Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family – and watch future issues of the Ed News for full coverage of these announcements.
Hope (Bess) Wilson, the College of Education and the Department of Special and Early Education have received a $1.66 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to fund “Northwest Illinois Rural and Small-Town NIU PLEDGE LEAP.”
The project will provide training to 50 paraprofessionals from the region to become licensed special education teachers.
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Jason Klein and Timothy Dohrer co-authored “The Road to Retention: Understanding the Educator Shortage and Ways to Engage and Keep Educators” for KEEP Illinois, an initiative of the Illinois P-20 Network.
Keeping Educators Engaged Professionally (KEEP) Illinois is an effort to keep educators in the profession and engaged in learning and growing as professionals throughout their career.
Klein, the college’s senior director for Learning Partnerships, and Dohrer, director of Educator Leadership and Partnerships and research specialist, conclude that “improvements in overall school culture, climate and context impacts not only students but educators as well. There is also ample evidence that student wellness and mental health not only affects educators, but our school-based adults are also in need of this kind of support.”
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