Professional Resources 
for Teachers & Administrators from the Federal Government
Adriana Edwards-Johnson
Government Publications Librarian
University of Central Oklahoma
aedwards@ucok.edu
405-974-5156
Everybody's Looking for Something
• Continuing Education & Professional Development
• Grants & Loans
• Classroom Issues
Some of them want to use you
But don't know where to look
Where to look...
• The Usual Suspects:
– Dept. of Education
– Library of Congress
– Smithsonian Institution
• Don't Underestimate:
– EVERYONE ELSE
Continuing Education & Professional Development
• ENC Professional Resources http://www.enc.org/text/professional/
• Ideas that work : science professional development.                   ED 1.302: SCI 2/5
• National awards program for model professional development. (Teacher Quality) ED 1.302: M 72/   http://www.ed.gov/inits/teachers/teach.html
• Teacher's participation in professional development               ED 1.341: T 22    http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS4039
ENC Professional Resources Site
Teacher Quality Site
Grants & Loans: Electronic
• Dept. of Ed Grants & Contracts Information http://ocfo.ed.gov/index.htm
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance http://www.cfda.gov/
• Technology Innovation Challenge Grants http://www.ed.gov/Technology/challenge/grants1.html
• EPA Environmental Education Grants http://www.epa.gov/teachers/grants.htm
• Federal Register http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
• School to Work Grants http://www.stw.ed.gov/grants/grants.htm
• NIEHS Center Program http://www.niehs.nih.gov/centers/home.htm
• NEA: Cultural Funding http://www.arts.gov/federal.html
Technology Innovation Challenge Grants
School to Work Grants
Grants & Loans: Paper
•  Humanities teacher leadership program                    NF 3.2: H 88/9
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance                 PREX 2.20:
• School-based partnerships : school-related crime prevention  J 1.2: C 79/5
In the Classroom
Issues & Miscellaneous Resources
Issues
• Class Size
– Reducing Class Size. What Do We Know? http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ReducingClass/
– Improving student achievement : examining the impact of   teacher quality and class size  Y 4.ED 8/1: 106-30
• Health
– Medline Plus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
– National Center for Education in Maternal & Child Health http://www.ncemch.org/default.html
– ChildStats.gov  http://www.childstats.gov/
National Center for Education on Maternal & Child Health
More Issues
• Homeschooling
– Homeschooling in the United States http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2001/HomeSchool/
• School Violence
– CMHS Approach to Enhancing Youth Resilience & Preventing Youth Violence in Schools & Communities  HE 20.427:Y8
– Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative HE 20.402:SA 1
– Pavnet Online http://www.pavnet.org/

Pavnet
Yet, Even More...
• High School Drop Outs
– So You Are Thinking of Dropping Out of School http://www.dol.gov/asp/fibre/dropout.htm
– Answers in the Tools Box: Academic Intensity, Attendance Patterns, & Bachelor's Degree Attainment http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Toolbox/index.html
– A Recommended Approach to Providing High School Dropout & Completion Rates at the State Level  ED 1.328/7:D83/3
Thank you!
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