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Agent K-12 (Education Week and Teacher Magazine)
www.AgentK-12.com
A web site of Education Week and Teacher Magazine containing education jobs in administration and teaching in schools and other education organizations. You can search by category or state and read employer profiles. The site also provides automatic alerts when new jobs match the job need that you seek.
Education America Network (EAN)
www.EducationAmerica.net
Site contains K-12 teacher and administrative job openings. You can search for jobs by category, city, employer type, and state. The site includes a resource center with information about state certification, teacher salaries, and resume tips.
Regional Education Applicant Placement
www.reap.net
Presents teacher job postings in individual states. Online job applications are available.
Teachers Count
www.TeachersCount.org
The purpose of this site is to raise the status of the teaching profession and provide resources to the education profession and the education community. The site is designed for use by people who are currently teachers, people who want to be teachers, and people who want to help teachers. An interesting segment—“Behind Every Famous Person Is a Fabulous Teacher” Campaign—describes famous people and their favorite teachers.
Teachers @Work
www.TeachersAtWork.com
An electronic employment service. Teaching jobs are indicated by subject areas and state. The site contains resources with links to sites dealing with teacher job matters.
Teachers-Teachers.com
www.Teachers-Teachers.com
This web site is a free source designed to help educators obtain teaching jobs, administrative jobs, and other related positions. Jobs are posted from about 2,000 school systems and private schools on this site. A filtered list of jobs allows you to narrow the focus of the job preference you have. You can search through job postings, and email your application to hiring schools. You can post your application and wait for recruiters to find and contact you.
U.S. Department of Education (Teachers)
www.ed.gov/teachers
The mission of the U.S. Department of Education is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. This web site segment on teachers has information categorized as follows: on becoming a teacher, find teaching opportunities, improve student performance, student assessment, address student needs, and professional development. Each of these topics contains excellent resources of interest to teachers. In addition to this teacher’s category, the web site has separate categories for students, parents, and administrators.
Professional Development
Education World
www.EducationWorld.com
The top professional development features of this web site are classroom problem solver, math corner, new teacher advisor, reader’s theater, reading coach, responsive classroom, strategies that work, teacher feature, tools for teaching, and voice of experience. The site also organizes professional development information by subject.
Edutopia: Innovation and Inspiration for Innovative Teaching in K-12 Schools
www.edutopia.org
A web site of the George Lucas Educational Foundation. Seeks to support innovative programs in K-12 public schools. It presents videos and articles on many innovative subjects, including the professional development of teachers.
Intel (Professional Development)
www.intel.com/education/teach
Intel, an innovative technology company, presents free programs for K-12 educators focusing on strengthening education with enhanced technology and student-centered learning approaches. The site provides resources for professional development, such as designing effective projects and assessing projects for K-12 teachers.
Peace Corps Partnership Program
www.peacecorps.gov/wws
The Peace Corps offers opportunities for young Americans to serve their country by living and working in developing countries. The World Wise Schools matches up Peace Corps volunteers in the field with U.S. classroom teachers in which students in the classroom learn about the people, geography, environment, and culture of the world from the direct experience of volunteers living in other countries. The Educators segment of the web site provides teachers in schools information about such subjects as connecting with a volunteer, lesson plans, volunteer stories, finding a speaker, and service matters.
TeacherVision (Professional Development)
www.TeacherVision.fen.com
Contains a variety of professional development resources for K-12 educators. Segment on professional development includes articles, lesson plans, and resources dealing with teaching strategies.
Teacher Supplies
For Teachers Only
www.ForTeachersOnly.com
Sells educational and year-round products. Among the products are books, pencils, apparel, crayons, calculators, and games.
Homeroom Teacher
www.HomeRoomTeacher.com
Sells over 10,000 teaching products and school supplies. Among the supplies are maps, globes, whiteboards, colored markers, arts and crafts, worksheets, and furniture.
Teacher’s Day-by-Day Calendar of Events
www.EducationOasis.com
Click on to “Curriculum” to find the teacher’s calendar, which provides a day-by-day guide (with links) to holidays, historic and special events, birthdays, and anniversaries. You can choose a specific month of the year, which will contain the daily information you seek.
Teachers’ School Supply
www.TeachersSupply.com
Sells many items teachers need. Among its thousands of teachers’ supply products are children’s books, games and puzzles, school desks, activity books, chalk supplies, flash cards, charts and chart stands, notebooks, and sheet protection items.
Teacher Storehouse
www.TeacherStoreHouse.com
Site contains many products that teachers may need. Among the product categories are bulletin board sets, award stickers, educational posters, office/class supplies, furnishings, classroom decorations, and learning toys.

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