Northern Illinois University
Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
College of Education

Students 

• How to make changes to your schedule
• Time Conflict permit
• Underload petition
• Overload petition
• Graduate Schedule Change form (used to swap, add, withdraw after self-enroll deadline, also used for Audits or Repeat a Course)
• Graduation deadlines 
• Apply to Graduate
• Deferral of Graduation request 
• Request for Appointment of Committee to Conduct a Doctoral Candidacy Examination   
• Dissertation committee approval form
• Approval of Topic for PhD Dissertation Form 
• Approval of Topic for EdD Dissertation Form (for students admitted before 2015)
• Request to change doctoral committee
• IRB Inquiry form 
• Student Travel Grants (please note the deadlines on page 2) 
• Request for Transcripts Please note that Human Resources requires a paper form and will not accept a digital copy.
• Reentry Request
• Deferral of Admission
• Grade Appeal Procedures for Undergraduate students
• Grade Appeal Procedures for Graduate students
• Incomplete Grade Form
• Independent Study and Individualized Project Contract Form
• Graduate Assistantship Application
• Request for Extra Employment

Faculty

• ETRA Policies and Procedures Handbook
• ETRA Department Point System (Working Rules)
• Faculty Service Report Form
• Travel Request
• International Travel Request
• Travel Voucher
• Benefits Usage

• ETRA Matrix Illinois Professional Technology Standards
• ETRA Matrix Technology Standards for All Illinois Teachers
• ETRA Matrix Language Arts Standards for All Illinois Teachers

Program of Study Documents

Master of Science (M.S.) in Educational Research and Evaluation

• Capstone Portfolio in ERE Guidelines
• M.S. ERE Student Handbook

Master of Science in Education (M.S.Ed) in Instructional Technology

• Comprehensive Exam MSEdIT Information
• M.S.Ed. IT Student Handbook

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Instructional Technology

• Doctoral Program of Courses
• Ph.D. IT Student Handbook

Bachelors of Science (B.S.) in Applied Management, Instructional Technology, Training and Evaluation

• College of Education Student Services

Field Experience

Required Registration

You will need to fill out and submit all required registration forms as one combined pdf document to the ETRA field experience coordinator, Olha Ketsman, Ph.D. at oketsman@niu.edu. Once all forms have been reviewed and approved, you will be given a permission number to enroll in the internship course.

• Overview of Registration Process (PDF)
• Registration Checklist and Screening Form (PDF)
• Independent Study and Individualized Project Contract Form - Course Registration
• Selective Service (PDF)
• Field Supervisor Agreement (PDF)
• Internship goals- Instructional Technology (PDF)
• Internship goals - Educational Research and Evaluation (PDF)

Assessment

• Field Supervisor Evaluation (PDF)
• Final Portfolio Rubric - Generalist (PDF)
• Final Portfolio Rubric - LIS (PDF)
• Final Portfolio Rubric - TS (PDF)
• Content Collaboration Assignment -for LIS internships only (PDF)

*Note: Final Portfolio Rubrics and Content Collaboration Assignment Rubrics are also available on LiveText.

Miscellaneous

• Diversity Report - for school-based internships only (PDF)
• Reflection of Field Experience (PDF)