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Bizar, Marilyn
Professor, Secondary Education
Research Interests: Urban Education, Best Practice Instruction, High School Reform
Marilyn believes that dramatic changes can and should be made in America’s middle and high schools, changes that can transform the lives and futures of our students. In the secondary education department, we seek not merely to populate the school system with skillful teachers, but also to recreate the system. Marilyn's goal is to train new teachers who can bring fresh ideas to a struggling system, who can lead the way to change, implement new standards, enact “best practice” instruction, design progressive assessments, model the principles of democracy and serve an increasingly diverse student body.
Campus: North Shore, Room 516, Ext. 2380
E-mail: mbizar@nl.edu
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Chesek, Fred
Interim Director, Office of School College Relations
Fred is responsible for overseeing all NCE collaborations with area schools and districts and coordinates the activities in the School-College Relations Office that foster positive working relations with our partners schools and districts. He assists those partnering schools and school districts wishing to create a more comprehensive professional development model that provides both degree and non-degree continuing education for pre-service and in-service teachers. He oversees all Clinical Placement experiences in the National College of Education for Early Childhood Education, Middle Level Education, Secondary Education, and Special Education. He works with department chairs and faculty to insure that students engaged in either teacher observations or student teaching have excellent and diverse learning experiences that meet the highest expectations of the profession.
Campus: Wheeling, Room 288, Ext. 5564
E-mail: fchesek@nl.edu
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Daleiden, Bonnie
Clinical Placement Coordinator, Office of School College Relations
Bonnie oversees records to verify completion of program prerequisites prior to the practicum or student teaching field experience. She is responsible for assuring that quality standards are maintained in Elementary, Early Childhood, Special Education and Secondary Education by students before beginning a Clinical Placement. She also assigns advisors for on-campus graduate students. The coordinator builds and maintains databases to track student eligibility and to facilitate class scheduling. She works as a team member seeking appropriate placements for all eligible applicants.
Campus: Wheeling, Room 296H, Ext. 5071
E-mail: bdaleiden@nl.edu
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Karlin, Sy
Professor, Secondary Education; Program Coordinator for Secondary Education Department, Teach For America (TFA)
Research Interests: Reading Strategies, Questioning Strategies, Wireless Environment, Service Learning
Sy believes the role of any instructor is to provide leadership in an area where education and many school systems are reforming and restructuring the way students learn. More and more research shows that students and adults learn in a variety of different modes and have different learning styles. Many of the courses that are offered in today’s school districts provide students with the opportunity to take interdisciplinary courses of study, internet programs, independent study, night school options, correspondence courses, and individualized learning programs. It is the responsibility of teaching staff to provide leadership in all these areas based on the needs of students with alternative learning styles. Learning options are all strongly linked to assessment based on best practices and the different ways one learns. I work through these various options to improve instruction in a way that meets the learning styles of all students.
Campus: Chicago, Room 3072, Ext. 3353
E-mail: sy.karlin@nl.edu
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Karr, Jennifer
Senior Enrollment Representative, Student Enrollment Illinois
Campus: North Shore, Ext. 2625
E-mail: jkarr@nl.edu
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Kemeny, Vera
Secondary Education
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Campus: North Shore, Room 409, Ext. 2416
E-mail: vkemeny@nl.edu
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Larson, Mark
Secondary Education
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Campus: North Shore, Room 273, Ext. 5218
E-mail: mark.larson@nl.edu
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Lopez, Ignacio
Secondary Education
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Campus: North Shore, Room 524, Ext. 2029
E-mail: Ignacio.lopez@nl.edu
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McKnight, Katherine
Secondary Education
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Campus: Chicago, Room Ext.
E-mail: Katherine.mcknight@nl.edu
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Mihailovich, Elena
Certification Coordinator, Office of the Dean
Campus: Wheeling, Room 297D, Ext. 5102
E-mail: emihailovich@nl.edu
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Mitchell, Dymaneke
Secondary Education
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Campus: Chicago, Room 3084, Ext. 3523
E-mail: dymaneke.mitchell@nl.edu
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Robinson, Theresa
Professor, Secondary Education
Research Interests: Preparation of Secondary Teachers for Urban Classrooms, Quantitative Research Design Development and Analysis, Science Teacher Preparation, Biology, Science, Student Achievement in Science
Theresa Y. Robinson earned her Bachelors of Science and Secondary Education, Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialty in Science and Environment Education, and a Doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (2005).
Dr. Robinson has taught at the Historical DuSable High School teaching 9th grade Environmental Science. Currently, Dr. Robinson is an Assistant Professor at National-Louis University working as both the Assessment and Science Program Coordinator in National College of Education's Department of Secondary Education.
Campus: Chicago, Room 3075, Ext. 3132
E-mail: theresa.robinson@nl.edu
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Rosenfeld, Rachelle
Clinical Placement Coordinator, Office of School College Relations
Rachelle is the primary liason for the Secondary teacher processing and placement. She coordinates the placement of student teachers with over 300 schools and districts in addition to which she maintains a database of the Secondary student teacher candidates for each term. A continual part of her work involves communication with Secondary students in order to assist them in their student teaching application process and to facilitate student teaching placements. She works with the entire Clinical Placement team and collaborates with faculty to further elucidate and advance the student teaching placement process.
Campus: Wheeling, Room 297F, Ext. 5227
E-mail: rrosenfeld@nl.edu
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Ross, Harry
Department Chair, Secondary Education
Research Interests: Teacher Leadership, Distributed Leadership, African American Literature, Secondary and Undergraduate Literature Curriculum
Harry Ross is associate professor and chair of the Secondary Education Department at National-Louis University. He has been a high school English teacher and recently co-authored a book on teacher leadership, 13 Steps to Teacher Empowerment: Taking a More Active Role in Your School Community (Heinemann, 2009). Dr. Ross has taught and presented nationally on multicultural literature, urban teacher preparation, and empowering teachers to expand their professional careers. He has for a long time consulted with teachers and principals in order to transform schools into participatory learning communities – places where teachers’ work is collaborative, rewarding, and respected. He is a recipient of a Distinguished Teaching Award from Northwestern University and recently served as the lead scholar on a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities on the 1930s Federal Writers’ Project.
Campus: North Shore, Room 507, Ext. 2594
E-mail: hross@nl.edu (Please direct all departmental questions to our administrative assistant, Wilma Stiltz.)
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Sullivan, Scott
Professor, Secondary Education
Research Interests: Media Literacy, Media Education, School Reform, Small High School Design, Reflective Teaching Practice, Technology and Teaching Pedagogy, Educational Policy and Politics
With research showing that kids learn more from the media culture than they do from school, it’s incumbent upon educators to begin examining the impact of media on the lives of children and adults we work with each day. Schools seem to be behind the curve in adapting technology, being proactive in reform movements, and having an active voice in policy matters. Scott believe that teachers need to practice reflectively, teach passionately, and campaign endlessly for the continuous improvement of public education and the betterment of our society.
Campus: North Shore, Room 524, Ext. 2768
E-mail: ssullivan@nl.edu
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Troop, Michael
Secondary Education
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Campus: North Shore, Room 513, Ext. 2311
E-mail: michael.troop@nl.edu
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