My Lesson Planner Applications
Each and every one of us is where we are today because a teacher taught us something, somewhere along the way; yet today, a staggering 50% of teachers will leave the profession before they finish their 5th year of teaching. One of the top reasons they are leaving is that they cannot fulfill the time requirements necessary to effectively do their job. There is no other profession that requires as much planning for one day's work than the teaching profession. Teachers spend hours planning lessons, and even more time with the documentation requirements of legislation, grants, and initiatives.

My Lesson Planner helps teachers manage their day-to-day planning and classroom management needs with simple point-and-click tools. Helping teachers become more effective starts here with My Lesson Planner.

 

"ARRA funds can address the area of making improvements in teacher effectiveness."

 

Enhancing Education Through Technology (E2T2) The Enhancing Education Through Technology program is designed to encourage schools to use technology to achieve a primary and two secondary goals:   Primary Goal: Improve student achievement through the use of technology Secondary Goal I: Ensure all students become technologically literate by the end of eighth grade Secondary Goal II: Integrate teacher development, curriculum development, and technology to develop instructional strategies and practices that are research based and scalable

My Lesson Planner Applications Curriculum Maps / Pacing Guides Valuable planning tools will help you cohesively plan instruction for a unified approach to learning.

 

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Local educational agencies (LEAs) may use funding received under IDEA-B to develop and implement coordinated, early intervening services for students in kindergarten through 12th grade who have not been identified as needing special education or related services but who need additional academic and behavioral support to succeed in a general education environment.

 

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Parts B & C These funds total approximately $12.2 billion dollars and include the following:   Part B, Grants to States (approx. $11.3 billion) This money is designed to improve teaching, learning, and results for students with disabilities, ages 3-21. Half this money will be awarded to states by the end of March, 2009 and the other half by October 1, 2009. Part B, Grants to Preschools (approx. $400 million) This money is designed to improve education and address developmental concerns for children with disabilities, ages 3-5. Half this money will be awarded to states by the end of March, 2009 and the other half by October 1, 2009. Part C, Grants for Infants and Families (approx. $500 million) Full information on IDEA Part C, Early Intervention Services, has not yet been released.

My Lesson Planner Applications Progress Monitoring / RTI Intervention Documentation We provide the tools for periodic gathering of data, measuring individual student academic progress toward essential benchmarks in learning.

 

"ARRA funds should be used to improve student achievement and help close the achievement gap."

 

Sources:
http://www.ed.gov/programs/edtech/index.html
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg34.html#sec2401
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues347.shtml
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/23_02/door232.shtml
http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/factsheet/stabilization-fund.html