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Degree Information

• Educational Leadership Program Manual [pdf]
• Equity and Diversity in Educational Settings: On-Campus Program Manual [pdf]
• Equity and Diversity in Educational Settings: Online Program Manual [pdf]
• Four-year plan for the Human Development and Family Studies major [pdf]
• Four-year plan for the Integrated Elementary Teacher Education major [pdf]
• Four-year plan for the Secondary Education major [pdf]
• Human Development and Family Studies Bachelor's Program Manual [pdf]
• Human Development and Family Studies Master's Program Manual [pdf]
• Human Development and Family Studies: Master of Science Program Application for Admission [pdf]
• Literacy Studies Online Manual [pdf]
• Literacy Studies Program Manual [pdf]
• Master of Arts in Counseling: Marriage and family counseling/therapy [pdf]
• Master of Arts in Counseling: School counseling [pdf]
• Master of Arts or Science in Elementary or Secondary Education [pdf]
• Master of Education in Educational Psychology [pdf]
• Master of Education in Elementary Education Teacher Licensure [pdf]
• Master of Education in Secondary Education Teacher Licensure [pdf]
• Master of Science in Information Technology in Education [pdf]
• Special Education Program Manual [pdf]

Faculty

Emergency Documents

• Child & Family Research Emergency Plan [pdf]
• College of Education Emergency Plan [Web]
  This form is password protected and is for use by authorized personnel only.
• Emergency Assembly Points [pdf]
• Pandemic Flu Planning [Web]
  This form is password protected and is for use by authorized personnel only.

Faculty Forms and Documents

• Academic Faculty Evaluation: Digital Measure [Web]
• Administrative Faculty Evaluation [Web]
• College Professional Membership or Conference Registration to Support Teaching [pdf]
• College Travel Support Request [pdf]
• Evaluation & Merit Manual [pdf]
• External Funding Questions [docx]
• Leave Guidelines [pdf]
• P & T Manual [pdf]
• Policy & Procedures Manual [pdf]

Policy and Practice Briefs

• Academic Vocabulary Instruction within Inquiry Science: The Blended/Tiered Approach [pdf]
  David Crowther, Elisa Storke
• Assessment for Crisis Intervention [pdf]
  Rick A. Myer, Christian Conte
• Behavior Basics: Quick Behavior Analysis and Implementation of Interventions for Classroom Teachers [pdf]
  Shanon S. Taylor
• Dispelling Spelling Assumptions: Technology and Spelling, Present and Future [pdf]
  Shane Templeton
• Fostering Meaningful Middle School Literacy Learning: Investigating Beliefs and Practices [pdf]
  Cynthia Brock, Fenice Boyd
• Human Impact Issues for Crisis Management in Organizations [pdf]
  Rick A. Myer, Christian Conte, Sarah E. Paterson
• If Homework Really Matters - Assign Some That's Valuable [pdf]
  Cynthia Brock, Julie Pennington, Jennifer Morrison
• Phrase Versus Phase: Family Engagement [pdf]
  Margaret Ferrara
• Re-Viewing NCLB through the Figured Worlds of Policy and Teaching: Creating a Space for Teacher Agency and Improvisation [pdf]
  Julie Pennington
• School Vouchers: Views from a Special Education Perspective [pdf]
  Shanon Taylor
• School-Based Family Counseling Evaluation: Warm Feelings, Perilous Paradigms & Empirical Hopes [pdf]
  Bill Evans
• Using Self-Determination Theory in Residential Settings [pdf]
  Christian Conte, Chad Snyder, Richard McGuffin

