One year after the NIU College of Education launched an innovative program in principal preparation for the Rockford Public Schools, a second cohort has begun. This fall, the new group includes six aspiring administrators from Elgin School District U-46. Ryan Corcoran, Huff
Read moreMarguerite F. Key Fellows gather online, discuss COVID, post-secondary success
Principals, Laurie Elish-Piper said, are the hearts of their schools. Their confidence in the ideas and abilities of teachers empowers those teachers to do their best work, she said. Their leadership in our schools forges the backbone of a democratic society, preparing
Read moreIllinois school leaders to talk COVID-19 during June 16 Whiteboard Wednesday
Like everyone working to navigate COVID-19, Lynn Gibson has questions. “Is this our new normal?” asks Gibson, a clinical assistant professor in the Educational Administration program and an interim superintendent of Paw Paw Community Unit School District 271. Regardless of her active
Read moreMessage from the Chair
Greetings from the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations. We are thrilled to once again connect with you. Our department is comprised of dedicated, faculty, program coordinators, staff and students who are committed to pursuing academic excellence, intellectual growth and scholarly
Read moreDecade of distinction: U.S. News ranks online graduate degrees in nation’s best
Online graduate programs in the NIU College of Education are celebrating their 10th consecutive year of high acclaim from U.S. News & World Report. The College of Education is ranked 21, placing in the top 10% of the 296 institutions assessed with
Read moreCongratulations!
Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Dean Laurie Elish-Piper, Professor Emeritus Jerry Johns and NIU College of Education alumna Susan Lenski are recipients of the 2020 Diane Lapp & James Flood Professional Collaborator Award from the International
Read moreCollege of Education, RPS 205 launch Rockford Principal Residency Program
The Northern Illinois University College of Education and Rockford Public Schools will launch this fall an innovative partnership to develop school leaders to serve the needs of Rockford-area schools. This cohort-based program is designed to improve academic and social-emotional learning outcomes from
Read moreMarguerite Key Fellows program marks two years of ideas, growing momentum
Kiwana Sanders grew up imagining the golden possibilities that she felt sure were waiting in the world outside her ZIP code. “I was one who was without,” says Sanders, principal of Nathan Hale Middle School in Cook County School District 130 of
Read moreProject FIRST participants get good advice on moving from associate professor to full
Since February, associate professors in the College of Education have had the chance to explore the changes in expectation that come with that promotion. Project FIRST: Faculty Integration and Refocusing for Successful Transitions, and its related informational workshops, stems from an idea
Read moreFuture middle school teachers at NIU hear expert advice from 13-year-olds, parents
As a former middle school principal and assistant principal in the McHenry County towns of Woodstock and Cary, Joyce Laben knows well the value of listening to the “stakeholders” at those institutions. It’s something she stresses in the EPS 512: Principal, Family
Read moreWelcome from the Chair
Greetings from the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations (LEPF). We are always happy to reconnect with our alumni. It has been a busy year for LEPF, and I am excited to share a few of the many endeavors and accomplishments
Read moreA homecoming 40 years in the making: Lynn Gibson starts second career at NIU
During Lynn Gibson’s undergraduate years in the NIU College of Business, then housed inside Wirtz Hall, she lived directly across the street in the Timbercrest Apartments on the corner of Lucinda Avenue and Garden Road. Hers was Apartment 5, she knows for
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