Quick Navigation

Northern Illinois University

Belvidere Middle School Initiative – evaluation of the middle school concept, and its curricular interrelations between elementary foundations and high school expectations; in Belvidere Public School District 100, Belvidere, Illinois.
Emergency Response Crisis Management Project, West Aurora School District #129– a school-based, community-oriented initiative to design and implement multi-hazard/mass-disaster prevention, response, and recovery plans at the individual school campus level; in Aurora, Illinois.
Illinois Mathematics-Science Partnership Program – a federally-funded, statewide initiative to impact knowledge and skills in mathematics and science teachers in the state of Illinois through the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) in Springfield, Illinois.
Solution Thinking for Excellence – a joint project of the Rockford Public Schools and the Rockford Chapter of the Rotarian Society; designed to effectuate parallel motivational strategies in elementary school teachers and students located in Rockford, Illinois.
Wright School Professional Development School Project – a school-community partnership with NIU to integrate curricular aspects at the elementary school level for student teacher practicum experience; in Malta, Illinois.

L.I.F.E. Support Inc. Academic Athletic Empowerment (AAEP) Mentoring Project - A project designed to help a group of high-risk adolescents in district 129 and 131 in East and West Aurora Illinois.
Project SUCCESS, Northern Illinois University – a five-year NIU initiative to increase the number of educators who teach English-as-a-second-language (ESL) and/or bilingual students.
Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS),West Chicago School District #33 – a school-based, community-oriented initiative design to prepare schools within the district with crisis planning including mitigation and prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery information.
Safe School Healthy Students (SSHS), Escanaba Michigan – a federally funded "safe schools / healthy students" project located in Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate District, Escanaba, Michigan.
Smaller learning Communities (SLC), East Aurora District #131 – A district-wide strategy to redesign and strengthen the high school to develop and implement smaller learning communities to improve student academic achievement.
Strategic Systems Analysis Project – a first-phase initiative to develop ‘dashboard’ benchmarks and milestones for school district monitoring and validation; located in School District #33, West Chicago, Illinois.
West Chicago School District #33 – a federally-funded "safe schools / healthy students" project located in School District 33, West Chicago, Illinois.

Harlem School District #122 - Smaller Learning Communities (SLC), Illinois – A district-wide strategy to redesign and strengthen the high school to develop and implement smaller learning communities to improve student academic achievement.
Community in Schools (CSI - Aurora) - Full Service Community Schools (FSCS), Illinois – A federally funded project to to improve the quality of elementary and secondary education at the State and local levels and help all children meet challenging academic content and achievement standards.