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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.

From the education reference

competency goals
Learning objectives that form the basis for expected student understanding. Competency goals drive curriculum and instruction and describe the core of knowledge and skills students will command upon completion of a unit of study or grade level.

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Classroom management
A guide to LEARN NC's collections, designed especially for new teachers.
Format: bibliography/help
Bulletin boards and other displays
Using your bulletin boards as a teaching tool — not just as decoration.
By Denise Young.
Instructional goals and classroom space
Your classroom should be arranged to help you meet your pedagogical goals. Any setting, including your classroom, exerts many influences — frequently subtle — on the people in it.
By Kathleen Casson.
Understanding the curriculum
A guide for new teachers (and teachers new to North Carolina).
Format: bibliography/help
Formative assessment
This reference article discusses the history, concept, and application of formative assessment.
Format: article
By Heather Coffey.
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.
Lesson plan publication standards
In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 1.2
Standards for acceptance of lesson plans for publication.
Format: article/help
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
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
Improving your technology utilization
A quick review can help you determine whether your school is making the most of its technology budget.
By Chris Hitch.
Digital game-based learning
Digital game-based learning (DGBL) is an instructional method that incorporates educational content or learning principles into video games with the goal of engaging learners. Applications of digital game-based learning draw upon the constructivist theory of education.
Format: article
By Heather Coffey.
Scaffolding
This reference article explains the theory and practice of scaffolding, and surveys relevant literature related to this instructional technique.
Format: article
By Heather Coffey.
Cooperative learning
Cooperative learning is an instructional method in which students work together in small, heterogeneous groups to complete a problem, project, or other instructional goal, while teachers act as guides or facilitators. This method works to reinforce a student's...
Format: article
By Heather Coffey.
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.
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.
Classroom environment: the basics
Your classroom is "home away from home" for you and your students. Make it attractive, comfortable, and functional.
By Denise Young.
Poisonous Plants and You
This lesson is designed to teach students to identify common poisonous plants. Using a K-W-L chart, the teacher will facilitate a brainstorming session to determine students' present knowledge of poisonous plants and what is to be learned. The activities in this lesson may be used in conjunction with textbook information on this subject.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Development and Information Skills)
By Regina Woodie.
The parts of a lesson plan
In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 1.4
If you're thinking of submitting a lesson plan to LEARN NC, this primer will acquaint you with the various parts of a lesson plan and explain what should be included.
Format: article/help
The American Dream
In conjunction with a unit on Puritanism, students will define and illustrate their personal definition of the American Dream or their concept of the dream in general.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
By Becky Ackert and Deborah Belknap.
Quiet leadership
Tips for leading effectively behind the scenes.
By Chris Hitch.