K-12 Educators

As a K-12 Educator, use this comprehensive collection of high-quality resources to create online course content and to help your students with postsecondary planning. Search for certified K-12, MnSCU, and U of M online courses and programs. Learn about student services, postsecondary enrollment options (PSEO), and online college in the high school (OCHS). Obtain college, career, and financial aid planning resources. Identify library data bases that your students can use to do homework, improve studies, and complete a quick review of subjects. Incorporate interactive tools and widgets, simulations, learning objects, video, audio and online textbooks in your curriculum. View professional development information. Use eFolioMinnesota to create and maintain your professional electronic portfolio.

Newest Professions, Growing Salaries
Article on 12 jobs that didn't exist until recently.

More students taking physical education online (MPR News, August 28, 2009)
Online education continues to grow in Minnesota, but along with traditional courses, like English, reading and math, more and more schools are embracing online classes in subjects you might not expect, such as online physical education.

Ready or Not Writing
The Ready or Not Writing Program mission is to increase chances for post-secondary writing success by assessing high school students' college-ready writing skills during their sophomore or junior year. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System support this free program.

Step Write Up
Eighth grade students can have their essays reviewed by high school faculty and receive written feedback to develop college level readiness. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System sponsor this free program.

Rethinking schooling in the shadow of H1N1
An article by Bob Byilyk on how we continue schooling our students after our buildings are closed due to H1N1 or other crisis.

2-2-09 STEM News
Business, education leaders launch science, technology, engineering and math Web portal.

iNACOL Continuity of Learning
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) has launched a new web site to help schools deliver continuity of learning in the event of a swine flu outbreak or other pandemic; provides free resources to help prepare for a flu pandemic or other natural disasters.

iTunes - Continuity of Learning
This site links to educator-selected content from across all public iTunes U sites. These collections can be used by K12 students and teachers to help ensure continuity of learning in the case of a pandemic or natural disaster; also great content for regular days inside and outside the classroom.

GreatSchools
GreatSchools' purpose is to improve K-12 education by inspiring parents to get involved. GreatSchools.net profiles more than 90,000 public elementary, middle and high schools in the United States including charter, magnet, year-round schools, and some continuation and alternative schools.

Finding equivalencies by course in u.Select
Learn how to find course-to-course equivalencies in u.Select, the transfer information tool for Minnesota.

Create an education plan in u.Select
How to create an education plan including transferring to another institution in u.Select

Homework help article
Article in Pioneer Press that features free homework help and tutoring in the seven county metro area of Minneapolis and St. Paul

Remedial education policy paper
new joint report from the Education Commission of the States and others examines the current policy landscape surrounding the ongoing problem of postsecondary students who need remediation and offers a framework to guide the further study of policies related to remedial education.

Vision 2020: Creating Opportunity for America's Next Generation
Policy actions for the nation to ensure that all young people graduate high school ready for college. Reaching this goal requires increasing the numbers of young people and adults who earn postsecondary credentials.