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Free Event for Educators Live Virtual Conversation

As a reminder, North Central College's Sunday morning Commencement ceremony will begin at 12:30 p.m. due to inclement weather. Sunday's afternoon ceremony will remain as scheduled at 3 p.m. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/3erBjc3.

It's time to celebrate! 🎓🎉

Congratulations to all graduates from the School of Education and Health Sciences!

Congratulations to the newest members of Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education inducted to NCC's Alpha Delta Delta chapter this evening!

Teachers: here are some immediate resources and tips for talking to your students about yesterday's attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Talking to Kids About the Attack on the Capitol | NEA Explaining the violent attempt to stop Congress from certifying that President-elect Joe Biden won the election.

https://www.aaup.org/news/assault-capitol

SEHS is hosting the 2nd Annual Self-Care, We-Care event from 7-8 pm on Monday, November 23, via Zoom. Please RSVP at http://www.tinyurl.com/y3gn3qxh.

Thank you to our veterans.

Dorothy Pleas is hosting the next virtual Honors Salon on Thursday, November 4, at 11:50 a.m. For more info, check out: https://bit.ly/2Grziji

We’re one week away from our next Honors salon with Dorothy Pleas! See you then Cardinals!

Save the Date: Project LEAD is hosting a virtual Fall Forum on Friday, November 13, from 1-4 p.m. The theme this year is "Finding our " and will feature a keynote speaker, interactive workshops, resources for future teachers, and opportunity to participate in a state-wide Project LEAD book club. Look for details next week on how to join. All are welcome at this forum for free. Contact Dr. Shah with any questions regarding this event.

https://diversebookfinder.org/about/a-critical-look-at-ownvoices-books/ #:~:text=%23OwnVoices%20books%20are%20defined%20as,groups%20in%20books%20written%20by

A Critical Look at #OwnVoices Books | Diverse BookFinder I was really eager to read this set of books with the expectation that they would be ones with which I could identify. But by the time I was halfway through, the characters and their stories felt foreign to me. After a summer as the Diverse BookFinder’s student research fellow, racial ...

Professor Kathleen King and Dr. Maureen Spelman both attended ICIC's conference on "Coaching for Equity" with author, Elena Aguilar. To learn more about the Instructional Coaching program at North Central, visit https://www.northcentralcollege.edu/program/master-instructional-coaching

Faculty from NCC attended the Illinois Council of Instructional Coaching conference entitled “Coaching for Equity” featuring Elena Aguilar, author of The Art of Coaching. Learn more about our Master of Education in Instructional Coaching here: https://www.northcentralcollege.edu/master-instructional-coaching

The NCC Movie Club now called "Project Re-Connect" is hosting their first (virtual) movie night with the Muslim Student Association on Thursday, October 29th from 6-8 p.m. as a part of Anti-Hate Week! Check out the Office of Multicultural Affairs or NCC Project LEAD on Instagram for more details on how to join. All NCC students, faculty, staff, and alumni are welcome. This event will not be recorded.

On Monday, October 12th, Project LEAD Ambassadors Julia de Guzman, Guiliano Catalano, and Zaina Abdin did a takeover of the North Central College Office of Marketing and Communications (OMC) Instagram page and received over 62,780 views of the content they posted! If you have not yet followed nccprojectlead on Instagram, now is the time to do so!

We are so glad our transfers, present and past, chose North Central as their home away from home.

Project LEAD's movie club met last week as well as virtually for the screening of "America to Me" where a robust conversation took place about issues of equity and race in diverse schools. The next Project LEAD event will be a book club. For details, follow Project LEAD on Instagram .

Dr. Jennifer Jackson will be hosting the next virtual salon on Tuesday, October 20, from 6 pm - 7 pm.

Happy Monday Cardinals! We’re hosting our 4th salon with Dr. Jackson tomorrow at 6pm, and we’ll be learning how to be antiracist by working through Layla Saad’s book Me and White Supremacy. Hope to see you there for this important and informative conversation!

Happy Monday! Dr. Shah went apple picking with her family this weekend. We hope you had some fall fun, too.

