As we pass the midpoint of a busy and productive semester, I want to you know that I appreciate you. Our buildings and our campus are bustling with the kinds of activity we perhaps took for granted before March 2020, and I
Read moreP-20 Network to talk educator shortage at Oct. 27 meeting in NIU-Naperville
Registration is open for the Fall 2022 P-20 Network Meeting – and College of Education faculty and staff who support teacher-licensure programs should consider attending as their schedules allow. Scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at NIU’s Naperville
Read moreTodd Gilson digging in as associate dean of Research, Resources and Innovation
As someone who has studied what distinguishes successful leaders from the rest, Todd Gilson is attracted to administration for interesting reasons. “I think it’s very fun to sketch things out on a whiteboard,” says Gilson, the college’s new associate dean of Research,
Read moreNew KNPE chair Steve Howell pledges to sustain momentum, celebrate success
If everything happens for a reason, Steve Howell is living proof. The new chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, who has taught in the sport management program since his arrival at NIU in 2011 as a visiting assistant professor,
Read moreMessage from the Dean
Hello, and welcome to summer! The temperatures and heat indices of mid-June leave no doubt that the lazy, crazy, hazy days are here. I hope you’re finding time to rest, rejuvenate and indulge in whatever makes you happy, whether that’s traveling, catching
Read moreBill Pitney returning to KNPE faculty
As change looms for Bill Pitney, he is in awe of his good fortune. “Being able to go back to the classroom and work with our students? I mean, how cool is that? To revisit the thing that drew you here in
Read moreEducators Rising conference encourages future teachers to join, enrich profession
Seventy-five high school students seriously contemplating careers as teachers gained powerful motivation May 25 during the Northern Kane Educators Rising Conference at NIU. Laurie Elish-Piper, dean of the NIU College of Education, made sure of it. Teachers, she told the teens gathered
Read moreA message from Dean Laurie Elish-Piper
Final exams and commencement ceremonies technically mark an ending to the spring semester and the academic year, but I’m looking at this time as one of beginning. And what I see is the dawn of an amazing new era for the College
Read moreReady to teach: Second PLEDGE cohort celebrates ECC-NIU education degrees
Michael Brady’s motivation appeared when he was in sixth-grade – in the form of a male teacher. For Jocelynne Escontrias, the role models in those School District U-46 classrooms shared her culture: “It was just great to see people lead by example
Read moreP-20’s Jason Klein joins college, begins dual role leading education partnerships
The NIU College of Education and the NIU Center for P-20 Engagement in the Division of Outreach, Engagement and Regional Development are embarking on a new partnership to maximize the university’s impact on learners of all ages in Illinois schools, community colleges,
Read moreFuture Teachers Conference welcomes 233 high school students to NIU campus to explore potential careers in education
For the high school students who attended April 27’s Future Teachers Conference at NIU to learn more about careers in education, the message was clear. Laurie Elish-Piper, dean of the College of Education, was thrilled they had come, grateful for their intentions
Read moreAmanda Baum joins NIU as coordinator of Illinois Tutoring Initiative’s Region 2
Part of the NIU College of Education’s commitment to the Illinois Tutoring Initiative is the hiring of a full-time coordinator for the 16-county hub of Region 2. After all, the project funded by $3.4 million in federal pandemic relief for Illinois schools
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