English proficiency.

WEB 2.0 Tools  -   excellent PowerPoint from  AIU and WPSLA training.