County Forms
These templates are filled in with general Sevier County information, but otherwise blank. They are in Microsoft Word, version 6.0 (except for the blank IEP). If you have this version or later on the computer you are connecting with, you can save the template to your hard drive, then modify it from there. If you are using MS Works instead, you'll need to save to a disk or just download from a computer that does have MS Word.

1. Enrollment Card with boxes for emergency information, last school attended, who can sign out the student, and the textbook agreement
2. Parent Survey, for guardians to rate the evaluation and Special Education planning process
3. Parent Permission for Comprehensive Screening, for the guardians to indicate permission (or not) for the school to screen their child
4. Sevier County Schools Student Referral for Special Education, the first steps in getting a general education student Special Education services
5. Assessment Report, a cover sheet for the test administrator to indicate results, recommendations, and comments from the assessment testing sessions
6. Specific Learning Disabilities Eligibility Documentation, notice boxes 4a and 4b especially.  Sevier County's interpretation of an appropriate time period for an intervention is 6 to 12 weeks.
7. Documentation of Medical Diagnosis Form, for doctors to indicate a diagnosis/prognosis for students with health/orthopedic impairments, attention deficits, or traumatic brain injury (in MS Word, and as a PDF file.)
8. Eligibility Report, to document eligibility for Special Education services and the instructions for completing it. Save it to your own hard drive because depending on your default printer's setup, you may have to reset a few tabs to get the check boxes to line up. Or here is the Eligibility Report as a PDF file.
9. Release of Information, the letter guardians sign so Sevier County can either send or get a student's Special Education records; the same file in PDF format
10. Physical/Health Impaired Evaluation Summary in Word, as a PDF file, and as an MS Works document
11. Continuation of Educational Services in MSWord and as a PDF File, so guardians can indicate previous Special Education enrollment when their child moves around or out of Sevier County
12. Special Education Exit Form, for a student reaching 18 years old and choosing to terminate Special Education services.  The same form as a PDF file.

 

1. Support Team Forms, for general educators to document interventions prior to special education referral, in MS Word, and as a PDF file. The following forms match the latest State revisions from September 2004. (You need to be using at least version MS Word 97 or many of the forms will not open/print correctly. The forms below are also available in PDF format.)
   1. Page 1, Instructions
   2. Page 2, Regular Education Referral to Student Support Team
   3. Page 3, Regular Education Documentation of Reading Interventions
   4. Page 4, Regular Education Documentation of Math Interventions
   5. Page 5, Regular Education Documentation of Behavioral Interventions
   6. Page 6, Regular Education Documentation of  Interventions (summary)
   7. Page 7, S-Team Tracking Form (for a specific student)
   8. Page 8, S-Team Tracking Form (summary for the school year)
2. Regular Education Interventions Checklist, may be used in place of pages 3-5 above, when a mix of interventions are being applied; the same file as a PDF

 

