Meet ICCEFA's Executive Board
Dr. Katherine Schuster, President
Dr. April Zawlocki, Past President
Dr. Katherine Schuster, President
Email: iccefa@gmail.com
Dr. Katherine Schuster is a Distinguished Professor of Education at Oakton College in Des Plaines, IL. She was hired in 2003 to build Oakton’s Education Program. Prior to Oakton, Dr. Schuster taught undergraduate and graduate courses for three years at Northeastern Illinois University in the Educational Foundations
Email: iccefa@gmail.com
Dr. Katherine Schuster is a Distinguished Professor of Education at Oakton College in Des Plaines, IL. She was hired in 2003 to build Oakton’s Education Program. Prior to Oakton, Dr. Schuster taught undergraduate and graduate courses for three years at Northeastern Illinois University in the Educational Foundations department. She has also previously taught Foundations courses as an adjunct at Loyola and Roosevelt Universities. She received her PhD in Comparative Education in the Cultural Foundations of Education program from Loyola University – Chicago in 2001. She completed her masters in Counseling and Student Affairs at the University of Minnesota – Mankato in 1993. Katherine also serves as the Global Studies Coordinator for Oakton and is passionate about encouraging community college students to study abroad. She loves traveling internationally, most recently to Ghana and Togo on a 5-week Fulbright-Hays grant, singing, running, and yoga
Currently Vacant, Vice President
Dr. April Zawlocki, Past President
Dr. Katherine Schuster, President
Dr. April Zawlocki, Past President
Dr. April Zawlocki, Past President
Dr. April Zawlocki, Past President
Dr. April Zawlocki is a Professor of Education at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL. She has served in numerous roles in her 17 years in education, including being a middle school ELA teacher, a high school Title One teacher, and, for the last 9 years, a professor in higher education. She completed her undergraduate work at Illinois Sta
Dr. April Zawlocki is a Professor of Education at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL. She has served in numerous roles in her 17 years in education, including being a middle school ELA teacher, a high school Title One teacher, and, for the last 9 years, a professor in higher education. She completed her undergraduate work at Illinois State as a Middle Level Teacher Education major, her masters at North Central College in Educational Leadership and Administration, and, most recently, her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Curriculum Leadership at Northern Illinois University. April has a passion for developing and providing equitable access to education to students so they may pursue careers in the field of Education.
Currently Vacant, Secretary
Jill Urban-Bollis, Treasurer
Dr. April Zawlocki, Past President
Bio
Jill Urban-Bollis, Treasurer
Jill Urban-Bollis, Treasurer
Jill Urban-Bollis, Treasurer
Jill Urban-Bollis is the Educational Psychology Professor at Illinois Valley Community College in Oglesby, Il. IVCC is located one hour south of Rockford and one north of Bloomingtion/Normal.
Professor Jill Urban-Bollis holds a B.A. in Psychology and a K-9 Illinois Teaching Certificate. In addition, she has earned a M.A. in Human Develop
Jill Urban-Bollis is the Educational Psychology Professor at Illinois Valley Community College in Oglesby, Il. IVCC is located one hour south of Rockford and one north of Bloomingtion/Normal.
Professor Jill Urban-Bollis holds a B.A. in Psychology and a K-9 Illinois Teaching Certificate. In addition, she has earned a M.A. in Human Development Counseling and holds a Multicultural Education Leadership Certificate from the University of Illinois. Plus, she has earned 64 additional college credits from Illinois State University, Eastern Illinois University, IVCC, and Franklin University. She has been teaching at IVCC full time since 1997. She was the recipient of the IVCC Teaching Excellence Award in 2017. She has substitute taught in schools in Illinois. She has visited schools throughout the US and in several countries. She has coached soccer and tennis.
Courses taught include Educational Psychology, Multicultural Education, Child Growth and Development, Introduction to Psychology, PDK Leadership course- f2f, online, blended, and zoom.
She has been a member of ICCEFA since the very beginning (2015) and has been on the board as the treasurer.