Training for the Professional Educator

5N581 Hidden Springs Dr        St. Charles          IL 60175          630-377-5035          eknowlton@adventures-in-education.com

About the Instructor and AIE

Adventures In Education (AIE) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of excellence in teaching and is approved by Portland State University as a cooperative agency. Our primary objective is to provide unique distance learning courses that enable professional educators to apply immediately the skills they acquire. The approach taken is new, unique, and extremely effective.

Liz Knowlton, the facilitator for all courses, is an adjunct faculty member at Portland State University, received her BS in Mathematics and MS in Mathematics with Emphasis in Statistics from Northern Illinois University, and her PHD in Education with Emphasis in Higher Education Leadership from Northcentral University. She has 20+ years of teaching experience at the college level and is an adjunct faculty at Benedictine University and Midwestern University.  Throughout the year she also teaches continuing education workshops for elementary and secondary teachers in the Chicago area, graduate Mathematics and Statistics courses, and presents at educational forums dedicated to improving mathematics instruction.  Over the years she has attended numerous elementary, secondary and post secondary school mathematics workshops/courses, and authored several books.  Liz also provides In-Service training for elementary and secondary teachers for school districts in the Chicago area and volunteers at the local grade school.

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