Fifteen newly minted teachers are ready to return to the school districts where they grew up and, thanks to a partnership between Elgin Community College and Northern Illinois University, never really left. The students completed their first two years at ECC and
Read moreEducate Global taps Zoom to connect with another new destination: Ukraine
Call it perfect timing. Fall 2020: Mariana Ricklefs begins her second year on the faculty of the NIU Department of Curriculum and Instruction, thrilled to share in the launch of new (and virtual) Educate Global program with Spain and organized by colleague
Read moreElementary Ed major Julie Chavez earns NIU Intern of the Year award, job for fall
School occupies a special place in Julie Chavez’s heart. “I had quite the unstable childhood, and school was really my safe place. I had a meal; I had teachers who cared about me; it was structured – I just really thrived in
Read more‘ED Talks’ podcast series launches as new tool in undergraduate recruitment
Brittany Wereminski has a new tool in her work to bring students to the NIU College of Education. Jumping on a suggestion from Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education Chair Todd Gilson, Wereminski launched a series of podcasts titled “ED Talks.” “Todd
Read moreM.S.Ed. assignment leads 2004 alumna to find her future waiting far in the past
Determining where – or, more specifically, when – a story begins is a difficult task when attempting to examine a real or fictional life. Authors or writers of any kind ponder so many possible entry points if they want to truly hook
Read moreMessage from the Chair
Greeting Huskie alumni. While traversing these uncertain and restless times, we have been moving forward with some exciting work in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. In spite of the many challenges we have all faced this past year, the licensure programs
Read moreAlumni Accomplishments
Congratulations to these Department of Curriculum and Instruction alumni! “God Came to My Garage Sale,” a book by Marni Hill Foderaro, Ed.D Curriculum and Supervision, ’97, has been named a finalist in the spiritual-inspirational category of American Book Fest’s 2020 Best Book
Read moreCollege of Ed counts four alumni, one student among Golden Apple finalists
Five of the finalists for the prestigious 2021 Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching and for Excellence in Leadership claim the NIU College of Education in their pedigrees. NIU alumni Maddi Bodine, Anne McNamara and Virginia Valdez are among the 32
Read moreBe You, Keep RoWINg: P.J. Fleck gives Spring 2021 Educator in Residence talk
Four-one-hundred-thousandths of a second. That’s the daily rate of progress sprinter Usain Bolt made between the 2008 and 2012 Olympic games in improving his already-record-setting time. Not much, P.J. Fleck told his online audience March 3 during his Spring 2021 Educator in
Read moreEducator in Residence P.J. Fleck to share lessons of football, life in March 3 talk
P.J. Fleck will never forget his semester as a student-teacher at Clinton Rosette Middle School. It was Spring 2004, and the wide receiver for the NIU Huskies football team had tried to postpone that classroom immersion – he was training for his
Read moreMiddle Level Teaching and Learning majors grapple with ‘Hateful Things’
Joseph Flynn is, through and through, an educator. And as the associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction viewed and absorbed the 39 pieces contained in the “Hateful Things” traveling exhibition from Ferris State University, he saw the great potential
Read moreBlack, Brown & Bilingüe: Alums launch podcast while leading suburban schools
For Lissette Jacobson and Maurice McDavid, the connection began Day One. Both began working in DeKalb in August of 2011, when they attended an orientation for new teachers – and Jacobson couldn’t help but notice McDavid’s commanding voice in the room: “You’re
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