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- The First Year
- Essays on the author's experiences in her first year of teaching: the mistakes she made, what she learned from them, and how she used them to become a better teacher — and how other first-year teachers can, too.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools
- These articles provide background on Latino immigrants in North Carolina, administrative challenges in binational education, and strategies through which teachers can build on what Latino students bring to their classrooms to create a learning environment that meets the needs of all students.
- Format: series (multiple pages)
- Math for multiple intelligences
- How a middle-school math teacher realized she was boring and jump-started her career — and her students — by using thematic planning, emphasizing problem solving, and teaching to multiple intelligences.
- Format: series (multiple pages)
- And you thought it had been a long time since someone thanked you
- In The First Year, page 4.3
- Take time to show your appreciation for secretaries, custodians, and other support staff in your school.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Classroom management
- A guide to LEARN NC's collections, designed especially for new teachers.
- Format: bibliography/help
- Connecting with colleagues: No tricks, all treat!
- In The First Year, page 2.4
- You're busy, but making time for conversation with colleagues will pay off in the long run.
- Format: article
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Valentine's Day: Love it? Or love it not?
- In The First Year, page 3.5
- Don't let holidays overwhelm the focus on learning.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Meherrin Indian Tribe
- Attend a Pow-Wow and see demonstrations of Meherrin Indian culture through dance, a drum competition, pottery, and beading.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Around the world, a multicultural unit
- The students will listen to stories from different cultures. They will participate in directed discussion, followed by a related art activity.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts, Guidance, and Social Studies)
- By Judy Cliver.
- Meeting management: Avoiding the stew-and-seethe syndrome
- Strategies for keeping meetings on-task, efficient, and productive.
- By Chris Hitch.
- Communicating with parents, colleagues, and administrators
- Effective communication is often about avoiding problems rather than solving them. These resources on communicating with parents, participating in a mentoring relationship, and working with colleagues and administrators will help you communicate effectively in a number of situations.
- Format: bibliography/help
- Problem centered math
- Why students must build their own understanding of mathematics if they are to be able to use it in the real world, and how teachers can guide them in doing so.
- Format: series (multiple pages)
- Looking for support
- An elementary special education teacher talks about finding support in challenging situations.
- By Kathleen Casson.
- Those feuding Greeks!
- This lesson is designed to familiarize students with the philosophical, political, economic, military and social differences between Athens and Sparta.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Social Studies)
- By Pernell Collett.
- The Iredell Museums: The Children's Museum
- From hands-on learning experiences in the arts, culture and sciences to exhibits, programs, classes, and performances there is so much to do at the Children's Museum.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Mentoring matters
- How mentors can serve as role models, helpers, and colleagues.
- By Evalee Parker.
- Communicating with parents at the beginning of the year
- In The First Year, page 1.3
- Start communicating with parents at the beginning of the year, to establish a relationship before you have anything negative to say.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Using different versions of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"
- This lesson allows the teacher to read different versions of this classic in accents indigenous to certain cultures and then provides a writing lesson for students to write their own version of "'Twas the Night" for their school!
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts)
- By Dirk Robertson.
- Student life at the Normal and Industrial School
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 4.4
- Excerpt from the student handbook of the North Carolina State Normal and Industrial School, 1901. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: book
- Setting the tone
- Building a student-centered classroom culture starts on the first day of the school year.
- By Victoria Lunetta.