DATE CHANGE: Project LEAD is hosting a screening of "America to Me" Episode 1 on Tuesday, October 13th from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in STAD237. From 6:30-7:30 p.m. we will watch the episode while wearing masks and safely distancing. The room capacity is 12 and we will use a first come, first serve policy. From 7:30-8:30 p.m. we will have online discussion as well as a discussion in person. Please follow nccprojectlead on Instagram for the zoom information. You may join the virtual discussion even if you did not watch the episode! Please email Dr. Shah at [email protected] with any questions or concerns regarding this event.

America to Me Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbfx9OpcUoc

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Dr. Lindsay Wexler's daughter, Hannah, arrived on August 18. Congrats to the Wexler family!

Project LEAD now has an Instagram account, thanks to Julia De Guzman! Please follow nccprojectlead for weekly updates on events and resources related to anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion. This week, check out the video of the Project LEAD Call-out meeting and the free online Fall edition of Teaching Tolerance magazine.

If you missed the Project LEAD Call Out Meeting and still would like to participate, please see the informational video below. Our next event will include a dialogue around the documentary "America to Me" in October so look for that information! If you would like to be added to the direct email list for Project LEAD, please email Dr. Shah. All are welcome in Project LEAD. the Boat, Be the Change, Teach Illinois

https://youtu.be/uswZZRBMcR4

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Please join Dr. Alicia Okpareke on Tuesday, September 22, at 11:50 a.m. for a discussion on equity and race in the education system.

There’s only 1 week until we talk about equity and race in the education system with Dr. Okpareke! Check your email to reserve your spot to join us in person or feel free to join us online next Tuesday during community hours!

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Shah on a successful launch of Project Reconnect!

As one of six institutions to receive the Working Across Differences Fund grant from Ashoka U, the College’s “Reclaiming Civility Project,” which aims to foster a cohesive understanding and collective approach to address polarizing topics or events, was supported. A portion of the grant funded movie club dialogue events to help students, faculty and staff discuss polarizing issues regarding race introduced by movies. Learn more about the program, now known as Project Re-Connect: NCC Movie and Dialogue Club, here! https://bit.ly/3iEX1tR

Fun Friday: Please join us for a Project LEAD virtual call out meeting on Friday, September 18th from 6-7 p.m. Project L.E.A.D. stands for Leaders in Education Advocating for Diversity and all education students are welcome to join. Come learn about our upcoming activities this semester and get to know some of your peers in education. Project LEAD does not require a specific time commitment and you can participate as you are able throughout the year. Activities in the past include movie screenings and dialogue, book discussions, and a meet and greet with NCC alums who are teachers. Please email Dr. Shah at [email protected] with any questions about Project LEAD and check the Education weekly newsletter for details.

Elementary Education majors in Literacy II and Assessment/Learning are completing their field experience with students at Smyser Elementary in CPS this semester. Last week the students met their cooperating teachers and organized remote learning bags for the students.

Please join Dr. Jennifer Shah on Wednesday, September 9, at 1:30 p.m. for the first virtual salon this semester.

Our first virtual salon with Dr. Jennifer Shah is this Wednesday! All are welcome to join us here: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_N2IzMmQ5Y2MtYzQzMC00ZTEyLTg4NjAtMjg5YzBkYTQzYzdm%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2277347be8-6158-40d9-933b-44d276a5f8de%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22e6bcf5b8-2d7f-48d5-9ddd-1ae90bd5435d%22%7d

Dr. Marci J. Swede, Dean of the School of Education and Health Sciences, was interviewed about COVID-19 at colleges in Illinois. https://tinyurl.com/y3snx2k4

College Students Who Test Positive For Coronavirus Should Quarantine on Campus, Health Expert Says College students who test positive for the coronavirus should quarantine on campus and not be sent to their hometowns, according to one of the country’s leading infectious disease experts. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told NBC’s “TOD...

North Central College's School of Education and Health Sciences and School of Graduate and Professional Studies have forged a partnership with IL ASCD to promote character education across Illinois. Learn more here! https://bit.ly/3bwg1Z7

North Central College announces new educational partnership with Illinois Association for Supervisors and Curriculum Development | North Central College New partnership expands program outreach for its Master of Education in Educational Leadership North Central College’s School of Education and Health Sciences and the School of Gr