San Benito County Schools Resources

SBC Curriculum Map Template

Tier 2 Vocabulary

Annotation Description for Complex Text

Margin Notes Guide for Annotation

Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Chart

Guide to Writing Text-Dependent Questions

Classroom Teachers

The Annenberg/CPB Projects
You will find program schedules and announcements, information on workshop series, video previews and program descriptions, and educational resources for math and science.

Education World The Educator's Best Friend, a resource that includes:

• a search engine for educational Web sites only, a place where educators can find information without searching the entire Internet;
• original content, including lesson plans, practical information for educators, information on how to integrate technology in the classroom, and articles written by education experts;
• site reviews;
• daily features and columns;
• teacher and principal profiles;
• Wire Side Chats with the important names in education;
• employment listings.

Teaching Strategies Online Enhances the quality of early childhood education programs by offering practical, developmentally appropriate curriculum materials, training programs, parenting resources, and staff development services.

The Busy Teacher Site  This Site is designed to provide teachers with direct source materials, lesson plans / classroom activities with a minimum of site-to-site linking, and
to provide an enjoyable and rewarding experience for the teacher who is learning to use the Internet.

Learning material and resource center   A learning resources search engine.
View the learning resources database
Post your learning resources into the database
View the learning resources wanted by others
Post a request to find a learning resource material

The Ultimate Teacher's Resource!  Beginning teachers will definitely want to check out the "Mentor Support Center".
The chat boards available bring together educators in category-specific chats, such as the chat board specifically for beginning teachers.  This site also includes lesson plans, live meetings, a bookshelf with a list of useful resources, and a newsletter.

SchoolNotes    Teachers  can post homework and other school information on the web in seconds.  Teachers can create Notes using this free community service!  Parents and Students - can view notes from your teachers by entering your School ZIP Code.

National Academy Press - Washington, D.Ho The National Academies Press (NAP) was created by the National Academies to publish the reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, all operating under a charter granted by the Congress of the United States.

Webquests This site is designed to serve as a resource to those who are using the WebQuest model to teach with the web. By pointing to excellent examples and collecting materials developed to communicate the idea, all of us experimenting with WebQuests will be able to learn from each other.

"Picture Me Reading" is a visual-conceptual method of teaching the ABCs and the 220 high frequency sight words that are often known as “the Dolch Sight Words.”

Professional Organizations

ASCD:
The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
ASCD, a community of educators, advocating sound policies and sharing best practices to achieve the success of each learner.

National Education Association offers teacher resources and information exchange

School Safety

A Guide to Safe Schools: Early Warning, Timely Response:
A Guide to Safe Schools offers research-based practices designed to assist school communities identify these warning signs early and develop prevention, intervention and crisis response plans.

The San Benito County Office of Education is providing these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by the San Benito County Office of Education or any association with the sites' operators.