Office of Instruction and Personnel

Useful Links

Important Links for Teachers and Parents

• NY State Web Sites
  Various links to separate pages of the NYSED website are provided here. No passwords are required. These sites are open to the public.
         
  • NY State Education Department Main Page
  • NYSED Office of Elementary, Middle, Secondary and Continuing Education
  • NYS BEDS Teacher Assignment Codes Referrence
• Tools for Teachers and Parents
  The links contained in this section will bring you to pages that may help you in the development of lesson plans and instructional strategies. There are also sites with homework help. Have fun!
  • A+ Math (Elementary)
  • American Memory
    This is the digital home of the Library of Congress. It contains over 7 million items including documents, photographs and recordings. Cool site!
  • American Museum of Natural History
    This is the virtual home of the museum.
  • Awesome Library
    
  • Discovery School
    
  • EdHelper
    K-8 teacher resources.
  • Exploratorium (Art, Science & Technology)
    This is from the museum of science, art and human perception in San Francisco.
  • Fun Brain
  • History Detectives
    Maintained by PBS, this is an informative an exciting site!
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Math Cats
  • Math Forum at Drexel University (K-12+)
  • Museum of Modern Art
    Take a virtual field trip!
  • Online Ethics (Case Western Reserve)
  • Physics Central
    This site is useful for all teachers and students who are trying to understand concepts in Physics. Great for those times when you can't find Mr. Caifa!
  • The American Heritage Book of English Usage
    Do you need some help with that difficult construction? This is a classic resource.
  • The Gateway
    This site is sponsored by the USDOE. It's a fine resource search engine.
  • The Guggenheim Organization
    Visit the collections in New York, Bilbao, Venice, Berlin, and Las Vegas!
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    There's only one MET
  • The New York Times Learning Network

   

• United States Department of Education
  This is the direct link to the United States Department of Education (USDOE) website. It is open to the public.
  
  
• Digital History
  "A product of several museums, the University of Houston and the National Parks Service, this is a growing site with some great resources." -Top 101 Sites for Teachers