Online Resources

Legal, Credentialing and Examination Information
Sites of General Interest: Prof. Organizations, State and Federal Government
Teaching Resources (Lesson plan ideas, etc.) for Vocational Teachers
General Teacher Resources (not specifically vocational)
Reforms, Standards and Assessment
Career Planning Information
Troubleshooting Information and Software Updates for Macintosh computer users
Miscellaneous Links

Legal, Credentialing and Examination Information

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/.html/edc_table_of_contents.html
Site containing the full text of the California Education Code

http://www.cbest.nesinc.com
Information regarding the CBEST examination, required for obtaining a substitute teaching or other traditional (non-Designated Subject) credential.

http://www.teach.calstate.edu/Credinfo.html
Information regarding California teaching credentials, link to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, downloadable forms.

http://www.ctc.ca.gov/othersites.html
Access to complete California Education and other Codes; information regarding CBEST, MSAT and PRAXIS exams; entry point to Federal Government information and services. Teacher job placement information.

http://library.stmarys-ca.edu/study/education/government.htm
Links to federal and state government information regarding education. Information regarding obtaining credentials, examinations required, statistical reports on CA higher education, index to ERIC site.

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Sites of General Interest: Prof. Organizations, State and Federal Government

http://www.sanlorenzousd.k12.ca.us/schools/LorenzoManor/School/educationweb_index.htm
Links to various teacher organizations and government sites related to education

http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/states/california/
Links to resources for "Educating Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students"

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Teaching Resources (Lesson plan ideas, etc.) for Vocational Teachers

http://www.sycamores.org/schooldaze/page12.htm
Site containing information of interest to Vocational Education teachers

http://www.stw.ed.gov/
Information regarding "School to Work (STW)" emphasis. Includes information on college admissions and STW, resource links, etc.

http://www.beelertechnologies.com/links/vocedlinks.htm
Links of particular interest to Vocational Education teachers.

http://ericacve.org/
The ERIC clearing house on Adult, Career and Vocational Education. Contains links to a wide range of voc-ed information.

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/vocational.htm
Vocational Education Resources K-12. This site contains links to a variety of resources of interest to vocational teachers. Resources cover several fields of study, from automotive technology and building trades to Fashion Design and Marketing.

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General Teacher Resources (not specifically vocational)

http://www.frii.com/~pmb/lesson.html
Links to many K-12 education resources, including lesson plan ideas.

http://edschool.csuhayward.edu/Departments/ted/Sullivan/5099/explore.html
Links to a number of sites of interest to the K-12 teacher: sites for kids, resources for teachers, meta search site, information for students with disabilities, civil war links, federal government links

http://ali.info.apple.com/
Apple's "Apple Learning Interchange" site consists of member teachers who share lesson plans and other ideas. While primarily concerned with the use of Apple computers in education, most of the ideas can be adapted to other platforms.

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Reforms, Standards and Assessment

http://www.teacherpathfinder.org/School/Assess/Bckup/online.html
Site contains links to federal, state and regional resources, emphasis on developing a "standards-based accountability system.

http://goldmine.cde.ca.gov/cilbranch/
Site contains frequently updated information about ongoing "reforms" in California education. Contains links to statistical information regarding California schools. Official site of California Department of Education "Curriculum and Instructional Leadership Branch".

http://www.mcrel.org/
This site contains volumes of information regarding "standards-based" education. While there are no established state standards for many vocational programs, industry standards can be used to create effective curricula, and the information presented at this site is useful in that context.

http://www.cde.ca.gov/cilbranch/sca/ace/ace.html
Official California Department of Education site deals with "Standards, Curriculum and Assessment". Information regarding the ACE (Assessment in Career Education) examinations. Of interest is that these examinations are increasingly likely to be required by school districts as a means of assessing the effectiveness of Career/Vocational training programs.

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Career Planning Information

http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/etc/Vocation.htm
Contains links to career planning sites, financial aid information, career educational requirements, etc.

http://www.goarmy.com/plan4lif/index.htm
Contains full text of "Planning for Life" book, which describes how to establish or improve a career planing program

http://www.stw.ed.gov/
Information regarding "School to Work (STW)" emphasis. Includes information on college admissions as related to "school to work" curriculum, resource links, etc.

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Troubleshooting Information and Software Updates for Macintosh computer users

http://www.versiontracker.com
The best site on the 'net for Macintosh software update information. Should be checked at least every other day.

http://www.macfixit.com
The best site around for up-to-the-minute discussion of Macintosh hardware and software troubleshooting. Links also to The Mac Resource Page, an excellent source of general information on all things Macintosh.

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Miscellaneous Links

http://intergate.cccoe.k12.ca.us/coe/curins/sbtsa/publications/
California Standards for the Teaching Profession and BTSA Program Standards down loadable Adobe Acrobat format.

http://www.sbcusd.k12.ca.us/goldenvalley/tchres.htm
Teacher resource page that has lesson plans, library of resources, and software.

http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/standardslib/technlgy.html
Technology standards for web skills.

http://165.74.253.12/iasa/
Federal Education Programs in California, the District and school Support Division that includes reports, grant information, and cooperative learning

http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/docs/contents.html
Browse all the standards.

http://www.flstw.fsu.edu/integrate/bibrep.html
Integrating Academic and Vocational Education, an Annotated Bibliography ­ Reports.

http://www.titen.net/
This is a Teacher Inservice and Training Education Network with classroom management and discipline resources. There is a nominal membership fee or you can subscribe to the FREE Classroom Management and Discipline Newsletter.

http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/offices/dace/resources/resources.html
Resource jump page for Adult Education Handbooks, glossary of terms, email resources.

http://discoveryschool.com/lessonplans/index.html
Lesson Plan Library for the Discovery Channel School for K-12 for subjects including ancient history, animals, astronomy, earth science, economics, human body, literature, life science, oceans, physical science, professional development, space science, technology, us and world history.

http://www.classroom.net/
An online community for educators.

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/TeachersGuide/nnccvte.html
National Network for Curriculum Coordination in Vocation and Technical Education contact page.

http://www.ualr.edu/~coedept/Bkmarks/ERIC.html
ERIC search engine page.

http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~sorg/vocation.html
Vocational Education Resources by Steven E. Sorg, Ph.D. University of Central Florida.

http://www.stw.ed.gov/
National School-to-Work jump page with help menu specifically for Educators.

http://www.americantech.org/pdf/resources.cfm
American Technical Resource page with formulas in Adobe Acrobat format for electrical, plane and solid figures, measurements systems and conversions, and printreading as well as symbols for architectural, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, refrigeration, industrial electrical, fluid power graphic symbols, logic symbols, weld joints and types, welding symbols.

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