middle level teaching and learning Archives

Educate Global travelers leave China with perspective from another’s shoes

September 12, 2018 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, SEED

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

Meet the Dean’s Achievement Scholars!

September 12, 2018 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, KNPE, SEED

Congratulations to the newest group of NIU College of Education Dean’s Achievement Scholars! Chosen for stellar academic performance in high school, each receives a $2,000 scholarship for the 2017-18 academic year with the possibility of renewal for the next year based on

College of Ed posts 99 percent passage on edTPA assessment for Spring 2018

June 13, 2018 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter

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

Research road show: Cohen, Strid collaborate with students

December 12, 2017 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, Graduate Programs, SEED

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

Replace judgment with curiosity: Educate Global travelers return to United States with eyes open to power of classroom diversity

November 22, 2017 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, External and Global Programs, Graduate Programs, SEED

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

Clinton Rosette seventh-graders ‘teach’ NIU Middle Level majors

October 30, 2017 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter

Would you rather have hands for feet – or feet for hands? Would you rather have the hiccups for the rest of your life – or the feeling that you’re about to sneeze? Would you rather eat brownies for the rest of

College welcomes 2017 group of Dean’s Achievement Scholars

September 19, 2017 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, SEED

Some have known forever. “I couldn’t imagine doing anything else,” says Halley Fogerty, a pre-Elementary Education major from Wheaton. “I like the consistency of school. I like going to classes, taking notes, doing homework. It’s not just learning; it’s a lot of

Educate U.S. travelers celebrate another successful trip to Texas

June 6, 2017 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, SEED

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

Lone Star stars: Educate U.S. ‘teas’ up for May trip to Texas

April 11, 2017 Mark McGowan enewsletter, External and Global Programs, LEED, SEED

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