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• EPOL Assistant Professor Nathan Castillo Recognized For Recent Publication

  Aug 7, 2019 2:15 pm554 views

  Assistant Professor in Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, Nathan Castillo's recent publication was named SpringerLink Editor's Monthly Choice.

  Castillo's paper—Early-grade reading support in rural South Africa: A language-centered technology approach—describes a short-term study conducted in low-performing rural primary schools in South Africa.

  For the month of August you can download Castillo's paper on SpringerLink for free. 

• Dr. Kiel Christianson and Dr. Yoon Pak to Lead EPSY and EPOL Departments

  Aug 20, 2019 1:15 pm300 views

  Dr. Kiel Christianson has been appointed as Chair of the Educational Psychology department, and Dr. Yoon Pak has accepted the College's offer of Head of the Education Policy, Organization and Leadership (EPOL) department.

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  Seven Colleges & Universities Named as 2019 Excellence in Assessment Designees

  Aug 21, 2019 9:15 am12 views

  The Excellence in Assessment (EIA) Designation—the first national initiative of its kind—recognizes colleges and universities that successfully integrate assessment practices across the institution, provide evidence of student learning outcomes to stakeholders, and utilize assessment results to guide institutional decision-making and improve student performance. Seven new institutions have joined three prior classes for a grand total of 23 designees to date.

• Campus Is Going Smoke & Tobacco Free Beginning August 26

  Aug 21, 2019 10:30 am59 views

  Starting the first day of instruction for the fall semester, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus will be smoke & tobacco free. The new effort builds upon the smoke-free policy that was successfully implemented in 2014, banning the use of all smoke-producing tobacco products on campus.

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  NILOA Launches Their Revamped Website

  Aug 21, 2019 10:45 am53 views

  The National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) which is co-affiliated with the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and at Indiana University officially launched its new website! We invite you to peruse the new website and browse through the freely-available resources.

• Funding Opportunity | Measuring the Impact of Community Base-Building

  Aug 26, 2019 2:45 pm52 views

  Powerlessness is a substantial barrier to advancing health equity. When underserved and historically marginalized communities are left out of decision-making, how can they improve their own health and the health of their communities?

• Rajmohan Ghandi Speaks on his Grandfather's Impact and Legacy

  Aug 28, 2019 2:00 pm131 views

  As the world begins celebrating Gandhi’s 150th birthday, Rajmohan Gandhi, research professor of Educational Policy, Organization and Leadership, discusses his grandfather’s legacy.

• Community Building Team

  Sep 4, 2019 2:00 pm102 views

  The Community Building Team (also known as the faculty/staff social committee) of the College of Education is seeking members!  

  If you are interested in joining the CBT, please email Kat Kernick at kkernick@illinois.edu to learn more.  

• Fall 2019 Hardie Conference Travel Support Award Competition for Students and Faculty

  Sep 6, 2019 10:00 am66 views

  The generous support of an endowment from Charles Dunn Hardie allows the College of Education to offer the Hardie Conference Travel Support Award to faculty and students. This award supports College of Education research activity by reimbursing travel and registration expenses for faculty and students presenting their work at major research conferences in their field. Deadlines are set throughout the academic year.

  Fall 2019 applications will open September 10 and will be accepted through September 24, by 5:00 pm.

  https://education.illinois.edu/associate-dean-for-research/bureau-of-educational-research/college-research-awards/hardie-conference

• POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Assistant/Associate Professor in Evaluation

  Sep 11, 2019 3:00 pm234 views

  The Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, announces a position for an outstanding emerging or established scholar in evaluation. The successful candidate will have a strong record of intellectual contributions to evaluation, substantial field experience as an evaluator, and expertise in qualitative, quantitative, and/or mixed methods.

  For more information, please go to www.education.illinois.edu/cbo/human-resources/available-positions.

  To ensure full consideration, we ask that applications be submitted by October 10, 2019.

  The University of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer. The U of I is an EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled. www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu.

• Prof. Rodney Hopson Named Co-PI for New NSF INCLUDES Program

  Sep 12, 2019 3:00 pm195 views

  Hopson part of NSF program with new funding to develop partnerships among stakeholders across the public, private and academic sectors, share promising practices for broadening participation and other useful data, contribute to the knowledge base on broadening participation in STEM through research, and establish a framework for supporting communications and networking among partners. 

