This is an overview of the main sections of the eduToolbox® academic resource-sharing portal.
Instructional Exchange
The eduToolbox® Instructional Exchange is the place to find high-quality teaching materials. These academic units, lessons, task arcs, and activities are designed to facilitate student growth toward mastery of specific learning objectives.
Visit the Instructional Exchange section.
Educator's Toolkit
The eduToolbox® Educator's Toolkit is the place to find resources that support planning of instruction, assessment for learning, and professional learning. These high-quality strategies, files, website links, media items, and referenced works have been developed and/or recommended by fellow educators.
Visit the Educator's Toolkit section.
Standards Explorer
The eduToolbox® Standards Explorer is a tool for browsing sets of academic standards to discover the learning expectations for students in specific grade levels and courses of study. Links are provided from each standard to the academic resources that are available to support mastery of the knowledge or skill. Using the standards explorer can assist in the creation of instructional plans, the discovery of curricular resources, and can promote standards-driven instruction.
Visit the Standards Explorer section.
Ayers Exclusives
The Ayers Exclusives section provides links to online resources; courses and seminars; and coaching and custom programs offered by the Ayers Institute for Teacher Learning & Innovation. The Ayers Institute is an extension of the College of Education at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn. These resources are designed to build capacity within teachers and leaders across the state, the nation, and the world.
Visit the Ayers Exclusives section.
Tennessee Tools
Resources featured within the Tennessee Tools section are provided by the Tennessee Department of Education and include the materials formerly hosted at www.TNCore.org. The resources were created to align with the Tennessee academic standards and to support teachers in creating lessons that prepare students for college and career.
Visit the Tennessee Tools section.
Education Events
The best educators are also lifelong learners! Watch the Education Events section of eduTOOLBOX® to make sure you are aware of upcoming conferences, seminars, webinars, and special events. High-quality professional learning opportunities will be featured in these listings, and many are low-cost or no-cost events.
The eduTOOLBOX® homepage featuers upcoming events, or you can visit the Education Events section.
Conference Materials
The learning has just begun when a conference comes to an end. This section provides information about conference sessions, presenters, presentations, and downloadable materials. You can access these resources to help apply what you've seen and heard, or to share the professional learning with your collegues.
Visit the Conference Materials section.
Crosswalk Charts
Crosswalk tables are designed to show you connections between academic standards and other related standards or available resources. The information in the Crosswalk Charts section can help you discover high-quality materials and assist you in planning professional learning for both individuals and groups.
Visit the Crosswalk Charts section.
Podcast Resources
The "Lunch & Learn" podcast from the Ayers Institute provides bite-sized portions of professional learning. With each podcast episode, the Ayers Institute prepares a guide to help extend your learning. These "Professional Learning Guide" documents can be used for individual or group study. We encourage you to use them with your Professional Learning Community (PLC) or Professional Learning Network (PLN)!
Visit the Podcast Resources section.
Webinar Sessions
The Ayers Institute produces monthly, web-based seminars ("webinars"). These online resources provide timely, topical professional-learning opportunities to educators. Topics include information about digital resources, college access, coaching, instructional skills, and school leadership. The Ayers Institute webinars are appropriate for K-12 educators, higher education professionals, teacher-preparation candidates, and community members with an interest in the field of education.
Visit the Webinar Sessions page (Ayers Institute website).
