Recent (Within the Past Three Years) Activities

with School Partners

Curriculum and Instruction Department Including the Early Childhood, Elementary Education Initial and Advanced, Special Education Initial and Advanced, and Reading Specialist Programs

Date / School District / Activity
Nov., 2007 / Peoria, IL / Workshop - Telling & Retelling
Dec., 2007 / Springfield, IL / Workshop - Choosing and Using children’s Literature to Support Language and Literacy
Feb., 2008 / Arlington Heights, IL / Workshop - Choosing and Using children’s Literature to Support Language and Literacy
Feb., 2008 / Rend Lake, IL / Workshop - Fostering Language and Literacy Development in the Preschool Years
Jan. - May 2008 / Edison School, Macomb, IL / Reading methods students and 5th graders from Edison school participate in a pen pal project which included letters written back and forth during the semester and a pod cast prepared by the methods students for their pen pals.
April 4, 2008 / Tinley Park, IL / Workshop - Planning and Implementing Learning Centers to Support Early Literacy
April, 2008 / Champaign, IL / Workshop - Linking Literacy and Lyrics
June 30 & July 1, 2008 / ROE Workshop: Bureau, Henry & Stark County Middle School & High School Faculty / Engaging Struggling Readers in the Middle and High School Classroom
Sept. 2008-May 2011 / Springfield, Illinois School District / After school tutoring
Sept. 2008-May 2011 / Macomb, Illinois School District / After school tutoring
Sept. 2008-May 2011 / East Moline School District / After school tutoring
Sept.2008 – May 2009 / Edison School Macomb, IL / Assisted in coordinating the access to and use of Children’s Literature Examination Center (CLEC) books with the Macomb Edison School librarian for a school sponsored reading program.
Sept.,2008 / Lincoln Elementary, Macomb, IL / Family Fun Night
November, 2008 / Aldredge Early Learning Center, East Moline, IL / Workshop
November 2008 / McKinley Elementary, Muscatine, Iowa / Wolves, Presentation to Grade 4-6
Nov. 2008 / Immaculate Conception School K-8, Monmouth, Illinois / Workshop - Questioning Strategies
Dec. 2008 / Springfield, Il / Workshop - Building a Firm Foundation for the Big Five: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary and Comprehension. Workshop sponsored by the Illinois Resource Center.
January 2009 / West Community School District / Developmental screening workshop for parents
January 2009 / Four Rivers Special Education Cooperative,
Jacksonville, Illinois / Workshop - RtI in Reading – Elementary Level: A Follow-up Session
January 2009 / Four Rivers Special Education Cooperative,
Jacksonville, Illinois / Workshop - RtI in Reading – Elementary Level: A Follow-up Session
January 2009 / Riverdale School District, Port Byron, Illinois / Workshop - Maintenance of RtI at Riverdale Elementary
January 2009 / Riverdale School District, Port Byron, Illinois / Workshop - Maintenance of RtI at Riverdale – Secondary
Jan., Feb., March, April, 2008-09 / Hedding Grade School, Abingdon ,IL / Conscious Discipline workshops
February, 2008-09 / Western CUSD 12, Barry, IL / Workshop - Improving Student Achievement through Deliberate Interventions
February 2009 / Aledo JH, Farmington Central JH, Griggsville-Perry JH,
Hamilton JH, Havana JH, Ingersoll MS,
Lewistown Central Grade, Macomb JH,
PORTA JH, West Central MS, Canton HS,
Farmington Central HS, Hamilton HS,
Illini Central HS, Lewistown HS, Macomb HS,
Monmouth-Roseville HS, PORTA HS, Rochester HS,
West Prairie HS / Illinois Science Regional Olympiad Competition
February, 2009 / Pekin, IL through the Illinois Resource Center / Workshop - Building a Firm Foundation for the Big Five: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary and Comprehension.
February, 2009 / Fairview Heights, IL through the Illinois Resource Center / Workshop - Building a Firm Foundation for the Big Five: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary and Comprehension.
April 2009 / Bushnell School District / Workshop - On the Move with RtI in Reading: Some Additional Guidance for B-PC Elementary
School
April, 2009 / VIT School District / Workshop - Questioning Strategies - Middle School & High School
April, 2009 / VIT School District / Workshop - Visualizing & Inferring Reading Strategies Elementary School
