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Tag: superintendent

IASBO partnership continues to prepare Illinois chief school business officials

February 3, 2021 Mark McGowan enewsletter, LEPF

Language on the Illinois Association of School Business Officials website (IASBO) leaves no doubt. “For those seeking a master’s degree, Northern Illinois University has become the quintessential training ground in the state for school business leaders!” it proclaims. “Students in the School

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Cleaning up: Ed.S. student recalls path from custodian to curriculum director

June 6, 2020 Mark McGowan enewsletter, LEPF

Like many teens, Michael Courington was dying to get a job. “My family didn’t have a lot of money growing up. I was chomping at the bit to turn 16 to start working because I wanted a car,” Courington says. “My mother

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As superintendents face twin challenges, NIU works to prepare ‘visionary’ leaders

October 3, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, LEPF

Ask Danny Oest to name the Top 5 challenges confronting school superintendents, and he succinctly boils his list down to just two. But they’re big ones. First, says Oest, the former shared superintendent of Richmond-Burton Community High School 157 and Nippersink School

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NIU Ed Admin alum Brian Harris serves Barrington 220 with ‘what’s best for kids’

October 3, 2019 Mark McGowan Alumni, enewsletter, LEPF

Brian Harris sports an impressive résumé. Superintendent of Schools in Barrington 220. Former superintendent of Wheaton-Warrenville 200, and assistant superintendent for Human Resources and Secondary Education in St. Charles 303. President of the Large Unit District Association in Illinois, an organization representing

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Ed.S. student accepts new challenge while closing in on NIU superintendency degree

April 29, 2019 Mark McGowan LEPF

During Matt Birdsley’s high school days in Fulton, Ill., he took advantage of – and thoroughly enjoyed – service-learning opportunities that allowed him to work with elementary school students. Those positive interactions led Birdsley to the NIU College of Education, where he

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Superintendency alums look back fondly on NIU preparation, forward to new roles

April 29, 2019 Mark McGowan LEPF

Charlie Kyle and Matt Barbini, alums of NIU’s various Educational Administration programs, are celebrating new professional milestones. Kyle, who completed his Ed.D. in 2017, his Ed.S in 2004 and his M.S.Ed. in 2001, was named in 2018 as the assistant superintendent of

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A homecoming 40 years in the making: Lynn Gibson starts second career at NIU

October 2, 2018 Mark McGowan Alumni, Alumni eNewsletter, enewsletter, LEPF

During Lynn Gibson’s undergraduate years in the NIU College of Business, then housed inside Wirtz Hall, she lived directly across the street in the Timbercrest Apartments on the corner of Lucinda Avenue and Garden Road. Hers was Apartment 5, she knows for

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Ed.D. in Ed Administration receives new name, focus

February 21, 2017 Mark McGowan enewsletter, LEPF

Following the Illinois General Assembly’s update of the Illinois School Code standards for new school superintendents, the NIU Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations accordingly redesigned its programs. That work has resulted in untangling the Ed.S. – an educational specialist degree

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NIU offers first program to meet new guidelines for school superintendents in Illinois

November 15, 2016 Mark McGowan Alumni eNewsletter, enewsletter, LEPF

Requirements have changed for educators who want to become school superintendents in Illinois – and NIU is the first university in the state to change with them. Passage of Public Act 98-413 by the Illinois General Assembly updated the Illinois School Code

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Panel discussion to address tough issues facing local schools, teachers and students

September 30, 2015 admin-salvani Alumni

The NIU College of Education’s ongoing Community Learning Series continues Thursday, Oct. 22 when the college welcomes back three distinguished alumni to share their experiences as educators and school administrators and provide insights into what it takes to be successful in today’s classrooms.

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