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OSPI Practitioner's Committee Workshops
Bulletin, application, and narrative (PDF format)

Certification
ESD 101 provides applications and technical assistance for teacher, administrator, and educational staff association certification, including issuing 180-day teaching permits, when appropriate.

Instructional Resources
ESD 101's Center for Instructional Resources media collection, divided into major curriculum areas, is a basic instructional resource with over 9,000 items in videocassette, laserdisc, CD-i, CD-ROM, multimedia kits and 16mm media formats. Items circulate for one week in classrooms, and are delivered to buildings by ESD courier, district couriers or UPS.

Educational Technology
ESD 101's Center for Educational Technology (CET) provides resources and services for the integration of technology into the curriculum, through local, regional and statewide projects, workshops and collaboration.

Professional Development
ESD 101 provides a variety of workshops geared toward educators. View our online catalog of courses.

 

Other Featured Resources

K-12 teacher
 
  • CNN Student News Teacher Resources - Lesson plans on a variety of timely topics.
     
  • Education Week - National education news articles including government policy. An online forum for educators to express opinions on education-related issues.
     
  • Educational Resources Information Center - The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a national information system designed to provide ready access to an extensive body of education-related literature.
     
  • National Center for Education Statistics - NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations.
     
  • National Science Foundation - The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the U.S. Government whose mission is to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; and to secure the national defense.
     
  • NW Regional Educational Laboratory - Focusing on priority educational needs in the region, the NW Regional Educational Laboratory conducts 11 programs, five in research and development and six in training and technical assistance, and provides requested targeted services.
     
  • Pathways to History - "Pathways" is a Teaching American History project conducted by ESD 101 and Eastern Washington University. It is a professional development initiative for K-12 History teachers, funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
     
  • PBS TeacherSource - Thousands of lesson plans to accompany programming on the Public Broadcasting Station network.
     
  • Scholastic.com - Teacher resources, online activities center, book fairs and more.
     
  • T.H.E. Journal - T.H.E. Journal is the solid foundation of a rapidly expanding suite of information-based products and services offered by T.H.E.
     
  • TeacherLINK - A collection of teacher resources compiled by Utah State University's College of Education.
     
  • Teachers.net - A variety of teacher resources including lesson plans, curricula, chat centers and more.
     
  • TeachWashington.org - Developed as a user-friendly gateway to knowledge about teacher certification in the state of Washington, this site includes frequently asked questions on how to become a teacher in Washington, and links to the certification program web sites.
     
  • The Global Schoolhouse - The Global SchoolNet Foundation helps educators to develop basic and advanced literacy, communication and research skills among their students through online, project-based learning activities and programs.
     
  • The Learning Page...especially for teachers - Here is a "teachers-eye view" of over 7 million historical documents, photographs, maps, films, and audio recordings.
     
  • The Staff Room - Rubrics - A great assortment of sample rubrics for most subjects.
     
  • The WebQuest Page - This site is designed to serve as a resource to those who are using the WebQuest model to teach with the web.

 

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