Interested in becoming a teacher? The web is a great place to find teacher resources and information about teacher education, teacher scholarships, and teacher communities.
Teacher Education
- Bureau of Labor Statistics - The BLS website provides a comprehensive career profile for teachers on its website. The profile includes information about what it's like to teach, required education, and average salaries for teachers.
- NCATE - The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education provides a wealth of information about teaching careers and teacher preparation programs.
- University of Kentucky - The UK College of Education provides an online database of teacher certification requirements all 50 States.
- Online Education Degrees - OnlineEducationDegree.com offers a good overview of online education degrees.
- Education Portal - The Education Portal Blog offers a great list of 10 websites offering free teacher education online.
- Federal Student Aid - This official government website is the best place for teachers to look for government grants and scholarships. FSA offers information on special grants and awards for teachers as well as tips on applying for aid.
- Fund for Teachers - This organization supports teacher education by awarding grants directly to teachers. The Fund for Teachers has helped nearly 4,000 teachers study and travel in more than 100 countries.
- TeachingTips.com - The TeachingTips.com blog features a great post that lists 101 scholarships just for teachers.
- Siemens Foundation - The Siemens Teacher Scholarship initiative is dedicated to providing scholarships to minority students who want to become math and science teachers.
- Scholarships.com - This scholarship search site is one of the most frequently updated scholarship databases on the web. Future teachers can search for local, state, and national scholarships and grants.
- TeacherNet - TeacherNet is a popular online community for teachers. The site offers resources for current teachers, student teachers, and people who are thinking about becoming a teacher.
- ProTeacher - The ProTeacher Community offers multiple message boards, videos, and blogs.
- Teacher Lingo - Teacher Lingo is a teacher blog community dedicated to connecting future and current teachers. The site offers blogs, a message board, and a teacher search engine.
- Elementary School Educators Forum - This About.com discussion board for K-6 teachers provides a forum for questions, advice, ideas and tips, pen pals, and lessons.
- Secondary School Educators Forum - This About.com discussion board provides a forum for 7-12 teachers who are looking for advice, teaching strategies, technology, and subject area discussions.
- NEA - The National Education Association is dedicated to providing tools, advice, and resources for teachers and other educators.
- Teach For America - This site offers information on joining a national corps of teaching professionals who have committed to teaching in urban and rural public schools.
- Teachers.TV - This popular TV station for teachers features informational videos and a special section for teacher trainees.
- TeachersCount - This non-profit organization provides a wide range of resources to future teachers, including an I Wanna Teach FAQ and advice on searching for a teaching program or job.
- Teacher Magazine - Teacher Magazine is a wonderful source of teaching news, blogs, events, forums, and other materials that would be of interest to future teachers.