1. Reevaluation Package Guidelines, instructions for completing the reevaluation summary, in MS Word, and as a PDF file. The following forms match the latest State revisions from September 2004. (You need to be using at least version MS Word 97 or many of the forms will not open/print correctly. The forms below are also available in PDF format.)
   1. Preparation for Reevaluation IEP Team Meeting in Word, and as a PDF
   2. Notice of Reevaluation IEP Team Meeting and Prior Written Notice in Word and as a PDF
   3. Parent Input for Reevaluation in Word and as a PDF file
   4. Classroom Teacher Observation Form in Word and as a PDF
   5. Special Education Teacher Observation Form in Word and as a PDF file
   6. Related Service Provider Observation Form in Word and as a PDF file
   7. Reevaluation IEP Team Report, Sections I and II in Word and as a PDF file
   8. Speech/Language Assessment Results for Reevaluation Section III in Word and as a PDF file
   9. Speech/Language Assessment Results (page 2), Fluency and Voice Assessment for Reevaluation Section III in Word and as a PDF file
   10. Speech/Language Assessment Results (page 3), Hearing Assessment for Reevaluation Section III in Word and as a PDF file
   11. Speech/Language Assessment Results, Vision Assessment for Reevaluation Section III in Word and as a PDF file
   12. Psycho-Educational Assessment Results for Reevaluation Section III in Word and as a PDF file
   13. Medical/Other Health Impairment Assessment Results for Reevaluation Section III in Word and as a PDF file
   14. Social/Emotional/Behavioral Assessment Results for Reevaluation Section III in Word and as a PDF file
   15. Adaptive Behavior Assessment Results for Reevaluation Section III in Word and as a PDF file
   16. Preschool Assessment Results for Reevaluation Section III (if needed) in Word and as a PDF file
   17. Current Classroom Based Assessment and IEP Review, Reevaluation Section IV in Word and as a PDF file
   18. Reevaluation Summary and Recommendations, Section V in Word and as a PDF file
2. Initial Evaluation Timeline Waiver. Also notice that the instruction for completing it (in MS Word or as a PDF file) require coordination with Nashville.
3. Medication Administration Form, for parents to allow their child to be given or take a prescription or over-the-counter medication at school. Please see Use of Medicines by Students, BP 627 for the complete procedure.
4. Report of Accidents and Injuries (to Students); original to Central Office, copy kept at school
5. Package for Requesting Homebound Services
   These are in Adobe PDF file format.
   1. Cover Letter to Parents and Students Requesting Homebound Services, from the Director of Special Education
   2. Request for Homebound Services, the form to complete
   3. Homebound Medical Form, the doctor's medical evaluation (for use with other-than pregnancy-related requests)
   4. Homebound for Pregnancy Form, the physician's verification
   5. Homebound for Pregnancy Information, two pages of questions, answers, and advice
   6. Release of Information, permission for the school system to get information to and from the physician
   7. Parent Acknowledgement, consent for the teacher to come to the home
6. SCS Anecdotal Record, for documenting day-to-day incidental reports to students' records. You may want to print this one on green paper to match what is currently in the files.
7. Information for SPED Census, the form (in MS Word) for faxing to Rebecca Campbell after programming changes involving any Special Education student
8. Special Education Staffing Report, for building-level IEP Monitors to update the Trula Lawson Center records monthly (by faxing to Rebecca Campbell after each month's updates)
9. Request for Special Transportation, complete and fax to Rebecca Campbell
10. Field Trip Permission to Parents one fill-in-the-blanks model to send home. Also see Field Trips and Excursions, Sevier County School Board Policy 515.
11. Tracking Calls Home one way, or a second way to record talks with parents
12. Note to Home, a progress update to send home with the student each day
13. CDC/SDC Meeting Record, a table-structured conference form, for keeping all staff working with the same students informed of the same highlights or actions needed
14. Special Education Class Roster, single page access to students' contact information, goals, modifications, related services, etc.
15. Class Listing of Accommodation/Modifications, for the caseload manager to share with the students' general education teacher(s)
    1. Class Listing of Accommodation/Modifications, for the caseload manager to share with the students' general education teacher(s) (same file as above, but as a PDF)
16. Caseload Management Chart, another single-look at dates, background of the students on your caseload
17. Group Goal/Objective Matrix, for setting up group instruction by motor, adaptive, communication, social, and cognitive goals
18. Assessment Summary, 1-page tracking of a single student's assessment progress over her or his school career
19. Inclusion Schedule, for weekly tracking of rooms students are to be in for certain periods
20. Four Year Educational Plan, a worksheet to plan credits for grades 9 through 12
21. Review of Progress Toward IEP Goals, for use in drafting six week progress reports
22. Lesson Plan Form, an  MS Word template covering what is required in lesson plans for nontenured teachers
23. Student's Skill Summary, another way of reporting progress on IEP goals
24. IEP Progress Report Cover Sheet, for the parent and teacher to send and receive comments each grading period
    

1. Behavior Plan in Word, as commonly used in Sevier County when necessary; also as a PDF file
2. Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Restraint Incident Form in PDF format, for documenting student restraints that last more than a couple minutes
3. FBA Behavior Support Plan in Word, as a PDF, and in MS Works. Similar to the one directly above.
4. Manifestation Determination Form, the documentation of review needed for determining if a student's behavior was or was not a manifestation of the disability (in MS Word, and as a PDF file.)
5. Report of Suspension Form to be used for all Sevier County student suspensions.  (Here is the same file as a PDF.)
6. Educational Status of Detainees in Sevier County, an MS Word form for tracking students who are incarcerated. (Also see Educating Incarcerated Youth with Disabilities in Sevier County for questions and answers on the education rights of special education students who are in jail.)
   
   

You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader for the following three files. If you don't have Acrobat Reader already loaded, you can download it from here. Printer definition files [PDFs] will print out with exactly the same look and pagination as the original, paper forms.

1. Application for Employment with the Sevier County School System, for teaching assistants or others requesting work that does not require certification
2. Application for Teaching Employment with the Sevier County School System, for those requesting teaching or other certified positions
3. Certified, Noncertified, and Substitute Teacher Applications are available in MS Word under the "Documents" link at this Sevier County page
4. County Employee Authorization Form, for new employees and their supervisor to sign
5. County Contract Supplement Form, for employees to be paid from Sliver Grant funds
6. Flexible Inservice Credit for Noncertified Staff, for paraprofessional staff to document the 6 hours of inservice time required each year. The same form as an Acrobat PDF file
7. Flexible Inservice Credits, for professional staff to document the 6 (or more) hours of inservice time required each year. The same form as an Acrobat PDF file.
8.   Request for Professional Leave, must be signed by the principal and director of curriculum and instruction before the date(s) requested
9. Claim for Conference Travel Reimbursement, for covered employees to be reimbursed for hotel, dining, and travel after returning from official business trips for which Sevier County Schools agreed to pay
10. Claim for Traveling Expenses, for covered employees to be reimbursed for driving their own vehicles on official business
11. Dental or Vision Direct Reimbursement Claim Form, for covered employees to receive back part of their payments for covered dental work or eye exams, glasses, contacts, etc. (form was revised to add vision in January 2004)
12. Bus Conduct Report, the driver's form for reporting student behavior and corrective action taken
13. Bus Emergency Card, for quick contact of the guardians and medical information on the students
14. Bus Cell Phone Policy, concerning students' phones on special education buses
15. Special Education Bus Driver Absentee Form, the driver's form to self-report mornings or afternoons missed.  The same form as an MS Works file
16. Special Education Bus Attendant Absentee Form, the bus attendant's form to self-report mornings or afternoons missed.  The same form as an MS Works file
17. Weekly Special Education Bus Transportation Log, to document days that students rode a Sevier County school bus.  The same form as an PDF file
18. Bus Maintenance/Completion Reporting Form, Sevier County Schools Form 620, for the driver to indicate a problem and the garage staff to report how they fixed the vehicle
    

