| Over the past several years, CLAS-NIU has signed
formal partnership agreements with a number of school
districts in order to better meet the
educational needs of the region. In
the future, we hope to expand the number of districts involved in our
partnership. |
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Current
Partner School Districts:
| DeKalb CUSD #428 |
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Hononegah CHSD #207 |
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| Oregon CUSD #220 |
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Sycamore CUSD #427 | |
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Mission:
The mission of the Coalition for Excellence in
Education is to provide multiple opportunities for professional
development and to increase
collaboration and communication between secondary classroom teachers
and
university faculty; to develop best practice teaching skills in
pre-service teachers and to enhance best practice teacher skills of
in-service teachers; and to positively impact the quality of teaching
and learning in member school districts.
Methods:
Intensive
Student Teaching
The Intensive Student Teaching program offers
candidates for secondary certification in the College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences an integrated, year-long program in which they will
complete a 16-week internship (80 hour minimum) in a partner school
district and will participate in a 16-week
teaching assignment in the same school district. We hope that the
Intensive
Student Teaching program will promote mutually beneficial relationships
between
CLAS-NIU and the partner schools and offer faculty in partner schools
the
opportunity to interact with university faculty and students as
teachers of
courses and supervisors of students for professional development credit.
Sharing
Our Skills
The "Sharing Our Skills" program offers
opportunities for faculty members in partner school districts and for
faculty members
in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at NIU to share their
skills
and knowledge to the benefit of the faculty and students in the
secondary
schools of our partner districts and in the teacher education programs
in
the College. Typical Sharing Our Skills activities may include
(but
are not limited to) assisting in curricular development, providing
specialized
training and/or consultation, assisting in grant development, and guest
speaking/teaching.
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