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Dr. Allison M Kroesch

Assistant Professor
Special Education
Office
Degarmo Hall - DEG 522
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Email
amkroes@ilstu.eduemail
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Biography

Dr. Allison M. Kroesch is an assistant professor. She graduated with a B.S. in Elementary Education. She taught several years as a general educator before obtaining her M.S. Ed. and Ed.D. in Special Education.

Current Courses

598.001Professional Practice In Program Administration

598.002Professional Practice In Program Administration

344.001Teaching Secondary Content to Students with Disabilities

344.005Teaching Secondary Content to Students with Disabilities

Teaching Interests & Areas

Teaching general and special education majors to use evidence-based practices in the field.
Mathematics

Research Interests & Areas

Training and collaboration
Instructional technologies
Evidence-based practices

EDD Special Education

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

Other Special Education

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

BS Elementary Education

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

University Teaching Initiative Award

Illinois State University
2021

Book, Chapter

Bock, S. J., Borders, C., Whitley, S., Hardin, S., & Kroesch, A. M. (2017). Behavioral assessment. In J. P. Bakken (Ed.), Classrooms: Practices, Assessment and Improvement Strategies. New York: NOVA Publishers.
Borders, C., Jones-Bock, S., Probst, K., & Kroesch, A. Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Students with Disabilities. E-Book on Deaf Education (2017): 1-20.
Borders, C. M., Bock, S. J., Probst, K., & Kroesch, A. M. (2017). Deaf/hard of hearing students with disabilities. In S. Lenihan (Ed.), Preparing to teach, committing to learn: An introduction to educating children who are deaf/hard of hearing (14). EHDI Learning Center. Retrieved from http://www.infanthearing.org/ebook-educating-children-dhh/index.html

Journal Article

Kroesch, A. M., Jozwik, S., Douglas, K. H., Chung, Y.C., Uphold, N. M., & Baker, E. (2021) Using Technology to Support Academic Learning: A Literature Review. Journal of Special Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/00224669211070563
Kroesch, A. M., Peeples, K., Pleasant, C., & Cuenca-Carlino, Y. (2021). Let’s Argue: Developing Argumentative Writing Skills for Students with Learning Disabilities. Reading and Writing Quarterly. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/10573569.2021.1970659
Kroesch, A. M., Douglas, K. H., Jozwik, S., Uphold, N. M., & Chung, Y.C. (2020). Teaching American government content to students with developmental disabilities using technology and evidence-based interventions. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-019-09726-9
Kaczorowski, T., Kroesch, A., White, A., & Lanning, B. Utilizing a Flipped Learning Model to Support Special Educators’ Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching. The Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship 8.2 (2019): 4.
Kroesch, A. M., Cuenca-Carlino, Y., Hartle, L., Porter, S., Randles, L., Whitley, S.,…A., Lewis-Pratl, K. (2019). Perspectives of non-tenured track faculty members and doctoral students included in mentorship and professional development. Gauisus: Selected Scholarship on Teaching and Learning at Illinois State University.

Presentations

Kroesch, A.M. & Fisher, K. (2022, January). Universally Designed: Effectively Instructing Future Teacher Educators for an Inclusive Classroom. Presentation Session for the Division of Autism and Developmental Disabilities 2022 Annual Conference. Clearwater Beach, Fl.
Peeples, K., Kroesch, A. M., & Alves, K. D. (2022, November). Crossing into the classroom: Experiences in preparing paraprofessionals & provisionally licensed SPED teachers. Paper presentation & discussion at the Teacher Education Division (TED-CEC) Conference, Richmond, VA.
Peeples, K.N. & Kroesch, A.M. (2022, January). Investigating Special Education Teacher Candidates' Readiness to Teach Literacy Skills & Intervention. Presentation with questions and answers at the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) 2022 Annual Convention & Expo., Orlando, Fl
Chung, Y. C. & Kroesch, A. M. (2021, December). Preparing educators to implement paraprofessional facilitation in inclusive classrooms. Breakout Presentation at the 2021 TASH Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Fisher, K. & Kroesch, A.M. (2021, November). Reaching All Learners: Lesson Planning UDL Style! Hands-on Presentation with questions and answers for the Illinois Council for Exceptional Children (ICEC) Annual Conference (Virtual Presentation)
Kroesch, A.M., Douglas, K. H., Chung, Y.C., Uphold, N., & Jozwik, S. (2019, January). Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities Academic Content Using Technology: A Systematic Review. Multi-Presentation Session for the Division of Autism and Developmental Disabilities 2020 Annual Conference. Sarasota, Fl.
Pleasant, C., Kroesch, A. M., & Cuenca-Carlino, Y. (2020, February). Let’s Argue: Developing Argumentative Writing Skills for Students with Learning Disabilities. Presentation with questions and answers at the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) 2020 Annual Convention & Expo., Portland, OR.
Cuenca-Carlino, Y., Jones-Bock, S., Kaczorowski, T., Gardiner-Walsh, S., Kroesch, A. M.; Lewis-Pratl, K., Norton, A., & Hartle, L. (2019, June). GROWTH: Initiating a Formalized Faculty Mentoring Program. Presentation at the Teaching Professor Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Kroesch, A. M., Chung, Yu-Ching, & Douglas, K. H. (2019, June). Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities to Sequence Academic Content Using an iPad Application. Poster symposium at the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) 143rd Annual Conference, St. Paul, MN.
Kroesch, A. M. & Chung, Y. C. (2019, December). Teaching Core Academic Content to Students with Intellectual Using Technology. Breakout Presentation at the 2019 TASH Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Grants & Contracts

Autism Professional Learning and Universal Supports. Illinois State Board of Education. Illinois State University. (2021)
Autism Professional Learning and Universal Supports. Illinois State Board of Education. Illinois State University. (2020)
Autism Professional Learning and Universal Supports Project. Illinois State Board of Education. Illinois State University. (2020)
First Year Teachers Supports: A Literature Review. College of Education. Illinois State University. (2020)
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