Staff Resources Page

Department of Child Services Information (DCS)


Springs Valley Links

(By reading, watching videos, and doing activities, you'll learn how to integrate Google in your classroom. You can start and stop lessons at any time; we'll track your progress through the course. At the end of this course, you'll be ready to take the exam to become a Google Certified Educator Level 1.)

(This is the link to the Indiana Department of Education's "Learning Connection" web site where certified staff members can login to view student growth data and join Indiana Education Communities for information and communication about different topics.)
(This is the RISE evaluation handbook from the Indiana Department of Education)
(Indiana Department of Education's e-Learning web site)
(ClassDojo is a classroom tool that helps teachers improve behavior in their classrooms quickly and easily.")
Multiple Discipline Resources
(NBC Learn K-12 is a video streaming web site created by NBC from their vast archive of new articles.  The site is designed not only to search for topics, but also to easily find articles using state standards. Indiana has paid the subscription for all Indiana schools to have access to NBC Learn K-12)

(PBS LearningMedia's innovative digital content is designed for educators to engage students and inspire learning.  This site contains videos, interative content, lesson plans, etc.  The content is free, but you must sign up for an account with them.)

This page lists OCW courses and supplemental resources that contain video and/or audio lectures.

 
English / Language Arts Resources
Mathemetics Resources

"Sumdog's free educational games motivate your students to practice math and Reading - while you have full control over what they learn." (From the Sumdog web site.)

Science Resources
(Journey and look through the solar system using this 3D simulation from NASA.)

 (An interactive perspecitve of scale from the smallest particle to the largest known universe.)

         (Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET™ project at the University of Colorado.)

Social Studies Resources Fine Arts Resources Technology Resources

(Code Academy is an interactive web site that teaches programming skills.)

The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics.


Life Skills Resources
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As of July 1, 2017, Indiana Code (31-33-5-2) now requires the school employee to immediately report suspected child abuse or neglect to the Department of Child Services or to a local law enforcement agency, and then notify the principal or the principal’s designee that a report has been made.

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