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COE Hosts Educational Leadership Summit

More than 150 school administrators, educators and current Educational Lead-ership (ELAD) graduate students at-tended an all-day educational leadership summit at NEIU over the summer. With funds from a State of Illinois HSI grant, the summit was sponsored by COE’s Department of Educational Leadership and was coordinated by ELAD faculty Gabriel Cortez, Ana Gil-Garcia and Donald Pittman. Its purpose was to share experiences and challenges that school leaders face in Latino communi-ties, and to strengthen and enhance the relationships between LEAD alumni and the current LEAD student community. Included in the summit were three panel discussions surrounding the topic of effec-tive school leadership, followed by a se-ries of interactive workshops with shared discussion on topics such as violence in schools; designing programs for English language learners; and skills, values, inter-ests, and strategies for supporting school leaders in mostly Latino communities. Among those participating in the summit were NEIU Board of Trustees members Grace Dawson, and Carlos Azcoitia. Daw-son moderated a panel discussion on en-hancing community relationships, and Az-coitia spoke about his own experience with the Community School Initiative. COE fac-ulty who led workshops or participated in panel discussions included Judith Ytur-riago (TED); LEAD faculty Diane Ehr-lich, Howard Bultinck, and Lynn Bush; and summit coordinators Gabriel Cortez and Donald Pittman.

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CCICS students journey to

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700 students participate in

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An opening address was given by Irma Mar-tinez Snopek, legal advisor for the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). Snopek discussed the effect of the budget crisis on the Latino community and what ISBE is do-ing to meet the budget crisis challenge. Robert Runcie, Chicago Public Schools Chief Administrative Officer and keynote speaker for the summit, discussed develop-ing and enhancing community relationships at the top administrative levels. Feedback on the summit was positive, in-cluding requests for additional leadership summits. Stated COE Dean Maureen Gil-lette, “This event was a tremendous suc-cess. We hope to follow it up with future forums on educational leadership topics of relevance to both our student body as well as to our COE alumni working in the field.”

At LEAD Summit (left to right) NEIU Board of Trustees member Carlos Azcoitia, LEAD Summit Co-Coordinator Donald Pittman, NEIU Board of Trustees member Grace Dawson, former LEAD Department Chair Steve Dundis, Summit Co-Coordinator Gabriel Cortez and LEAD faculty member Diane Ehrlich.


Fall 2010

News & Notes

College of Education Professionals: Reflective, Collaborative, Transformative

Dr. Maureen Gillette, Dean



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Dean’s Message


Welcome to the 2010-2011 academic year! This issue of News and Notes gives you a close-up of all of the excit-ing work that has gone on in the Col-lege of Education over the summer! People often ask me if we “work” in the summer. I think that the articles and brief descriptions of faculty and student accomplishments provide a picture of a College of Education team that works non-stop! As we look for-ward to the academic year, the pace livens. Counseling will be co-sponsoring a conference (9/30 & 10/1) to be held at NEIU on “Art’s Response to Violence.” We expect participants from all over the world, so look for news on that in the near future. We are also working with the Learning Disabilities Associa-tion to co-sponsor a workshop (10/2) on “Response to Intervention with Eng-lish-Language Learners.” This will help us ensure that students who are Eng-lish-language learners are well-served in our schools and in our education program. Finally, the COE is embark-ing on what I hope to be a series of sessions around creating Safe Zones where all faculty, staff, and students feel safe to be themselves; and where

our teaching and learning environ-ments are inclusive and affirming to all regardless of sexual orientation, gen-der, race, ethnicity, background, age, language, religion, or national origin. I had the good fortune to visit with many alumni this summer, on campus and at the Chuck Kane Memorial Golf Outing. It is very humbling to be the current dean for a COE that graduates such dedicated and talented alumni. I stand on the shoulders of those who came before me. I would like to close with a tribute to Dr. Nan Giblin (COUN), who is stepping up to the faculty after a long adminis-trative career, most of which was in the Dean’s office. An additional tribute goes to Dr. Jean Carlson, who re-cently passed away. Jean was profes-sor emeritus and former Acting Dean of the College of Education. The work of these two women deserves recogni-tion as well as my personal thanks for their significant role in the development of NEIU’s College of Education. Have a wonderful year!

