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=Welcome to the Curriculum Wiki for the Florida Conference!!= We're glad you're here! Browse our home page for all the basics. Then click on the blue links to your left to access rich resources for teaching all subject areas or to join our cohort of teachers pursuing a master's degree in Inclusive Education.

Teacher Certification
 * Certification Overview
 * Certification Manual
 * Application for Designated Subjects/Services Certificate - Send completed form to the Florida Conference Office of Education
 * Application for Professional Activity Credit Send completed form to the Florida Conference Office of Education (for those with Designated Subject, Standard, Professional or Administrator Certification)

PHILOSOPHY Wondering what it means to be a teacher in the Florida Conference? Read all about our philosophy, innovations, and what makes us so unique.

=FEEDBACK= Want to improve? Choose one of these **parent feedback forms** to gain some insights into how your students' families perceive your work in the classrom. The second page of each survey provides a space for you to summarize your findings and set goals. Need a letter to further explain the process? Use the top part of the form or adapt it on your own letterhead. Here's another sample idea: Want to see how parents perceive your //**school**// in each of the five areas of GREAT? Use this parent survey: Looking for student feedback? Here is a form used by several of our schools:

LESSON PLANNING
The Florida Conference has uploaded a number of [|acceptable templates]for Daily Lesson Planning to Dropbox. Long-range templates are included here: Here are some daily lesson plan templates: 1

KEY LEARNINGS
These succinct documents were developed by North Pacific Union Conference teachers and curriculum leaders, aligned to NAD and USA curriculum standards for grades K-8. The Key Learnings provide an overview of the content that students attending Adventist elementary schools in USA should know and be able to do in each subject area and grade. Key Learnings by Grade and Subject

**STEPPING STONES** ** : ** **A Journey to Excellence through Discovery** The philosophy of the program is based on the belief that kindergarten is an important time of transition for young children. It is the bridge between home, early childhood education, and the primary grades of school. Stepping Stones is an integrated program that includes all subject areas with developmentally-appropriate activities designed to meet each individual child’s needs. __To order Stepping Stones__ - [] __Watch the //Stepping Stones// video shown at 2012 Teachers' Convention__ - []

TEACHER OBSERVATION
Download this form for a sneak peek at what the associate superintendents look for when doing a formal observation in your classroom.


 * Grades K-2 Evaluation Form**
 * Grades 3-8 Evaluation Form**
 * Saphier's Model**

REQUIRED SCHOOL RECORDS
Is your school correctly maintaining student records? Do you know what is required by Florida Conference, Southern Union and Florida Law? Watch this PowerPoint to ensure you are keeping the proper legal documents and view the how-to instructions.

PHOTO-VIDEO RELEASE FORM
Print and distribute to parents. Keep signed copies on file at the school in order to use photos and video clips of students for newsletters, websites, etc.

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= FLORIDA CONFERENCE RECOMMENDED RESOURCES =

** ADVENTIST EDGE **
The Florida Conference is part of the Southern Union. That means we're involved in the Adventist EDGE--which stands for Educators Delivering GREAT Education. Learn more at [|www.adventistedge.org]. You'll also find the Curriculum Resource Guide there, which provides all the information you'll need for ordering textbooks and learning about the tools we use to help our students grow. Just click on Educators and you'll find the Guide on the drop-down menu. The guide also contains the Cycles for Small Schools.

**ADVENTURE TO FITNESS**
This fitness program, sponsored by **[|Florida Hospital]**, is guaranteed to get kids up and active!
 * @http://www.adventuretofitness.com/2010/video/ATF_News_Clip/ **

BIG BIBLE TOWN
===Take a look at this online game with a variety of stories that immerses K-6 grade children in scripture-based Bible adventures that teaches Christian values and encourages kids to put their faith into practice. Click on this link to download a PDF with more information.===

**BRITANNICA**
====Encyclopedia Britannica is a leading provider of learning and knowledge products and is one of the world's most trusted sources of information. Encyclopedia Britannica offers many resources geared toward schools, including free Web instruction. NAD education members have online access to the following: ====

Encyclopedia Britannica

Britannica School (login information below) For an overview of what Britannica School offeres For an overview of what Britannica School offers Britannica Image Quest ====Username: organizational ID (try either all caps or all lower case) Password: nadsa1 Feel free to give this user name and password to students. They may use the service at home. You may also contact the company and ask them to setup your school so students don't need to login while they are at school. Teachers can create their own accounts, using the code listed below which is for your account only. Navigate to this link: http://school.eb.com/remove-cookie Clink on the remove cookie box. Close the next window out. Open a new session and click on this link: http://school.eb.com Enter the username for your school: (org ID) and the password: nadsa1 Click on any of the levels of the School Edition Site. Click on the “My Britannica” prompt. Click on “Sign Up” Create a Teacher login with the school code: 9229====

Other Britannica Resources are:


