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College of Ed posts 99 percent passage on edTPA assessment for spring 2018

July 2, 2018 Sarah Quinn Community, Education, Faculty & Staff, Homepage, Students

Ashley Grazutis has been thinking about the edTPA since she arrived at NIU. “The first time I heard about the edTPA was [as a first-year student] at a Secondary Education Organization meeting,” says Grazutis, a senior from Palos Park, Illinois. “All the rubrics.

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College of Education maintains nearly perfect edTPA pass rates

February 5, 2018 Sarah Quinn Community, Education, Faculty & Staff, Homepage, Students

When Sarah Paver began her student-teaching class last August, the graduate student in physical education quickly became concerned. “I was very nervous when the edTPA came up,” says Paver, who graduated in December 2017. “A lot of my classmates had said that

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Near perfection: NIU teacher candidates rock new performance assessment

January 29, 2016 Mark McGowan Did You Know?, Faculty & Staff, Latest News, Students

After the new state-mandated edTPA became consequential for all teacher candidates in Illinois last fall, the state passing rate was 96 percent. Candidates from NIU posted a 99.13 passing rate, with the vast majority of licensure programs posting a 100 passing rate.

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Jenny Parker will oversee educator licensure, preparation in acting associate vice provost role

July 30, 2013 Mark McGowan Campus Highlights, Education, Faculty & Staff

NIU has named Jenny Parker, associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, acting associate vice provost for Educator Licensure and Preparation. Parker begins her new role Thursday, Aug. 1. “Jenny has a long standing commitment to teacher preparation,” says Vice

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