The College of Education
 

2007 Fiscal Year College of Education External Grant Awards*

Overall Totals

Number of awards: 32
Amount received: $5,827,738

Office of the Dean

Darrell Kruger, Robert Fisher, and Robert Lee

Amount awarded: $889,955
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 and Lara Handsfield

Amount awarded: $39,950
Agency: Spencer Foundation
Title: Exploring Discursive Practices within a New Literacies Framework: Multilingualism Multiliteracies and K–8 Teacher Development

Fabiola Ehlers-Zavala

Amount awarded: $265,500
Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Title: In-Service and Pre-Service Teacher Education for Teachers of English Language Learners

Thomas Haynes

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

Darrell Kruger

Amount awarded: $59,179
Agency: National Geographic Society Education Foundation
Title: Illinois Geographic Alliance

Barbara Nourie

Amount awarded: $18,000
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: $5,500
Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Title: Teachers For All Children: Developing a Model for Alternative Bilingual Elementary Certification for Paraprofessionals in Illinois

George Torres

Amount awarded: $350,917
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

Lynne Curry

Amount awarded: $185,000
Agency: Illinois Board of Higher Education
Title: Making College Readiness a Reality

Diane Dean

Amount awarded: $242,000
Agency: Lumina Foundation
Title: Portrait of Todays College Students

Norm Durflinger

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

Norm Durflinger and Joe Pacha

Amount awarded: $247,217
Agency: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Title: The Social Economic and Educational Correlates of Rural School Closure: A Longitudinal Analysis of Predictors and Outcomes

Ross Hodel and Dianne Gardner

Amount awarded: $10,000
Agency: Illinois Board of Higher Education (Source: U.S. Department of Education)
Title: No Child Left Behind — Program Support

Ross Hodel, Paul Vogt, and Ed Hines

Amount awarded: $9,000
Agency: Lumina Foundation
Title: Recession Retrenchment and Recovery: State Higher Education Funding and Student Financial Aid

Patricia Klass

Amount awarded: $480,133
Agency: Illinois Association of School Administrators
Title: Illinois Association of School Administrators FY 2007

Patricia Klass

Amount awarded: $468,291
Agency: Illinois Principals Association
Title: Illinois Principals Association

Phyllis McCluskey-Titus

Amount awarded: $20,790
Agency: Lincoln College
Title: Graduate Assistant in Residence Halls (Riegle DeLaporte Morris)

Lynn Reha

Amount awarded: $500
Agency: OER Associates LLC (Source: U.S. Department of Education)
Title: Even Start Evaluation

Lynn Reha

Amount awarded: $8,000
Agency: OER Associates LLC (Source: U.S. Department of Education)
Title: Even Start Evaluation

Lynn Reha and Stefanie Lee-Berardi

Amount awarded: $225,000
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: $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: $1,298
Agency: Illinois State Board of Education
Title: Title V Innovative Programs

Robert Dean

Amount awarded: $1,863
Agency: Illinois State Board of Education
Title: Title IVA Drug Free Schools

Robert Dean

Amount awarded: $11,735
Agency: Illinois State Board of Education
Title: Title IIA Teacher Quality

Robert Dean

Amount awarded: $13,312
Agency: Illinois State Board of Education
Title: Reading Improvement Block Grant

Robert Dean

Amount awarded: $38,238
Agency: Illinois State Board of Education
Title: ADA Safety and Education Block Grant

Department of Special Education

Stacey Bock and James Thompson

Amount awarded: $160,000
Agency: School Association Special Education DuPage County (Source: Illinois State Board of Education)
Title: Autism Spectrum Professional Development and Technical Assistance Project

Maribeth Lartz and Christine Mayworm

Amount awarded: $195,609
Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Title: Preparing Qualified Personnel to Provide Early Intervention for Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Illinois

Maribeth Lartz and James Thompson

Amount awarded: $119,811
Agency: International Center on Deafness and the Arts (ICODA)
Title: Advanced Training for Professionals Working with Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Linda Reabe

Amount awarded: $350,940
Agency: Illinois Community College Board
Title: Center for Adult Learning Leadership

Linda Reabe

Amount awarded: $200,000
Agency: Peoria Public Schools
Title: Promoting a Learning Community

James Thompson

Amount awarded: $50,000
Agency: The Hope School
Title: The Autism Program at Hope School (TAP)

* Grants awarded as of March 31, 2007.

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