the New Teacher Network

The Top 10 New Teacher Resources
to Launch Your Career

New teachers need all the help they can get in creating an effective classroom system and a successful plan for the school year. Here are the top 10 new teacher resources that can help get you started on your path to success.

1. Scholastic
   Scholastic, an educational pillar for nearly 90 years, strives to create products that present a clear explanation of current affairs and contemporary thought, while encouraging literary appreciation and expression of young people at all levels of learning.
2. Education Week Teacher PD Sourceboo
   This interactive online directory is the most complete resource for K-12 educators seeking professional development such as materials, courses and seminars that develop core skills such as classroom management, teaching diverse learners and students with disabilities, and more.
3. U.S. Department of Education
   The Department of Education promotes student achievement by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. Programs provide grant, loan and work-study assistance to about 11 million postsecondary students.
4. TeachersFirst
   A rich collection of lessons, units, and web resources designed to save teachers time by delivering just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format. Additional professional and classroom-ready content available, including practical ideas to use in the classroom.
5. New Teacher Hotline
   Submit your questions on this podcast site, hosted by Dr. Glen Moulton, a supervisor of instruction and lifelong teacher trainer, and Michael Kelley, the author of Rookie Teaching for Dummies, monthly, as they help new teachers ease their way through the first few years of teaching.
6. TeacherVision
   Your solution for a successful school year, discover tips for your first day, classroom-management, and lesson plans that will support your curriculum all year long. Get help with disciplining students, methodologies, maintaining authority and fairness, forming relationships with parents and more.
7. Teachers.Net
   This free educational resource offers lesson plans, ideas for classroom projects and other curriculum tools designed to keep you fresh. Also contains listings of teacher jobs and classified ads.
8. PBS Teachers
   PBS's national web destination for high-quality preK-12 educational resources offers thousands of lesson plans, teaching activities, on-demand video assets, and interactive games and simulations to keep you moving forward, PBS-style.
9. The National Education Association
   Offering tools and ideas for new teachers, this organization strongly believes in great public schools for every student, is a resource for issues facing educators today and encourages action for these issues.
10. NewTeacherUniversity
    This online resource center is designed to create success for new and beginning teachers; equipping, empowering and encouraging teachers throughout their careers, while providing them with the necessary tools for success both in and outside the classroom.