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Practicum in Online Teaching - Carolina Online Teacher Program: Teach your online course with a pilot group of students or teachers. An experienced online-learning mentor will guide you through typical problem areas. The Practicum in Online Teaching may be done in conjunction with your school or county, and even as part of your normal teaching load.; Take this course: Begins January 5.

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Education Reference: Collection Policy: The purpose of LEARN NC's Education Reference is to provide definitions of common terms in K–12 education as well as information that contextualizes the terms and, where appropriate, links to examples and resources that will help teachers implement teaching ideas in their classrooms. These guidelines explain our policy for including entries in the Education Reference.; Format: article/help

Round robin: In this structure, each student takes turns sharing something new with members of the collaborative group. Round robin offers students the opportunity to express ideas and opinions while learning more about their teammates.; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Roundtable: In this cooperative learning model, each team member writes one answer on a piece of paper that is passed around a table. Roundtable is highly effective with creative writing and brainstorming activities. This structure encourages responsibility for the group...; By Heather Coffey.

Guidelines for writing best practice articles: In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 2.2; Not every good teaching idea can be written as a lesson plan or buried within one. Some ideas are more general and apply throughout a curriculum area or even across curricula. If you find yourself explaining concepts, strategies, or practices, consider writing...; Format: /help

Think-pair-share: In the think-pair-share strategy, students think on their own about a topic and then pair with another student to discuss their thoughts. Finally, the pair shares their thoughts with the rest of the class. This structure facilitates independent thinking and...; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Instructional writing: In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 1.5; Writing a lesson plan for other teachers to use isn't like writing one for yourself. When you write for the web, you're practicing instructional writing.; Format: article/help

Inside-outside circle: During inside-outside circle, students either sit or stand facing each other in two concentric circles. Students respond to teacher questions or note-card prompted questions and then rotate to the next partner. In the end of this type of structure, students...; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Student teams achievement divisions: In this learning model, teams are arranged after a teacher-led lesson. Team members tutor one another in order to achieve mastery of new concepts. Then, students take individual quizzes, but the team evaluation is based on individual scores. Student teams...; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Co-op: The co-op structure is more complex than many of the other cooperative learning structures. This ten-step process engages students in the development of a product or project. Students work individually on a single task to contribute to their team, and the...; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Classroom management: A guide to LEARN NC's collections, designed especially for new teachers.; Format: bibliography/help

Teaching English Language Learners in Your Online Course: Online course syllabus: Syllabus for the course Teaching English Language Learners in Your Online Course which examines the needs of English Language Learners and students with low academic literacy skills within the context of online courses.

Three-step interview: The three-step interview takes the place of the traditional group discussion because each person in the group must produce and receive information. In the first two steps of this cooperative learning structure, students interact in pairs, interviewing each...; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Understanding the curriculum: A guide for new teachers (and teachers new to North Carolina).; Format: bibliography/help

Modeling: Modeling is an instructional strategy in which the teacher demonstrates a new concept or approach to learning and students learn by observing. Theory of modeling as an instructional strategy Research has shown that modeling is an effective instructional...; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Numbered heads together: Numbered heads together is a cooperative strategy that offers an alternative to the competitive approach of whole-class question-answer, in which the teacher asks a question and then calls on one of the students with a raised hand. In the numbered heads together...; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Formative assessment: This reference article discusses the history, concept, and application of formative assessment.; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Why problem-centered learning?: In Problem centered math, page 2; The world our students will live and work in will require them to gather, organize, and interpret data in the process of finding solutions to complex problems. Problem-centered learning creates a model where the student becomes the thinker.; By Mike Kestner.

New Teacher Support: Ok, so it's not all fun and games. Now what? When you decided to become a teacher, what did you think about? If you're like most people, you thought about making a difference in children's lives, about helping them learn, making them think, "touching...; Format: article/help

Make that chocolate sundae!: The student will write detailed directions for making and eating a chocolate sundae. S/he will then create and eat a sundae.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts); By Landa Latta.

Lesson plans collection policy: In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 1.1; LEARN NC's policies for accepting lesson plans for publication and managing its collection of lesson plans.; Format: article/help

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LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, finds the most innovative and successful practices in K–12 education and makes them available to the teachers and students of North Carolina — and the world.