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2006 Fiscal Year College of Education External Grant Awards

Office of the Dean

Lynne Curry

Amount awarded: $15,000
Agency: The Education Trust (Source: Joyce Foundation Funding)
Title: Improving Teacher Quality for Illinois Neediest Students and Schools

Lynn Gaddis

Amount awarded: $93,622
Agency: Learning Point Associates (Source: U.S. Department of Education)
Title: USVI LPA SIP — U.S. Virgin Islands Learning Point Associates School Improvement Planning

Lynn Gaddis and Stephanie Epp

Amount awarded: $860,975
Agency: Illinois State Board of Education
Title: Comprehensive Support System to Advance NBPTS in Illinois Teacher Professional Development

Darrell Kruger, Robert Fisher, and Robert Lee

Amount awarded: $823,011
Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Title: Professional Articulation for Recruiting/Retaining Teachers for Neighborhood Engagement and Renewal (PARTNER)

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Thomas Crumpler

Amount awarded: $7,650
Agency: Illinois State Board of Education
Title: Reading Recovery

Thomas Crumpler

Amount awarded: $36,850
Agency: Illinois State Board of Education
Title: Reading Recovery

Fabiola Ehlers-Zavala

Amount awarded: $262,000
Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Title: In-Service and Pre-Service Teacher Education for Teachers of English Language Learners

Thomas Haynes

Amount awarded: $43,607
Agency: Illinois State Board of Education
Title: Connections Project

Thomas Haynes

Amount awarded: $280,000
Agency: Illinois State Board of Education
Title: Connections Project

Darrell Kruger

Amount awarded: $31,638
Agency: Geographic Society of Chicago — National Geographic Society Endowment Fund Plan FY06
Title: The Geographical Society of Chicago (GSC) — National Geographic Society (NGS) Endowment Proposal

Darrell Kruger

Amount awarded: $50,954
Agency: National Geographic Society Endowment Foundation
Title: Illinois Geographic Alliance — State Endowment

Darrell Kruger

Amount awarded: $76,956
Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Title: Understanding South African Society through Reconciliation Segregation and Creolization

Nancy Latham, Linda Wedwick, and Marilyn Moore

Amount awarded: $37,200
Agency: Illinois Board of Higher Education
Title: Building Academic Foundations for At-Risk Young Children through Accessible Early Childhood Teacher Preparation

Barbara Meyer

Amount awarded: $26,923
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Title: The Mind Projects Cutting Edge Health Science Initiative

Barbara Nourie

Amount awarded: $39,710
Agency: Illinois State Board of Education
Title: Grow Your Own Consortium — Planning Grant Proposal Chicago Illinois (Little Village Kenwood and Oakland Communities)

George Torres

Amount awarded: $366,206
Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Title: Teachers For All Children: Developing a Model for Alternative Bilingual Elementary Certification for Paraprofessionals in Illinois

Department of Educational Administration and Foundations

Norm Durflinger

Amount awarded: $700,000
Agency: Wallace Foundation
Title: Illinois State Action for Education Leadership Project

Ross Hodel and Dianne Gardner

Amount awarded: $25,000
Agency: Illinois Board of Higher Education (Source: U.S. Department of Education)
Title: No Child Left Behind — Program Support

Erika Hunt and Diane Dean

Amount awarded: $95,000
Agency: Illinois Board of Higher Education
Title: Committing to Keep Illinois Students In-State: Understanding College Choice Student Migration Patterns and Retention

Patricia Klass

Amount awarded: $229,698
Agency: Illinois Association of School Administrators
Title: Illinois Association of School Administrators FY 2006

Patricia Klass

Amount awarded: $445,534
Agency: Illinois Principals Association
Title: Illinois Principals Association

Patricia Klass

Amount awarded: $15,000
Agency: The Education Trust (Source: Joyce Foundation Funding)
Title: Improving Teacher Quality for Illinois Neediest Students and Schools

Phyllis McCluskey-Titus

Amount awarded: $13,860
Agency: Lincoln College
Title: Graduate Assistant Practicum (Burgenmeyer Braksick)

