Many websites provide free information regarding higher-education teaching and jobs. Microsoft Education provides free reading material about how to engage students, organize lesson plans and grade books. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) also provides free tools and guidelines for college-level educators. Multimedia learning materials, learning exercises and colleague networking are available free of cost from the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT).
Public libraries offer free access to books, magazines, journals and other education resources to everyone within the community, including higher-education teachers. The Studies of Higher Education, Journal of Teacher Education, The American Educational Research Journal are a few national and international publications that can be found at major public libraries. Public libraries provide higher-education teachers with additional educational materials that pertain to college-level teaching techniques, styles and research.
To be a higher-education educator, you must have attained a college degree. Many colleges, universities and higher-education institutions provide career services to alumni. Career services allow alumni to network with others who are in their major or chosen field of work. Higher-education teachers can subscribe to list-servs, career fairs, linked-in groups and career workshops. Career services can provide alumni with the opportunity to improve their teaching resume, practice and network.
Webinars are interactive conferences or seminars that take place online. Participants are able to speak and interact with the instructor or speaker. Free educational webinars are available for higher-education educators. They offer professional development services that focus on social and emotional learning, effective teaching and how to provide professional development to other educators. Some free educational webinar programs even allow participants to suggest future webinar topics.