Best Practices Resource Jam

National Service Resource Center www.nationalserviceresources.org/effective-practice Searchable online catalog of identified promising practices provided for the Corporation for National and Community Service. Ohio Resource Center www.ohiorc.org Searchable website with lesson plans, assessment items, and special projects. ORC enhances teaching and learning by promoting standards-based best practices in mathematics, science, and reading for Ohio schools and universities. PEPNet: Promising and Effective Practices Network www.nyec.org/pepnet/ As part of the National Youth Employment Coalition, the PEPNet website offers an online index to effective practices in youth development and employment featuring over 500 specific effective practices identified from PEPNet awardees. Faith and Service Technical Education Network (FASTEN) www.fastennetwork.org FASTEN is an initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts focused on building capacity among faith-based organizations delivering social services in urban communities. The centerpiece of the FASTEN initiative is a website showcasing best practices. Points of Light Foundation www.pointsoflight.org/ideas-and-insights Points of Light provides research, analysis, tools and training to support the creation and management of volunteer programs. Connecticut SERC (State Education Resource Center) www.ctserc.org/s/ Click Best Practices to find a searchable database of what works in K-12 education. PTA: Family-School Partnerships National Standards www.pta.org/national_standards.asp Research-based standards and implementation resources to build family-school partnerships. National Implementation Research Network www.fpg.unc.edu/~nirn/reviews/index.cfm Reviews of collections of curricula, practices, policies, and tools evaluated by evidence. Organized by 15 topics including: early childhood education, after-school and service-learning, instruction for culturally and linguistically diverse students, and technologies for instruction. Center for Applied Linguistics www.cal.org/index.html Research and programs for language acquisition instructors. LINCS: Literacy Information and Communication System lincs.ed.gov/ Research and best practices for adult literacy providers.