Contact Us  (Area Code 309)

Main Office: 438-5425; 438-8659 fax
Undergraduate Information and Advising: 438-5873
Mailing Address:  Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Illinois State University, Campus Box 5330, Normal, IL 61790-5330

Department Chair:  Dr. Phyllis Metcalf-Turner, 438-5425; scheduling secretary: Eve DiNardi, 438-2720
Department Interim Assistant Chair: Dr. Vicky Morgan, 438-8700; secretary Reah Martin, 438-8992
Department Office Manager:  Susan Robb, 438-7531

Program Websites, Coordinators and Secretaries

All Teacher Certification Programs and Advisors
Undergraduate Education Degree Programs advising secretary:  Jo Schaefer, 438-5873
     Advisors:  Toni Gorrell, Diane Meister and Maureen Smith, 438-5873
Partnerships and Outreach, Professional Development Schools coordinator:  Bruce Johnson, 438-8636;  sec. Jo Schaefer, 438-5873
Bilingual-Bicultural Education:  coordinator Dr. Pauline Clardy, 438-5882
Reading Recovery:  coordinator Susan Almeida; secretary Eve DiNardi, 438-2720
Alternative Route to Secondary Teacher Certification:  coordinator Dr. Michael Lorber, 438-2839;  secretary Stephen Finley, 438-5461
(The Alternative Route program is on hiatus; applications are not being considered for 2008)
M.S. in Reading and Reading Endorsement (Type 10): coordinator Dr. Ellen Spycher, 438-8051;  secretary Reah Martin, 438-8992
M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction:  interim coordinator Dr. Adel Al-Bataineh, 438-3257;  secretary Stephen Finley, 438-5461
(These Master's degree programs do not lead toward teacher certification; Master's applicants must already be teacher-certified;
teacher certification for grades K-9 can only be obtained through a first or second bachelor's degree.)
M.S. in Instructional Technology & Design: Applications for this program in transition may not be considered; e-mail pmetcal@ilstu.edu
Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction: coordinator Dr. Thomas Crumpler (438-5433);  secretary Stephen Finley, 438-5461

Find Us

The department's main office is located in 232 DeGarmo Hall (2nd floor).
Undergraduate Advising is located in the Dr. Cecilia J. Lauby Teacher Education Center in 56 DeGarmo Hall (lower level).
Also see the Campus Map, Parking Map and Directions to campus; DeGarmo Hall on the campus map, Lower Level Map of DeGarmo Hall