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
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Adam Carter and co-PI Dana Isawi, faculty in the Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education, were awarded a $100,000 grant from the New York Life Foundation to provide grief counseling services to children in school- and clinic-based sites. The grant establishes
Read moreCollege of Ed posts 99 percent passage on edTPA assessment for Spring 2018
Ashley Grazutis has been thinking about the edTPA since she arrived at NIU. “The first time I heard about the edTPA was freshman year at a Secondary Education Organization meeting,” says Grazutis, a senior from Palos Park, Ill. “All the rubrics. All
Read moreEducate U.S. travelers ‘forever changed’ during week in tiny North Dakota school
Caleb Pursell simply wanted a taste of teaching in a rural area. And that’s exactly what he got in the Mandaree School District, located within North Dakota’s Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. The senior Elementary Education major joined three other NIU College of
Read moreCollege of Education maintains nearly perfect edTPA pass rates
When Sarah Paver began her student-teaching class last August, the graduate student in Physical Education quickly became concerned. “I was very nervous when the edTPA came up,” says Paver, who graduated in December. “A lot of my classmates had said that they
Read moreCoE’s Altus partnership blooms with El-Ed major Jamal Murphy
Jamal Murphy is not a typical NIU College of Education teacher-licensure candidate. Raised on the West Side of Chicago, Murphy encountered an eighth-grade teacher who told him he would drop out by his sophomore year. What? Not finish high school? “Once you
Read morePhysical Ed majors provide ‘structured recess’ programming for Brooks Elementary children
Recess is fun and games at most elementary school students, but it’s not always without problems. For one, it’s often lightly supervised. And, says Zach Wahl-Alexander, professor of Physical Education, it’s likely parent-volunteers and not teachers who are in charge. Meanwhile, Wahl-Alexander
Read moreElementary Ed major honored for internship in Streamwood
Kelsi Spain began her college career studying business, but she soon realized that her heart longed instead to major in Elementary Education. “I don’t want just to teach academic subjects,” says Spain, an NIU College of Education senior from Pingree Grove, Ill.
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Nicollette Wlodek knew that the video camera was rolling, but she didn’t mind. Wlodek, an Elementary Education major from NIU, stood confidently before a classroom of Huntley School District fifth-graders to teach a literacy lesson on comparing and contrasting characters in a
Read moreEducate U.S. travelers celebrate another successful trip to Texas
One by one, the names of Farias Early Childhood Center students are called as the morning attendance is taken. When there is no response – no “Here!” or “¡Aquí!”– a child stationed at the front of the classroom carefully removes that classmate’s
Read moreCOE alumna Ashley Van Sickle honored for teaching excellence
Ashley Van Sickle loves foreign languages and cultures. While earning her NIU bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, she pursued a minor in Spanish. Her licensure endorsements include English as a Second Language along with language arts and social studies. Now Van Sickle
Read moreLone Star stars: Educate U.S. ‘teas’ up for May trip to Texas
NIU College of Education students selected for the May 2017 edition of Educate U.S. gathered last week in a Graham Hall classroom to learn more about their pending trip to the Houston Independent School District. Jennifer Johnson, the college’s director of teacher
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