Application for Tennessee Teaching License or Amendment to Licensure, the form for adding education credits, additional endorsements, or Praxis scores

Table of Endorsement Titles and Corresponding Codes, includes most (but not all) Tennessee Teaching License add-on endorsement codes. Link to the full list. This also lists disability codes.

Links to Pre-Kindergarten through High School Educational Activities

1. (some assembly required), classroom projects; cool projects
2. Master Teacher, products, publications, and services for teachers
3. Teacher's Links from The Mailbox.com, education center for classroom activities and bulletin board ideas
4. Teacher's Tool Box, mostly reading and social studies activities
5. A to Z Teacher Stuff, lesson plans, units, activities, and resources
6. Education World, the self-proclaimed "Teacher's Best Friend"
7. Virtual Manipulatives, interactive math for grades K-12
8. 20 Questions, web-based version of the traditional category/logic game
9. Math, Language, Logic, etc. tools and worksheets from SuperKids.com
10. Family Education Network with Parent, Teacher, Teen, Child, and Reference tabs
11. Created by Teachers, math, reading, and general daily tracking materials done by and for teachers
12. Internet4Classrooms, K-7 basic skills help
13. Clocks, Counters, and Countdowns; debt, doomsday, and even dead clocks
14. Pet Education, powerful but easy to use database of household pet information
15. Public TV's TeacherSource
16. Web Resources for Teachers and Students from the Educational Testing Service
17. LA Freenet Teacher's Center, teachers' stuff, but it also has similar links for students and administrators
18. Teacher Talk Articles from the University of Indiana; it's geared toward teachers of adolescents
19. Drug Abuse Resistance Education, some drug awareness activities and curriculum links
20. Multicultural Teaching Toolbox, some awareness activities and readings
21. Intervention Central, searchable behavior tools and general education materials
22. Study Tools for Kids from Ask Jeeves, the search engine with the question query format
23. HP Creative Projects Site, cards, games, and templates from Hewlett Packard
24. Preschool Coloring Book.com, coloring pages, journal pages, and "no line" coloring sheets, arranged by themes (animals, western, sports, etc., even dental health)
25. Big Chalk, a searchable network for grades K through 12
26. Microsoft's Encarta Encyclopedia Online, a handy reference for any subject
27. 4Kids.com treehouse graphic with clickable games and activities
28. Worksheets4Teachers.com, searchable by grade level and topic
29. 4Teachers.Org Tools, this takes a little figuring out, but you can build customizable worksheets, class calendars (and search other teacher's calendars by subject), even annotate photos, plus a bunch more
30. Interactive Test.com, a site for creating multiple choice tests in various content areas
31. K-12 Web Resources, for various subject areas (and the Internet itself). Also see their Math and Science links.
32. Bingo Game Sheet, for a 4-by-4 round of Bingo
33. Bingo Game Sheet, for a 5-by-5 round of Bingo ("free" block in the middle)

Pre-K - Third Grade Activities

1. Parent Report.com does other age spans, but this link is geared to 3-5 year olds' activities
2. Education World's Early Childhood Center: references, resources, and fun
3. Marilee's Kidsworks and Kidspix, some neat K-2 activities
4. Preschool Zone, teaching ideas for early childhood and special education
5. DLTK's Crafts and Activities, some school related, some not
6. Big Idea, for fans of Veggies Larry the Cucumber and Bob the Tomato
7. Funschool Games, a lot of word, picture, and puzzle match up activities
8. Kids' Domain, activities, downloads, and lesson plans
9. First School Themes, activities, crafts, and lesson plans
10. Crayola, busy site by the crayon people, with links for children, parents, and teachers
11. A Kid's Heart.com, online games and activities, with a lot of good links for children in the early grades and their teachers
12. Perpetual Preschool: themes, teaching tips, and a teacher to teacher section
13. Letter Lane, an engaging alphabet-based activity page
14. Dolch Words, good list with a table for each grade level's words
15. Edupuppy, elementary materials for various subjects
16. Early Childhood Education/Daycare, one person's short list of the very best sites
17. Early Childhood Education, another view of the most important links
18. Beginning Reading Worksheets, alphabet and some early Math sheets for downloading
19. Early Childhood Education Listserv (discussion group) and some sites
20. Journal of Early Intervention from the Council for Exceptional Children's Division of Early Childhood (back issues online)
21. Words and Pictures, phonics builders and games for 5-7 year old level
22. TumbleBooks, books online (with sounds and motion)
23. Mushy Gushy Electronic Greeting Card Creation Site, paste your head on the body (or whatever) of your choice to greet a friend
24. Preschool Coloring Book.com, coloring pages, journal pages, and "no line" coloring sheets, arranged by themes (animals, western, sports, etc., even dental health)
25. Pics4learning, a site for creating flashcard-type pictures, with many ready for downloading
26. Learning Page.com has a lot of great worksheets and other materials, too
27. Educational Games, Worksheets, Word Lists, etc., for teachers and parents
28. Technology Resources for Early Childhood Education, some Boardmaker canned files and other software support
29. Boardmaker keyboard shortcuts and a few other suggestions
30. Tic Tac Toe Math Game, requires math flash cards and a 3x3 grid
31. K-3 Math from the Jacksonville School District
32. Cool Math for Kids, this is for elementary and middle school, but the site has links for higher math too
33. K-3 Language Arts from the Jacksonville School District
34. 2-Week Unit on Body Parts with activities for students of various levels
35. 2-Week Unit on Shapes with activities for students of various levels