ROCK ON....COE ! At Great Service Matters recent Rooftop Celebration, the artist (far left), formerly known as CTC Assistant Director Deon Brown, finished second in the karaoke contest with a rockin' performance of Prince's Kiss. The COE went on to sweep the karaoke competition when the entire COE con-tingent finished third with the dance party favorite, Love Shack and Jeffrey Williams (husband of CTC staffer Wendy Thomas-Williams) took the first place prize for his soulful rendition of What You Won't Do For Love.

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WELCOME NEW COLLEGE OF EDUCATION FACULTY

Hua Bai ( EICS) is a native of China who came to the U.S. to pursue an advanced

degree in educational technology. After completing a B.A. in English at Changchun University, and an M.A. in Foreign Languages & Literature at Beijing Normal Univer-sity, she attended Purdue University, completing her doctorate in 2006. Most recently, she served as an assistant professor in the Department of Information and Communi-cation Technology at State University of New York, Postdam. In her current position, Bai will teach courses in instructional technology for teachers and for human resource development professionals. She also plans to pursue her research interests which include technology use in a learning environment, online learning, and students’ prob-lem solving in instructional design. In the classroom, Bai believes that students should be active participants in the learning experience and that they should be able to apply what they have learned to real-life experiences. She sees her role as a facilitator of the educational process and as such she hopes to help students recognize and real-ize their greatest potential.

Karen Hand (HPERA) came to the Midwest in 2000 to accept a position as an

instructor in Physical Education at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. A native of New York, she received her B.S. in Physical Education and her M. S. in Recreation and Leisure Studies from State University of New York, Cortland. In 2007, while teaching at DeKalb, she completed an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a spe-cialization in Physical Education (PE). Her dissertation examined the induction ex-perience of PE teachers K-12. Hand is interested in examining the adequacy of teacher preparation in terms of how teachers help develop students’ critical thinking skills while at the same time preparing students to meet the needs of society. She is also interested in brain body research with respect to looking at how physical activity impacts the brain and how the impact of that activity links to improved academic per-formance. Her approach to education is fluid and student-centered and is focused on a belief that educators must be able to adjust their teaching style to meet the needs of how students learn best.

Zada Johnson (EICS) grew up in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago.

After graduating from Hyde Park High School, she attended the University of Chicago where she earned a joint B.A./M.A. in Anthropology and Social Science in 1995. For the next five years she taught a variety of courses at Olive Harvey Community Col-lege before coming to NEIU’s Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies (CCICS) as a visiting lecturer in 2001. In addition to her teaching, Johnson’s past experience in-cludes work as an English Instructor and subsequent Academic Coordinator for the University of Chicago’s Upward Bound Program. She also served as a Poet-in-Residence at Purdue University. Johnson completed her Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of Chicago where she has been researching African American parading traditions in post-Katrina New Orleans. She sees herself as a teacher of urban cul-ture and urban education and as such is looking forward to teaching courses in the Inner City Studies Education curriculum. She also hopes to foster a stronger link be-tween students’ college experience at CCICS and their experience at the main cam-pus on Foster and Kimball.

Jolanta Jonak (SPED) was 21 when she came to the U.S. from her native Po-

land. With little English-speaking background, she enrolled at Oakton Community College where she took courses in English and eventually completed an. A.A. degree. Upon completion, she enrolled at Northeastern where she received a B.A. in Special Education in 1998. Since then, she’s had more than ten years of experience teaching special education students in Chicago Public Schools and surrounding suburbs. She also completed an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction in 2004 and an Ed. D. in School Psychology in 2009, both from National Louis University. After completing her doctorate, she worked for a year as a school psychologist at Morton High School Dis-trict 201, before accepting the position at Northeastern. Her current interests surround her dissertation topic which covered the question of how to reduce and avoid the dis-proportionate number of culturally and linguistically diverse students in Special Educa-tion. In addition to teaching, she hopes to develop her dissertation for publication as well work with parents and school districts on the implementation of best practices in the area of Special Education.

