An Immersive Collaborative Approach to Principal Internships

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Professor Maureen Kincaid (North Central College), Assistant Professor Kathy Black (North Central College) and Assistant Professor Kathleen King (North Central College) presented An Immersive Collaborative Approach to Principal Internships on November 10, 2017.

Stupid Talent Tricks: Making the Talent We Need Disappear

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At a time when the talent demands of the U.S. economy are escalating more rapidly than ever, when employers’ bottom lines are being hurt by the inability to secure desperately needed talent, when U.S. universities remain talent magnets for regions, states, the nation, and the globe, we seem intent on performing stupid magic tricks to make talent disappear.

Why Developmentally Appropriate Practices impact student outcomes

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Are you looking for ways to improve your student and program outcomes? Learn about Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) guidelines for effective teachers. Understand how DAP strengthens the birth-to-third grade system. Review the value of these practices and their alignment with Preschool for All (PFA) and Preschool for All Expansion (PFAE) programs. The Birth-to-Third Grade Continuity

Preparing Principals: The Illinois Story

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Dr. Mary Kay Scharf, Director of Principal Leadership at Bloomington Public Schools and Assistant Professor at Illinois State University presented Preparing Principals: The Illinois Story on November 1, 2017 at the Utah Legislature’s Education Interim Committee meeting. 

Dr. Applegate receives Leadership Recognition Award

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The Center for the Study of Education Policy’s Dr. James Applegate is being recognized as he has been successful in moving higher education forward in difficult times. The award will be given at the upcoming I-AIR Forum on November 8, 2017.

Stone Foundation grant awarded to ISU

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The Center for the Study of Education Policy (CSEP) has received a Stone Foundation grant for $60,000 that will run from November 1, 2017, through October 30, 2018. 

New book about principal preparation

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Erika Hunt, Alicia Haller, and Lisa Hood of the Center for the Study of Education Policy have had their book proposal accepted by Routledge Research titled, Reforming Principal Preparation at the State Level: Perspectives on Policy Reform from Illinois.