 

Fourth - Sixth Grade Activities

1. Comprehensive Activities Site (with some overlap of links referenced here)
2. Brain Pop, fun site that uses short videos for lessons in Science, Math, and English based on U.S. national standard for grades 3 through 8 in these subject area
3. Enrichment Activities for Gifted students, with links to the 3rd through 8th grade curriculum
4. Math and Reading Help for Kids is an article directory full of tips and resources for helping kids perform better at school.  There is also a homework help section for all grade levels
5. Cyberbee, various elementary activities and curriculum ideas
6. Kids' Freeware, a lot of free software (games and activities) for downloading
7. Sentence Building Game, downloadable freeware
8. All 4th and 5th Grade Subjects, useful research and homework help site
9. Cool Math for Kids, this is for elementary and middle school, but the site has links for higher math too
10. The Internet as an Encyclopedia, and a great effort at that!
11. Reading Planet, the kids' link on the Reading is Fundamental site
12. Kids in the House, informative and entertaining site from the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (meant for middle school-aged students)
13. Virtual Science Fair, with a lot of experimental designs and ideas for Science Fair projects
14. All Science Fair Projects, over 500 on this site, categorized and searchable
15. Widgets, interactive problems from Washington State University (you have to have Shockwave loaded first, or download it from their site)
16. Mushy Gushy Electronic Greeting Card Creation Site, paste your head on the body (or whatever) of your choice to greet a friend
17. Stories to Grow By, for elementary schoolers to use (with parent and teacher links to help)
18. 50 States, nicely done set of facts about each of the United States
19. SodaConstructor, students can create and then move objects or set in motion objects developed by others
20. Science Activities Manual for kindergarten to 8th grade

 

Seventh - Ninth Grade Activities

1. Cell Activities for the classroom, from Kathi Mitchell
2. Cells Worksheets/Quiz from Utah's science curriculum for 7th graders
3. Meiosis tutorials for the 7th and 8th grades, from Arizona
4. Mitosis tutorials for the 7th and 8th grades, from San Diego State University
5. Mitosis animated tutorials for the 7th and 8th grades, from Stanford University
6. Mitosis Songs to help students learn the phases
7. National Geographic for Kids. The homepage also has links for parents and teachers
8. Glencoe, the textbook publisher's site for sixth through twelfth grade activities
9. Applied Math Activities, linked to specific occupations 
10. SOS Mathematics, help with middle and high school math
11. Channel One Teacher, good current events/news activities site for intermediate and early high school students
12. TerrServer, from the U.S. Geological Survey; check out the advanced search to find your school or home
13. U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Publications, includes a great World Factbook and maps
14. County/City Databook, a searchable resource from Census 2000
15. Country Studies from the Library of Congress
16. Discovery Channel's school link. Also see BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
17. PuzzleMaker, from the Discovery Channel's school link, good for crossword and wordsearch puzzle development
18. Ancient Civilizations, great site from a middle school teacher in Pennsylvania
19. Basic Human Needs Course, content from a Vermont middle school teacher's course
20. Aesop's Fables, nicely done collection of the famous stories with morals

 

