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Webliography
Child Development
Teaching Practices
Family, School, and Community
Professional Learning Communities
Child Development 
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Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. (n.d.). The National Center for Early Development and Learning (NCEDL) . Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncedl/ . The National Center for Early Development and Learning (NCEDL) focuses on enhancing the cognitive, social and emotional development of children from birth through age eight. Through this site, visitors can access early childhood news, research and a host of other sites related to child development.
National Educational Goals Panel. (n.d.). Access to reports . Retrieved on August 20, 2009, from http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/negp/page9-3.htm . This site provides access to the National Educational Goals Panel Reports, including those with detailed descriptions of the Five Dimensions of Development and Recommendations for Early Childhood Assessment.
Public Broadcasting System. (n.d.) The ABCs of child development: developmental milestones for your child’s first years . Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://www.pbs.org/wholechild/abc/index.html . The ABC’s of Child Development: Developmental Milestones for Your Child’s First Five Years includes a map of milestones divided into four areas: physical development, social and emotional development, thinking skills, and communication skills. Additional information for parents and for early childhood educators can be accessed via the navigation bar.
The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning. (2008). Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel/index.html . The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) focuses on social emotional development of children ages zero to five. Website resources include links to the following: training modules, research syntheses, and practical strategies. PowerPoint presentations and video clips are accessible via the website.
The National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. (2007). Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://www.developingchild.net/ . The National Scientific Council on the Developing Child (NSCDC) is a multi-disciplinary collaboration of leading experts in neuroscience, early childhood development, pediatrics and economics. The NSCDC promotes interdisciplinary research on early childhood development. Scientifically-based research in the five dimensions can be accessed on this website.
Wilson, L.O. (2007). Overview of brain-based education . Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://www.uwsp.edu/Education/lwilson/brain/bboverview.htm . Brain-based learning uses current neuroscience research as the foundations for instructional practice. This website expounds upon the history, core principles, and implications of brain-based learning. In addition menu items link visitors to specific ways to use brain-based education in the classroom, resources on brain-based education, and brain-based links.
Teaching Practices
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Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Early Childhood Research Institute. (n.d.). Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://www.clas.uiuc.edu/ . Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) is a federally funded collaborative focused on identifying, evaluating and promoting effective and appropriate early intervention and preschool practices that are sensitive and respectful to culturally and linguistically diverse children and families. Resources include the following: CLAS Publications, ERIC documents, and links to related professional organizations, resource centers, early childhood research projects and institutes, clearinghouses, higher education, and federal resources.
Florida Center for Instructional Technology & Pinellas School District. (n.d.). Classroom Assessment . Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://fcit.usf.edu/assessment/basic/basic.html . The Classroom Assessment website includes detailed information about the following topics: Formative vs. Summative Assessments, Setting Targets and Writing Objectives, and Reliability and Validity. The site also includes pages for selected and constructed response assessments.
International Reading Association. (2009). Reading online . Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://www.readingonline.org/about/about_index.asp . Reading Online is a free, online-only publication of International Reading Association (IRA), a professional organization of literacy educators. This site features peer-reviewed articles, reviews, and website recommendations published between May 1997 and June 2005 as well as selected reprints from other IRA journals.
Kosanovich, M., Ladinsky, K., Nelson,L. and Torgesen, J. (2007). Differentiated reading instruction: Small group alternative lesson structures for all students. The Florida Center for Reading Research. Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://www.fcrr.org/assessment/pdf/smallGroupAlternative
LessonStructures.pdf . This document provides detailed information for providing small group, differentiated instruction to students in Kindergarten through Third Grade.
National Association for the Education of Young Children. Position statements . (n.d.). Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://www.naeyc.org/positionstatements . National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Position Statements articulate the Association's position on issues related to early childhood education practice, policy, and/or professional development. Position statements are available for a variety of topics including, but not limited to, the following: developmentally appropriate practice; early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation; early childhood inclusion; early childhood mathematics; early learning standards; learning to read and write; responding to linguistic and cultural diversity; school readiness; trends in kindergarten entry and placement; and screening and assessment of young English-Language Learners.
Orey, M.(Ed.). (2001). Emerging perspectives on learning, teaching, and technology . Retrieved August 20, 2009, from http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/ . This resource provides an overview of learning and instructional theories. Individual chapters provide thorough descriptions of many teaching and learning theories, models, and strategies along with multimedia files which demonstrate or elaborate on concepts.
Public Broadcasting Service. (2009). Educational resources: Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences theory . Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/education/ed_mi_overview.html . This site provides an overview of multiple intelligence theory (MI), tips for using MI in the classroom, and related webliography. Be sure to click on Resources for a wealth of other online resources.
The Busy Teacher Café. (2009). Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from www.busyteachercafe.com .The Busy Teacher Café is a site which includes links to various sites where one can download lesson plan templates, teacher resources and lesson plans.
The Center for Applied Linguistics. (2009). Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from www.cal.org . The Center for Applied Linguistics works to improve communication through a better understanding of language and culture. The website includes access to research, resources, and projects in the following areas: English Learners, foreign language, testing/assessment, literacy education, and dialects.
The Council of Chief State School Officers.(2008). Key resources from the ECEA SCASS on early childhood assessment . Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://www.ccsso.org/projects/scass/projects/early_childhood_
education_assessment_consortium/publications_and_products
/3002.cfm . The Council of Chief State School Officers maintains a Collaborative on Student Standards and Assessments for Young Children. This collaborative has developed a number of useful tools including fact sheets related to the following: building assessment to support successful early learning, the role of assessment in program evaluation and improvement, assessing children’s learning and developmental outcomes, and a bibliography of resources for the development of early childhood standards and assessment systems.
