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Campus: Wheeling
Email: Linda.Tafel@nl.edu
Phone: 847.947.5583
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Biography
Linda Tafel has extensive experience as a consultant and outside evaluator to school districts in Illinois, the Midwest and in Poland, and is a frequent presenter at state, regional, national and international meetings. In addition to school reform and educational leadership, she has presented on such topics as No Child Left Behind, teacher quality and professional development, international perspectives on education and the history of the kindergarten movement.
Tafel has enjoyed a multi-faceted 25-year career in National College of Education at NLU, beginning in 1981 to provide leadership for the innovative master’s program for veteran teachers and later serving as dean of National College of Education and then as the University’s provost.
Her work in schools and community includes: State Teacher Certification Board (IL), 1999-2005
Board of Directors, National Council for the Accreditation for Teacher Education (NCATE), 2000-2003
President, Association of Teacher Educators, 2000-2001
Board of Directors, Association of Teacher Educators, 1995-1998
Board of Directors, Illinois Association of Teacher Educators, 1979-1982
Education
Ed.D. in Curriculum and Supervision from Northern Illinois UniversityPublications
Tafel, L.S. (2008). Using adult learning theory to frame and support professional development: What should we know? In A. Borthwick & M. Pierson (Eds.), Transforming classroom practice: Professional development strategies in educational technology. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education.Presentations
Presenter, Marketing Touches Versus Substantive Changes in Colleges of Education Via the EdD as part of the Symposium Extending the Debate on the EdD in Educational Leadership: Transmission Versus Transformation (Ted R. Purinton, Chair), Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association, New York City, March 25, 2008.
Presenter, No Teacher Left Behind: Professional Development in Instructional Technology in an Age of Accountability, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference, Las Vegas, March 4, 2008 (with Rob Bowe, Arlene Borthwick, Melissa Pierson, and Cathy Risberg)
Presenter, The Importance and Scope of Instructional Technology in Teaching and Management Processes, WSB-NLU Principals Conference, Nowy Sacz, Poland, December 6, 2007
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