Tenth - Twelfth Grade Activities

1. Study Guides.net, well done collection in all subject areas
2. Study Skills, suggestions for high school students from Studyguides.net
3. Digital Reference Library, easy to use source from the University of Pennsylvania
4. Bulfinch's Mythology, fables, epics, etc.
5. Complete Shakespeare, MIT's link to each of the plays
6. List of Classic Works available for Literature.org, by author
7. Bartleby, classic works and reference books online
8. A Book a Minute, highly condensed classics, science fiction, and bedtime stories. Irreverent, but it's a hoot. The site even has a movies link.
9. SparkNotes, better at online study aids than its more famous cousin, CliffsNotes. These sites are for students, of course. But teachers will enjoy the user's comments sprinkled throughout the SparkNotes site.
10. Grammar, help at the senior high, college level
11. Britannica, a searchable version of the encyclopedia
12. Periodic Table of Elements, clickable, printable, and manipulatable
13. Economic Overview from Economy.com
14. Recent U.S. Supreme Court Cases by year
15. U.S. Senate, happenings at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
16. U.S. House of Representatives, happenings at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
17. Statistical Abstract of the United States, based on the year 2000 Census returns
18. U.S. Government Notes on Foreign Countries, arranged geographically (by region) and alphabetically
19. Country Studies from the Library of Congress
20. U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Publications, includes a great World Factbook and maps
21. Federal Statistics, U.S. statistics arranged by state or region and grouped by various topics
22. Scientific American, the online version of the magazine
23. Applied Math Activities, linked to specific occupations
24. SOS Mathematics, help with middle and high school math 
25. Math Links from textbook publisher Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
26. Math Prep for Standardized Tests, from Chicago Public Schools
27. ThinkQuest, a searchable database of 4,500 education-related Web sites
28. Schoolwork.org is for high school help
29. 700+ Great Sites for History, Geology, Science, and Technology
30. Glencoe, the textbook publisher's site for sixth through twelfth grade activities
31. Delphi For Fun.Org's classic math topics
32. ExploreMath.com for Math activities and lesson plans
33. Hot Math.Org has odd-numbered solutions for many of the texts used in high schools
34. Secondary Education Vocational Programs from the State of Tennessee Department of Education, site gives the curriculum standards for many of the areas
35. Tennessee's Link on the College Scholarships Page. It also has a scholarship search link

Special Education Activities

1. Quizzes and Puzzles for ESL Students in grades K through 12
2. More ESL Quizzes, Puzzles, and Word Games from ManyThings.Org
3. Read, Please, allows you to download a demo version (or a $70 version) of a program that will read aloud (with a male or a female robotic voice) any text you paste into it
4. Preschool Zone, teaching ideas for early childhood and special education
5. CeDIR's Kids Web Page, from Indiana's Center for the Study of Disability's Information and Referral website
6. Self-Study ESL Quizzes in grammar and vocabulary for English as a Second Language students
7. Spanish Language Math Resources from Math Forum.org
8. ESL Handbook for Teachers and Administrators, guidance from Virginia's Department of Education
9. ESL Handouts from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab
10. Multicultural/Bilingual Education, scroll down for a great collection of sites from Weber State
11. National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education's Classroom link
12. Speech and Language Games from the Peoria Unified School District's site
13. Widgets, interactive problems from Washington State University (you have to have Shockwave loaded first, or download it from their site, then reboot)
14. Different Learning, a good variety of materials at reasonable prices
15. Kaplan Company, materials for elementary and special education
16. Stages Learning Materials, featuring language builder picture cards
17. Attainment Company has both IEP development and assistive technology materials
18. Brighteye Technology, Asheville, NC, company specializes in a computer add-on device that allows the students to hear the text as they scan over it
19. K-8 Access Center, reading, math, and science activities, especially for kids with learning abilities
20. Enrichment Activities for Gifted students, with links to the 3rd through 8th grade curriculum
21. Circles of Friends, an inclusion activity
22. Shoebox Tasks, manipulatives to develop organizational skills
23. Picture Exchange Communication System, for nonverbal students to make needs known via icon cards
24. Eye-cons Version 2, from KidAccess.com
25. Beyond PECS, good collection of picture icon sites
26. School Clip Art, for schedule and activity tracking
27. Chores Icons, flashcard sized, for schedule creation
28. Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, Applied Behavior Analysis materials and training
29. Teacher Link of the Just Free Stuff Site, a lot of materials for teachers to "borrow"
30. ABA Materials, 8,500 pictures in 65 categories available for purchase on CD-ROM
31. Real Life Stories, books about special needs people
32. Social Stories, for students who are socially unaware or nonverbal
33. Social Stories, visual stories to use in teaching appropriate interactions with others
34. American Foundation for the Blind's Braille Bug Site, with info for parents and teachers and activities for kids
35. Learning Disabilities Online has a good teacher link and an even better student link
36. 2-Week Unit on Body Parts with activities for students of various levels
37. 2-Week Unit on Shapes with activities for students of various levels
38. Unit Planning Map, 10 considerations for Special Education unit planning
    

Activities by Subject

1. Tips on How to Study Better, from St. Thomas University
2. Link to Best Sites, by Subject, in the opinion of one instructor (and her students)
3. Blue Ribbon Learning Sites, a database of sites sorted by subject area and type of activity
4. Resources by Subject, from 7 East Nebraska county school districts
5. Study Stack, java application for self-quizzing in various subjects
6. Quiz Hub, like Study Stack, but this one requires a shockwave download first (and has free or membership options)
7. Library in the Sky from the Northwest Regional Education Lab
8. Homework Elephant, for homework help by subject
9. Schoolwork.org is for high school help
10. Jiskha's Homework Help, easy to find by subject
11. Shodor Interactive, Math and Science activities (requires java-enabled web browser) 
12. King County (Washington) Library System Homework Help has a great breakout table by topic
13. Infoplease.com's Homework Site, by subject and it also has a few neat search engines
14. Helping Students with Homework, a nicely done U.S. Department of Education publication for teachers
15. Enchanted Learning's Zoom School, various subjects from which to choose
16. Critical Thinking.Org's Resource link; do check the "remodeled" lessons for each grade span
17. TEAMS Classroom Projects grouped by subject area
18. U.S. Public Television Programming by academic subject
     