• Position Announcement: Open Rank Position Social Studies/History of Education

  Sep 13, 2019 11:00 am13 views

  The Departments of Curriculum & Instruction and Education Policy, Organization & Leadership are seeking candidates for a position in social studies and history of education. Candidates will undertake a program of research that will lead to a sustained record of scholarship and external funding.

  Teaching assignments will include graduate and undergraduate courses in social studies and history of education.

  For the complete job description, please go to https://jobs.illinois.edu/academic-job-board/job-details?jobID=121011&job=college-of-education-open-rank-social-studies-history-of-education-curriculum-and-instruction-121011.

  Please share the job posting with potential candidates! To ensure full consideration, applications be received by October 15, 2019. 

   

• Statewide CS Summit Featured on "The 21st" Radio Show

  Sep 17, 2019 3:45 pm26 views

  Raya Hegeman-Davis, program coordinator for the Illinois Secondary Teacher Education and Computer Science initiative; Bertram Ludascher, professor in the School of Information Sciences, faculty affiliate at NCSA and Department of Computer Science at U. of I.; and Nicole Rummel, director of instruction at the Mahomet-Seymour School District discuss the need for a clear plan for K-12 computer science education and how the Summit hopes to catalyze action.

• Special Education's Todd Lash Awarded Equity Fellowship from Computer Science Teacher's Association

  Sep 18, 2019 4:15 pm339 views

  Special Education doctoral student Todd Lash has been named one of ten fellows in the CSTA's inaugural Equity Fellowship program, made possible in partnership with Microsoft and Pluralsight One.

• College of Education hosts, with Illinois Theatre: "Gandhi, King, and Our World Today"

  Sep 19, 2019 1:30 pm308 views

  Mark your calendar for October 2, 7:30pm at Spurlock Auditorium, a two-part evening to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. Illinois Theatre presents a staged reading of Unexpected Contact written by Rajmohan Gandhi, followed by "Is the Dream alive?" a panel discussion with: James Anderson (Dean, College of Education), Ronald Bailey (Chair, African-American Studies), Cynthia Oliver (Professor of Dance & Associate Vice Chancellor), and moderated by Rajmohan Gandhi (Research Professor, College of Education).

• Prof. Gloriana González Awarded NSF Funding for Project with University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras

  Sep 25, 2019 9:30 am144 views

  C&I professor's funded research project is titled, Developing Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Pre-service Math Teachers by Enhancement of a Methods Course Using Instrumental Orchestration and Lesson Study Strategies.

• EPOL's Rachel Roegman Selected as Illinois Leadership Center Faculty Fellow

  Sep 27, 2019 11:00 am156 views

  Assistant professor Rachel Roegman has been selected to be part of the Illinois Leadership Center (ILC) Faculty Fellows for the 2019-2020 academic year.

• Alumna Shawna Cooper-Gibson Appointed Vice President of Student Services at Seton Hall University

  Oct 1, 2019 4:15 pm90 views

  Shawna Cooper-Gibson, Ed.D., a national leader in academic, co-curricular and multicultural student development, has been appointed Vice President of Student Services. Cooper-Gibson currently serves as the Assistant Provost for Student Academic Services at Loyola University Chicago and will officially begin her new position on October 14, 2019.

• Library trial database: Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies

  Oct 3, 2019 11:00 am14 views

  The Library has a trial of the Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies database during October 2019. Please check it out and provide feedback to npobrien@illinois.edu as to whether you think it is a useful resource. You can browse by education level, topic, or country to find:

• NSF Awards Funding to Prof. Adrienne Dixson to Study STEM NOLA

  Oct 3, 2019 12:00 pm1298 views

  Professor of EPOL is the principal investigator on the project that is studying STEM NOLA, a community-based Saturday STEM program for students in grades 2–12.

