Blake: Work Priorities

NEA signed an MOU with Jes & Co in an effort to provide affiliates and members with free, comprehensive classroom resources that make lesson planning easier. Benefits affiliates and members can expect to receive when they access the Gateway:

• Access to thousands of quality learning resources through the latest in faceted search technology
• Reinforce core content with learning resources from NASA, PBS, National Science Foundation and over 700 other contributing education content providers
• Access to 21st Century teaching tools, assessments and professional development
• Access to the Achievement Standards Network, a digitized version of every state's core academic standards

What’s New?

NEA and your state affiliate recognize that great public schools are the result of motivated students, involved parents, and well-prepared, innovative educators. The Gateway is a great opportunity for educators to expand their professional repertoire, exchange ideas, and individualize instruction.

In addition to customizing and printing a new set of GEM bookmarks for NEASP recruitment materials distribution (I should have new bookmarks in a few weeks)...

...we've added a direct access lesson plans search box to the student page (see link below). Thank you David Morris for helping me get this added!

Web site blurb:

Tools and Resources for NEA Student Members

Access The Gateway to 21st Century Skills
Want access to thousands of educational resources? The Gateway to 21st Century Skills is a consortium effort to provide teachers with quality materials and tools found on federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. The Gateway offers:

• thousands of quality learning resources
• core content with learning resources from NASA, PBS, National Science Foundation, and over 700 other contributing education content providers
• 21st Century teaching tools, assessments, and professional development
• the Achievement Standards Network, a digitized version of every state's core academic standards

[Visit Link Here]

What’s New?

Want to make the great benefits provided by NEA membership even easier to use? Watch for our new NEA Community Toolbar. Best of all, it is Free!

Update! Update! The toolbar is ready for you! Make your search for resources from the Gateway or great benefit from your NEA membership easier and faster. Simply visit: http://www.thegateway.org/ and download from the link in the middle of the page. It easy and it’s FREE!

GEM Instructional Video Now Available on YouTube!

What’s New?

“Thank you very much for helping us become part of the Gateway network. I was asked by one of our UniServ directors who oversees the student member program to check into your service, because he called your Web site “very popular” with the students and an “incredibly useful tool for resources.” Thank you for your prompt attention and allowing us to join! I have promoted your site in several areas of our own Web site and will also do so in our next newsletter.”

(Ken Potter, SDEA Communication Specialist, South Dakota)

We at the Gateway thank you Ken and welcome all of our new members from South Dakota!
NEA and your state affiliate recognize that great public schools are the result of motivated students, involved parents, and well-prepared, innovative educators. The Gateway is a great opportunity for educators to expand their professional repertoire, exchange ideas, and individualize instruction.

What’s New?

Another record breaking month for the Gateway with almost 2.5 million hits, lots of new members that are preparing to enter the world of education and a brand new affiliate member!

Welcome Hawaii State Teachers Association! HSTA is another leader in bringing the benefits of the Gateway to educators in their great state.

We at the Gateway thank you and welcome all of our new members from Hawaii!

Future educators are joining the Gateway in droves. The word is out that the Gateway is a powerful tool for finding exemplary lesson plans, a digitized view of state academic standards and at great collaborative tool to share information about what works in education. Check our Who’s Joining the Gateway section for a small sample of the many new members in preparation for a career in education. And, for you that have joined, thanks for helping us spread the word. The Gateway gets better with every new member and the contributions they bring. Remember that as a member of the Gateway you can choose whether your comments on the learning resources you find here are for public view or if you want to keep them for your personal use only. Of course, we encourage you to share but you do have options. It is your Gateway to 21st Century Learning courtesy of your local NEA affiliate organizations!