Joseph Shoffner Joins the UIC Leadership Coaching Team We would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest Leadership Coach and UIC EdD alumni, Dr. Joseph Shoffner (Cohort 7). Shoffner joins the UIC coaching faculty with a wealth of experience. Over his 13 years in...
In collaboration with UIC’s Learning Science Research Institute, CUEL helped secure a $5 million, 5-year grant from the National Science Foundation. Led by PI Dr. Alison Castro-Superfine and Co-PIs Drs. Benjamin Superfine, Yue Yin, and Shelby Cosner, its purpose...
P.J. Karafiol hosts Governor J.B. Pritzker at Lakeview High School On June 30th, Dr. P.J. Karafiol (Cohort 12) hosted Governor J. B. Pritzker at Lakeview High School. At this convening, the Governor signed an executive order to create an “Affirming and Inclusive...
On Tuesday, June 25th, the LLIFT P-3 Networked Improvement Community (NIC) and the UIC Center for Urban Education Leadership (CUEL) hosted a three-hour symposium that was well-attended by about sixty school and system leaders, expert practitioners in PK-3 grade...
On June 10th-11th, Drs. Cynthia Barron, Shelby Cosner, and Kristine Schutz represented UIC at the inaugural EdPrep Lab convening. The Education Preparation Laboratory is a collaboration between Bank Street College (New York, NY) and the Education Policy Institute to...
On October 1, 2018, national Blue Ribbon Award Schools were announced. Only 24 schools in Illinois won the award, including private schools: about half a percent of all Illinois schools won. Three of these are UIC connected: Karen Valentine at Edison Regional Gifted...
The UIC Center for Urban Education Leadership is one of six honorees selected by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for this year’s Spotlight on Quality in Continuous Improvement. CUEL provides continuous improvement support to the EdD Program in...
Congratulations to Dr. Allison Tingwall, principal of the great Curie Metropolitan High School. Allison recently published an article titled “Drawing in the School Context as a Learning Resource in School Leader Development: Application Oriented Projects in...
Our very own alum, Patrick McGill, EdD, former principal at George Westinghouse College Prep, is interviewed by Education Week on the impact a principal has on teacher learning. Click here to watch the video.
Chicago public school’s new leader wants to build on the district’s positive academic gains and bring “trust” back to the system. Watch the full video here.
