organizations

Organizations

Academy of American Poets. The Academy of American Poets sponsors the National Poetry Month, poetry readings, high school workshops, and other programs designed to build a larger, more devoted readership for this essential part of our culture. The site features poetry exhibits of famous poets and an index of all the poets who are currently listed on this site, with bios, photos, and poems. The resources section includes tips for secondary school teachers.

American Library Association (ALA). The American Library Association (ALA) is the oldest, largest, and most influential library association in the world. For more than a century, it has been a leader in defending intellectual freedom and promoting the highest quality library and information services. The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Division of the ALA offers information about award-winning books and literature resources for teachers in grades preK -8.

Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN). The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN), a special-interest group of the National Council of Teachers of English, features an online version of the The ALAN Review, a journal published three times a year for middle and high school teachers and students.

California Language Arts Content Standards. The California Language Arts Content Standards represent a strong consensus on the skills, knowledge, and abilities all students should be able to master at specific grade levels during the school thirteen-year career. Each standard describes the content students need to master by the end of each grade level.

Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning. The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning, a nonprofit organization, is made up of education professionals, scholars, and public policy experts interested in improving the schooling of California's children.

Center on English Learning and Achievement (CELA). The Center on English Learning and Achievement (CELA) is dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of English and language arts in grades K-12. CELA serves as the National Research Center on Student Learning & Achievement in English and is funded primarily by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement.

Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) contains a list of links to all the 50 state education agencies in the United States. The site is suitable for grades K-12.

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books is a book review journal for K-12 teachers and others interested in new children's books.The site includes bibliographies, critical essays, fun quotes, and award lists.

Early Childhood and Educators' and Family Web Corner. The Early Childhood Educators' and Family Web Corner contains an enormous collection of sites of interest to K-12 teachers. The Teacher's Page feature a myriad of sites in categories such as Early Childhood in the News, Constructivism, Curriculum, Circle Time Activities, and Agencies and Organizations.

English Discourse is a non-profit e-journal intended for purposes of teaching and research. They publish three separate editions: English Discourse in Composition, English Discourse in Research and English Discourse in Literature.

ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment & Evaluation. The ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment & Evaluation seeks to provide balanced information concerning educational assessment and resources to encourage responsible test use. In the Assessment & Evaluation on the Net section, you'll find information about test reviews and language tests online by scrolling down the blue frame. The site is suitable for grades K-12.

ERIC/REC Clearinghouse. The ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication (ERIC/REC) is dedicated to providing educational materials, services, and coursework to everyone interested in the language arts. The site is suitable for grades K-12.

International Reading Association (IRA). International Reading Association (IRA) provides leadership in promoting literacy, in improving the quality of reading instruction and teaching techniques, in serving as a clearinghouse for the dissemination of reading research, and in encouraging the lifetime reading habit. The site is suitable for grades K-12.

InfoWeb: Curriculum Matrix. InfoWeb, maintained by North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), provides a K-12 curriculum matrix featuring specific goals and objectives based on subject area and grade level. To find this information for language arts, scroll and click on language arts in the table.

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is the leading professional organization for improving the teaching of English and language arts at all grade levels. The site presents relevant information of value to K-12 classroom teachers.

National Writing Project (NWP). The NWP is teacher-centered with teachers, from the primary grades through the university, working together as colleagues in a collaborative university-school program to improve student writing and the teaching of writing in our nation's classrooms.

NEA. The National Education Association (NEA) is America's oldest and largest organization committed to make public schools and classrooms a better place for teaching and learning. You'll find a cybertour of schools with established Web sites, curriculum resources, and discussions of innovative approaches to restructuring school learning and modern educational technology, advice and instruction of how to create and use a school Web site. The site also includes a recess forum where teachers can share funny moments from their experiences.

Reading Online. Reading Online is a peer-reviewed journal with articles and reviews for K-12 literacy educators published by the International Reading Association.

Reading Services Center. The Omaho Public Schools Reading Services Center provides reading strategies for the elementary teacher and the secondary teacher.

SCORE: California Language Arts. The Schools of California Online Resources for Education (SCORE) Language Arts home page is intended to reflect the California English Language Arts Framework for the K-12 curriculum. The site provides online student projects, lessons plans, frameworks/standards, assessment information, the California Reading Initiative, and other teacher resources.

Standards. Standards contains links to sites that provide answers to important questions on national and state curriculum standards for grades K-12. Scroll to "English & Language Arts" for standards in this subject area.

Teams Distance Learning. Teams Distance Learning from the Los Angeles County Office of Education provides a wealth of online resources of interest to K-12 language arts teachers and students.

Teachers & Writer Collaborative. Teachers & Writer Collaborative, a non-profit organization of writers and educators, explores the connections between writing and reading literature as well as brings new ideas and materials to K-12 classrooms. The site also includes links to related resources.

Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts. The Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts is a coordinated system of teacher education and professional development in the area of language arts for the state of Texas. The site includes guidelines for integrating reading curricula for grades K-12 that are useful for any reading teacher.

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