COE: Curriculum & Instruction

Teacher Education Certification Program Advisors

If you are interested in obtaining certification in Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, or Special Education, please contact the advisor for your area of interest from this list:

Undergraduate - Other Programs - Graduate

Undergraduate Programs

 Advisor Name / Email Address / Phone Number (309)

Early Childhood

(type 04) (Age 0 – Grade 3)

 Mrs. Toni Gorrell:  tlgorre@ilstu.edu; 438-5873
Ms. Diane Meister: demeist@ilstu.edu; 438-5873
Ms. Maureen Smith: masmith@ilstu.edu; 438-5873
Secretary, Bobbi Jo Schaefer: bjscha2@ilstu.edu; 438-5873

Elementary (type 03) (Grades K – 9)

  • Bilingual Elementary – Spanish

(same as above)
Middle Level (type 03) (Grades K - 9) (same as above)
High School (Type 09) (Grades 6 - 12) (see below)
Agriculture Dr. Randy Winter: rwinter@ilstu.edu; 438-3563
David Malone: dmalone@ilstu.edu; 438-8767
Art Dr. Linda Willis Fisher: lmwfis@ilstu.edu; 438-5621
Nancy Fewkes: nfewkes@ilstu.edu; 438-5621
Biological Sciences Ms. Elisa Palmer: elpalme@ilstu.edu; 438-3669
Business Education Dr. Glenn Bailey: gabaile@ilstu.edu; 438-3959
Nancy Baldoni: nlbaldo@ilstu.edu; 438-8385
Chemistry Dr. Willy Hunter: wjhunte@ilstu.edu; 438-7905
Dr. Frank Shaw: cfshaw@ilstu.edu; 438-7661
Communication Douglas Jennings: dkjenni@ilstu.edu; 438-2872
English Claire Lamonica:  cclamon@ilstu.edu; 438-3297
Eileen Bilarzik: embular@ilstu.edu; 438-7349
Family and Consumer Sciences Dr. Joan Falcone: jsfalco@ilstu.edu; 438-5011
Dr. Barbara Allison: bnallis@ilstu.edu; 438-5960
Foreign Languages Jackie Mitchell: jmitchel@ilstu.edu; 438-7960
Dr. Lisa Huempfner: ljhuemp@ilstu.edu; 438-7874
Laura Edwards: lcedwar@ilstu.edu; 438-3279
Geography-Geology Jill Thomas: jfthoma@ilstu.edu; 438-8430
Health Education Dr. Mark Temple: matempl@ilstu.edu; 438-2324
History / Social Sciences Dan Stump (A-G): dhstump@ilstu.edu; 438-8306
Monica Noraian (H-M): mcnora2@ilstu.edu; 438-3001
Ron Gifford (N-Z) : rmgiffo@ilstu.edu; 438-2445
Mathematics Dr. Beverly Rich: bsrich@ilstu.edu; 438-7393
Dr. Cheryl McCrone: smccrone@ilstu.edu; 438-7089
Dr. Cheryl Lubinski: cal@ilstu.edu; 438-7267
Music Dr. Kim McCord: kamccor@ilstu.edu; 438-3365
Tim Fredstrom (choral): tcfreds@ilstu.edu; 438-8372

Physical Education

  • (Adaptive PE)
 Mary Leung: mwleung@ilstu.edu; 438-5782
Beth Carpenter: bacarpe@ilstu.edu; 438-5249
Dr. Deb Garrahy: dagarra@ilstu.edu; 438-5187
Physics Carl Wenning: cjwennin@ilstu.edu; 438-2957
Technology Dr. Chris Merrill: cpmerri@ilstu.edu; 438-3661
Cathy McKay: camckay@ilstu.edu; 438-3661
Theatre Dr. Cynthia Brown: clbrown3@ilstu.edu; 438-5692
Sandra Zielinski: skzieli@ilstu.edu; 438-8783

Programs

 Advisor Name / Email Address / Phone Number (309)

Special– other than Special Education   

(Type 10) (Grades K – 12)

  
Art Dr. Linda-Willis Fisher: lmwfis@ilstu.edu; 438-7938
Business Teacher Education Ms. Nancy Baldoni: nlbaldo@ilstu.edu; 438-8385

Music

  • Choral-General-Vocal
  • Choral – General-Keyboard
  • Instrumental-Band
  • Instrumental-Orchestra
Dr. Kimberly McCord: kamccor@ilstu.edu; 438-3365
Physical Education Mary Leung: mwleung@ilstu.edu; 438-5782
Reading (Graduate Program Only) Dr. Ellen Spycher: easpych@ilstu.edu; 438-8051
Speech Pathology (Graduate Program Only) Linda Bowman: lbowman@ilstu.edu; 438-3960
Heidi Verticchio: hrfritz@ilstu.edu; 438-3266

Special Education (Type 10)                         

(P – Age 21 or grades K-12)

  
  • Specialist in Learning and Behavior
  • Specialist in Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  • Specialist in Low Vision and Blindness
Mary Kay Harms: mkharms3@ilstu.edu; 438-2314
Janet Caldwell: jecaldw@ilstu.edu; 438-2959

Graduate Programs

 Advisor Name / Email Address / Phone Number (309)
Alternative Route to Secondary Certification Program (Type 09)          (Grades 6 – 12)  

School Administration Programs (Type 75)

Mr. Larry Lowe: ljlowe@ilstu.edu; 438-5422
School Psychology (Type 73) Karen Mark: kimark@ilstu.edu; 438-8130