Junior Future Teachers Club is a club to prepare middle school students to be educators and leaders in their school. Middle school students work with undergraduate students to prepare lesson plans to work with first grade students who need support in reading. At the end of the school year, the Jr. Future Teachers were able […]
Future teachers club members from Loyola University Chicago and Swift School recently hosted a family event at Swift to show parents some summer activities to do with their children to improve math and reading levels.
Shelley Nizynski Reese, (MED ’05) teacher at McCracken Middle School in Skokie, IL, was recently recognized by the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center as their Power of One Award 2012 recipient for her efforts in putting together a benefit concert at McCracken to support A Better Life for Kids.
Loyola members outside of the IEA building. From left to right: Leslie Hiquiana, Abby Hudson, Alexis Alfano, Melissa Gonzalez-Mendez, and Carmen Joya
FTIEA Loyola is an organization consisting of elementary, high school, and college students interested in becoming future teachers. Activities include: tutoring students, visiting colleges, and attending lectures and social gatherings. […]
Loyola was awarded a Presidential Award (from the U.S. President) for community service, service-learning and civic engagement. The School of Education’s Target New Transitions (TNT) program and Math Tutoring program were two of the three community programs highlighted as “Promise Neighborhood Award Recipients.”
Juan Bottia, BSED ’09, is currently teaching 4th grade at Orchard Place Elementary, Des Plaines, Illinois. Each year, Juan and his students participate in a program called No Excuses University. This program is to raise awareness, provide resources, and inspire students to continue their education by seeking out and successfully enrolling and completing a college program.Juan’s classroom has […]
On November 22nd, students from Loyola’s Higher Education program traveled to Garfield Park to prepare and serve a meal at Breakthrough Urban Ministry. […]
Our Indonesian graduate students are selling paintings and other Indonesian items (batik t-shirts, puppets, playing cards, key rings, etc.). The money raised will be sent to their University back home to help existing programs such as providing food, shelter, and trauma healing for children.
Please visit the Terry Student Center, 26 E Pearson (across from Corboy Law Center) on Monday November 22nd and Tuesday November 23rd (10 a.m. – 9 p.m.).
Target New Transitions, an academic coaching program through Loyola’s School of Education, is taking on the challenges of high school, one freshman at a time. Here’s how it’s making the grade so far. […]