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WELCOME NEW COLLEGE OF EDUCATION FACULTY

Christina Madda (READ) received a B.S. in Anthropology and Environmental

Studies from the University of Oregon and then taught English as a Second Language (ESL) in South America and Chicago. In 2002, Madda completed an M.A. in Learning Sciences from Northwestern University and recently earned her Ph.D. from the Univer-sity of Illinois at Chicago in Literacy, Language, and Culture. While pursuing her doc-torate, Madda was involved with an ongoing university-school partnership aimed at improving literacy teaching and learning in several CPS schools. For the past three years she has served as Project Coordinator for the Grow Your Own (GYO) Teachers program at NEIU. Madda’s research interests include supporting bilingual learners’ writing development and literate identities, teachers' instructional responses to policy, and university-community partnerships that strengthen teacher preparation. Her phi-losophy of education is founded on the belief that high quality teaching and learning is rooted in relationship building and a commitment to equity. While at Northeastern, she looks forward to continuing to pursue her passion for preparing excellent literacy edu-cators, collaborating with colleagues in the design and implementation of service and research projects, and contributing to scholarship in the field.

Moira Stuart (HPERA) is a native of New York who received a B.S. in Physical

Education and an M.S. in Recreation and Leisure Studies from the State University of New York (SUNY), Cortland. After receiving her M.S. in 1998, Stuart accepted a posi-tion in the Department of Recreational Sports at Oregon State University where she completed a Ph. D. in Exercise and Sport Science with a focus on sports and exercise psychology. Since 2000, Stuart has been at Northern Illinois University where she served as an Associate Professor and as Director of the Exercise Science Program, as well as a sports psychologist for the University’s athletic department. One of Stu-art’s major research interests is motivation in relation to physical activity, self-esteem and moral development in youth sports. She is also interested in student success and satisfaction especially in relation to the first-year college experience. She believes that education is a right and opportunity that should not be taken for granted. Her goal as an educator is to help each student reach his /her potential and maximize the unique opportunity that a college education has to offer. At Northeastern, Stuart will teach classes as well as serve as HPERA Chair. She is looking forward to collaborating with the faculty in continuing to improve on the quality of HPERA programs and curricula.

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CTC GEAR UP Programs

College Quest gave students an opportunity to experience life on campus while taking classes to pre-

pare for college. Credit Recovery offered course credit and increased the likelihood of students staying

in high school. Summer in the City at Community Colleges of Chicago helped students earn high

school credit while on campus at Wright, Truman and Daley. Then, on the investigative trail, they moved

beyond the classroom and visited Gallery 37, the Museum of Science and Industry, and the House of

Blues to name a few. For the ninth year, Discovery Health Care Careers (DHCC) offered internships

to students interested in health care careers and included college options. The first CTC Summer Film

Institute, held on the NEIU main campus, was a two-week opportunity for students to experience every

aspect of professional filmmaking, from scriptwriting through and editing.

TRIO Programs: Talent Search, Upward Bound & Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS)

The NEIU main campus was home base for summer Upward Bound students who participated in aca-

demic enrichment courses. They moved into the field for community service and then went on to visit

the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Talent Search students had a full schedule of tutoring, test

prep, study skills, motivational speakers and personal improvement workshops. Students joined a TEAM

Course at the Washington Park site and took an week-long college bus tour to North Carolina. UBMS

Summer BLAST 2010 provided a 6-week component that included subject-area classes (physics, ap-

plied mathematics and literature) as well as project-based learning courses in architecture (house de-

sign), engineering (mobile Android development) and performing arts (theater introduction).

Cicero-Berwyn Programs

Family is a strong link for all Cicero-Berwyn programs. While students worked in the Pre-AP HS Sum-

mer Academy, parents and siblings were involved in the Parent Development Seminar and Sibling Acad-

emy. Intensive classroom work was followed by participation in a choice of eight different clubs while

parents completed college readiness workshops. Multiple family activities included trips to the Goodman

Theater, the Milwaukee Arts Fest to view student work by the Art Club, and The Albany Park Art Festival

to listen to the Mariachi Club perform.