April, 2009 / Champaign, IL Schools / Workshop - Planning and Implementing Learning Centers to support Early Literacy
April 17, 2009 / Franklin Elementary, Moline Illinois / Wolves- Presentation to 4th grade class
April 23, 2009 / Butterworth Elementary, Moline, Illinois / Butterworth Family Science Night
June-July 2009 / Kewanee Central Elem, Kewanee Central JH, Kewanee HS, Neoponset, Visitation School (Kewanee), Wethersfield School (Kewanee) / Workshops - Improving Science and Mathematics Education with Technology
June 2009 / Warsaw School District / Workshop - A Form of Collaboration: Co-teaching
June, 2009 / Pekin, IL Schools / Workshop, Implementing Readers Workshop in Prekindergarten Classrooms
June 23, 2009 / Pekin Early Childhood Center, WorPekin, IL / Workshop - Implementing Readers Workshop in PreK Classrooms
July 2009 / West Central IL Special Education Cooperative,
Macomb, Illinois / Workshop - Co-teaching – A Possible Assist to RtI Implementation
July 2009 / Amboy JH, Ashton-Franklin-Center HS, Aplington MS (Polo), Byron MS, Carl Sandburg MS (Freeport),
Dixon HS, Eastland 308 (Lanark), Etnyre Elem (Oregon),
Leepertown Elem (Bureau), Leland HS, Mendota HS,
Metamora Grade School, Monroe Center Elem,
Reagan MS (Dixon), Rochelle MS, Rock Falls HS, Washington Academy (Rockford) / Math/Science Workshops
July, 2009 / Bloomington, IL Schools / Workshop - Choosing and Using children’s Literature to Support Language and Literacy
August 2009 / Jacksonville School District / Workshop - Work Sampling Illinois Training
August 2009 / Four Rivers Special Education Cooperative,
Jacksonville, Illinois / Workshop - RtI in Math
August, 2009 / O’Fallon, IL sponsored by the Illinois Resource Center. / Workshop - Building a Firm Foundation for the Big Five: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary and Comprehension.
August 31, 2009 / Havana School District K-12, Havana, Illinois / Workshop - Focus on Monitoring Comprehension and Activating & Connecting to Background
Knowledge
Sept.-Nov. 2009 / Griggsville-Perry School District, Griggsville, Illinois / Workshop - Response to Intervention (RtI) In-service Series
on Reading, Written Expression, and
Mathematics,
November 16, 2009 / Havana School District K-12, Havana, Illinois / Workshop - isualizing & Making Inferences in Reading
January
2009-10 / Lena-Winslow School District / Workshop - Framework for Understanding Poverty
August, 2009-10 / Lena-Winslow School District, Lena, IL / Keynote speaker, From Disney to NCLB (Improving Student Achievement)
Sept. 2009-May 2010 / Edison School, Macomb, IL / Reading methods students and 5th graders from Edison school participate in a pen pal project which included letters written back and forth during the semester and a pod cast prepared by the methods students for their pen pals.
Sept. 2009-May 2010 / Edison School, Macomb, IL / Assisted in coordinating the access to and use of Children's Literature Examination Center (CLEC) books with the Macomb Edison School librarian for a school sponsored reading program.
Sept. 2009-May 2010 / Arrowhead Ranch, Coal Valley / Consultation (At Risk Youth)
Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec. / Hedding Grade School, Abingdon, IL
/ Conscious Discipline workshops
September 4, 2009 / Abingdon School District K-12, Abingdon, Illinois / Workshop - Engaging Readers in Active Reading Processes
October 2009 / Carl Sandburg Community College (Galesburg)
/ Workshop - Work Sampling Illinois Training
October 2009 / Ashton-Franklin Center School District, Ashton, Illinois / Workshop - AFC Response to Intervention (RtI) at the Secondary School Level
October, 2009 / McDonough-Hancock Regional Office of Education / Workshop - Using Learning Centers to Meet Children's Individual Needs
October 5, 2009 / Havana School District K-12, Havana, Illinois / Workshop - Questioning Strategies
October 9, 2009 / Churchill Junior High School & Lombard Junior High School, Galesburg, Illinois / Workshop - Focus on Monitoring Comprehension and Activating & Connecting to Background Knowledge
October – May, 2009-10
/ Moline School District's MAPLE At-Risk Pre-K Program / Research on implementation of an EC version of RtI (Teachers kept online diaries; exit interviews were conducted with teachers and administrator)
