School-based initial teacher training through the GTP route. UK.

Source of teacher career information, with a list of education programs, teaching facts and steps to becoming a teacher.

Volunteer experts tell what it's really like to be a teacher and provide career-advancement tips.

Includes news, publications, meetings, teacher preparation information, professional development, and state chapters.

Contains information and discussion concerning the following conceptual aspects of assessing teachers' effectiveness: purposes; category of teachers to be assessed; conceptions of teachers' work; dimensions of teacher quality; approach to establishing validity of assessments.

Information about teaching requirements in California.

Background information about the school as well as about the different ways of training to become a teacher in the UK.

16-page PDF-format guide about the pros and cons of becoming a teacher.

The types of questions teacher candidates should ask their interviewers.

A comprehensive instructional guide to facilitate the first year teacher's transition into the classroom -- from the first day to the last day. Also find other tips for prospective teachers such as resume help, links, sample interview questions and classroom management techniques.

The Alberta Teachers' Association offers this advice.

Details of an interview experience with Teach for America, and links to their national web site and the Houston school district which hired this particular person.

A comprehensive support environment for professionals mentoring or supervising novice teachers. The site also contains an integration of theory, research, and application of promising practices for promoting educator learning and personal development.

SkyLight Professional Development provides a summer program that provides training for the most critical problems facing novice teachers.

Helps new and student teachers pair up with experienced teachers in email mentoring partnerships, free of charge.

A coalition of 33 specialty professional associations of teachers, teacher educators, content specialists, and local and state policy makers.

"Having a stellar résumé and portfolio will set you apart from the crowd."

Provides some good ideas for new math teachers.

Advice for the first year physics teacher gathered from interviews with expert physics educators.

A national resource dedicated to teacher development. Offering several support programs designed to equip the new teacher with necessary skills and support for success in the classroom.

A program funded by the New Jersey Department of Education, and is housed at the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Parents, educators and students explore, research, and share information on nontraditional (for their gender) careers.

Details about study for the Postgraduate Certificate of Education by working in schools with professional teachers.

NPR's Robert Smith is spending a year following the students and faculty at Roosevelt High School in Seattle, Wash. -- the largest high school in the city.

Experienced Owatonna educators are teamed up with probationary teachers in a three-year progression, to provide support, encouragement and professional development.

School-centred initial teacher training in the Southampton, UK area which promotes high standards of teaching and learning based on a Catholic philosophy of education.

The primary function of the PT3 grant is to assist pre-service teachers learn and integrate technology into their lessons and units of study. The PT3 team targets pre-service teachers and their professors as they provide a variety of resources for facilitating technology development.

This site examines the teaching profession in great detail, as well as providing resources for potential teachers.

First-year teacher shares her experiences and insights.

A collection of advice to someone who is new to the teaching profession.

1-6 September, 2003, University of Udine, Italy. The seminar can be summed up as one in which the concerns of producing professional physics teachers for the demands of the 21st century.

This article goes through the entire process, from certification to lesson plans, so that a person will know what to expect and how to prepare for a career in teaching.

Great little activities to use with students.

Provides a good bit of advice for first year teachers.

A program for high school and college students to teach other students a few courses during the summer in exchange for a stipend. Program is run in a number of cities around the United states.

From the US Department of Education.

TFA is a national teacher corps of recent college graduates who commit two years to teach and to effect change in under-resourced urban and rural public schools.

Forum to discuss new teacher issues with other teachers who are now or have recently been through similar situations.

Ten tips to help student teachers become successful in the classroom. Written by a veteran teacher and student teacher mentor.

Works to strengthen the teaching profession and to improve student learning in America's schools by establishing high standards for teachers.

Summary of a conference held March 6-7, 2002 at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas.

An executive Non-Departmental Public Body established by the Education Act 1994. Its purpose is to raise standards in schools by attracting able and committed people to teaching and by improving the quality of teacher training.

A former Teach for America corps member reflects on the program and offers advice to prospective applicants.

Examines five key considerations for landing a teaching job.

Dedicated to the first year teacher. The site manages to articulate the primary challenges and rewards of teaching in a clear and succinct way, using the words of the teachers themselves. New and Veteran teachers respond to issues ranging from professional isolation to differences in student ability to the unexpected exhilaration of this demanding career.