• Fall 2019 MSTE Friday Lunch Series: PAGES: Progressing Through the Ages--Global Change, Evolution, and Societal Well-being

  Oct 4, 2019 10:15 am0 views

  MSTE Friday Lunch is back! Please join us on Friday, October 11, from 12-1 p.m. for a presentation from Barbara Hug about the PAGES project and developing Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned curriculum and professional development, as well as how to support in-service science teachers through the use of NGSS storylines. Please RSVP: https://fridaylunch.mste.illinois.edu/event/2019-10-11

• Fall 2019 MSTE Friday Lunch Series: A Laser Light Show to Teach Coordinates

  Oct 4, 2019 10:15 am1 views

  Joe Muskin and Adam Poetzel will show how to create a coordinate path that a laser follows to generate a design. This simple apparatus uses mirrors and a laser that projects the image on fluorescent paper. Join us for this presentation on November 8 from noon-1:00 p.m. in Classroom 201, 505 E. Green St, Champaign, IL 61820. RSVP: https://fridaylunch.mste.illinois.edu/event/2019-11-08

• EdPsych's Ananya Tiwari Recipient of 2019 Illinois International Graduate Achievement Award

  Oct 7, 2019 2:15 pm424 views

  Ananya Tiwari, a second-year PhD student in Educational Psychology, will receive this campus-level award at a banquet on November 20. 

• Three Education Faculty Launch New NSF-funded Project

  Oct 8, 2019 12:45 pm293 views

  Assistant professor Stina Krist is the principal investigator of the $1.3M award from NSF for Advancing Computational Grounded Theory for Audiovisual Data from STEM Classrooms.

• Mary Lyons, Curriculum & Instruction Grad Student, is a Finalist in the 2019 Research Live! Competition!

  Oct 11, 2019 4:00 pm0 views

  Mary Lyons, a graduate student in Curriculum & Instruction, has advanced to the final round of the 2019 Research Live! competition!

  We invite you to join us for the final event on Tuesday, October 22 from 4-6 PM at Stage 5 in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts to see the final presentations. The event is free and open to the public, so we encourage you to come out and support Mary.

  For more information about Research Live! and a full list of finalists please visit https://grad.illinois.edu/research-live/event. 

• 16th Annual AERA Brown Lecture Viewing Party

  Oct 14, 2019 12:00 pm12 views

  The College of Education is pleased to sponsor a viewing party for the 16th Annual AERA Brown Lecture: "A Shade Less Offensive": School Integration as Radical Inclusion in the Pursuit of Educational Equity, presented by Dr. Prudence L. Carter. The lecture will be live-streamed at 5:00 p.m. Central Standard Time in 4G Education. A moderated discussion will be held immediately after the lecture.   

• Fall 2019 MSTE Friday Lunch Series: IT Accessibility at the University of Illinois

  Oct 14, 2019 1:15 pm4 views

  What is accessibility all about and how does it apply to the University of Illinois and you? In this presentation, Tim Offenstein will give an overview of IT Accessibility. He will explain what “assistive technology” is, who uses it and how it benefits them, and the current state of the legal landscape – are we going to get sued? Please join in for this conversation about IT Accessibility! RSVP!

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  African American Studies 50th Anniversary Events

  Oct 14, 2019 1:30 pm1 views

  In 1619, twenty enslaved Africans were imported into Virginia in an act that many people recognize as the beginning of the European slave trade to the Americas. This 400th anniversary is being widely observed. The activities listed here will help us understand why such historical developments are so significant. These are a series of events sponsored by the Department of African American Studies and many other units across the campus.

• MSE Fireside Chat: Making Sense of the Natural World through Translanguaging | Enrique Suárez, UMass Amherst (via Zoom)

  Oct 14, 2019 3:45 pm51 views

  Friday, October 18, 2019

  Time: 3 p.m.

  Location: Room 378, College of Education

  Enrique (Henry) Suárez will be kicking off our MSE Brown Bag series with a virtual fireside chat about his research on emerging bilingual elementary school students’ use of translanguaging during their participation in science practices. Enrique is an assistant professor Math, Science, and Learning Technologies at UMass Amherst. During this informal, interactive conversation, Enrique will be telling us the “story behind the story” of the attached paper; talking about his career trajectory; discussing his perspective on doing equity-focused research in MSE; and/or answering any questions we may have.

• Rochelle Gutierrez' Work Influences Seattle Schools' Push to 'Rehumanize' Math

  Oct 15, 2019 9:45 am3 views

  Professor of mathematics education in Curriculum & Instruction, Rochelle Gutierrez and her work on "rehumanizing" math education, was featured in an Education Week story referencing Seattle Schools' recent push to integrate ethnic-studies questions into core subjects.

