Danelle Davis spends most of her weekdays from August through May teaching in front of a classroom of nearly 30 first-graders. Summer 2019, however, has afforded the DeKalb School District 428 teacher the opportunity to work individually with a child who needs
Read moreSummer schools tap CI doctoral students to boost learning of international students
For each of the previous 15 summers, NIU College of Education doctoral student Laura Crisp has spent six weeks teaching teens from China and South Korea. The students come to the United States for multiple-year stays, most arriving in time for eighth-grade,
Read moreAbove and beyond: Ten students earn right to wear Educate and Engage stoles
Ten graduates of the NIU College of Education sported something new when they crossed the stage during the Dec. 15 and 16 commencement ceremonies. Blue stoles emblazoned with the words “Educate” and “Engage” boldly conveyed that the students took full advantage of
Read moreEd.D. student in Curriculum Leadership blazes own trail toward rewarding career
When Stacy M. Seaworth graduated from Rochelle Township High School in 1989, she expected to follow in the footsteps of those amazing educators who had meant so much to her. Five years later, she earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Illinois
Read moreEngage Global debuts in Sri Lanka
Days after the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education’s Sri Lankan visitors left the NIU campus in late April, their hosts already were planning to book flights to Asia for August. That trip began Aug. 12 – and included four students who
Read moreFuture elementary teachers find good ideas within interventions
Courtney Rieb could not help but notice the boy. “He was frequently off-task,” says Rieb, a junior Elementary Education major from Antioch. “He was trying to talk to his friends, or taking laps around the classroom. I identified him as needing some
Read moreAnd the award goes to …
Congratulations to these members of the College of Education family! Annie Malecki, a Physical Education major, was recognized as a SHAPE America Major of the Year with about 80 other students from Physical Education Teacher Education programs across the country. She plans
Read moreResearch road show: Cohen, Strid collaborate with students
Six NIU students affiliated with the College of Education were among the presenters at the 41st Annual Statewide Conference for Teachers Serving Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students. Recently graduated master’s student Stephanie Eller and undergraduates Lorena Flores, Autumn Gathings, Christina Poe, Raven
Read moreCAHE students, faculty attend Student Affairs 101 Conference
Ten graduate students in the Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education (CAHE) traveled recently to attend the Student Affairs 101 Conference in Normal. The one-day conference at Illinois State University, complete with 16 workshop sessions, enabled faculty and graduate students to
Read moreReplace judgment with curiosity: Educate Global travelers return to United States with eyes open to power of classroom diversity
After 14 hours in the air, there was obviously no need to tell Marcus Lewis that he wasn’t in DeKalb anymore. Yet his first steps off the plane into a nearly empty airport in China, with none of the crowded hustle and
Read moreEducate Global provides ‘world of opportunity’ for NIU students flying to teach in China, Taiwan
Thirty-seven NIU College of Education students are traveling to teach in Asia this summer, a “business trip” guaranteed to enrich and shape their professional lives in amazing ways. Part of the college’s experiential Educate and Engage Program, the inaugural Educate Global journey
Read moreCollege of Ed working to offer ‘double-degrees’ with NUTN
NIU and the National University of Tainan (NUTN) expect to launch a program articulation agreement this fall or next spring. Students who participate in the program will earn two master’s degrees in educational research assessment – one from NIU and one from
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