About Us

To contact the CTE office, please call (312) 355-0714. Office hours are 8:30am - 5pm Monday-Friday.

Mission & History

The Council on Teacher Education oversees and supports all professional education programs. The Council is responsible for the coordination of professional education curricula and serves as a liaison between the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Illinois State Board of Education. In addition, the Council serves as a liaison between the University and school service personnel. The Council on Teacher Education was established by the University of Illinois' Board of Trustees in 1943-44 to formulate policies and programs of student selection, retention, guidance, preparation, and placement in elementary and secondary schools. The Council was created in conformity with educational policies established by the campus Senate.

 

The Council on Teacher Education consists of deans from the five colleges that sponsor professional education programs that lead to teacher, administrator, and school service personnel certificates. Those departments are :

 

• Architecture and the Arts
• Education
• Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Nursing
• Social Work

Title II reports

Title II Reports contain the pass rates for Basic Skills, Content Area, and Assessment of Professional Teaching (APT) scores that have been reported to UIC.
Reports do not show pass rates for those tests having less than 10 takers.

2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008

Who We Are

Dr. Cynthia Shanahan - Executive Director

Phone: (312) 355-0714    chynd@uic.edu

• Oversee the activities of the CTE
• Communicate with the State and the unit about certification and accreditation policies and processes
• Facilitate the planning, coordination, and implementation of policies and programs within the unit
• Help the Deans of the CTE set and implement directions and priorities

 

 

Phone: (312) 355-0714    

• Provide general information to students and candidates
• Input candidacy data and manage candidacy files
• Assist the certification officer in candidate audits for student teaching and entitlement
• Manage correspondence to candidates regarding candidacy and entitlement
• Manage CTE materials and supplies
• Answer phones and direct customers to appropriate information and other resources
• Assist staff as needed

 

 

Phone: (312) 355-0714

• Provide general information to students and candidates
• Oversee the collection and data input of field placement logs
• Input data from student teaching application
• Answer phones and direct customers to appropriate information and other resources
• Process travel vouchers
• Manages files, correspondence related to student teaching, and tuition waivers (assists Marsha Manheim)
• Assists staff as needed

 

 

Dr. Marietta Giovannelli - Assistant to the Executive Director

Phone: (312) 996-9570     mgiova1@uic.edu

• Oversee candidacy application and acceptance process
• Facilitate registration in ED courses
• Advise MEd Students
• Plan MEd Orientation
• Facilitate candidate audits and entitlements
• Act as a liaison to the Future Teachers Club
• Advise the Executive Director about CTE directions and activities

Betsy Gates-Ehlers - Data Management Specialist

Phone: (312) 355-1872     emgates@uic.edu

• Oversee all activities related to data and information management and reporting
• Create and manage CTE databases
• Collect, aggregate, and report unit data
• Create and oversee CTE listserv(s) and website
• Standardize and manage forms and documents
• Facilitate faculty, staff, and candidate use of TaskStream and communicate with TaskStream headquarters
• Advise the Executive Director about CTE directions and activities

Marsha Manheim - Coordinator of Student Teaching and Field Experiences

Phone: (312) 355-0714     mmanheim@uic.edu

• Oversee all activities regarding field placements and student teaching
• Find appropriate placements for candidates who are qualified to student teach
• Communicate with program faculty, school personnel; field instructors, candidates and other relevant parties regarding field work and student teaching
• Plan and oversee the student teaching orientation and student teaching celebration
• Plan “Special Topics” Seminars
• Assist in the creation of informational documents to assist programs and candidates
• Act as a liaison to Golden Apple
• Review petitions for exceptions for student teaching applications
• Advise the Executive Director about CTE directions and activities

Lisa Jones - Certification Officer

Phone: (312) 355-0714     lwjones@uic.edu

• Oversee all activities related to program completion and entitlement
• Manage CTE office
• Perform candidate audits for student teaching and entitlement
• Plan “Special Topics“ seminars
• Provide entitlement information to student teachers
• Entitle candidates for certification
• Act as a liaison among the state, programs, and candidates regarding entitlement and certification issues
• Oversee planning, materials development, and implementation of orientation sessions for potential candidates
• Facilitate candidates' requests for verification and petitions for exception
• Advise the Executive Director about CTE directions and activities