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		<item><title>Academy: Teacher Toolkit</title><link>http://www.nea.org/academy/teachertools/teachertoolkit.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.nea.org/academy/teachertools/teachertoolkit.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<h1>NEA Teacher Toolkit</h1>

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<p>Are you:</p>

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<div>tired of getting bogged down in reporting requirements?</div>
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<div>frustrated by having student data recorded in more than one place?</div>
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<div>looking for some easy, convenient way to record and retrieve your data when you need it?</div>
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<p>The&#160;<a href="https://www.neateachertoolkit.com/">NEA Teacher ToolKit</a> &#160;can help!</p>
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<p><font size="3">The</font> <a href="https://www.neateachertoolkit.com/" target="_blank"><font size="3">NEA Teacher Toolkit</font></a><font size="3">&#160;is a suite&#160;of <b>free</b> web-based classroom tools designed by NEA members for teachers including attendance and behavior intervention logs, streamlined IEP development tools, easy access to you the curriculum standards for your state &#8211; all available anytime and anywhere you have access to the Internet! The&#160;</font> <a href="https://www.neateachertoolkit.com/" target="_blank"><font size="3">NEA Teacher ToolKit</font></a><font size="3">&#160;can help you manage attendance, grades, lesson plans and tests as well as facilitate tracking student performance &#8211; <b>for free</b>!</font></p>

<p><font size="3">The NEA Teacher Toolkit also contains</font> <a href="http://www.nea.org/marketplace/ttk.html#Advanced_Tools"><font color="#800080" size="3">advanced tools</font></a>&#160; <font size="3">consisting of a Web-based standards based grade book linked to your grade level and subject matter,&#160;reporting tools that allow you to meet show annual yearly progress by student or groups, an assessment bank consisting of 110,000 questions.&#160; NEA members may purchase advanced tools for $72.95 annually.&#160; Non-members&#160; may purchase the NEA Teacher Toolkit for&#160; $84.95 annually.</font></p>

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<p><strong><u>PLEASE NOTE<br />
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<p>Security and privacy are of utmost concern to NEA. Therefore, to ensure that only&#160;you have access to the&#160;data that you enter into the NEA Teacher ToolKit, you will be&#160;asked to complete&#160;a <strong>registration&#160;form</strong>&#160;before using&#160;the ToolKit for the first time. Also, each time you access the ToolKit you will be asked to <strong>login</strong>.&#160;You&#160;will need to&#160;register and log in even if&#160;you've already&#160;done so for&#160;NEA.org.</p>
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<h3>NEA Teacher ToolKit Basic&#160;Tools</h3>

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<li>Class roster -- manage class rosters and student demographic and contact information</li>

<li>Attendance --&#160;track student absences and tardiness</li>

<li>Behavior log -- record student behavior over time</li>

<li>Intervention log -- document interventions and outcomes</li>
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<td valign="center" align="middle"><strong>&#160;IEP Tools</strong></td>
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<li>IEP roster -- create an IEP in very little time using an easy, 8-step wizard</li>

<li>IEP reports -- generate reports for parents and IEP meetings</li>

<li>IEP resources -- create your own electronic special education&#160;resource library</li>
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<td valign="center" align="middle"><strong>Curriculum Tools</strong></td>
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<li>Standards -- access to student academic standards&#160;mandated&#160;by your state&#160;</li>

<li>Instructional resources -- create your own electronic curriculum resource library</li>
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<td valign="center" align="middle"><strong>&#160;My Learning&#160;Tools</strong></td>
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<li>Introduction -- view excerpts of the professional development content available with the Advanced Tools&#160;</li>
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<h3>NEA Teacher ToolKit Advanced&#160;Tools</h3>

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<li>Lessons -- create lessons using a standards-based lesson template that you can customize;&#160;build an&#160;online library of your lessons</li>

<li>Plan book -- create curriculum calendars and view lesson plans for month, week,&#160;and day</li>
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<td valign="center" align="middle"><strong>&#160;Assessment Tools</strong></td>
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<li>Item bank&#160;--&#160;search from more than 110,000&#160;items from the&#160;item bank to develop assessments</li>

<li>Test&#160;-- create your own tests aligned to state standards; create your own banks of test items aligned to standards</li>
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<td valign="center" align="middle"><strong>&#160;Grade Book Tools</strong></td>
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<li>Grade book -- choose from a traditional or standards-based format; easy to weight assignments and convert percentage scores to letter grades; generate reports showing student progress and missing assignments</li>

<li>Assignments -- track which assignments were given to each student along with due dates</li>
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<td valign="center" align="middle"><strong>&#160;Performance Tools</strong></td>
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<li>Class profile -- track progress toward meeting state standards for entire an class and individual students</li>

<li>Class reports -- generate reports by standard, strand, and benchmark; generate longitudinal reports by NCLB subgroup</li>
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<td valign="center" align="middle"><strong>&#160;My Learning Tools</strong></td>
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<li>Professional development -- participate in 12 hours of&#160;interactive, online courses on topics such as literacy, teaching second language learners, and using student data to increase achievement&#160;</li>
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<p>Check out the&#160;<a href="https://www.neateachertoolkit.com/">NEA Teacher ToolKit</a> &#160;today and begin spending more time with your students than you do on paperwork!</p>
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<h4>Search Lesson Ideas</h4>

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<h4>Search GEM Database for More Lessons</h4>

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The <b>G</b>ateway to <b>E</b>ducational <b>M</b>aterials holds over 40,000 education resources on government, university, non-profit, and commercial sites.<br />
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