When Dr. Sara Harms was a cooperating teacher in a high school classroom, it was a good experience, but she never really felt like she knew what she should be doing. That became the seed for her dissertation.
At 41, Stacy Lamoreux didn’t think she’d ever get her teaching degree, even though she wanted to be a teacher since second grade. For seven years she operated a daycare, but the long hours and stress were wearing on her. And then she heard about the new Early Childhood Education Online Workforce Program that would allow her to earn her bachelor’s degree online.
The International Association of Laboratory Schools (IALS) is an organization for laboratory schools and partnerships around the world. I was invited to join its board of trustees when I served as acting director of the Illinois State University Laboratory Schools (Metcalf School and University High School).
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Early childhood professor Dr. Miranda Lin was awarded a grant of more than $910,000 by the Illinois Board of Higher Education to support the ongoing education of early childhood teachers. The first cohort will graduate in August with a master’s degree after completing the 15-month online grant-funded program.
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The Early Childhood Education Online Workforce Program in the School of Teaching and Learning is proud to announce the graduation of its first cohort of 58 students on Saturday, May 11th.
Faculty from Illinois State University’s School of Teaching and Learning and the Department of English have been awarded the editorship of the international peer-reviewed journal, Literacy Research: Theory, Method and Practice (LR:TMP) of the Literacy Research Association (LRA).
Three recently graduated education majors took advantage of the PDS and Study Abroad programs offered by the School of Teaching and Learning. The PDS program gives senior education students a year-long experience in a public school that replaces the 16-week student-teaching semester. The Study Abroad student teaching program is an eight-week experience.
Bilingual education candidates and faculty came together at the beginning of the spring semester to share space during the first annual Bilingual Education Social. The idea came from students who voiced the need to build community within the College of Education. Cithlali Vazquez, a bilingual cohort candidate, was grateful for the support from faculty and