Lynn Reha

Amount awarded: $52,135
Agency: Chicago Women In Trades (Source: U.S. Department of Labor)
Title: Women In Skilled Trades: Evaluation Product Development and Curriculum

Lynn Reha

Amount awarded: $4,000
Agency: Streator Elementary School (Source: U.S. Department of Education)
Title: Evaluation for Streator Open Door Even Start

Lynn Reha

Amount awarded: $5,500
Agency: Whiteside Regional Office of Education (Source: U.S. Department of Education)
Title: Evaluation for Whiteside Even Start Family Literacy

Lynn Reha and Stefanie Lee-Berardi

Amount awarded: $20,000
Agency: Illinois Community College Board (Source: U.S. Department of Education)
Title: Special Populations Professional Development and Technical Assistance Project

Lynn Reha and Stefanie Lee-Berardi

Amount awarded: $205,000
Agency: Illinois Community College Board (Source: U.S. Department of Education)
Title: Special Populations Professional Development and Technical Assistance Project

Lynn Reha and Stefanie Lee-Berardi

Amount awarded: $38,784
Agency: Illinois Community College Board (Source: U.S. Department of Education)
Title: Forum for Excellence Conference Sponsorship

Lynn Reha and Stefanie Lee-Berardi

Amount awarded: $180,000
Agency: Illinois State Board of Education (Source: U.S. Department of Education)
Title: Special Populations Professional Development and Technical Assistance Project

University Laboratory Schools

Robert Dean

Amount awarded: $173
Agency: Illinois State Board of Education
Title: Reading Improvement Block Grant

Robert Dean

Amount awarded: $2,388
Agency: Illinois State Board of Education
Title: Title IV Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act

Robert Dean

Amount awarded: $2,495
Agency: Illinois State Board of Education
Title: Title V Innovative Programs

Robert Dean

Amount awarded: $11,848
Agency: Illinois State Board of Education
Title: Title II Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund (Teacher Quality)

Robert Dean

Amount awarded: $13,166
Agency: Illinois State Board of Education
Title: Reading Improvement Block Grant

Robert Dean

Amount awarded: $33,050
Agency: Illinois State Board of Education
Title: School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant

Department of Special Education

Stacey Bock

Amount awarded: $5,000
Agency: LaGrange Area Department of Special Education (Source: Illinois State Board of Education — IDEA Discretionary Grant 4630-1)
Title: Autism/Pervasive Developmental Disorder Training and Technical Assistance Project at Illinois State University

Stacey Bock

Amount awarded: $50,000
Agency: The Hope School
Title: The Autism Project

Stacey Bock and James Thompson

Amount awarded: $152,768
Agency: School Association Special Education DuPage County (Source: Illinois State Board of Education)
Title: Autism Spectrum Professional Development and Technical Assistance Project

Chris Francisco

Amount awarded: $350,690
Agency: Illinois Community College Board (Source: U.S. Department of Education)
Title: Center for Adult Learning Leadership

Mary O'Brian

Amount awarded: $2,310
Agency: Two Rivers Professional Development Center (Source: Illinois State Board of Education)
Title: Comprehensive Evaluation System for the Central Region Professional Development Grant: Design and Implementation Project

Phil Parette, George Peterson-Karlan, and James Thompson

Amount awarded: $495,980
Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Title: National Assistive Technology (AT) Coalition

George Peterson-Karlan and Phil Parette

Amount awarded: $15,000
Agency: National Center on Technology Innovation
Title: The Effectiveness of the SOLO (TM) Software Upon the Writing Outcomes of Students with Learning and Academic Disabilities Across the Curriculum

James Thompson, Jeff Bakken, and Barb Fulk

Amount awarded: $130,024
Agency: Peoria Public Schools (Source: U.S. Department of Education)
Title: A Public School and University Partnership to Improve Student Achievement and Prepare Future Teachers

James Thompson, Sharon Litchfield, and Maribeth Lartz

Amount awarded: $58,190
Agency: International Center of Deafness and the Arts — ICODA (Source: U.S. Department of Education)
Title: Training Teachers for the Deaf: A University Community College and a Not for Profit Organization Partnership

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