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 moreSupporting students of color: Faculty share ideas to expand concept of equity
As the powerful messages from a panel of Black students concluded during the Jan. 7 all-college meeting, Dean Laurie Elish-Piper shifted the conversation to action. “I’ve asked each department to share an initiative that directly relates to supporting students of color, broadening
Read moreEducate Global reaches Spain via Zoom, participants will join in online seminars
As the initial dust of COVID-19 settled in the spring, Laurie Elish-Piper and David Walker began mulling what the virus meant for the near future of the college’s signature hands-on learning programs. “It became pretty apparent that our entire Educate and Engage
Read moreFirst cohort of Finland travelers return, minds open to innovative philosophies
Amanda Surrusco hadn’t expected the freedom. Maria Almeida hadn’t expected the differentiation. Kyle Conway hadn’t expected the trust. Surrusco, Almeida and Conway, three of the four NIU College of Education student-travelers on the inaugural Educate Global trip to Finland this May, witnessed
Read moreEducate Global travelers to visit Finland
Educate Global will send its first group of travelers to Finland this May for a two-week immersion in the Finnish Comprehensive School Curriculum, Content and Language Integrated Learning Method. Students will learn Finnish philosophies in classroom management, lesson planning and project work
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 moreEducate Global travelers leave China with perspective from another’s shoes
Educate Global 2.0 is history. China looms in the rearview mirror. A new semester of learning is underway in DeKalb. But the broadened perspectives Educate Global provided to NIU’s future teachers seem destined to persist in countless and unpredictable ways. Just ask
Read moreGo East: Educate Global travelers ready for hands-on learning at Beijing Royal
Ten NIU College of Education undergraduates will travel to China this summer for Year Two of Educate Global, scheduled from early July through mid-August. Students will spend six weeks at the Beijing Royal School, where they will teach English to Chinese middle-
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 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 moreTake flight! Educate Global prepares for Taiwan, China
So, how’s this for an amazing deal? Four, or maybe six, weeks teaching English to children and youth in Taiwan or China while mastering the curriculum and methodology for teaching English as a Foreign Language. Exposure to different cultures. Immersion in teaching
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