bilingual/ESL Archives - NIU College of Education

Kildeer partners with NIU to provide teachers tools for ELL success stories

June 6, 2020 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, External and Global Programs

As the demographics of Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 began shifting within the last decade, administrators responded. The solution they implemented in 2017 continues to benefit not only the K-8 students of Buffalo Grove and Long Grove but also the

Rochelle school leaders partner with NIU to identify, prepare, hire bilingual teachers

February 26, 2020 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, SEED

Jason Harper, superintendent of schools in nearby Rochelle, knows that the diversity of his community is evolving. Forty percent of the Hub City’s current population is Hispanic, a number that only will continue to rise in coming years. Harper also understands that

Enrollment climbing in College of Ed

September 18, 2019 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, KNPE

NIU’s official 10-day enrollment numbers showed encouraging gains for the College of Education. The college welcomed 1,186 undergraduates and 1,196 graduate students this fall; both totals are higher than the same time last year, lifting the college’s headcount to 2,382. It comes

James Cohen studies novel ideas to teach English during Fulbright visit to Uruguay

September 18, 2019 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter

James Cohen will remember the dirt roads, and the long drives to reach the most rural schools in Uruguay. He’ll remember touring those buildings, seeing the kitchens where the teachers and students eat and the bedrooms where the teachers sleep during the

James Cohen wins Fulbright

February 14, 2018 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter

James Cohen will spend the summer of 2019 in Uruguay as a Fulbright Scholar. The associate professor of ESL/Bilingual Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction will work alongside Aldo Rodriguez, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology

Research road show: Cohen, Strid collaborate with students

December 12, 2017 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, Graduate Programs, SEED

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

Elementary Education enhances curriculum with new emphases

January 10, 2017 Mark McGowan enewsletter, LEED

Elementary Education majors at NIU will enter the teaching field a step ahead of their peers. Three new emphases – Bilingual/ESL, Reading Teacher and Special Education – will provide automatic endorsements in areas that previously required additional coursework. For example, the Reading