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Hello and welcome to TheApple!

TheApple is a diverse community of aspiring and current educators that want to support each other and advance their careers. Think of it as social networking with great career resources. We have a very active group of members from the veteran teacher, career changer, and even the pre-college student. Mentoring and career building is a good part of what we do. Let me be the first to invite you to become an active part of TheApple

There are many valuable and fun ways to get involved on TheApple. I’ll take you on a quick tour!

Take time to Register. Have fun creating your profile page! It’s quick and easy to do. After you have registered, you can easily navigate, contribute and communicate with other teachers.

Finding great Lesson Plans can build on the skills that you already have as a teacher. Search our library of lessons to find information for all grades and subjects. If you’ve written a lesson you’d like to share, please do!

Working in a school is a tough job, and we want to support you with plenty of Resources. Find articles written by teachers on how to manage your class, engage students better, how to partner with parents and much, much more.

Do you like quizzes? Take the TheApple quizzes related to education and learn more about your teaching style and how you compare with others in your field.

Join a group or create one yourself. We have hundreds of groups by interest, school, career, and location.

Teacher Trivia will test your knowledge of education and subject matter. Watch out! It is addictive. All questions have been submitted by TheApple members. Submit your best questions too!

Read the latest education News. If you have a new story that you’d like to share, contribute!

Check out our videos to see some clips of what’s happening in our field. If you’ve got a great video, share it to make others laugh or inspire. You can easily share videos from other popular video sites by imbedding code in our easy video sharing process.

Visit our Shop and find products just for educators. You can even add a new product and submit the first review!

Whether you’re looking for your first career or switching Jobs, TheApple has great career advice and interview tips you won’t want to miss written specially for the field of education.

Rate your School at TheApple. This is feature will give you the inside scoop you can’t get any other way.

Getting a degree and keeping up with course work is a big part of a career in education. Check out TheApple’s Become a Teacher channel to find out more!

We have many discussions in our Forum that represent what’s happening in the teaching world today. Let your voice be heard and comment on hot topics.

Looking for a colleague? Community is what we’re all about. Look for friends and fellow educators that are already members of TheApple or invite your friends to come and check us out.

Free Stuff

TheApple has partnered with VistaPrint to provide free business cards to all of our members. You can pick from a library of templates or design your own card, choose the contact information you want to include and have your business cards in just a few days! Get yours now.

TheApple has partnered with Utrecht Art Supplies to offer you unbeatable savings on over 10,000 professional quality artist materials.

Receive an exclusive discount on regularly priced art supplies when you shop in our TheApple/Utrecht Art Supplies Store. As an TheApple member you are now entitled to free shipping on order of $150. Shop in our TheApple/Utrecht Art Supplies store.

TheApple has partnered with The Institute of Elemental Ethics and Education. Attend one of their many conferences around the U.S. and get a special discount for being a member of TheApple. Click here to read more about how to receive this discount or to browse their conference schedule.

If you still have more questions, please visit our FAQs

If you’ve come to TheApple, you care about education. We do, too. Enjoy TheApple; it was created just for you!

Sincerely,

Jill Hare TheApple Editor

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