What is your current level of awareness about the impact of trauma on the lives of students? Can you think of times when any of your students were triggered into a fight, flight or freeze response? How can you help your students
Read moreJennifer Johnson to retire from 30 years of gladly serving where she was needed
Truth: A television ad changed Jennifer Johnson’s life. “When I was in fifth-grade, I saw a commercial for Illinois Bell, and it had Alexander Graham Bell on it. He had a thing that made someone with a hearing impairment able to hear,”
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About 150 seventh-graders from Clinton Rosette Middle School came to an Anderson Hall gym in groups Oct. 19 and Oct. 26 to learn and practice concepts of teamwork. At the same time, 27 Middle Level Teaching and Learning majors in the MLTL
Read moreTeacher-licensure candidates volunteer at professional development conference
When the invitation came from the college’s Office for Student Success to attend the National Association for Professional Development Schools (NAPDS) February conference in Chicago, the undergraduate teacher-licensure candidates weren’t sure what to make of it. But they weren’t about to pass
Read moreU-46 paraprofessionals ‘leap’ to begin journey to Special Education degrees
Thirty-five paraprofessionals from School District U-46 have begun their employer-paid pursuit of NIU bachelor’s degrees in Special Education. Part of the College of Education’s PLEDGE-Partnering to Lead and Empower District-Grown Educators initiative, the new Licensed Educator Accelerated Pathway (LEAP) program provides a
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 moreSix named Dean’s Achievement Scholars
Growing up in Crestwood, Ill., “a tiny little south suburb of Chicago not too far from Midway Airport,” Kayla Anderson found her passion at the local ice rink. Figure skating is a vital part of who she is – and something that
Read moreOffice for Student Success open to offer one-stop resource for positive outcomes
Jennifer Johnson and Christy Schweitzer want all students in the College of Education to thrive through feeling welcomed, engaged and supported on their academic journeys toward degrees of all levels. And they have the perfect place to accomplish just that. The new
Read moreAlumna Maddi Bodine reaps confidence, motivation from Golden Apple surprise
Maddi Bodine knew in advance that she needed to gather with her Kingston Elementary School community at half-past nine that Thursday morning. Yet the teacher of Pre-K students with special needs only had part of the story. Children and their teachers at
Read moreTrailblazers: NIU, ECC salute first cohort of Elementary Ed graduates via PLEDGE
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 moreNIU, Elgin Community College partner for Special Education transfer pathway
Another bachelor’s degree pathway is now available for Elgin-area students who want to become NIU College of Education-graduated teachers without traveling to DeKalb. NIU and Elgin Community College will launch a cohort this fall in Special Education, the second such collaboration and
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
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