Mar 29, 2024  
2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Literacy and Elementary Education (LTIC, LTLA, LTRE, TLEE)


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Admission to the major in elementary education is limited. See “Limited Admissions and Limited Retention Requirements” in this catalog.


The Department of Literacy and Elementary Education offers course work in elementary education; middle level teaching and learning; and literacy, intercultural, and language education; including work in reading, the language arts, children’s literature, bilingual education, English as a second language, social studies education, science education, teacher education, and multicultural education.

The department offers the B.S.Ed. degree with a major in elementary education, which meets State of Illinois approval. Candidates who successfully complete the program and pass the state mandated Teacher Performance Assessment will have completed all required ISBE and CAEP standards for receiving university recommendation for licensure. Successful completion of a program without receipt of a passing score on the state mandated Teacher Performance Assessment may result in the candidate receiving a degree without university recommendation for licensure.

Literacy and Elementary Education Faculty

Anne Gregory, Ph.D., Purdue University, professor, chair
Brenda Aranda, Ph.D., University of Texas at El Paso, assistant professor
James A. Cohen, Ph.D., Arizona State University, assistant professor
Mayra C. Daniel, Ed.D., Illinois State University, associate professor
Laurie Elish-Piper, Ph.D., University of Akron, Distinguised Teaching Professor, Presidential Engagement Professor
Joseph Flynn, Ph.D., Michigan State University, associate professor
Samina Hadi-Tabassum, Ed.D., Columbia University, assistant professor
Mary Beth Henning, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, associate professor
Melanie D. Koss, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago, associate professor
Jodi Lampi, Ph.D., Texas State University, assistant professor
Michael Manderino, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago, assistant professor
Eui-kyung Shin, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, associate professor
John Evar Strid, Ph.D., Northwestern University, assistant professor
Donna E. Werderich, Ed.D., Northern Illinois University, associate professor
Corrine M. Wickens, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, associate professor
Elizabeth Wilkins, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, professor
C. Sheldon Woods, Ph.D., Kansas State University, associate professor

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