Spotlight: Bradley Smith
11/7/18 by Timothy Dohrer
Bradley Smith is a current MSEd student and a future secondary math teacher.
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Instructional Coaching - Comparing Methods to Find What’s Missing
8/21/18 by Sara Ivory
As instructional coaching grows in schools around the world, so do the varied approaches to coaching. While leading writers in the field agree on a few key elements, there are even more differences between the methods they propose.
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Teacher Preparation and Leadership: A Discussion with Tim Dohrer
5/18/18 by Timothy Dohrer
MSEd Director Tim Dohrer joins the cast of the Chicago Coaching Podcast to discuss pre-service teachers and his impressive career in educational leadership.
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Becoming a Teacher: An Overview of Recent Research and Best Practice on Teacher Induction, Professional Learning, and Coaching
12/5/17 by Timothy Dohrer
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My First Great Mentor Teacher
4/17/17 by Timothy Dohrer
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Student Spotlight: Amanda White
1/10/17 by Amanda White
Amanda White is a current Northwestern MSEd student and a future Spanish language teacher.
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Three Podcasts About Teaching I’m Thankful For
12/5/16 by Timothy Dohrer
Tim Dohrer recommends several helpful and inspiring education-related podcasts.
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Lemonade Out of Lemons: Making the edTPA Work at Northwestern
6/3/16 by Timothy Dohrer
MSEd director Tim Dohrer discusses the pros and cons of the edTPA.
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Alumni Spotlight: Elizabeth Smith
6/1/16 by Elizabeth Smith
Elizabeth Smith is a 2014 MSEd graduate in secondary mathematics.
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Alumni Spotlight: Sara Fliehman Levinstein
4/29/16 by Sara Fliehman Levinstein
Sara Fliehman Levinstein is a 2009 MSEd graduate in Secondary English.
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Coaching Conference
5/4/16 by Alison Gordon
Register now for the NU Educational Coaching Network's second annual conference on Thursday, April 21, 2016.
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Charter School Debate: November 2015
1/26/16 by Timothy Dohrer
Tim Dohrer gives a brief overview of the charter school debate that took place this past November, and provides a link to a video of the debate for those who missed it.
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How to Build a Teacher
12/17/15 by Timothy Dohrer
MSEd director Tim Dohrer discusses teacher preparation and what he believes are the essential building blocks that create a great teacher.
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Always Leave Them Wanting More
10/22/15 by Brad Wadle
Following his last post on lifelong learning, Brad Wadle discusses how to feed students' curiosity without stifling it.
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What Does Lifelong Learning Mean in a K-12 Environment?
10/15/15 by Bradley Wadle
Bradley Wadle is the assistant director of the MSED Program. In this article, he ponders whether the dispositions necessary for lifelong learning need to be created in our students, or if those dispositions already exist and merely need to be preserved.
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The Act of Teaching
2/6/15 by Timothy Dohrer
MSEd Director Timothy Dohrer pulls back the curtain for a glimpse into the act of teaching in his latest blog post.
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The Push and Pull of Cultural Differences: Presentation by Dr. Hazel Rose Markus
1/29/15 by Timothy Dohrer
Cultural differences are part of our daily lives, and researchers at Stanford University are trying to better understand how those differences interact and make us who we are. Leading those efforts is Dr. Hazel Markus, who spoke to 100 audience members on Friday, January 24, at Northwestern University’s McCormick Foundation Forum.
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Leading from the Front of the Classroom
1/8/15 by Timothy Dohrer
Timothy Dohrer, director of the Master of Science in Education Program, recently attended the first Teach to Lead summit on teacher leadership. In his post, he explores the expanding definition of teacher leadership and its integral role in transforming schools.
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The State of Teacher Education
11/14/14 by Timothy Dohrer
Recently, teacher preparation programs across the country have reported drops in their enrollment. As director of the Master of Science in Education Program, Timothy Dohrer tries to grapple with this emerging issue in his most recent essay.
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Get to Know the edTPA: An Interview with Rebekah Stathakis
11/11/14 by Rebekah Stathakis and Charles Stone
At Northwestern University’s Master of Science in Education Program (MSEd), we are always striving to improve how we prepare teachers for success. Teacher candidate assessment is a fundamental part of that process. Earlier this fall, we talked with Rebekah Stathakis (BS02), Northwestern alumna and MSEd staff member, about a new assessment, the edTPA portfolio.
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Philosophy of Education: The Reason I Am a Teacher
9/23/14 by Timothy Dohrer
Earlier this year, ASCD put out this request: "In 200 words or less, tell us about a teacher who made a big difference in your life." Here is the response from the director of the Master of Science in Education Program, Timothy Dohrer.
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The Power of Education
8/27/14 by Timothy Dohrer
This is a draft of the address Timothy Dohrer delivered at the Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies Convocation on June 21, 2013. As a graduate of the program himself (MA, English, 1995), it was an opportunity to congratulate the students for accomplishing this monumental undertaking and get them thinking about using their new skills and knowledge to give back to their community. There is power in education. The question is: how do we use it?
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