A
little explanation about
this page:
This
page, Teacher Motivation, was done as a class assignment for a
required Psychology class for teacher training - - I had Dr. Wininger
at Western Kentucky University in 2005.
He said that we, his students, could use this page later if we
ever wondered why we entered the teaching profession.
His
idea was that teachers who were faced with doubts could have a
resource that would remind them of the big picture - and help
them succeed.
I
have used these pages when I needed motivation - - and some of
the sites (especially the Anne of Green Gables one) have helped
me realize that there CAN be happy endings for teacher education
students and interns. A positive attitude can be so important.
I
have left these pages much as I wrote them... only changing websites
that were no longer there.
I
hope that you find these sites useful. Just scroll down to see
the links and comments.
I
have been both a teacher education student and a teacher intern.
Right now, I am working on a new ebook that will tell new teachers
how to avoid the mistakes I made as a new teacher intern. I am
hoping that this new book will really help a lot of new teachers.
This
motivation page was so fun to do for class. I think it was a really
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PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
For
Teachers
#1
Website for teaching jobs, as per Google and MSN.
http://k12jobs.com/template_index.php
Kentucky
School Media Association
http://www.kysma.org/
National
Education Association
http://www.nea.org/
American
Federation of Teachers
http://www.aft.org/
National
Parent Teachers Organization
http://www.pta.org/
Kentucky
Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts
http://www.kcte.org/
National
Council of Teachers of English
http://www.ncte.org/
National
Art Education Association
http://www.naea-reston.org/
American
Alliance for Theater and Education
http://www.aate.com/
Association
for the Advancement of Arts Education
http://www.cetconnect.org/learning/artsinitiatives.asp
Professional Journals
New
Horizons Online – Art as part of all curriculum
(now
retired, but articles are archived through 2006)
http://www.newhorizons.org/journal/archive.htm
American
Educational Research Journal
http://www.aera.net/publications/Default.aspx?menu_id=34&id=315
TESOL
Quarterly
Teachers
of English to Speakers of Other Languages
http://www.tesol.org/pubs/magz/index.html
International
Journal of Education and the Arts
http://ijea.asu.edu/
International
Journal of Educational Technology
http://smi.curtin.edu.au/ijet/
First
Monday – Peer Reviewed Journal on the Internet
http://www.firstmonday.dk/
Educational
Technology and Society Journal
http://www.ifets.info/
Current
Issues in Education
http://cie.asu.edu/
Advancing
Women in Leadership Online Journal
http://www.advancingwomen.com/awl/awl.html
The
ALAN Review (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents)
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/
Another
interesting site:
Voices
from the Field - stories of reform in the words of practitioners
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/pubs/voices/
My
Inspiration Section
Kwai
Chang Caine had a great teacher named Po who called him "Grasshopper."
If
you watched the old series, Kung Fu, you'd
see that his teacher taught him well.
Not
only did he teach him the physical art of Kung Fu, he taught him how
to THINK!
try
this site about Kung Fu
and
learn about the main character here
My
teachers were really inspiring in elementary school.
http://www.shorewoodschools.win-dns.com/main/our_schools/atwater.cfm
At
my first high school, I always loved writing and art.
http://www.shorewoodschools.org/main/our_schools/hs.cfm
I
had a great English teacher, Jacqueline Singh, at my second high school.
http://www.geocities.com/paglibaba/AIS/
My
Art teacher taught us batik and wooden fabric stamping.
I
graduated with an English major, but I didn't think I'd ever be back
for my Teaching Certificate.
I
thought of it as "The Road Not Taken"... like the famous poem, below.
http://poetrypages.lemon8.nl/life/roadnottaken/roadnottaken.htm
After
reading "On Writing" I have to say that Stephen King
is
my inspiration to start writing again. His official page:
http://www.stephenking.com -
PLUS
they even have a page for Kingdom Hospital now (his new show). It looks
real too!
I
hope another channel opts for this show. The website is a great idea.
http://www.kingdomhospitalofmaine.com
My
grandmother was a "schoolmarm" in Wyoming around 1925 - what stories
she must have had.
I
wish I could have known her.
This
is a picture of an old Wyoming Schoolhouse from about that time.
I
heard Buckminster Fuller speak one day - he talked about his childhood,
and said that it didn't matter if
other
people thought you were strange - or different - or not,
what
really mattered was what you did with your life.
 
Buckminster
"Bucky" Fuller asks:
"If
the success or failure of this planet and of human beings depended on
how I am and what I do,
how
would I be? What would I do?"
http://www.bfi.org/our_programs/who_is_buckminster_fuller
Next,
there is a school in Wisconsin - The Clearing, began by Jens Jensen,
Wisconsin naturalist and teacher,
that
is an inspiration to me and to everyone that comes under its special
spell.
http://www.theclearing.org/index.php
Mary
Poppins - of course she is a teacher extraordinaire - here's a little
song from the movie.
Jane,
Michael: [singing] If you don't scold and dominate us / We will never
give you cause to hate us /
We
won't hide your spectacles so you can't see /
Put
toads in your bed or pepper in your tea.
[On
the failure of their previous nanny.]
Mrs.
Banks: She seemed so solemn and cross.
George
Banks: Never confuse efficiency with a liver complaint.
The
official Little House on the Prairie Site - Laura really cared about
her students
http://www.littlehouseonprairie.com/
Of
course, who can forget Anne Shirley of Green Gables?
Here's
a website from Prince Edward Island, where she and her friends grew
up.
http://www.gov.pe.ca/lmm/index.php3
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