19. Social Studies
    
20. Digital Classroom of the U.S. Archives
21. Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government, a grade-specific (K-12) guided tour by Ben Franklin. Nicely done.
22. Thomas, the Library of Congress' legislative information online
23. U.S. Declaration of Independence, good background on the Declaration and other documents from colonial American times
24. World Treasures of the Library of Congress, the U.S. government library's international collection
25. American Memory, also from the Library of Congress homepage
26. The White House, with a video tour and a lot of background and current information
27. Education Sites in Social Studies and Science (from Hellgate, Montana)
28. Recent U.S. Supreme Court Cases by year
29. U.S. Senate, happenings at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
30. U.S. House of Representatives, happenings at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
31. Kids in the House, informative and entertaining site from the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (meant for middle school-aged students)
32. U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Publications, includes a great World Factbook and maps
33. Country Studies from the Library of Congress
34. Maps of the World from the University of Texas' Library
35. Your Nation, searchable and comparable statistics from the CIA World Factbook
36. 50 States, nicely done set of facts about each of the United States
37. Making Tracks in Alaska, puzzles, games, and project, sponsored by AAA
38. County/City Databook, a searchable resource from Census 2000
39. Tennessee State History, as told by state maps; very cool site with the full text of treaties with Native American tribes and details on how Tennessee's boundaries have been drawn from the 1790s on
40. Tennessee History for Kids , to supplement the curriculum on this subject
41. Statistical Abstract of the United States, based on the year 2000 Census returns
42. Economic Overview from Economy.com
43. U.S. National Debt Tracking, and news articles on the subject
44. HistoryChannel.com, as interesting as the cable television channel it comes from
45. Learning Network, current events from the New York Times site
46. Weekly Reader, site complementing the magazine many schools receive, with parent and teacher links, too
47. Ancient Civilizations, great site from a middle school teacher in Pennsylvania
     
48. Science
    
49. Cell Activities for the classroom, from Kathi Mitchell
50. Cells Worksheets/Quiz from Utah's science curriculum for 7th graders
51. Meiosis tutorials for the 7th and 8th grades, from Arizona
52. Mitosis tutorials for the 7th and 8th grades, from San Diego State University
53. Mitosis animated tutorials for the 7th and 8th grades, from Stanford University
54. Mitosis Songs to help students learn the phases
55. Carolina Science (and Math), includes teacher resources, science fair, and "ask the professor" links
56. Getting Started on Your Science Fair Project, advice and links from the University of Southern California
57. All Science Fair Projects, over 500 on this site, categorized and searchable
58. Virtual Science Fair, with a lot of experimental designs and ideas
59. Earth & Sky's Teacher's Lounge has a lot of lesson planning and materials links in the sciences
60. Science Made Simple for easy to understand answers to life's big science questions
61. Volcano World K to 12 appropriate, from the University of North Dakota
62. Kids Fishin' Page, from the North Carolina Fisheries
63. Math and Science Links, with a lot of good activities based on the K-12 curriculum
64. Mostly Science Links, with some other fun stuff thrown in
65. Franklin Institute Online, the Web version of science museum named for Ben Franklin
66. Science Activities Manual for kindergarten to 8th grade
67. Genome Science for K-12, an outreach activity of the University of Washington
68. Shodor Interactive, Math and Science activities (requires java-enabled web browser) 
69. Periodic Table of Elements, clickable, printable, and manipulatable
70. Scientific American, the online version of the magazine
71. Hearlihy and Company, equipment for technology, science, and engineering labs
72. EdTech's Math and Science links
     
73. Math
    
74. EdHelper, math worksheets and various other good materials
75. SOS Mathematics, help with middle and high school math
76. Left Hand Logic, with some addition tips and other searchable, pull-down menu topics in Math
77. Delphi For Fun.Org's classic math topics
78. ExploreMath.com for high school Math activities and lesson plans
79. ABC Teach's Math Link, K-12 and searchable
80. Math Links from textbook publisher Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
81. Applied Math Activities, linked to specific occupations
82. Math Prep for Standardized Tests, from Chicago Public Schools
83. Unit of Measure from A to Z, some pretty obscure ones, too
84. Math Links from the Internet School Media Center
85. Cool Math for Kids, this is for elementary and middle school, but the site has links for higher math too
86. Math and Science Links, with a lot of good activities based on the K-12 curriculum
87. Texas Instruments' Site, has educator and parent links, but the student one is best
88. K-3 Math from the Jacksonville School District
89. Spanish Language Math Resources from Math Forum.org
90. Figure This!, higher level math challenges
91. Shodor Interactive, Math and Science activities (requires java-enabled web browser) 
92. Megaconverter, for online weights, lengths, volumes conversion
93. Megaconverter's Scientific Calculator, a web-based calculator with a lot of functionality
94. Online Calculators from basic to calculators for specific tasks
95. Math Reference Tables, formulae a mouse click away
96. Hot Math.Org has odd-numbered solutions for many of the texts used in schools
97. Virtual Manipulatives, interactive math for grades K-12
98. Web-Based Math Links, a short list from the LA Unified School District
99. Tic Tac Toe Math Game, requires math flash cards and a 3x3 grid
100. 2-Week Unit on Shapes (in MS Word 2000) with activities for students of various levels
      