College Prep Doesn’t Rest Over Summer Break More than 700 Students Participate in CTC Summer 2010 Programs

Left to right: UBMS Physics Workshop in NEIU courtyard; In the class-

room with GEAR-UP Credit Recovery staff member (left) Khadeejah

Lasuc; Mariachi Club performing at the Albany Park Arts Festival


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CCICS Students Travel to Egypt CCICS Students Travel to Egypt CCICS Students Travel to Egypt CCICS Students Travel to Egypt

CCICS Faculty Present at ABPsi 42nd Annual International Convention

In August, NEIU students from CCICS, accompanied by Sharon Be-

thea (COUN & EICS), joined students from Chicago State University

(CSU), Howard University-Washington D.C.(HU), and Miles College-

Alabama for a study tour to the Nile Valley. Nearly seventy-five students

in total took part in the tour which covered Cairo, Aswan, Luxor and

several stops in between. The tour included daily lectures from Dr.

Mario Beatty (CSU) and Dr. Greg Carr (HU) as well as an opportunity

for students to conduct research and experience ancient history and

culture on a first-had basis. Pictured at the Aswan Dam are CCICS stu-

dents Wanda Dukes, Kimberly DuBois, Lauren Lowery, Peggy Ev-

ans with NEIU faculty member Sharon Bethea.

Sharon Bethea (COUN & EICS) along with CCICS Director Conrad Worrill (EICS), Anderson Thompson (EICS),

Lance Williams (EICS) and ICSE Instructor Yvonne Jones, recently participated in the 42nd

Annual International Con-

vention of the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi) at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago. Williams was guest speaker

on the panel “The Role of Hip Hop in the Restoration of Black People;” Worrill and Jones presented on a panel enti-

tled, “Institution Building: Building for Eternity;” and Thompson and Worrill were guest speakers on the panel, “The

Life, Work, and Legacy of Dr. Bobby E. Wright.” The Mbongi (Community Forum) on Violence and Black Youth

“Repairing, Restoring, and Renewing the African Spirit: Voices from the Community,” was facilitated by Bethea with par-

ticipation from a standing room only audience.

Upcoming Events at CCICS

Distinguished Psychologist to Speak at CCICS Dr. Wade W. Nobles, internationally acclaimed African-centered psychologist, founding mem-

ber of the Association of Black Psychologists, researcher, educator, and author, will present

a lecture at the CCICS Community Forum. on Friday, November 19, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. in

Donn F. Bailey Legacy Hall of CCICS. Form more information contact (773) 268 7500.

First Annual Alumni Mixer at CCICS CCICS will host its first annual alumni mixer, “Come Back Home to Your Educational Roots”

on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 from 5:30 – 9:00 p.m. Dr. Donald H. Smith, founder of the

Center for Inner City Studies will be the keynote speaker and Stanley Moore from the U.S.

Census Bureau will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award.


ONE GATHERING Pictured at a family luncheon to kick off the aca-demic year, are members of the Organization of the Northeast (ONE) with coordinator of the ONE Grow Your Own (GYO) Teachers Program, Hina Mahmood (front right in blue). Five ONE GYO students have passed the basic skills exam and eleven are taking classes at NEIU this fall.

FIRST SPED STUDENT TEACHING AWARD RECIPIENT Undergraduate SPED major Kathy Murray-Tedesso (left) with SPED Department Chair Sandra Beyda-Lorie. Murray-Tedesso is the FIRST recipient of the Anita Louise Bianco Student Teaching Award, which was announced at the recent SPED portfolio event. Anita Louise Bianco was the former SPED internship placement coordinator who passed away several years ago. A dedicated professional, Bianco worked tirelessly on behalf of SPED student teachers and early clinical experience students. The Anita Louise Bianco Student Teaching Award has been estab-lished in her honor by her family. It is to be awarded to the most excep-tional undergraduate or graduate student teacher each semester.

From the Students…..

WHAT’S at STaKE? Pictured is a medal received by Student Teaching and Korean Experinece (STaKE) students Frank Cademartori, Liz Egeland and Jeffrey Smith. Run-ning under the name the “Stakers” the three received the medal when they par-ticipated in a runners’ marathon while student teaching in Korea. Since returning from STaKE, all three have gone back to Korea to teach English full-time.

Jacob Chacko, another STaKE participant, is also teaching in Korea. After com-pleting the Spring ‘09 STaKE Program, Chacko returned to Korea to teach Eng-lish at a boys middle school, in the Chungcheongnam-Do province, where he won an award for his outstanding teaching. He recently decided to move into an urban teaching environment, and has secured a position in the Seoul Metropoli-tan Office of Education (S.M.O.E.) at Seon Yoo Middle School, a small co-ed public middle school in the Yeongdeungpo-gu district of Seoul.

