Keri DeSutter (School of Teaching and Learning) and Stephenson Beck (NDSU, Communication Studies, Chair) provided a professional development session during Fargo Public Schools Teaching and Learning Academy on August 15, 2019. Their session was titled Effective IEP Meeting Facilitation Techniques and was attended by special education teachers and school psychologists.
Dr. Mike Coquyt, Educational Leadership Graduate Program, L&L, authored a book Experiencing Teacher Leadership: Perceptions and Insights From First-Year Teacher Leaders. This is the third book published by Dr. Coquyt dealing with the topic of Teacher Leadership. His first book, The Leader Within: Understanding and Empowering Teacher Leaders was published in 2016. His second book, Growing Leaders Within: A Process toward Teacher Leadership, was published […]
Recently Drs. Aaron Peterson, Belma Sadikovic, and Renée Harmon from the Educational Leadership Graduate Studies program traveled to Orlando, Florida to attend the NASPA 2019 Student Success Conference, which was really four conferences in one. The themes addressed at the conference were Assessment, Persistence, and Data Analytics, Closing the Achievement Gap, First-generation Success, and Student Financial Wellness. There were over […]
Erin Gillett, School of Teaching and Learning, along with colleagues Susan Ellingson and Teri Langlie, faculty in the Education Department at Concordia College, presented a session at the 2019 Literacy Conference in Moorhead on June 20. Their presentation, “What is Your Contingency Plan? Effective Scaffolding During Guided Reading,” examined how to provide targeted prompts with readers to support their use […]
Natalie Huntley, a May 2019 graduate in Elementary Inclusive Education, with additional licenses in special education and middle level math, presented a session at the Children’s Literature Association Conference in Indianapolis June 13-15. Her presentation, “Somali Representation in Children’s Literature,” is the result of her efforts to find literature that reflects the lived experiences of Somali families. Huntley was an […]