Partner Sites & Administrators
NLU and the Office of Field Experience (OFE) team recognize that school practitioners and university faculty have a joint responsibility for preparing aspiring educators. We believe that teacher training must include quality teaching experiences in a variety of diverse learning communities. Each year, we partner with over 1,000 community-based organizations, schools, and school districts to find quality placements for our teacher candidates in Illinois and across the country.
Hosting Teacher Candidates at Your Site
NLU is always looking to collaborate with more schools, districts and organizations to host our candidates for observation hours or as student teachers! All NLU teacher preparation candidates must complete a minimum 10 week, full-time student teaching placement with a district-approved mentor or ‘cooperating’ teacher that meets ISBE requirements.
If you’d like to partner with NLU to be a placement site for our teaching candidates, please contact Executive Director, Field Experience & PK-12 Partnerships Lisa Mozer at lisa.mozer@nl.edu for more details.
**To learn more about hiring our MAT candidates as a Teaching Assistant for a full year, check out our Year-Long Internship model.
Recruit Our Graduates
Have open positions you’re looking to fill? Heard great things about NLU alumni? Contact our Career Bridge Employer Relations team at careerbridge@nl.edu to promote your school or district’s job opportunities on our Handshake platform, available to all NLU students and alumni.
Teacher Preparation Advisory Board
NCE’s Teacher Preparation Advisory Board members provide critical feedback and insight to college leadership and program faculty to ensure our field experiences and curriculum remain relevant and field-informed. If you’re interested in learning more about our Advisory Board, please contact Executive Director, Field Experience & PK-12 Partnerships Lisa Mozer at lisa.mozer@nl.edu.
Research or Grant Collaborations
NCE faculty and college leadership collaborate with schools, districts and organizations to continually improve upon the field experience for our candidates, their mentors and Supervisors. For more details about the current research initiatives at NCE, click here.