November, 2009-2010 / Scott County Y Child Care Programs / Inservice on creative art activities
December, 2009 / Canton-Union School District Elementary Staff, Canton, Illinois / Workshop - A Santa’s Bag of Interventions in Reading: Preparing at the Elementary Level for Response
to Intervention (RtI),
January 19, 2010 / Havana School District K-12, Havana, Illinois / Workshop - Determining Importance in Text
January 29, 2010 / Abingdon School District K-12, Abingdon, Illinois / Workshop - Questioning, Visualizing & Making Inferences in Reading
February 2010 / Farmington Central JH, Griggsville-Perry JH, Hamilton JH,
Ingersoll MS, Lewistown Central Grade, Macomb JH,
Mercer County JH, PORTA JH, West Central MS, Canton HS,
Farmington Central HS, Hamilton HS, Illini Central HS,
Lewistown HS, Macomb HS, Mercer County HS, Monmouth-Roseville HS, PORTA HS, Rochester HS, West Prairie HS / Illinois Science Regional Olympiad Competition
February, 2010 / Canton Union School District, Canton, Illinois / Workshop - Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: an RtI
In-service on Reading Interventions and
Data-based Decision-making,
February, 2010 / Abington-Galesburg-Knoxville,
Abington, Illinois / Workshop - RtI: What it is and what it is not!
March 2010 / Carl Sandburg Community College (Galesburg)
/ Workshop - Work Sampling Illinois Training
March, 2010 / Knoxville Elementary Teachers / Workshop - So, How goes it with RtI at Mable Woolsey?
Are you on the Right Track? Research-based
Information on RtI in Reading at the
Elementary Level
March, 2010 / Lisle, IL
/ Workshop - Using a Reading/Writing Approach
to Meet Individual Needs
March 12, 2010 / Abingdon School District K-12, Abingdon, Illinois / Workshop - Focus on Determining Importance in Text
February 2010 / Edwardsville School District / Workshop - Work Sampling Illinois Training
February 22, 2010 / Havana School District K-12, Havana, Illinois / Workshop - Summarizing & Synthesizing Information
April 16, 2010 / Abingdon School District K-12, Abingdon, Illinois / Workshop - Focus on Summarizing & Synthesizing Information
May 12, 2010 / Earl Hanson Elementary School, Rock Island, Illinois / Aquatic Ecology, National Lab Day
April, 2010-11 / Hedding Grade School / Learning Center workshop
April 7, 2010 / John Glenn Elementary, North Scott Community Schools, Donahue, Iowa / Wolves, presentation to Grades 4-6
April 15, 2010 / Ridgewood Elementary, East Moline School District #37 / Water Rockets – presentations to students
April 23, 2010 / Bowlesburg Elementary, East Moline, Illinois / Bowlesburg Family Science Night
June 2010 / Amboy JH, Amboy HS, Aplington MS (Polo), Ashton-Franklin-Center HS, Byron MS, Carl Sandburg MS (Freeport), Chana Ed Center, Dixon HS, Etnyre Elem (Oregon), Kings CSD, Leland JH, Mendota Township HS, Monroe Center Elem (Meridian), Oregon HS, Parkside (Peru), Reagan MS (Dixon), Rochelle MS, Rochelle HS, Rock Cut Elem (Harlem), Rock Falls HS, Stillman Valley HS, / Math and Science workshops
June, 2010 / West Central Illinois Special Education Cooperative Workshop, Macomb, Illinois / Workshop - Co-teaching: A Possible Strategy for RtI Implementation
June, 2010 / West Central Illinois Special Education Cooperative, Macomb,
Illinois / Workshop - Differentiated Instruction: What it is and How
to do it to Increase Student Achievement
June-July 2010 / Rockford School District / Workshops for Elementary and Middle School Teachers on Biological and Environmental Science
August 2010 / Kewanee School District / Workshop for Elementary and Middle School Teachers on Differentiation of Instruction.
August 24, 2010 / MacArthur School, Macomb, IL
/ Workshop - Building a Firm Foundation for the BIG FIVE: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension
August 26, 2010 / Pekin Early Childhood Center, Pekin, IL
/ Workshop - Conducting Reading Workshops in Pre-Kindergarten Classrooms
August 2010 / Sherrard CUSD #200 / Best Practices Committee -served on this committee to focus professional in-service sessions on key ideas promoting best practices in teaching.
Fall 2010 / Our Lady of Grace / Met with teachers, administrators, parents to discuss their plans for a multi-grade organization in the school and
