College Searches
- College Navigator - http://collegenavigator.ed.gov
Consumer information on colleges from the U.S. Department of Education. Includes programs offered, retention and graduation rates, prices, aid available, degrees awarded, campus safety, and accreditation. It provides information on nearly 7,000 postsecondary institutions in the United States.
- CollegeSource - www.collegesource.org
Contains full text of the catalogs of all colleges in the United States and Canada. This database is available on campus.
- CollegeNet - www.collegenet.com
One-stop searching for information available on the Web about higher education, colleges, admission requirements, scholarships, financial aid. Includes online application forms.
- Peterson's College Guides - www.petersons.com
Website of the long-established firm that publishes annual guides to 2-year and 4-year colleges. Includes information, some free and some fee-based, on college search, information on financial aid, test preparation, study abroad and distance learning programs.
Teacher Associations
- American Association for Employment in Education - http://www.aaee.org
"AAEE is a professional association comprised of colleges, universities, and school districts whose members are school personnel administrators and college and university career services officers. AAEE works to serve the staffing needs of education."
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education - www.aacte.org
AACTE is "a national voluntary organization of colleges and universities that prepare the nation's teachers and other educational personnel. Located in Washington, D.C., AACTE is the leader for innovation in teacher education."
- American Federation of Teachers - www.aft.org
The AFT, affiliated with the AFL-CIO, is the national labor union of teachers, school paraprofessionals and school-related personnel, higher education faculty and staff, public employees, and nurses and other health care professionals.
- National Education Association - www.nea.org
Founded in 1857 "to elevate the character and advance the interests of the profession of teaching and to promote the cause of popular education in the United States," NEA, headquartered in Washington, DC, is "the nation's leading organization committed to advancing the cause of public education."
Teaching Career Information
- Education World: Education Employment Center - www.educationworld.com/jobs/
Free educator's resource and Internet search engine designed for teachers, administrators, and media specialists interested in integrating the Internet into education. Includes links to education-specific websites, original lesson plans and weekly articles.
- NewTeacher.com - www.new-teacher.com
A "resource for prospective teachers seeking jobs -- and for school districts and states seeking qualified teachers."
- Occupational Outlook Handbook: Teacher - www.bls.gov/oco/ocos069.htm
Up-to-date information about teaching compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Includes sections on the Nature of the Work, Working Conditions, Employment, Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement, Job Outlook, | Earnings, Related Occupations, and Sources of Additional Information.
- Riley Guide: Education and Instruction - www.rileyguide.com/educate.html
"The Riley Guide is a directory of employment and career information sources and services on the Internet. It is primarily intended to provide instruction for job seekers on how to use the Internet to their best advantage, but recruiters and other career service industry professional will find information here to help them also."
Compiled March 2003 by J. Devine and L. Fluk
Revised by Alexandra Rojas, 10/07
