NIU Child Development and Family Center (CDFC) maintained the ExceleRate Illinois Gold Circle of Quality, a quality rating system for early childhood programs in Illinois that focuses on four areas: teaching and learning, family and community engagement, leadership and management, and qualifications and continuing education.
Read moreChild Development and Family Center accolades
NIU Child Development and Family Center (CDFC) maintained the ExceleRate Illinois Gold Circle of Quality. “Having a gold rating in ExceleRate – and maintaining it – means that all staff have met and maintained professional learning levels,” said Kristin Schulz, executive director
Read moreHuskie Spotlight – DeKol Austin
DeKol Austin Family Coordinator, Child Development and Family Center What year did you start working at NIU? 2022 Where is your hometown? and where do you live now? My hometown is Chicago and I live in Sycamore, Illinois. Where did you attend
Read moreChild Development and Family Center (CDFC) goes green
Things just got a little greener at NIU’s Child Development and Family Center (CDFC) thanks to a generous grant from the DeKalb County Community Foundation. For Kristin Schulz, executive director of the CDFC, the $11,550 grant means there will be less waste
Read moreSPS Presidential Awards for Excellence recipients announced
Four members of NIU’s Supportive Professional Staff are winners of the 2021 Presidential Awards for Excellence. Each is an ambassador for the university in their own unique way, but all work to innovatively and professionally ensure the success of their departments, building programs
Read moreMore than Child Care at NIU
You can make a difference! Consider making a donation – big or small – to support students, children and families of the Child Development and Family Center at NIU. Beginning April 1 and running through May 3, the School of Family and
Read moreNIU’s Child Development and Family Center offers Preschool For All Expansion (PFAE) Program
Every child deserves the chance to learn. We aren’t leaving that up to chance. For the past two years, Northern Illinois University’s Child Development and Family Center has been home to the Preschool for All Expansion (PFAE) program, a grant-funded initiative that
Read moreDahlia Roman named Hometown Hero
Dahlia Roman, family coordinator of NIU Child Development and Family Center, was recently named a Hometown Hero by DeKalb radio station 94.9 WDKB. The award, which highlights people in the community who are doing positive things, is given out weekly by the
Read moreChild Development and Family Center earns accolades
Congratulations to Child Development and Family Center team who will receive this year’s NIU Supportive Professional Staff (SPS) Award for Partnership and Collaboration. “This award is given to staff or groups who have demonstrated a willingness to partner, cooperate, and collaborate for
Read more$1.6 million state grant means expansion for CDFC
The Child Development and Family Center (CDFC) at NIU has received a $1.6 million award from the Illinois State Board of Education to provide full-day preschool services to more DeKalb children. The Preschool for All Expansion (PFA-E) program increases access to full-day
Read moreFrom Round Lake to NIU, graduates reconnect 22 years later
(Editor’s note: This is republished from NIU Today.) More than two decades after earning their Round Lake High School diplomas together, NIU’s director of Campus Child Care Kristin Schulz and her longtime friend Mike Lannon can call themselves fellow graduates again. Both graduated Friday,
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