101. Language Arts (English, Reading, Writing)
     
102. Babelfish at AltaVista, lets you paste in up to 150 words for translating from English to 8 or 9 other languages, and vice versa. You can also type in a URL address and it will translate the site to the language of your choice.
103. Read, Please, allows you to download a demo version (or a $70 version) of a program that will read aloud (with a male or a female robotic voice) any text you paste into it
104. Phonics-Based Reading Instruction, good set of tools from California for classroom use
105. Mr Swanson's World o' Words, games geared toward students with vocabulary delays
106. The Savvy Teacher's Guide: Reading Interventions That Work, Jim Wright's 52-page PDF
107. Top English Teaching, activities, videos, and printable ideas
108. Beginning Reading Worksheets, alphabet and some early Math sheets for downloading
109. Cognitive Foundations of Learning to Read, a framework from the Southwest Educational Development Lab
110. California Reading Initiative, for beginning or struggling readers
111. Poetry Teacher, good poetry teaching ideas, for current events/news activities site for primary and middle school students
112. National Writing Project funded by the U.S. Department of Education
113. Caldecott Medal Books, summaries from the American Library Association
114. Newberry Medal Books, summaries from the American Library Association
115. Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, with sound and animation
116. Language Arts Lesson Plans almost 100 text files for K to 12
117. PuzzleMaker, from the Discovery Channel's school link, good for crossword and wordsearch puzzle development
118. Guysread.com, one author's attempt to bolster literacy among boys
119. Reading Group Guides; these guides tend to be for adult book-reading clubs, but may be useful for advanced placement or college students
120. Bulfinch's Mythology, fables, epics, etc.
121. Aesop's Fables, nicely done collection of the famous stories with morals
122. Dav Pilkey's Site; the Captain Underpants author is mostly facetious, if a little seditious
123. Goodnight Stories, a collection of stories and story activities for the primary grades
124. Lots of Dictionaries, nice word reference site
125. Ask Oxford.com: word histories, games, ask the experts, etc.
126. Complete Shakespeare, MIT's link to each of the plays
127. List of Classic Works available from Literature.org, by author
128. Project Gutenberg is making public domain books available on the Web
129. Bartleby, classic works and reference books online
130. Great Books.Org, with free discussion guides, too
131. Grammar, help at the senior high, college level
132. Vocabulary University has a lot of fun wordplay
133. Do 2 Learn, materials and activities, especially for students needing help with communication
134. Children's Literature Web Guide, as compiled by a University of Calgary professor
135. Reading Planet, the kids' link on the Reading is Fundamental site
136. K-3 Language Arts from the Jacksonville School District
137. Academic Communications Associates, books and games for language development
138. Letter Lane, an engaging alphabet-based activity page
139. Learning Page.com has a lot of great worksheets and other materials, too
140. Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun; with word searches, hangman, and other games this site lives up to its title
141. Book It Program, Pizza Hut's attempt to promote reading is a good one

Materials in Sevier County and Tennessee

1. TCAP by Grade Level, with objectives and subskills covered
2. Roles/Responsibilities for Service Delivery Options in Sevier County neighborhood schools
3. Continuum of Special Education Services provided by every Sevier County neighborhood school
4. Levels in the Needs-Based Planning Process, information for school building-based staff
5. Child Find in Sevier County
6. Extended School Year Services for Sevier County
7. What Extended School Year Is and is not
8. Extended School Year Questions and Answers
9. Worksheet for Determining Extended School Year Eligibility, with references
10. Least Restrictive Environment Guidance for Sevier County
11. LRE in the IEP, legal requirements and best practices
12. Response to Intervention Material from Vanderbilt's IRIS Center
13. CSPD Plan for Sevier County special education personnel
14. Case Manager Responsibilities for safeguarding the information flow

