The Year-Long Project is an innovative elementary student teaching program in the College of Education at the

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Content

• Description of the YLP
• YLP pages: 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998
• 1997-1998 Syllabus: Curriculum and Instruction Block, Technology, Language and Literacy,  Science Education, Social Studies]
• Technology Competencies Matrix
  • NCATE Technology Standards for Teachers (handout)
• Standards for Beginning Teachers' Licensing and Development
• Illinois Core Standards for Teachers

People

• Instructional Team Members
• 1997-1998 Assistant Teachers
• 1998-1999 Assistant Teachers (coming soon)
• E-Mail YLPers: ylp@mail.ed.uiuc.edu
• Mail To YLP-Alumni List: ylp-alumni@mail.ed.uiuc.edu

Teaching of Technology

• Using MacPPP with your PowerBook
• Using Eudora with your PowerBook
• Multimedia Preview Section
• Scanning Instructions for Epson 1000c using Adobe PhotoDeluxe
• Scanning Instructions for HP 4c using Adobe PhotoDeluxe
• Network Projects
  • Educational Network Project Planning Guide
  • Using Technology in Classrooms - Sharon Roth, a former YLPer
  • The Prairie Project and the Process of doing the Project - Jill Shoda, a 2nd-Grade Teacher
• Technology and Ethics in the Classroom
• HyperStudio
• Using CU-SeeMe to meet Ms. Brett Batten (a 96-97 YLPer) and her 4th Graders at West Hillsborough Elementary School in California
  
  Ms. Sharon Snyder's talk on using technology with her 1st Graders at Yankee Ridge Elementary School
  
• YLPers' Personal Web Pages: R. Betz | L. Caravia | B. Anderson | B. Batten | F. Hackmann | M. Mcnulty

Resources
Professional Development

• Exemplary Lesson Plans from 1997-1998 YLPers
• Science Units Created by 1997-1998 YLPers
• Web Sites for Teaching Writing -- Compiled by Bridget Carol Marx (97-98 YLPer)
• Web Sites for Teaching Reading -- Compiled by Cherish Keller (97-98 YLPer)
• Web Sites for Teaching Phonics in the early primary grades -- Complied by Patricia Hudak (97-98 YLPer)
• Exemplary Lesson Plans from former YLPers
• On-Line Resources for Classroom Teachers (Check this out!!!)
• Social Studies Resource Web Sites
• Steps To Successful Grant Writing (by Marilyn Sinclair)
• Urbana & Champaign District web pages
• Champaign District Curriculum Guide
• Urbana District Curriculum Guide
• The international listing of school virtual museums at "Oldies and Goodies - The School Museum List and Site" http://fromnowon.org/museum/oldies&goodies.html
• Sites related to the new voluntary guidelines recommended by the Better Business Bureau's Children's Advertising Review Unit:
  • Center for Media Education: Online Advertising Targeting Children
  • BBB's Children's Advertising Review Unit
• THE TEACHERS.NET LESSON EXCHANGE provides teachers a medium to exchange lesson plans and curriculum development ideas.

Career Help

• 50 States' Teacher Certification Requirements
• Career Service Center at UIUC
  • Student Resumes (You can submit the URL to list your resume here.)
• Educational Placement & Career Services at University of Wisconsin-Madison
• The Riley Guide: Resume Databases on the Internet (places to post or search for resumes on the Internet)
  • Letters, Resumes, Vitas: guidelines, samples
• UIUC Educational Placement Office: Information about creating resumes and
  two sample resumes: Tom Jones, Carol Adams
• Resumes and Cover Letters from 1995-96 YLPers
  1. Cover Letters: [Anne Paulson] [Rebecca Kresin]
  2. Resumes: [Anne Paulson] [Kara Pieper] [Rebecca Kresin] [Tiffany Clark]
• Things Losers Do on Their Resumes
• JobSmart: Resume Help (A terrific resource of resume help for all users.)
• Selected articles on Resume Writing and Cover Letters
• JobHunt (A magnificent meta-list of job listing sites provided by Stanford University, including international job listing and resume posting sites.)
• Preparing the Ideal Scannable Resume
• Guides to Employment Resources on the Internet (Including a link to International Employment Resources)
• Internet Career Resources - Sites to Post Resume
• Yahoo's List of Resume Sites
• Salary Relocation Calculator (Tell you how much you would need to make in a new city, based on cost-of-living differences.)