Research Briefs

• A Fifty-State Survey of School Finance Policies and Programs: An Overview [pdf]
  Deborah Verstegen, Teresa Jordan
• Academic Cultural Differences Related to Teacher Education Budget Cuts in Romania and the United States [pdf]
  Bob Ives, M. Alama, L.C. Mosora
• Academic Vocabulary and Middle School English Learners:An Intervention Study [pdf]
  Dianna Townsend, Penny Collins
• Assessing Human Impact of Organizational Crises: Reliability and Validity of the Triage Assessment Scale for Organizations (TAS:O) [pdf]
  Christian Conte, Rick A. Myer, Jeffrey A. Miller, Livia D'Andrea
• Associations Between Nap Duration and Observed Childcare Quality Using Data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort [pdf]
  Melissa Burnham
• Chinese Attitudes Towards Varieties of English: A Pre-Olympic Examination [pdf]
  Wei Xu, Yu Wang, Rod E. Case
• Competency in Establishing Positive Relationships with Program Youth: The Impact of Organization and Youth Worker Characteristics [pdf]
  Bill Evans
• Cultural Attitudes of Romanian Youth [pdf]
  Bob Ives, Kathryn Obenchain, Eleni Oikonomidoy
• Does Homework Matter? An Investigation of Teacher Perceptions About Homework Practices for Children from Non-Dominant Backgrounds [pdf]
  Cynthia Brock, Diane Lapp, James Flood, Douglas Fisher, Keonghee Tao Han
• Educational Opportunity: The Illinois Dilemma [pdf]
  Deborah Verstegen, Lisa Driscoll
• Ethnic Attitudes of Hungarian Students [pdf]
  Bob Ives, Kathryn Obenchain, Eleni Oikonomidoy
• Exploration of How Spanish and English Non-eliciting Questions Affect the Novel Vocabulary Acquisition of Hispanic Dual Language Learners Enrolled in Head Start [pdf]
  Bridget Walsh, Melissa Burnham
• Exploring an English Language Learner’s Literacy Learning Opportunities: A Collaborative Case Study Analysis [pdf]
  Cynthia Brock
• Exploring Pre-Service Teachers’ Literacy Practices with Children from Diverse Backgrounds: Implications for Teacher Educators [pdf]
  Cynthia Brock, Dorothy More, Laura Parks
• Family Involvement and Teacher Education Curriculum Transformation: Making Steps Toward Power Change [pdf]
  Margaret Ferrara
• Graphic Organizers Applied to Secondary Algebra Instruction For Students with Learning Disorders [pdf]
  Bob Ives
• Has Adequacy Been Achieved? A Study of Finances and Costs a Decade After Court-Ordered Reform [pdf]
  Deborah Verstegen
• Immigrant-Responsive Multicultural Education in the United States [pdf]
  Immigrant-Responsive Multicultural Education in the United States
• Negotiating Displacement Spaces: Exploring Teachers’ Stories about Learning and Diversity [pdf]
  Cynthia Brock, Jill Wallace, Michelle Herschbach, Christine Johnson, Bill Raikes, Kim Warren, Melissa Nikoli, Holland Poulsen
• On Equity: The Illinois Dilemma Revisited: A Response to a Response [pdf]
  Deborah Verstegen, Lisa Driscoll
• Prenatal Drug and Alcohol Exposure and Reading Disabilities [pdf]
  Diane Barone
• Promoting Family-Centered Teaching: Can One Course Make a Difference? [pdf]
  Ann Bingham, Tammy Abernathy
• Public Education Finance Systems in the United States and Funding Policies for Populations with Special Educational Needs [pdf]
  Deborah Verstegen
• Researcher Study Thyself: AERA Participants’ Speaking Times and Turns by Gender [pdf]
  Lynda Wiest, Tammy Abernathy, Kathryn Obenchain, Elza Major
• Romanian Preservice Educators' Attitudes about Disabilities [pdf]
  Bob Ives, Jordan Howell
• Taxing Praxis: One Social Studies Teacher’s Journey with Experiential Education [pdf]
  Kathryn Obenchain, Bob Ives, Launie Gardner
• Teacher Compensation and School Quality: New Findings from National and International Data [pdf]
  Zhijuan Zhang, Deborah Verstegen, Hoe Ryoung Kim
• Teacher Perceptions of Students' Understanding of Their Own Disability [pdf]
  Tammy V. Abernathy, Shanon S. Taylor
• The Mission of Disposition: A White Teacher Educator’s Press for Race Consciousness [pdf]
  Julie Pennington
• The Multi-Layered Character of Newcomers’ Academic Identities: Female Somali High School Students in a U.S. School [pdf]
  Eleni Oikonomidoy
• The Use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Methods with Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: A Research Review [pdf]
  Diane Branson, MaryAnn Demchak
• Toddler Teachers' Use of Teaching Pyramid Practices [pdf]
  Diane Branson, MaryAnn Demchak
• Using Computer Assisted Qualitative Software (CAQDAS) to Evaluate a Novel Teaching Method for Introductory Statistics [pdf]
  Livia D'Andrea
• Welcoming Families: A Parent Literacy Project in a Linguistically Rich, High-Poverty School [pdf]
  Diane Barone
• What is the Relationship Between Resources and Student Achievement? A Canonical Analysis [pdf]
  Robert Knoeppel, Deborah Verstegen, James Rinehart
• Word Study Assessment and Instruction with English Learners in a Second Grade Classroom: Bending with Students’ Growth [pdf]
  Donald Bear, Lori Helman, Linda Woessner

Students

• Advanced Assessment Portfolio [docx]
• Graduate Assistant Application [pdf]
• Graduate Assistant Manual [pdf]
• Key Steps [pdf]
• Portfolio I for Early Childhood Education [pdf]
• Portfolio I for Elementary Education [doc]
• Portfolio I for Elementary/Special Education or Special Education [pdf]
• Portfolio I for Secondary Education [pdf]
• Professional Dispositions [pdf]
• Teacher Education Application [pdf]

Teaching Licensure Programs

• Endorsement as a Literacy Specialist [pdf]
  Requires a master's degree and completion of 16 specific credits in literacy education. It can be completed as part of the Master of Education in Literacy Studies or as a separate endorsement if you already have a master's degree.
• Graduate certificate in TESOL [pdf]
  A graduate certificate in TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages-- 15 credits) is also available and the certificate completion will be noted on your transcript.
• Master’s Degree in Elementary Education [docx]
  (grades K-8) Depending on your previous preparation, courses in content areas such as math, science, and social studies, may need to be completed prior to full admission.
• Master’s Degree in Special Education [pdf]
• Master's Degree in Secondary Education [pdf]
• Professional Degree in Secondary Education [pdf]
• Professional Degree in Special Education [pdf]
• Teacher Education Application [pdf]

Teaching Majors

• Agricultural Education [pdf]
• Art [pdf]
• Biological Science [pdf]
• Business Education [pdf]
• Chemistry [pdf]
• Computer Education (minor only) [pdf]
• Cultural Anthropology (minor only) [pdf]
• Earth Science [pdf]
• Economics (minor only) [pdf]
• English [pdf]
• English as a Second Language (minor only) [pdf]
• Family and Consumer Science [pdf]
• French [pdf]
• General Science [pdf]
• Geography (minor only) [pdf]
• Geology (minor only) [pdf]
• German [pdf]
• Health Education [pdf]
• History [pdf]
• Industrial Arts (TMCC) [pdf]
• Industrial Arts (WNC) [pdf]
• Italian (minor only) [pdf]
• Journalism [pdf]
• Mathematics [pdf]
• Physical Science [pdf]
• Physics [pdf]
• Political Science [pdf]
• Psychology (minor only) [pdf]
• Social Studies [pdf]
• Sociology (minor only) [pdf]
• Spanish [pdf]
• Speech Communication [pdf]
• Technology Education (TMCC) [pdf]
• Theater [pdf]
• Trade and Industrial Education [pdf]

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