Helpful Links

State Board for Educator Certification

Follow this link to check your exam scores, apply for your Probationary or Standard Teaching Certificate

SBEC

Employing School Districts

Aldine ISD  Alief ISD  Brownsville ISD

Donna ISD  Harlingen ISD  La Feria ISD

Laredo ISD  Los Fresnos CISD  Lyford CISD

Mcallen ISD  Raymondville ISD  United ISD

Exam related links

Preparation manuals.
Free! These manuals list competencies, stragegies and sample questions (with answer keys).

Xamonline.
Buy exam preparation manuals for most areas.

Assessment Test, Practice Test.
TOEFL sample exams.

Texas Educator Certification (ETS).
Register online, check your scores or see test dates.

Read the state TEKS online.
The TEKS are listed by grade level and subjects.

Educators Links

Teachers.net or Teachers.net/gazette
Suscribe to Mailrings, see Chat room schedules, get links to other resources (Classroom Management, Effective Teaching, Classroom Discipline) and get great information for your first year of teaching!

Teachersfirst
Great online activities!

Educationworld
A great place to search for ideas, resources, templates, links, hints and more!

jc-schools
Tons of Microsoft PowerPoint presentations dealing with all subjects and levels. This site has learning games, complete lessons and excercises which may contain animations and sounds!

Interactive websites.
Links, links, and more links!

Literactive.
A great resource for emergent readers and writers.

DiscoverySchool.
The name says it all

Starfall.
Let your kids read along! Animated lessons with letter and words sounded out for emergent readers.

A to Z for teachers.
Like the name, from A-Z for teachers.

Freereading. I
s an open source instructional program that helps educators teach early literacy.

LessonPlans.
Find lesson plan ideas.

Teacher sites.
You won't believe these links!

Free Online Encyclopedias & More.
Free to all Texas Public schools, students, teachers and parents.

Training Links

Region One Service Center
Located in Edinburg, Texas, this is the resource center for the lower Rio Grande Valley.

Learner.
Online webcasts which are developed specifically for new and veteran teachers.