Week Two: The Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX)

ALEX is a website that contains several catagories of information that would be a very valuable tool for teachers planning curriculum and activities for children from grades Kindergarten to 12th grade. The resources provide you with the necessary information needed to educate children in each area of their basic subjects taught as a student in these grades. Some resources used on the ALEX website are courses of study, such as English Language Arts, Science, Mathematics, Social Studies, Arts Education, Career and Technical Education, Physical Education, Health Education, Foreign Language, Technology education, Driver and Traffic Safety Education, and other courses of studies that may aide teachers in their goal of providing students with the appropriate information needed for the guidelines established.
The ALEX site also provides web link correlated to the content standards for teachers, administrators, and teachers. These web links provide specific sites for these educators in their specific field or position that helps them enhance and polish their own skills which enable them to teach the children they educate each day. There is a specific resource page that allows educators to view sample lesson plans that would assist them in providing a plan for age-appropriate curriculum based on the grade level that is being taught. These lesson plans can be used to provide teachers with ideas for planning classroom activities and how these plans should be put together.
The Alabama Department Education Program can be used to find professional development, which is also one of the resources provided by the ALEX website. The professional development provides opportunities, teaching and learning tools, the latest news, and the best practices that can be used in the classroom or their field. The ALEX site also provides a Support Roundtable, which aides in the enhancement of the Alabama Leadership Development skills these educators should have. Library media is provided, which is wonderful tool to use with the children. A Special Education resource is also available to provide teachers with information and practices that are vital to their level of training. ALEX also provides a personal workplace for teachers to store and submit their lesson plans, and teacher/child directed activities in the classroom.