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Community Engagement
The responsibilities of the College of Education extend well beyond the classroom and past the edge of the University of Illinois campus. As a public institution, we remain very much a public resource for our state and for the nation.
From continuing professional development opportunities for practicing educators to a federally funded training center for the early childhood Headstart programs, College faculty, students and staff work daily bridging the gap between academic pursuit and real world practice.
Youth Literature Festival
The Youth Literature Festival is designed to bring together families from throughout the area, those involved with the public sector, and a variety of community groups for one main goal: putting literature at the heart of our lives. Events include entertainment for children and adults of all ages, from storytelling, puppetry, readings, lectures, book signings, and discussions featuring the Festival authors and illustrators, to a poetry cafe for middle and high school students, from museum and library exhibits at Krannert Art Museum and Orpheum Children's Museum, to student musical performances.
The Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative (ECAP)
ECAP, housed in the Children's Research Center on the south side of the Illinois campus, is a collaborative of more than a dozen projects centered on the education, care and parenting of young children.
Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative Site
Illinois Early Learning Project (IEL)
The Illinois Early Learning (IEL) Project builds a Web site in English and Spanish that provides evidence-based, reliable information for parents, caregivers, and teachers of young children in the state of Illinois. The Web site offers printable Tip Sheets for caregivers and parents, frequently asked questions and many other resources.
Illinois Early Learning Web Site
Math English Technology Education Resources (METER)
Funded by the US Department of Education, METER is a partnership among five Illinois universities to re-design and transform the way higher educational institutions prepare their graduates to teach in high-need Illinois K-12 schools.
Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast is a one-week summer institute organized by the Office of Educational Technology in the College and held at sites throughout the state of Illinois . This project-based technology institute is tailored to meet the needs of training teachers and administrators in technology and emphasizes ways to integrate technology in conjunction with Illinois and Engaged Learning standards. Illinois CPDUs and University of Illinois graduate credit can be earned.
Office for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (MSTE)
MSTE (pronounced, MISTY) brings together the resources of multiple programs across the Illinois campus to develop new methods and materials to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics and science in K-12 schools.
MSTE also manages the Public Engagement Portal for the University of Illinois. The site helps people find programs and events provided by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, including events in Urbana-Champaign, throughout the state of Illinois, the region, and the country.
MSTE Web Site
Public Engagement Portal
Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL)
OCCRL, housed in the Department of Educational Organization and Leadership in the College provides research, leadership, and service to community college leaders and assists in improving the quality of vocational-technical education in the Illinois community college system.
http://occrl.illinois.edu/about
University Primary School (UPS)
UPS is a College-affiliated early childhood gifted education program serving children ages 3-7. Small class sizes and a diverse student population make the UPS experience unique and engaging.
http://education.illinois.edu/ups
I-STEM
The I-STEM Education Initiative is a campus coalition to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. Led by the Chancellor, I-STEM involves the following colleges: LAS (Liberal Arts & Sciences), Education, Engineering, Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine, Applied Health Sciences, Medicine, Library and Information Sciences, and Social Work. Other campus units involved include NCSA (the National Center for Supercomputing Applications) and the Beckman Institute.