Resources for New Teachers

http://www.indiana.edu/~cafs/tt/v3i1/v3i1toc.html
This particular website was very helpful for student teachers who want to become secondary teachers.
It articulated how to prepare for effective student teaching as well as common concerns of student teachers.  The website also had various links and sublinks relating to experiences, advice, alternative experiences, and great ideas for student teachers.

http://www.scu.edu/library/research/education/webteachers.html
Best of the Web for New Teachers:
Find Lesson Plans, Get Inspired, Keep Up with the Latest Ed News, & more . . .
The websites provide lesson plans for teachers, teacher employment, and teacher forums, in which teachers can discuss different topics with other teachers.

http://school.discovery.com/
Contains excellent lesson plans for K-12.  The Discovery website also has a teacher’s store, and different teaching tools to assist teachers. 

http://www.thegateway.org/
Another excellent site supported by US Dept of Education.  It provides teachers with thousands of teaching resources. 

http://www.creativeteachingsite.com/
The Creative Teaching Web Site is a non-profit site financed by Mr. Morgan himself to help teachers develop more creative teaching ideas and to help teachers more thoroughly enjoy the profession.
In his own words, "If you're not having fun, you're not being the best teacher you can be." It includes topics such as “Zen and the Art of Teaching,” “Creative ways to encourage students to read,” the “Ready, fire, aim” method, “Technology as Art” and other interesting pieces of information.  It has lots of great suggestions that are easily applicable.

First Days of Middle School found at http://www.middleweb.com/1stDResources.html.  On this site, teachers can find a wealth of information that ranges from advice on first year teaching to preparing your classroom for the first day of school.  There are four sections on the site such as Help for New Teachers, Classroom Management, The First Day of School, and Books for New and Restless Teachers that contain nearly one hundred sites that give teachers a variety and overwhelming amount of information. 

http://atozteacherstuff.com/

is a very robust website, similar to the many teacher resources found online.  As with most teacher “help sites”, lesson plans are abundant.  The lesson plans are very clearly segregated by subject area and class level. 
The content under printables and worksheets seems much better suited for the lower grades vs. high school. 
There is a teacher store with immediate downloads and a real nifty tool is the teacher specific “search engine”, which can help to narrow down your searches and save you valuable time. 

http://www.indiana.edu/%7Ecafs/tt/v3i1/concern.html
The site that I selected is from the Center for Adolescent and Family Success. This web site deals with the issues that new teachers face every day and yet sometimes go unmentioned. 

TEACHkind http://www.teachkind.org/
This site has tons of free materials, lesson plans and info (language arts, science, conflict resolution, citizenship, civil rights, character ed., nutrition, service learning). Videos, children's literature, posters, stickers, etc. free to teachers. Site meets CA Education Code 51540 Sec. 233-233.5.

www.teachnology.com. 
This website offers a variety of different things that a new teacher or anyone in the educational field could find useful.  The three things that I saw that would be most useful for a teacher that is new to the profession were the lesson plans, mentor teacher chat lines for advice, and free printables in a variety of different areas. 

www.education-world.com, has great values to educators.  When the site is opened there are several areas that can be chosen including: Lesson planning, Administrator’s Desk, School Issues, Professional Development, Technology Integration, and EdWorld at Home.  I love the lesson planning section, because as “a long-term substitute for a kindergarten class, I am not that creative”.  The School Issues section has problems that educators face everyday, like No Child Left Behind.  This section also has “spotlight” articles that focus on at specific topics like at-risk students or homework.  The Professional Development section has different teacher perspectives and articles that talk about various issues including classroom management.  The technology section has tech tips and ideas on building great websites. 

On the www.disciplinehelp.com website you will find links titled, “Misbehaviors At School” and “Misbehaviors at Home.” Under the link “Misbehaviors at School,” you can find a list of different behavioral challenges that you may encounter in your classroom. This website also has a section for parents. If parents are open to hearing ideas about how to respond to their children, this website can be very valuable and provide them with ideas and solutions for responding to their child’s behavior issues.