Two current undergraduate special education majors, Michael Scaletta and Aaron Goldman, under the faculty spon-sorship of SPED Chair Sandra Beyda-Lorie, have been invited to give their presentation “Keep ‘Em in Class: Imple-menting PBS in an Inclusive Setting.” at the Illinois Council for Exceptional Children Convention in November. In June and July, graduate clinicians, supervised by JoAnne Vazzano (READ) and Janet Pariza READ), provided indi-vidual reading assessment and individualized reading instruction for seventy children. The work was sponsored by the NEIU Department of Reading and was done at an off-site reading clinic hosted by Henry D. Lloyd Elementary School.

More News About COE Students…..

From the Faculty…..


The State Bar of Wisconsin recently awarded a 2009 Golden Gavel Award to Howard Bultinck (ELAD) and Steven

Brown (ELAD) for their original WGTD Public Radio production of “From Tinker to Starr to Bong Hits for Jesus." The

program explored a series of court decisions impacting the rights of students to express themselves. In addition, Bul-

tinck, with ELAD adjunct professor Georgia Bozeday, co-taught a principals' academy workshop on “Executive Func-

tions into Practice: From the Office to the Classroom," for the North Cook Intermediate Service Center and the Illinois

State Board of Education.

“The Planning Process of a First-Generation Mexicana Teacher in a Bilingual Social Studies Classroom in the United States,” by Alberto Lopez (TED), was published in the 2010 Journal of the Worldwide Forum on Education and Culture.

Timothy Duggan (EICS) conducted a workshop for CPS teachers at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, for the Bard

Core Program. He guided them through a curriculum of theater practices to introduce Shakespeare into the classroom.

At the recent Association for Childhood Education International Conference in Phoenix, AZ, Elizabeth Landerholm

(TED), Jo Ann Karr (TED) and Joaquin Villegas (TED) presented “Teaching for Change, Internationalizing the Cur-

riculum at Northeastern Illinois University.” Villegas also presented "Training Teachers to Help Language Learners Suc-

ceed in Schools," at the 2nd. International Conference on Education, Economy & Society, in Paris, France.

Erica Meiners (EICS) recently published articles in Radical Teacher, Academe and guest edited a special issue of Race, Ethnicity and Education. Her book, Flaunt It! won a 2010 Critics Choice Award from the American Educational Studies Association.

At the National Council of Teachers of English, Indianapolis, IN, .Janalyn Meehan (READ) presented findings from her ongoing research in a paper entitled “Building and Sustaining Reflective Learning Communities: The Impact of Class-room Research on Teachers, Students, and Colleagues.”

Michele Kane (SPED) was the co-organizer of the Ninth International Congress of the Institute for Positive Disintegra-tion in Human Development in St. Charles, Illinois which attracted attendees from Canada, Poland, Netherlands, France, Korea and Kuwait. At the conference she presented her research: “Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration: Per-ceptions of Parents of Gifted Children.” In addition, Kane along with SPED Professor Emerita Ellen Fiedler published “Simple Living in Complex Times: Helping the Globally Gifted Cope,” in Gifted Education International. William Quinn (HPERA) presented a workshop on “Survival Skills,” at the 9th annual Illinois Renewable Energy & Sus-tainable Lifestyle Fair. Ana Gil-Garcia (ELAD) was among ten faculty selected from higher education institutions across the U.S.to attend the Fulbright-Hayes Curriculum Seminar for Higher Education. The two-month seminar included visits to educational institu-tions in three Middle Eastern countries: United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Kuwait. Gil-Garcia was also named a 2010 Fulbright U.S. Scholar and will be leaving for four months in Armenia to advise the Ministry of Education on issues re-lated to teacher and principal preparation programs and training,

ALUMNI CORNER

Dean Maureen Gillette (center) with NEIU alumni Evelyn Doetschman (B.A. ‘64 Education) (left) and Marilyn Lan-genberg (B.A. ’65 Education). New York resident Doetschman and Califor-nia resident Langenberg are both re-tired teachers who came back to visit campus for the first time in 40 years.

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