Sept. 2010-May 2011 / Edison School, Macomb, IL / Reading methods students and 5th graders from Edison school participate in a pen pal project which included letters written back and forth during the semester and a pod cast prepared by the methods students for their pen pals.
May, 2010-2011 / Rock Island Arsenal Child Care Programs / Workshop on emerging literacy skills
Sept. 2010 / Lincoln Elementary, Macomb / Family Fun Night
Sept. 2010-May 2011 / George O. Barr Elementary, Silvis Jr. High / Research
Art Judge
October, 2010 / Bushnell-Prairie City School District Teachers In-service, Bushnell,
Illinois / Workshop - Differentiated Instruction: An Avenue to Meet
the Instructional Needs of More Students
November 12, 2010 / MacArthur School, Macomb, IL / Workshop - Implementing a Reading-Writing
Workshop Approach in Pre-K
November
2010-2011 / Scott County Y Child Care Programs / Inservice on Active Listening
Sept. 2010-May 2011 / Edison School, Macomb, IL / Assisted in coordinating the access to and use of Children's Literature Examination Center (CLEC) books with the Macomb Edison School librarian for a school sponsored reading program.
Sept. 2010-May 2011 / Moline School District / Workshop - RtI in Early Childhood - Research project, including an online diary component
January, 2011 / Secondary School In-service, ROWVA School District, Oneida,
Illinois / Workshop - Differentiated Instruction: An Approach that
can Help to Meet the Instructional Needs of
Many of Your Students
January, 2011 / Illini West High School District, Carthage, Illinois / Workshop - Co-Teaching: An Alternative Instructional Delivery Approach
January 31, 2011 / Oneida, Illinois / In-Service “Engaging Students in Text: Before, During, & After Reading/Thinking Techniques”
February 2011 / Farmington Central JH, Griggsville-Perry JH, Hamilton JH,
Ingersoll MS, Lewistown Central Grade, Macomb JH,
Mercer County JH, PORTA JH, West Central MS, Canton HS,
Farmington Central HS, Hamilton HS, Havana HS, Lewistown HS,
Macomb HS, Mercer County HS, Monmouth-Roseville
HS, PORTA HS, Rochester HS, West Prairie HS / Illinois Science Regional Olympiad Competition
February 10 & 11, 2011 / Bureau, Henry & Stark County Middle School & High School Faculty, Atkinson, Illinois / Workshop - Engaging Readers in Active Reading Processes: Before, During, & After
February 17, 2011 / John Glenn Elementary, Donahue, Iowa / Career Day
February 24, 2011 / Wells Elementary, East Moline, Illinois / Wells Family Reading & Science Night
March 2, 2011 / Rock Island-Milan School District #41—K-6, Rock Island, Illinois / Workshop - Robust Vocabulary Instruction
March, April, and May, 2011 / Hancock/McDonough and Adams/Pike Regional Offices of
Education, Macomb, Illinois / Series on Co-teaching: An Alternative Instructional Delivery Approach
April 2011 / West Prairie North Elementary School, Good Hope, IL / Science & Math Night – fingerprinting activity
May 2011 / St. Paul School, Macomb, IL / Resources of the WIU Science Education Center
May 2, 2011 / Eugene Field Elementary, Rock Island, Illinois / Science Fair Judge
May 24, 2011 / George O. Barr Elementary, Silvis, Illinois / Wolves, Presentation to 3rd Grade
June 2011 / Skip-A-Long Child Development Center, Moline, IL / Print Referencing Workshop
June -July 2011 / Rockford School District / Workshops for Elementary and Middle School Teachers on Physical Science and Technological Design
Sept- 2011 / St. Paul School, Macomb / Monster Project - global collaborative project for grades K-7 involving technology, social studies, and forming learning networks
Sept. 2011 / Lincoln School, Macomb / Monster Project - global collaborative project for grades K-7 involving technology, social studies, and forming learning networks
Sept. 2011 / Lincoln School, Canton / Monster Project - global collaborative project for grades K-7 involving technology, social studies, and forming learning networks
Sept.-Oct. 2011 / Lincoln Academy, Davenport, IA / Workshops - Behavior Management
Hyperstudio 5 Research
2008-2011 / Mc Donough County Child Development Council – Wee Care Center Board of Directors, Macomb, IL
Regular meetings – 5 times a year / Chair