The Florida Center for Reading Research. (2009). Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://www.fcrr.org/ . The Center conducts and disseminates research on reading, reading growth, reading assessment and reading instruction. The website includes related presentations, technical reports and publications. The Assessment Program link includes quick links to a variety of assessment tools and information about coordinated planning for using screening, progress monitoring, diagnostics and outcome measures. Related podcasts are also available.
The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University. (2009). Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://rwproject.tc.columbia.edu/default.aspx?pageid=2090 . Assessments . The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University offers links to reading, writing and spelling assessments as well as benchmarks for student progress.
ThinkQuest New York City. (n.d.). What is a workshop? Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://www.tqnyc.org/2005/NYC052376//main_new.html . ThinkQuest New York City provides a comprehensive description of the workshop approach to reading and writing instruction. In addition, it includes sample lessons and resources.
United States Department of Education Institute for Education Science. Doing what works . Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://dww.ed.gov/index.cfm . The Doing What Works website includes practice guides developed by the Institute for Education Sciences. The practice guides include research as well as examples of ways to use the recommended practices. In addition, online professional development videos and handouts are available.
United States Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences. (n.d.). What works clearinghouse . Retrieved on August 20, 2009, from http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/ . The What Works Clearinghouse includes reports of scientific evidence for what works in education. Topics include, but are not limited to, early childhood, beginning reading, elementary school math, and English Learners.
University of Southern Florida College of Education. (2009). Math video instructional development source . Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/departments/sped/mathvids/
videos/videos.html . MathVIDS is an interactive website for teachers who are teaching mathematics to struggling learners. MathVIDS helps educators understand why struggling learners have difficulty learning mathematics and provides effective instructional practices for these students. Video models of teachers using research-supported instruction are a significant feature of this site.
WETA. (2008). ¡Colorín Colorado!: Helping children read…and succeed. Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from www.colorincolorado.org . ¡Colorín Colorado! is a bilingual site for educators and families of English Learners. Site includes a comprehensive glossary, research and reports, free guides and toolkits, as well as webcasts and web resources.
WETA. (2008). Reading rockets: Teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle . Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from www.readingrockets.org . This site includes menus for parents, teachers, principals, librarians, other professionals, and Spanish speakers. General topics include the ABCs of Teaching Reading, Classroom Strategies, Helping Struggling Readers, and Frequently Asked Questions. Free reading guides, reading research, and reading resources are accessible from the site. In addition, links to children’s literature and video and podcasts are available.
Family, School & Community Partnerships
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Halgunseth, L. C. & Peterson, A. (2009). Family engagement, diverse families, and early Childhood education programs: An integrated review of the literature . National Association for the Education of Young Children. Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/ecprofessional/EDF_Literature Review.pdf . In 2009, NAEYC and Pre-K Now collaborated to produce a literature review related to family engagement and diverse families. The comprehensive review includes the literature, definitions of family engagement, and recommendations for practice.
Harvard Family Research Project. (2008). Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://www.hfrp.org/ . The Harvard Family Research Project develops and evaluates strategies for promoting the well being of children, youth, families and their communities. A variety of resources are available on the website. Use the navigation bar to review the Evaluation Exchange, the FINE Network and the Database/Bibliography.
National Network of Partnership Schools. (2006) Teachers involve parents in schoolwork . Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://www.csos.jhu.edu/P2000/tips/index.htm . The Center on School, Family and Community Partnerships, a project of the National Network of Partnership Schools (NNPS) at Johns Hopkins University, provides TIPS (Teachers Involve Parents in School Work) for interactive homework by subject. In addition, by using the menu bar one can navigate to find more information about the NNPS model, success stories, research and publications.
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. (2004). Family and community partnerships . Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/pa0cont.htm . North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) provides several links related to critical issues in family and community partnerships. Links include, but are not limited to, the following: NCLB Options: Supporting Ways Parents and Families Can Become Involved in Schools; Creating the School Climate and Structures to Support Parent and Family Involvement; and Constructing School Partnerships with Families and Community Groups.
The Center for Education and Study of Diverse Populations. (2007). Working together: School-family-community partnerships: A toolkit for New Mexico school communities. Retrieved on August 21, 2009, from http://www.cesdp.nmhu.edu/toolkit/index.html . Working Together: School-Family-Community Partnerships: A Toolkit for New Mexico School Communities includes a variety of resources to support the development of school family, and community partnership. Teacher tools, family tools and professional development tools can be downloaded from the site.
Professional Learning Communities
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Hord, S.M. (1998) Creating a professional learning community: Cottonwood Creek School. SEDL. Vol. 6, No. 2. Retrieved on August 20, 2009 from http://www.sedl.org/change/issues/issues62/ . This article describes the process on school engaged in to operate as a community of reflection and inquiry.
Hord, S.M. (1997) Professional learning communities: Communities of continuous inquiry and improvement. SEDL. Retrieved on August 20,2009 from http://www.sedl.org/pubs/change34/ . This document includes stories and reports of ways schools organize as learning communities. Furthermore, it describes what learning communities look like, how they operate, and identifies outcomes for staff and students.
Hord, S.M. (1997). Professional learning communities: What are they and why are they important? issues... about change, SEDL. Vol. 6, No. 1. Retrieved on August 20, 2009, from http://www.sedl.org/change/issues/issues61.html . The SEDL website includes links to several free resources, including but not limited to, information and articles about the attributes of PLCs, supportive and shared leadership, and outcomes for PLCs.
National Staff Development Council. (2009). The standard, rationale and annotated bibliography . Retrieved on August 20, 2009, from http://www.nsdc.org/standards/learningcommunities.cfm . The National Staff Development Council provides information about the standards and rationale for using Professional Learning Communities. In addition, an annotated bibliography is included.
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