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  Your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Can Fund Programs in the College of Education

  Oct 15, 2019 10:00 am144 views

  You can make a tax-free distribution from your IRA directly to the University of Illinois Foundation and support scholarships, fellowships, or programming in the College of Education.

• Call for Abstracts: 11th Annual College of Education Graduate Student Conference

  Oct 16, 2019 10:00 am26 views

  2020 VISION: RESHAPING OUR APPROACH TO EDUCATION

  The 2020 College of Education Graduate Student Conference is calling for scholarship that shifts the educational fields with a sense of visionary novelty. The University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign continues to create space for graduate level research that revels in reshaping education for the future within every discipline of education on national and global scales.

  For more information, visit https://go.education.illinois.edu/gsc.

• Magen Rooney, SPED Grad Student, a Finalist in the 2019 Research Live! Competition!

  Oct 17, 2019 10:15 am2 views

  You're invited and encouraged to attend the final event on Tuesday, October 22 from 4-6 p.m. at Stage 5 in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts to see the final presentations and support Magen. Check out this free event, open to the public! https://grad.illinois.edu/research-live/event

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  OCCRL Research Associate Recognized by Alma Mater

  Oct 17, 2019 10:15 am275 views

  Angel Luis Velez, a research associate in the Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL), was recognized by the institution this year with the Outstanding GOLD Alumni Award for his dedication in serving marginalized communities through principled research and leadership.

• Spring 2020 Seminar EPS 590-BB1 Black Women Activists in Education (CRN 47931)

  Oct 19, 2019 4:30 pm10 views

  Enroll Now for Spring 2020: Seminar in Educational Policy Studies

  EPS 590-BB1 Black Women Activists in Education (CRN #47931), Professor Bernice Barnett, Tuesday, 1-3:50pm, Room 323 Educ Bldg, 4 Credits

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  Invited Talk: Integrating Computational Thinking with Mathematics Education (October 30, 2 p.m., 210A)

  Oct 21, 2019 11:45 am68 views

  Dr. Arnulfo Perez, Assistant Professor of Math Education from The Ohio State University, will present in this invited talk on Wednesday, October 30 at 2 p.m., Room 210A. Abstract: What does computational thinking (CT) mean for mathematics education, and how can it change what is possible for a wide range of learners?

• Dean Anderson Quoted in Forbes Article about Success of HBCUs

  Oct 24, 2019 10:30 am134 views

  HBCUs have maintained their positive institutional identities. They understand that to be well-educated means more than narrow vocational focus. Dr. James D. Anderson, dean of the College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and leading historian of HBCUs, told me that during his time at Stillman College, students were expected to master the literary arts regardless of their particular major.

• Collaborator in ECE Discusses How VR is Transforming How her Students Learn

  Oct 28, 2019 10:00 am0 views

  Meet Raluca Ilie, a professor in the University of Illinois’ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering who is transforming the way her students learn by using virtual reality to help them better understand complex electrical-engineering concepts.

• Special Education's Magen Rooney-Kron Wins 2019 AAIDD Research Interest Network Scholarship

  Oct 28, 2019 1:00 pm160 views

  Magen Rooney-Kron, doctoral student in the Department of Special Education, has won a 2019 Research Interest Network Scholarship from the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD).

• Special Education's Amy Santos Named to the Illinois Interagency Council on Early Intervention

  Nov 4, 2019 10:15 am169 views

  Governor J.B. Pritzker has appointed professor Rosa Milagros (Amy) Santos to the statewide Illinois Interagency Council on Early Intervention. Congratulations to Dr. Santos on this honor.

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  Dr. Natasha Jankowski and Dr. Gianina Baker Help Advance ‘Trends in Assessment’

  Nov 4, 2019 11:30 am51 views

  Two scholars from the College of Education and the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA), Dr. Natasha Jankowski and Dr. Gianina Baker, have authored the opening chapter to a recently published book Trends in Assessment: Ideas, Opportunities, and Issues for Higher Education.

