College of Education students in pursuit of teaching professions can apply for the Mary F. English Technology Award, which supports and encourages them in that goal while also furthering their use of classroom technology. Participants – called Mary F. English Scholars –
Read moreNIU middle-level education curriculum earns national accreditation, recognition
NIU’s program in Middle Level Teaching and Learning has received accreditation and national recognition from the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE). The favorable review follows years of internal data collection and annual reporting to the university that began in 2018, which
Read moreRazak Dwomoh named ‘Rising Star’ by alma mater Eastern Illinois University
Razak Dwomoh knows why he teaches – and why he prepares future educators to use inquiry-based instructional approaches in their classrooms that foster the civic readiness of students. “Looking at the way the world is now, and how the world is evolving,
Read moreNIU celebrates spring commencement
Congratulations to our newest NIU College of Education alumni! Two of our amazing graduates were featured a videos shown during the ceremonies. Meet Jennifer Lopez, who earned her B.S.Ed. in Middle Level Teaching and Learning … … and Cyndi Grobmeier, who completed
Read moreDouble-alumna Jessica Lombard named first female superintendent: Huntley 158
Jessica Lombard graduated from Huntley High School in 1990, when the superintendent of District 158 was – as had always been the case since its creation in 1920 – a man. On her return to Huntley in 2002 to become assistant principal
Read moreIllinois Tutoring Initiative team extols first year of work to erase COVID deficits
Growing up as one of two girls among nine children, Diana Vroman understood that her big family was “pretty spread out with the resources.” School was different, however. “I really depended on the resources that I got from my instructors and educators
Read moreNIU celebrates spring commencement
Congratulations to our newest NIU College of Education alumni! Two of our amazing graduates were featured a videos shown during the ceremonies. Meet Keyundra Watts, who earned her B.S.Ed. in Middle Level Teaching and Learning … … and Treveda Redmond, who earned
Read morePhoto Gallery: New Teacher Send-off
The NIU College of Education recognized spring graduates of licensure programs May 12 during the New Teacher Send-off event in Cavan Auditorium. NIU alumna Kimberly Radostits, the 2022 Illinois Teacher of the Year and a 2023 National Teacher of the Year finalist,
Read morePhotos: Project TEAMS
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 moreWarmth of the Sun: Pi-Sui Hsu enables Rockford students to build solar ‘cars’
What provides the key to driving solar-powered model cars to the finish line? Observations and questions, apparently. At least that was the case for a dozen Rockford middle-schoolers who spent a week with Pi-Sui Hsu this June. “The purpose of the summer
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 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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