Other Materials

1. Office of Special Education Programs, materials for IDEA and IEP guides
2. CEC and ERIC's combined clearinghouse. The "digests" link has hundreds of short articles on various Special Education topics.
3. Lesson Plan and General Info Links for Educators, sites one school district considers essential
4. Tennessee Special Education Programs and Services, the 70-page PDF file of SpEd rules for the state
5. Teaching.com's Ednow Site, library and Web-based support for teachers
6. School Psychology.Net, a thorough (and searchable) education psychology site
7. Education Index with topics arranged by subject and life stage (rather than grade)
8. Educational Resources, a huge set of links compiled by Lake Erie College
9. EduHound, "Everything for K-12 education," a thorough site with searchable categories
10. Free Worksheets Link of School Express
11. How Stuff Works, nifty browsing site for the generally curious
12. Quia Web has zones for teachers and students; both are customizable by subject and there are a lot of ready-made activities as well.
13. ExploraSource.com is a searchable database of general education standards and resources by grade or topic
14. Bloom's Taxonomy, help wording educational objectives
15. Collection of Web-related Links, a nifty collection from the New York Board of Education
16. National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education, technology links and resources
17. Edsitement, the National Endowment for the Humanities' education homepage
18. Jefferson County, Colorado, Intervention Services Document Center, more for ideas than for adapting to Tennessee schools' use
19. Teaching Strategies for Students with Diverse Learning Needs, 89-page PDF from Nebraska, with good samples of what to try for lower functioning students especially
20. Educational Programming Resources, from the Indiana Resource Center for Autism
21. The Savvy Teacher's Guide: Reading Interventions That Work, Jim Wright's 52-page PDF
22. Functional Skills Support Materials Guide, 64-page PDF from Missouri, with good background on appropriate functional skills and practical advice on goal creation for students in self-contained classrooms across preK-12 settings
23. Resource Room, materials for students who "learn differently," including gifted, home-schooled, and older learners
24. Arizona's Curriculum for Special Education, by subject area
25. Internet Public Library, with a great reference link that is only a small part of the site
26. Brain Connection's education links
27. Mixed Set of Education Links from the Prince Georges County (Maryland) Title I Program
28. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Online, easy to navigate but the reading can be refereed-journal tough
29. US Department of Education's Federal Resources for Education Excellence, searchable by subject
30. US Department of Education's Online ordering for Education publications, also searchable
31. Sites for Teachers.com, repeats many of the sites given elsewhere, but this is a great site to start from for teachers
32. Staples, the office supply franchise
33. EduMart, a searchable site for teaching materials
34. PCI's Catalog, a Houston, Texas-based supplier of Special and General Education materials
35. Internet Special Education Resources, auditory, video, and reading materials
36. Special Education Information and Materials from Sabine Parish School System, Louisiana
37. Virtual School with Student, Teacher, Administrator, and Other Staff Links from Sabine Parish School System, Louisiana
38. Teachers' Supply, both big items (furniture and equipment) and small stuff (arts, crafts, etc.)
39. Bright Ideas, Powell, Tennessee, teaching supplies company, with a lot of links to other online suppliers
40. Learning Solutions from the Lenawee (Michigan) Independent School District
41. Portfolio Assessment, a thorough overview, with good samples
42. Assessment Assistance, by grade and test
43. Alternate Assessment from the Miami Museum of Science
44. Changes in the TCAP Alternative Process from 1998 through 2002
45. Kathy Schrock's Rubrics Page, lots of rubrics links, from the Discovery Channel Page's School's link
46. Teacher Page on Rubrics good, quick summary from Exploring the Environment
47. Jefferson County (Colorado) Section 504 Forms, for those not covered by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
48. IEP 4 You, California Department of Education's site for goals, benchmarks, and other IEP development help

 

Accommodations, Adaptations, and Modifications

1. Accommodation Strategies, some ideas for assisted and unassisted accommodation strategies
2. Accommodations and Modifications for All Students for the general education classroom. The same file as a Word document.
3. Accommodations Checklist for implementation in the general education classroom
4. On Teaching Every Student and the Universal Design for Learning
5. Accommodation Suggestions for school from the Attention Deficit Disorder Association
6. Accommodations for Students with Learning Disabilities, lists many teaching and test preparation accommodations
7. Nine Adaptations, a numbered list of the most common classroom adaptations
8. Modifications, strategies for successful general education placement (includes a good, long list of references)
9. Strategies for Effective Instructional Modifications, 22-page summary (with good samples), from the University of Minnesota
10. Adaptations for Reading, Writing, and Math, especially at the elementary level
11. Mapping Curriculum to Instruction, thorough PDF file checklists from Arizona
12. General Education Access Guide, the table of contents for one system's accommodation guidance
13. Wisconsin's Assistive Technology Initiative, has a lot of text-based information and some good links
14. Independent Living, devices available to promote doing things without help
15. Adaptations and Modifications to use with Microsoft Office® and Windows®
16. Microsoft Enable, the company's accessibility link
17. Modifications and lessons for the Special Education classroom
18. Matching Modifications to the student's problem area
19. National Center to Improve Practice on technology in Special Education
20. Resources for Chronic Disease Management, good planning/intervention summary for asthma, epilepsy, diabetes, allergies, etc., (from Oakland County, California, Health Division's School Quality Team)
21. Accommodations, Modifications, and Adaptations practical summary from a California educator's presentation
22. Instructional methods and accommodations to try for 15 different disability areas:
    These are MS Word 6.0/95 files; most in table format.
    1. Attention/Behavior Difficulties
    2. Attention Deficit
    3. Autism
    4. Deafblindness
    5. Deaf, Hard of Hearing
    6. Emotional Behaviors
    7. Mild Intellectual Disability
    8. Nonreader
    9. Sensory Impairments (Vision and Hearing)
    10. Significant Developmental Delay
    11. Specific Learning Disabilities
    12. Speech and Language Impairment
    13. Tourette's Syndrome
    14. Traumatic Brain Injury
    15. Visual Impairments

Inclusion

1. Behavior Management and Inclusion Ideas for All Students, practical advice for the K-12 classroom
2. From Isolation to Collaboration, thorough information on inclusion
3. All About Inclusion, from the University of Northern Iowa's Special Education Department
4. Inclusive Programming for All Students, from the Sevier County Director of Special Education
5. Inclusion for General Education Teachers, some good information and checklists