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  Cameron McCarthy Invited to Speak at Cambridge University on Elite Schools Research

  Nov 6, 2019 7:00 pm69 views

  Professor of EPOL Cameron McCarthy recently spoke to the Faculty of Education at Cambridge University.

• Special Education Department Seeking PhD Students for Five Programs

  Nov 8, 2019 1:45 pm145 views

  Four new awards this fall from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) make for five projects that the Special Education department is currently recruiting doctoral students to particpate in starting Fall 2020.

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  Military Families Learning Network Team Wins Diversity Award for their 2018 Virtual Conference

  Nov 11, 2019 12:30 pm107 views

  The National Extension Association for Family Consumer Sciences awarded the Mary W. Wells Diversity Award to the Military Families Learning Network team for their extraordinary collaborative effort reaching many military family service providers through their 2018 virtual conference, Cultural Competency: Awareness, Action, and Advocacy.

• Dr. Gloriana Gonzalez: Keynote Speaker at the PME-NA 41 Conference

  Nov 14, 2019 1:30 pm8 views

  Dr. Gonzalez will present the Saturday Plenary Session, “Empowering Teachers to Construct Problems for their Students,” for the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference.

  The Realistic Mathematics Education theory establishes that problem contexts provide an entry point for mathematical understanding. Problems that are situated in relevant contexts can also support the development of students’ mathematical identity. At the same time, problems that are situated in contexts that appear to be too contrived may limit students’ opportunities to engage in mathematics and to develop their mathematical identity. In our dialogue, we will argue for opportunities for empowering teachers to design mathematics problems for and with their students. Teachers can identify relevant, authentic contexts for meaningful mathematics learning. We will provide examples from our own work regarding children’s mathematical knowledge bases, using students’ prior knowledge, social justice mathematics, and engaging students in problems situated in visual arts contexts as well as discuss the challenges and tensions in this work. We will discuss implications for mathematics teacher education, such as considerations about teachers’ mathematical and pedagogical knowledge, as well as teachers’ knowledge of their students and their school contexts, when embracing this approach.

  For more information view the conference website.

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  Ayesha Boyce, PhD '14, EPSY, Wins Award at AEA

  Nov 18, 2019 1:30 pm61 views

  Educational Psychology alumna Ayesha Boyce, PhD, was recently awarded the American Evaluation Association 2019 Marcia Guttentag Promising New Evaluator Award. This award, which she received at the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Conference, Nov. 12–16 in Minneapolis is presented to a promising new evaluator during the first five years after completion of his or her master’s or doctoral degree and whose work is consistent with the AEA Guiding Principles for Evaluator.

• 2019-20 College Award Nominations Now Open

  Nov 20, 2019 2:30 pm24 views

  The 2019-2020 College awards competition is underway. We encourage you to nominate faculty, academic professionals, staff, and teaching assistants for excellence by the deadline of Tuesday, February 18, 2020.

• Kelly Searsmith: Invited Speaker at ASHA 2019

  Nov 24, 2019 9:00 pm3 views

  M.Ed. candidate in EPOL-Higher Education and autism advocate Kelly Searsmith gave an invited talk on Nov. 22 titled "Autism & Neurodiversity: Reimagining the Strengths of the Human Spectrum" with co-presenter Prof. Laura DeThorne of Western Michigan University at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's annual convention in Orlando, Florida.

  The talk helps medically-oriented practitioners to reframe their approach to autism therapies using a social model of disability and to understand the importance of adopting an assumed-competency, strength-based, and person-centered perspective.

• C&I's Gloriana Gonzalez Accepted to 2020 New Leadership Academy Fellows Program

  Nov 29, 2019 3:15 pm38 views

  Congratulations to associate professor Gloriana Gonzalez, who has been accepted into the 2020 New Leadership Academy Fellows Program, a partnership between the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good (National Forum) and the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE)

• Spring Break: STUDY IN COSTA RICA

  Dec 4, 2019 3:15 pm5 views

  Earn course credit during spring break!

  During this Spring Break study abroad opportunity, students will work in local schools and live with families in San Joaquin de Flores. We will also stay overnight in Guanacaste for a agroecological immersion learning experience, visit a coffee and cocoa plantation, and work with local students on themes and strategies related to environmental education.

  For more information or to apply, visit our website: studyabroad.education.illinois.edu