I teach special ed (kids with learning disabilities) & I tutor privately. Here are some links that I check out regularly.
LGBT youth & education
- GLSEN Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network
- Safe Schools Coalition Offers a listserv with newsworthy items & resources
- OutProud
- Creating Safe Schools
- Tolerance.org
- Healthy LGBT Students Project
- Ally Action (SF and East Bay)
- ACLU: Making Schools Safe for LGBT Youth
- Who's Safe in School
- The Person Project
- California Safe Schools Coalition
- National Education Association - Gay & Lesbian Caucus
- Rethinking Schools: An Urban Ed. Journal
- The Coalition for Safer Schools of New York State Email: [email protected] to subscribe to their e-mail list of newsworthy items
BOOKS:
Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Youth - And their Allies by Ellen Bass and Kate Kaufman. 1996 (HarperPerennial Books).
School's Out: The Impact of Gay and Lesbian Issues on America's Schools by Dan Woog. 1995 (Alyson Publications, Inc.)
One Teacher in 10: Gay and Lesbian Educators Tell Their Stories, Edited by Kevin Jennings. 1994 (Alyson Publications, Inc.)
Failing at Fairness: How Our Schools Cheat Girls by Myra Sadker and David Sadker. 1994. (Touchstone Books).
Lesbian & Gay themes in children's books
LGBT-themed Books for Elementary Kids
LINKS
Lesson Plan Ideas,Worksheets
& General Education Sites:
PuzzleMaker
Makes word searches and crossword puzzles out of vocabulary/spelling
words Teacher
Created Materials
free weekly grade 1-6 activities Theme
Pages links to various theme units I
Love That Teaching Idea
free worksheets
ESL/Early
Learning: The
Learning Page make
free books Traceable
ABC's Make your own words for kids to trace
Social
Studies: Ben's
Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
Language
Arts:
Essay
Punch helps students
with essay writing
Special
Education Schwab
Learning articles
& info Beyond
Autism printable PECS pictures The
Council for Exceptional Children CA
Association of Resource Specialists & Special Education
Teachers Learning
Disabilities Association - Links info on
specific learning disabilities ~~ SPECIAL ED. BOOKS I LIKE:
~~ The
Child With Special Needs book/author
site All
Kinds of Minds
(featured on Oprah!) Nisbet, J., & O'Brien, J. (2000).
Part of the community: Strategies for including everyone. Baltimore,
MD: Paul Brookes.
Fun
Stuff Popsicle
Make Popsicle stick
art Haring Kids
Ideas for art projects from artist Keith Haring
Miscellaneous
Ed-Join
Find a teaching job in California
Get
Zen 
Women: Herstory/Misc.
Bancroft Arnesen Expedition to Antarctica
National Women's History Museum
Celebrating Women (scroll down to 'celebrating women')
The Ninety-Nines: Women in Aviation History
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SCIENCE |
MATH |
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Dairy Council of CA Health & Nutrition |
Math Work printable worksheets |
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EdHelper.Com Worksheets for all subjects | |
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APlus Math flashcards/worksheets | |
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BrainPOP Tons of Fun! |
AAAMath offers online tutorials |
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SuperKids Math Worksheet Creator | |
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Keeping Our Planet Green Environment / Endangered Species / Earth Day |
Math Word Problems elementary |
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Kids Page | |
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Kapili Ecology/Biology/Geography/Astronomy etc. |
Math Fact Cafe print out worksheets |
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PurpleMath algebra/links | |
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The Math Lesson ready-made worksheets (elem.) | |
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Math Cats Idea Bank 4 teachers | |
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Print & Learn early learning |
FREE (& almost free) Teacher Resources
Dairy Council of CA K-5 free nutrition resources
Teaching Tolerance Magazine free magazine subscription for teachers
RAFT San Jose based company which sells recycled materials for classroom use
Attention Bay Area Lesbian/Bi Educators:
Subscribe
to EdWomyn, a discussion/news/support/info list for queer
womyn educators in the San Francisco Bay Area. Find out about teacher get togethers in the SF Bay Area at:
E-mail
me for more info on the bay area teacher get togethers.
