Click here to go back to the home page Click on this link to view the screenreader friendly and text only version of this website

Reading Center

The Reading Center of National Louis University is a center for student instruction, for professional development, for district, school and classroom consultation and for research.

Reading Center

Reading Center

The Reading Center of National Louis University is a center for student instruction, for professional development, for district, school and classroom consultation and for research.

Reading Center

Professional Development

‌The Reading Center offers several yearly institutes for teachers, most of which also have the option for graduate credit. They include:

 

  • School Year Institutes: Offered in partnership with The Suburban Council of The International Reading Association during each quarter.  Winter Conference: Pernille Ripp - Passionate Readers, Saturday, January 26, 2019, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm, Chippewa Middle School. 

          Check out the SCIRA 2018-2019 conference line-up: SCIRA Conferences 2018-2019

          Visit:  http://scira.weebly.com/ for more information and to register for upcoming conferences.  

  • The Reading Leadership Institute: A networking and professional development meeting for staff and curriculum leaders. Members, who are curriculum directors, coaches, administrators and other literacy leaders, participate in networking and learning sessions led by major national speakers at least three times per year.  The setting for these presentations is intimate, providing opportunity for participants to interact with one another and the speaker. For more information about RLI, please contact Dr. Debbie Gurvitz at debra.gurvitz@nl.edu

          2018-2019 Theme:  Diversity and Differentiation in Literacy

          Institutes include:

Cornelius Minor - Exploring How Literacy Can Drive Education, Differentiation and Equity

Junko Yokota - Thinking and Learning through Literature that Matters


          For more information about RLI, please contact Dr. Debbie Gurvitz at debra.gurvitz@nl.edu 


In addition, Reading Center faculty offer customized professional development workshops for districts and individual schools in all areas of literacy.

For more information, please contact:

Dr. Mary Hoch
Director, The Reading Center
mary.hoch@nl.edu
630-874-4533

Locations

  • CHICAGO DOWNTOWN CAMPUS

    NLU’s Chicago campus on South Michigan Avenue occupies five floors of the historic Peoples Gas Building. This landmark building, across the street from the Art Institute of Chicago and Grant Park, is easily accessible by train, bus and car and is surrounded by restaurants, parking lots/garages and shops.

    122 S. Michigan Avenue
    Chicago, IL 60603
    (888) 658.8632
    Info » | Directions »

  • ELGIN

    Conveniently located in a fast-growing business district off I-90 and Route 31, NLU Elgin features 10 classrooms with high-tech media equipment; a computer lab with high-speed Internet access; two conference rooms; and comfortable student lounges. Parking is free at this recently remodeled and upgraded teaching site, which now includes wireless Internet access.

    620 Tollgate Road
    Elgin, IL 60123
    (888) 658.8632
    Info » | Directions »

  • NORTH SHORE

    Opened in the summer of 2006, NLU North Shore at Skokie is a state-of-the-art modern campus located just off the Edens Expressway near the Old Orchard Shopping Center. The campus includes 44 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a walk-in lab in the library; six conference rooms; a public café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; and multiple, comfortable student lounge areas.

    5202 Old Orchard Road
    Skokie, IL 60077
    (888) 658.8632
    Info » | Directions »

  • LISLE

    Located just minutes from the East-West Tollway (I-88), NLU Lisle features 42 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a separate walk-in lab in the library; a café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; conference rooms; and six comfortable student lounge areas with wireless access.

    850 Warrenville Road
    Lisle, IL 60532
    (888) 658.8632
    Info » | Directions »

  • WHEELING

    Located in one of Chicago's major northwest suburbs, the newly renovated NLU Wheeling includes 20 classrooms with high-tech media equipment, four conference rooms, four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, large student lounge areas with wireless capabilities and interactive video capabilities, and an extensive research library. The site also houses the university library research collection.

    1000 Capitol Drive
    Wheeling, IL 60090
    (888) 658.8632
    Info » | Directions »

  • FLORIDA (TAMPA)

    Established in 1988 and located in one of Tampa's major business districts, NLU's Florida Regional Center serves students in 13 counties in central Florida. In addition to its classrooms, the National Louis University Tampa Regional Center features a computer lab, student lounges, and conference room.

    5110 Sunforest Drive, Suite 102
    Tampa, FL 33634
    (800) 366.6581
    Info » | Directions »