 * [|Exploring Past Events with Firsthand Accounts!]**

**BUILD A BOOK** - Free Account
====We are excited to announce that NAD has partnered with eSchoolTools to provide // all // NAD students, teachers, and staff with __** FREE **__ Build a Book accounts! Build A Book, a K-12 cross-curriculum writing tool, is designed to engage students in writing. It gives students the ability to write, design, and narrate digital books online and allows parents, teachers, and administrators to evaluate student progress over time with customizable rubrics, teacher commentary, and student portfolios that are maintained year-after-year. Watch the informational video on YouTube [] then visit the website at [|www.eSchoolTools.com/home]. To sign up, visit [].====

** EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE **
A remarkable educational tool. Try it, it's free. []

** EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEMPLATE **
With the need for increased safety in today's schools, it is crucial that each school have a clear plan to be followed in an emergency situation. Need a head start in getting your school prepared for any emergency? Use the "//Rackley// //School Emergency//" template, to get you up and running.  

** ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA ONLINE **
The North American Division has purchased Encyclopedia Brittanica online for all of our teachers!! This is an incredible resource with games, videos, and high-quality instructional materials. Just go to [|www.school.eb.com] and enter your Cognitive Genesis School code. The password is nadsa1.

** FRENCH CURRICULUM FOR MULTI-GRADES **
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada has created a three-year program (Beginner-Inermediate-Advanced) for teaching your students to speak French. You do not have to be a French speaker to use this program, which includes CDs and costs just $75.

** GARDEN OF PRAISE **
This is a general teacher resource that provides hundreds of links, lesson plans, activities and art projects for Christian classrooms. [|www.gardenofpraise.com]

The Florida Department of Education created the Just Take 20 campaign to provide K-12 Florida families with practical, easy-to-implement reading activities that establish literacy as a lifelong value. Just Take 20 encourages families to seize everyday teachable moments by using 20 minutes a day to integrate reading into their busy lives. Families are invited to create their own custom literacy plans and have fun while learning! Encourage your student's families to explore and sign-up at http://www.justtake20.org/
 * Just Take 20 **

Los Angeles Free Net Teacher Center
This is an incredible resource! The site includes dozens of links to outstanding educational sites in EVERY subject, including art, computers, geography, health sciences, history, homework help, language, math, money, special education and much more! One-stop shopping for the best links out there! @http://www.lafn.org/education/teacher.html

** NATIONAL ARCHIVES RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS **
[|DocsTeach.org]provides thousands of primary sources from the holdings of the National Archives. T eachers can use seven interactive tools to create projects for their students and access hundreds of activities created by other teachers.

** ONLINE LEVELED READERS **
The NAD has negotiated a rate of $342 for ten years of on-line leveled readers for grades K-6 in reading, social studies and science. You can search the site by topic, reading level, etc. This is a great way to integrate content into your literacy program. Just email helen.daly@scottforesman.com

** NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION **
The North American Division has a great page for Adventist educators. Register at: []

**QUEST GARDEN**
This website is a collection of teacher submitted web quests which can be searched by topic or grade level. Caution: Be sure to check each link for content and link access. [|www.questgarden.com]

** RESPONSIVE CLASSROOM **
Thte Florida Conference has embraced the Responsive Classroom methods and philosophy. Learn more at [|www.responsiveclassroom.org]. Middle grades and junior high teachers can read more at: [|http://www.originsonline.org]

**Summer 2012**

 * Responsive Classroom** (grades K-6)
 * Developmental Designs** (grades 6-9)



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** TEACHER BULLETIN **
Integrated Units that are good to go! [|www.teacherbulletin.org]

TEACHERS FIRST
//Thinking Teachers Teaching Thinkers®// [|TeachersFirst - January 2013]

TRASH 2 TREASURE
For just $60 per year you can fill your car 12 times with all kinds of things for art projects, science experiments, etc, etc. This creative re-use center even has classes on how to make things out of re-cycled stuff. If your school is anywhere near the east coast, this is certainly worth the trip. Trash 2 Treasure, 1100 NW 53rd St, Fort Lauderdale. [|www.trash2treasurefl.org]

** UNITED STREAMING **
The North American Division has an arrangement with United Streaming whereby all Seventh-day Adventist schools can access top notch videos for classroom use at a special rate. Click here for more information:

** VISUAL THESAURUS **
Visual Thesaurus is an ideal teaching resource for children of all ages, with a visually captivating display that engages students in learning new words and concepts. Our Visual Thesaurus representative is Ed Antoine (eantoine@thinkmap.com). Ed is very willing to work with you in getting your teachers “on board” with Visual Thesaurus. He has offered to do additional web-training at the Union or Conference level. The resource is FREE to all Adventist educators and students. Login is ***@adventisteducation.org. (*** being your Union's initials, i.e. SUC) Password is NADSDA1. [|Visual Thesaurus (login information above)]