Ashley VanSickle’s excellence as a teacher is without question. VanSickle, a 2013 alumna of the NIU Department of Curriculum and Instruction alumna, received a 2017 Outstanding Beginning Teacher Award from the Illinois Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Now, she’s a 2022
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Congratulations to these alumni who are making a positive impact on the leadership and administration of education at all levels! Josh Barron, Ed.D. Educational Administration, ’12, and Ed.S. Educational Administration, ’06, has been named the next superintendent of Oak Lawn-based Community High
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Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Alison Douglas, who graduated from the NIU College of Education in August 2021 with her Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, is a co-winner of the AERA Special Interest Group Research in
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Congratulations to our newest NIU College of Education alumni! Two of our amazing graduates were featured in videos shown during the ceremonies. Meet Alexander Kramer, who earned his B.S.Ed. in Elementary Education … … and Eduardo Perez, who completed his M.S.Ed. in
Read moreJames Cohen receives new title at NIU: 2021 Outstanding International Educator
James Cohen has told the story again and again. The associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction was 23 and teaching in Sri Lanka during his 30 months of service to the Peace Corps. “I remember lying on my bed
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Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! David Walker, associate dean for Academic Affairs, and Tom Smith, professor in the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment, both received the 2021 “Beyond the Call” award from the Mid-Western
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Greetings from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. I hope this message finds you all safe and well. The special nature of the Huskie Pack has brought us through the initial pandemic. I want to thank you all as our success has
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Congratulations to these graduates of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction! Maria Burgos, M.S.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction, ’05, was named executive director of Pre-Kindergarten through Fifth Grade Educational Services for Valley View School District 365U. Burgos previously served as assistant superintendent for
Read moreMiddle Level majors practice teaching, team-building with seventh-graders
Seventh-graders from Clinton Rosette Middle School stood in a circle, each clutching a several-feet-long string tied to the same marker. Their task: cooperate to insert that marker into the mouth of a 20-ounce plastic bottle. First, they remained still as they pulled
Read moreLaurie Elish-Piper, David Paige honored by fellow literacy educators, researchers
NIU College of Education Dean Laurie Elish-Piper and David Paige, director of the Jerry L. Johns Literacy Clinic, were honored Nov. 6 by the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER). Elish-Piper received the A.B. Herr Award, which celebrates the distinguished service
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Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! James Cohen, associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, received the Outstanding International Educator award Tuesday from the NIU Division of International Affairs. The award recognizes sustained contributions over
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Congratulations to these alumni who are making a positive impact on the leadership and administration of education at all levels! Andrew Allen, M.S.Ed. Educational Administration, ’04, M.S.Ed. Instructional Technology, ’00, was named executive director of Information Systems in the East Aurora School
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