Educational Leadership Department Including the Principal, Superintendency, and Alternative Certification Superintendency Programs

April 17, 2008Program Advisory Committee

October 16, 2008Program Advisory Committee

October 1, 2009Macomb Area Program Advisory Committee and Quad Cities Area Program Advisory Committee

October 8, 2009MSEd Program Development Team

November 12, 2009MSEd Program Development Team

December 3, 2009MSEd Program Development Team

February 4, 2010MSEd Program Development Team

February 18, 2010MSEd Program Development Team

March 25, 2010MSEd Program Development Team

April 8, 2010MSEd Program Development Team

April 21, 2010Quad Cities Area Program Advisory Committee

April 22, 2010Macomb Area Program Advisory Committee

May 5, 2011EdS Program Development Team

School Counseling Program

Faculty / Date of Activity / Where / Activity / Who was Served
Dr. Holly Nikels / September, 2010 / Lavender Crest Winery
Colona, Illinois / School Counselor Academy Presentation / 50 school counselors
Dr. Holly Nikels / September, 2011 / Kewanee Community Schools
Kewanee, IL / Administrator in-service training / All district administrators
Dr. Holly Nikels / August, 2011 / Annawan Community Schools
Annawan, IL / Teacher in-service / All faculty, staff and administrators
Dr. Holly Nikels / February, 2011 / Kewanee Community Schools
Kewanee, IL / On-line safety training for student / All Kewanee High School students (approx 500)
Dr. Holly Nikels / May 2010 / Heartland Montessori Teacher Center
Moline, IL / Diversity training for teachers / Teachers grades Pre-K through 6
Dr. Holly Nikels / March 2010 / Silvis Community Schools
Silvis, IL / Teacher in-service / All faculty, staff and administrators
Dr. Holly Nikels / February, 2010 / Annawan Community Schools
Annawan, IL / Teacher in-service / All faculty, staff and administrators
Dr. Holly Nikels / February, 2010 / Annawan Community Schools
Annawan, IL / Student training / All Annawan High School Students (approx 200)
Dr. Holly Nikels / January 2010 / Kewanee Community Schools
Kewanee, IL / Teacher in-service / All faculty, staff and administrators
Dr. Holly Nikels / December, 2009 / Counselor Academy
Moline, IL / On-line safety training / Regional School Counselors
Dr. Holly Nikels / April 2009 / Bettendorf Community Schools
Bettendorf, IA / Teacher in-service / Grant Wood elementary teachers and staff
Dr. Holly Nikels / February 2008 / Geneseo Community Schools
Geneseo, IL / Teacher inservice / All teachers, staff and administrators
Dr. Holly Nikels / February 2008 / Geneseo Community Schools
Geneseo, IL / Parent training / District parents
Dr. Holly Nikels / October, 2008-present / Rock Island Community Schools
Rock Island, IL / PACERS Program management / Daily contact with teachers, staff and students thru the PACERS program
Dr. Holly Nikels / November, 2010 / ISBE/IASB/IASA
Chicago, IL / Presentation at conference / Schools board members, school administrators and ISBE members
Dr. Holly Nikels / October 2008 / IASB
Erie, IL / Presentation at conference / Regional School Board members
Dr. Holly Nikels / January 2011 / Quad City Youth Conference
Moline, IL / Presentation / Local middle and high school students
Dr. Holly Nikels / February 2010 / Quad City Youth Conference
Moline, IL / Presentation / Local middle and high school youth
Dr. Holly Nikels / January 2009 / Quad City Youth Conference
Moline, IL / Presentation / Local middle and high school youth
Dr. Holly Nikels / January 2008 / Quad City Youth conference
Moline, IL / Presentation / Local middle and high school youth

School Psychology Program

  1. On April 8, 2011 a workshop for local school psychologists from the area was held in Macomb for CPDU credits. The workshop presented two presentations: “CORE Reading Assessment” and “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered & Questioning (LGBTQ) Youth who are Bullied”
  2. Practicum students have helped with benchmarking for reading and math in local school districts. Students are also assigned to schools for practicum and expected to help with benchmarking and interventions for P-12 students.
  3. During their internships, graduate students have presented inservice activities for school staff as part of their research requirement for graduation. The following topics have been covered over the last 3 years: Positive Behavior Intervention Support, Anxiety in Children, Bullying in Schools, Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder, Evidence Based Interventions, Autism, Guided Reading, K-PALS, Operational Definition for Behavioral Concerns, Managing the General Education Initiative, Cross Battery Assessment, Response to Intervention with Math, Limited English Proficient Students and the RtI Process, Phonemic Awareness, Use of Jolly Phonics with Cognitively Impaired Students, Wilson Reading Program, and Psychopharmacology Treatments. Each of these students presented an hour long inservice to their respective internship sites and were evaluated following the presentations. The topics are chosen in consultation with the internship site to meet the training needs of the site.
  4. One graduate student, along with the help of undergraduate students, collected data for a research project on negative mood regulation among youth in 10 schools served by a special education cooperative.

Technology Specialist Program