Education

Kathleen King

Associate Professor of Education; Education Graduate Placement Coordinator; Education Undergraduate Campus Assessment Coordinator; Chairperson Department of Education

Contact

+1 630 637 5107
kbking@noctrl.edu

Office Location

STAD

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Kathleen King, PhD is an associate professor of education and education department chair, focusing on leadership development at the graduate level and transformative teacher preparation.  She has served as partnership coordinator in the department's graduate program, co-designing the State-approved Educational Leadership Masters with principal endorsement.  She has served as a teacher, curriculum director, assistant principal, principal, and district technology director in PK-12 schools, including a school recognized as a national service learning leader school.  

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Selected Scholarship

King, K., Ressler, M.B., & Escobar, A. (2023). Infusing Culturally Responsiveness and Social Emotional Skill Development into the Preparation of Transformative Educational Leaders. In Equity & Access: An Analysis of Educational Leadership Preparation, Policy, & Practice. Edited by Fowler, D., Vasquez Hellig, J., Jouganatos, S., and Johnson, A., Information Age Publishing.

King, K., Harris, A., & Vales, A. (2023). Exploring the Landscape of Educational Leader Wellness. In Supporting Leaders for School Improvement Through Self-Care and Wellbeing. Edited by Carpenter, B., Mahfouz, J., & Robinson, K., Information Age Publishing.

King, K.,Yahya, D. & Mahfouz, J.,  (November, 2022).Six self-care practices for school leaders. Greater Good Magazine. Retrieved from https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/six_self_care_practices_for_school_leaders

 

Ressler, M.B., Apantenco, C., Wexler, L.J., & King, K.B. (2022). Preservice teachers’ mental health: Using student voice to inform pedagogical, programmatic, and curricular change. Action in Teacher Education.

King, K. (December 2021). Social Emotional Learning and Antiracism. Voices for Educational Equity. 

Courses Taught

MEDU 691, 692, 693: Internship & Residency

MEDU 536: School, Home, Community

MEDU 535: Supervision & Instruction

MEDU 500: Mission-Driven Leadership

MEDU 620: Curriculum & Program Assessment

MEDU 320: Equitable Learning Environment

MEDU 503: Teacher Leadership

EDN 460: Literacy III

EDN 515: Institutional & Political Environment of Schools

EDN 403: Secondary Assessment

Additional Credentials

Mental Health First Aid Trained

Green Dot Trainer (bystander personal violence interventions)

Certified State of Illinois Foster Parent

Superintendent Endorsement

Principal Endorsement

Secondary English/ Elem Self-contained LA, SS

Areas of Interest

Social Emotional Learning

Leadership development

Mental Wellness & Educators

Cultures of Character

Teacher Preparation

Degrees

B.A., Loras College, 1987; M.Ed., DePaul University, 1997