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Resilience Guide for Parents and Teachers
Resilience Guide for Parents and Teachers
Resilience Guide for Parents and Teachers

This resource provides 10 tips for parents and educators on how to support students' social and emotional learning, with a focus on building resilience. The American Psychological Association (APA) provides recommendations for parents and educators of students of all school levels.
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Identifying Signs of Stress in Your Children and Teens
Identifying Signs of Stress in Your Children and Teens
Identifying Signs of Stress in Your Children and Teens

The American Psychological Association (APA) emphasizes the importance of adults tuning into emotional or behavioral cues to interact effectively with children and teens who are experiencing stress.
Best Practices
Improve School Climate and Safety
Improve School Climate and Safety
Improve School Climate and Safety

Community Matters offers information on programs, services, and resources around a whole school climate framework. The Whole School Climate Framework is based on five determinants and is aligned with emerging national school climate standards.
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Nonverbal Communication: Body Language and Tone of Voice
Nonverbal Communication: Body Language and Tone of Voice
Nonverbal Communication: Body Language and Tone of Voice

This webpage details why nonverbal communication is important, as well as some methods to improve parental, child, and family nonverbal communication methods and tone of voice.
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California Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Foundations
California Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Foundations
California Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Foundations

The purpose of the California Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Foundations is to describe research and evidence-based expectations for the way most infants and toddlers make progress. This 128-page document discusses developmental foundations to ensure that early childhood development programs offer appropriate developmental support and care for young children.
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California Preschool Learning Foundations - Volume 3
California Preschool Learning Foundations - Volume 3
California Preschool Learning Foundations - Volume 3

The California Preschool Learning Foundations Series outline key knowledge and skills that most children can achieve when provided with the kinds of interactions, instruction, and environments that research has shown to promote early learning and development. Volume 3 of the series, a 184-page document, discusses the learning foundations related to history/social science and science.
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California Preschool Learning Foundations - Volume 1
California Preschool Learning Foundations - Volume 1
California Preschool Learning Foundations - Volume 1

The California Preschool Learning Foundations Series outline key knowledge and skills that most children can achieve when provided with the kinds of interactions, instruction, and environments that research has shown to promote early learning and development. Volume 1 of the series, a 205-page document, discusses the learning foundations on social-emotional development, language and literacy, English-language development, and mathematics.
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California Preschool Learning Foundations - Volume 2
California Preschool Learning Foundations - Volume 2
California Preschool Learning Foundations - Volume 2

The California Preschool Learning Foundations Series outline key knowledge and skills that most children can achieve when provided with the kinds of interactions, instruction, and environments that research has shown to promote early learning and development. Volume 2 of the series, a 126-page document, discusses the learning foundations on visual and performing arts, physical development, and health.
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Toolbox: Social Emotional Learning Curriculum for K-6 Students
Toolbox: Social Emotional Learning Curriculum for K-6 Students
Toolbox: Social Emotional Learning Curriculum for K-6 Students

This toolbox is a research-based social-emotional learning curriculum that provides resources for educators and parents. It teaches critical social competencies necessary for academic and life success such as: resiliency, self-management, and responsible decision-making skills.
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American Institute for Research
American Institute for Research
American Institute for Research

The American Institutes for Research (AIR) has conducted extensive research in early childhood, K-12, and higher education settings. AIR offers resources and research publications for educators.
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National Library - Services to Schools
National Library - Services to Schools
National Library - Services to Schools

The New Zealand National Government highlights a variety of resources for schools which include promoting reading engagement and developing digital literacy.
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Achieve the Core - Archive
Achieve the Core - Archive
Achieve the Core - Archive

This collection of classroom videos and associated lesson materials was developed in 2013 to support K-12 educators implementing the Common Core State Standards. The videos are not intended to be exemplars as all of the participants were at that time, early in their work with those standards. Rather, they showed real-life classrooms, with all the real-life challenges and successes. These resources were created for and previously found on Teaching the Core, a website funded by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.
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Funbrain - Free Online Learning
Funbrain - Free Online Learning
Funbrain - Free Online Learning

Funbrain offers hundreds of engaging online games, stories and printables that develop skills in math, reading, problem-solving and literacy.
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Perry Preschool Project
Perry Preschool Project
Perry Preschool Project

The Perry Preschool Study examines the lives of 123 children born in poverty and at high risk of failing in school. From 1962–1967, at ages 3 and 4, subjects were randomly divided into a program group that entered a high-quality preschool program based on HighScope's participatory learning approac and a comparison group who received no preschool program.
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College and Career Readiness and Success Center
College and Career Readiness and Success Center
College and Career Readiness and Success Center

The American Institutes for Research (AIR) provides an overview of college and career readiness in California.
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NACE - Career Development Best Practices
NACE - Career Development Best Practices
NACE - Career Development Best Practices

The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) provides a series of articles discussing best practices related to career development.
Best Practices
Employers, Students Benefit from High School Internships
Employers, Students Benefit from High School Internships
Employers, Students Benefit from High School Internships

This article is about career development activities, such as internships and volunteering. These experiences are becoming increasingly important for high school students who want to get into better colleges and find future employment.
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Molina Foundation
Molina Foundation
Molina Foundation

The Molina Foundation works hand-in-hand with community-based organizations in vulnerable communities. They are committed to improving healthy child development with a focus on access to literacy, language, and early childhood education through their programs: Book Buddies, WordUp and On My Way to Kindergarten.
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Center for Early Literacy Learning
Center for Early Literacy Learning
Center for Early Literacy Learning

The Center for Early Learning Literacy promotes the adoption and sustained use of evidence-based early literacy learning practices.
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The California Department of Education - Common Core State Standards
The California Department of Education - Common Core State Standards
The California Department of Education - Common Core State Standards

The California Department of Education (CDE) describes the California Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and provides resources for teachers, administrators, students and parents, higher education, and community partners (see various tabs under the Resources subsection).
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Schools Fight Spread of 'Fake News' Through Literacy Lessons
Schools Fight Spread of 'Fake News' Through Literacy Lessons
Schools Fight Spread of 'Fake News' Through Literacy Lessons

Schools and teachers are increasingly requesting resources to assist their students discern between 'fake' and 'real' news. Millennials are tech-savvy, but not necessarily news-savvy.
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Reading A-Z
Reading A-Z
Reading A-Z

Reading A-Z provides affordable, easily accessible online reading resources: leveled reading books, and downloadable, projectable, printable teacher materials. Purchase necessary, free trial available.
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12 Steps to Creating a Language-Rich Environment
12 Steps to Creating a Language-Rich Environment
12 Steps to Creating a Language-Rich Environment

Teacher shares best practices on how to create a language-rich classroom environment. Some best practices include reading aloud every day, using word walls, and using anchor charts.
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Starfall - Reading, Math and Songs
Starfall - Reading, Math and Songs
Starfall - Reading, Math and Songs

Starfall.com hosts a variety of interactive resources, allowing children to engage in phonics-based reading, develop early literacy skills, and read decodable texts that support high interest topics and themes.

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