Welcome to Tess Bennett's Webpage

I am a professor in the Early Childhood Education in Early Childhood Elementary and Middle Level Education
at Eastern Illinois University.

Email Tess Bennett at cftcb@eiu.edu

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My professional info

These are resource links that may be helpful to students:

APA online handbook

ASK ERIC

For students that would like the log sheets or obervation forms for practicum, click on link below to download
*Log Sheet

NOTE-You must download both pages for practicum!
*Observation form-page 1
*Observation form-page 2

WebCT at Eastern Illinois University

There are many other articles on reserve at Booth Library's website-
The passwords are as follows:
For ELE 2321- tb2321
For ELE 3250- tb3250
For ELE 4775- tb4775
http://www.eiu.edu/~booth/

These are online resources for teachers and students:

Illinois Early Learning Standards
http://www.illinoisearlylearning.org

Early Childhood research and Practice
http://www.ercp.uiuc.edu

Illinois Office of Educational Services
http://www.ioes.org

Early Head Start National Resource Center @ Zero to Three
http://www.ehsnrc.org

PBS TeacherSource
http://www.pbs.org

National Black Child Development Institute
http://www.nbcdi.org

National Institute for literacy at ED Pubs
www.nifl.gov

There are many other articles on reserve at Booth Library's website-
The passwords are as follows:
For ELE 2321- tb2321
For ELE 3250- tb3250
For ELE 4775- tb4775
http://www.eiu.edu/~booth/
 

Bilingual Language Resources:

Bilingual Special Resources
http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/

Office of Special Education Programs IDEA 97 Training Program
http://homepage.interaccess.com/~ncld/page5.html

Educational Resources for Spanish Speakers
http://www.ed.gov

Spanish Translation for IEP's
www.clas.uiuc.edu

National Centers for Latinos with Disabilities
http://homepage.interaccess.com/~ncld/

Reggio Emilia Italia

Early Childhood Research and Practice -
"Purposeful Learning: A Study of Water" by Becky Dixon
(Clear Creek Elementary School, Bloomington, IN)
http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v3n2/dixon.html

Early Childhood Research and Practice -
"Reactions to Visiting the Infant-Toddler and Preschool Centers in Reggio Emilia, Italy"
by Tess Bennett (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v3n1/bennett.html

There are more Reggio Emilia articles on reserve at Booth Library's website-
The passwords are as follows:
For ELE 2321- tb2321
For ELE 3250- tb3250
For ELE 4775- tb4775
http://www.eiu.edu/~booth/