Holmes Partnership Annual Conference

On February 24, 2006, at the Holmes Partnership Conference in Chicago, NIU’s P-20 Task Force presented an overview of NIU’s institution-wide commitment to improving education across the continuum from pre-school through graduate school.

• P-20 Task Force Presentation, 2/24/06 
  These slides summarize the panel presentation and provide contact information.
  
  
• P-20 Task Force, 2005 Annual Report
  The Task Force annual report includes quick facts about teacher preparation and professional development at NIU, plus descriptions of joint activities to raise student achievement, improve quality of educators, and coordinate policies and practices across the P-20 system.  More detailed reports on activities within the domains of the Task Force members are available by clicking on the links below.
  
  
• College of Education, 2005 Annual P-20 Report
  
  
• College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, 2005 Annual P-20 Report
  
  
• College of Health and Human Sciences
  
  
• College of Liberal Arts and Science, 2005 Annual P-20 Report
  
  
• College of Visual and Performing Arts
  
  
• Outreach, 2005 Annual P-20 Report
  
  
• Provost’s Office, 2005 Annual P-20 Report 
  
  

"Building a P-20 Continuum: NIU's Regional Commitment (pdf format)

• Anne Kaplan, Vice-President, Administration and University Outreach, Northern Illinois University; Earl Seaver, Vice-Provost, Northern Illinois University; Cheryl Krakow, Executive Assistant to the President, Rock Valley College; Paul Beilfuss,Superintendent of Schools, DeKalb School District 428.
  University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) 90th Annual Conference, Boston 2005.

"Mission Possible: Achieving and Maintaining Academic Success" (pdf format)

• Penny Billman, Senior Research Associate, NIU Outreach; Scott Fisher, Principal, Riverview School in South Beloit; Violet Tantillo, Principal, Jefferson School in Berwyn; John Tignor, Principal, Berrian School in Quincy; Cris Vowels, Principal, Catlin Elementary.
  Superintendents Conference, Springfield, September 2004

"P-20 on Campus: Teacher Preparation as a University-wide Commitment” (pdf format)

• Deans Harold Kafer, Fred Kitterle, Shirley Richmond, Chris Sorensen, and Promod Vohra.
  Association of Teacher Educators, Boston, August 2004

• Christine Sorensen, Harold Kafer, Scott Kubelka
  Association of Teacher Educators, Boston, August 2004

"P-20 101" (powerpoint)

• Paul Ruiz, Education Trust

P-20 Meetings

• Illinois Education Research Council website
• Papers from 2004 Symposium
• “Improving Achievement and Closing Gaps Between Groups,” Kati Haycock, Education Trust.

• Paul Ruiz, Education Trust, "P-20 101"

• Meeting schedule
• Dean's White Paper