Alumni

All links are to external sites

Links to National Professional Organizations in Education

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) >> 
• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance >>
• Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) >> 
• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) >>
• Association for Education Communications and Technology >>
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) >>
• Common Core State Standards (CCSS) >>
• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) >>
• International Reading Association (IRA) >>
• Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) >>
• Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) >>
• National Art Education Association (NAEA) >>
• National Association for the Education of Young Children >>
• National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) >>
• National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) >>
• National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) >>
• National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) >>
• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) >>
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) >>
• National Middle School Association (NMSA) >>
• National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) >>
• Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) >>
• Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) >>
• World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) for English language learners >> 

Links to State and Local Resources and Organizations

• Ag in the Classroom >>
• APA Format information >>
• Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) >>
• Cleveland School (Chicago) >> 
• Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) >> 
• DuPage County Regional Office of Education >>
• Educator's Certification System (ECS) >> (to apply for IL teaching certificate online) 
• ERIC search >>
• HoneyRock (Northwoods Campus in Wisconsin) >>
• Illinois Coalition to End Homelessness >>
• Illinois Department of Children and Family Services >>
• Illinois Learning Standards for Students >>
• Illinois Resource Center >> (for teaching linguistically diverse students)
• Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) >> 
• Illinois State Certification Testing System >> (online registration)
• Standards for all Illinois Teachers (Illinois Professional Teaching Standards) >> 
• New Illinois Professional Teaching Standards >> (Effective July, 2013)
• Wheaton College Alumni Association >> 
• Wheaton College Library >> 
• Wheaton Public Library >> 

Links to placement resources

Many of the State Education Agencies listed below have job search capabilities. In addition, check the following:

• Academic Employment Network >> 
• Illinois Education Job Bank >>
• Mission:Teach >>
• Nowhiringteachers.com >>
• Teachers-Teachers.com >> 
• Teaching Quality Source >> (Resources for teacher preparation, recruitment and retention)

Links to State Boards of Education

• Alabama Dept. of Education >> 
• Alaska Dept. of Education >> 
• Arizona Dept. of Public Instruction >> 
• Arkansas Dept. of Education >> 
• California Dept. of Education >> 
• Colorado Dept. of Education >> 
• Connecticut Dept. of Education >> 
• Delaware Dept. of Education >> 
• District of Columbia, Public Schools >> 
• Florida Dept. of Education >> 
• Georgia Dept. of Education >> 
• Hawaii Dept. of Education >> 
• Idaho Dept. of Education >> 
• Illinois Board of Education >> 
• Indiana Dept of Education >> 
• Iowa Dept. of Education >> 
• Kansas State Dept. of Education >> 
• Kentucky Dept. of Education >> 
• Louisiana Dept. of Education >> 
• Maine Dept. of Education >> 
• Maryland State Dept. of Education >> 
• Massachusetts Dept. of Education >> 
• Michigan Dept. of Education >> 
• Minnesota Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning >> 
• Mississippi Dept. of Education >> 
• Missouri Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education >> 
• Montana Office of Public Instruction >> 
• Nebraska Dept. of Education >> 
• Nevada Dept. of Education >> 
• New Hampshire Dept. of Education >> 
• New Jersey Dept. of Education >> 
• New Mexico Dept. of Education >> 
• New York State Education Dept. >> 
• North Carolina Dept. of Public Instruction >> 
• North Dakota Dept. of Public Instruction >> 
• Ohio Dept. of Education >> 
• Oklahoma State Dept. of Education >> 
• Oregon Dept. of Education >> 
• Pennsylvania Dept. of Education >> 
• Rhode Island Dept. of Education >> 
• South Carolina Dept. of Education >> 
• South Dakota Dept. of Education >> 
• Tennessee Dept. of Education >> 
• Texas Education Agency >> 
• Utah Office of Education >> 
• Vermont Dept. of Education >> 
• Virginia Dept. of Education >> 
• Washington Dept. of Public Instruction >> 
• West Virginia Dept. of Education >> 
• Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction >> 
• Wyoming Dept. of Education >>