Teacher Connect

A teacher's guide to library resources.

Educational Organizations

International Reading Association

The mission of the International Reading Association is to promote reading by continuously advancing the quality of literacy instruction and research worldwide.

National Association for the Education of Young Children

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8.

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education

NCATE works to make a difference in the quality of teaching and teacher preparation today, tomorrow, and for the next century. NCATE’s performance-based system of accreditation fosters competent classroom teachers and other educators who work to improve the education of all P-12 students.

National Council of Teachers of English

The National Council of Teachers of English is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education.

Inclusive Teaching Resources

Center for Teaching Innovation Diversity Programming

Includes individual, committee or department level consultations for including diversity in teaching and learning

Inclusive Teaching Strategies

Cornell's Center for Teaching Innovation Teaching Strategies. These strategies contribute to an overall inclusive learning environment in which students feel equally valued.

LinkedIn Learning

Lynda.com offers online tutorials and courses around Diversity in relation to Teacher Professional Development.

Diversity Style Guide

A resource combining definitions and information on how to cover the multicultural world with accuracy, authority and sensitivity. Created by the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism at San Francisco State University.

Conscious Style Guide

A collection of guides, definitions and news about conscious language for our diverse population. You can search for terms and opinions by your interest area.

Lesson Planning Resources

Florida Standards - CPALMS

CPALMS is an online toolbox of information, vetted resources, and interactive tools that helps educators effectively implement teaching standards. It is the State of Florida’s official source for standards information and course descriptions.

Library of Congress Teacher Resources

The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching.

PBS Learning Media

PBS LearningMedia resource offers teachers more than 100,000 videos, images, interactives, lesson plans and articles drawn from critically acclaimed PBS programs. This guide has been customized for Florida classrooms, which includes alignment to Common Core standards.

Scholastic Lesson Plans

Plans include grade level, duration, additional reading lists, lesson extensions, standards, and assessments.

Statistical Websites

Digest of Education Statistics

The primary purpose of the Digest of Education Statistics is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school.

National Center for Education Statistics

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) located within the U.S. Department of Education and Institute of Education Sciences, is the primary Federal entity for collecting and analyzing date related to education.

Southern Regional Education Board (SREB): Education Data

Helping states stay up to date on the latest interstate comparisons and trends in education is a core service of SREB. The Education Data program collects, analyzes and shares demographic, economic, pre-K-12 and higher education data among SREB states.