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Nancy Cook began teaching at Hope in 1986 as a part-time professor and later as a half-time professor while teaching at Hamilton Community Schools. After 16 years at Hope, she accepted a full-time position. She directed the Hope College Department of Education亚洲色吧檚 student teaching program from 2003 until 2020.

She is the faculty co-sponsor of the student chapter of the Council for Exceptional Children and co-director of the Hope Comes to Watts May Term.

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Areas of expertise

Nancy has been working in the field of special education since 1973. She holds a Michigan elementary teaching certification with endorsements in cognitive impairments, learning disabilities and fine arts. She currently has more than 40 years of experience teaching in the field. In addition to being knowledgeable about student teaching, her other areas of specialization include teaching students with learning disabilities, cognitive impairments and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Education

• M.A., special education-learning disabilities, Michigan State University, 1978
• B.A., special education-cognitive impairments, Michigan State University, 1973

Honors, grants and awards

Awards

• Janet L. Andersen Excellence in Teaching Award, 2017
• Provost亚洲色吧檚 Award for Service to the Academic Program, 2009
• Outstanding Faculty/Staff Person (selected by senior class), 2000

Grants

• Jacob E. Nyenhuis Summer Faculty Development Grant (with Dr. Susan Brondyk)
• Teagle Grant 亚洲色吧� 亚洲色吧淲riting in the Special Education Major,亚洲色吧� (with professors Susan Cherup, Jane Finn and Kimberly Arsenault)
• Provost亚洲色吧檚 Summer Grant 亚洲色吧� 亚洲色吧淩eading in Special Education Programs,亚洲色吧�
• Frost Center Grant 亚洲色吧� Special Education Team: 亚洲色吧淐EC Accreditation Project亚洲色吧�
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• Dean for the Social Sciences/Provost亚洲色吧檚 Grant 亚洲色吧� 亚洲色吧淒eveloping & Preparing for an ePortfolio System亚洲色吧�
• McGregor Grant for Collaborative Faculty/Student Research 亚洲色吧� 亚洲色吧淒eveloping a Data Collection System,亚洲色吧�
• Hope College Assessment Committee & Dean for the Social Sciences 亚洲色吧� 亚洲色吧淒eveloping an Assessment Plan for the Education Department亚洲色吧�
• Faculty Development Grant 亚洲色吧� Collaborative Book Project
• Cole Faculty Development Fund/Yntema Family Faculty Development Fund 亚洲色吧� 亚洲色吧淯nderstanding by Design亚洲色吧� Institute

Presentations

• 亚洲色吧淩hyme or Reason? Selection of Reading Programs in the Special Education Setting,亚洲色吧� Council for Exceptional Children, Nashville, Tenn.
• 亚洲色吧淭he Student Teaching Seminar:  Best Practice,亚洲色吧� Hawaii International Education Conference, Honolulu
• 亚洲色吧淭he Student Teaching Seminar,亚洲色吧� American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, New Orleans, LA
• 亚洲色吧淟earning Centers,亚洲色吧� Yapa Teachers Conference, Bodrum, Turkey
• 亚洲色吧淭he 100th Day of School,亚洲色吧� Yapa Teachers Conference, Bodrum, Turkey
• 亚洲色吧淵oung Children with Disabilities,亚洲色吧� Yapa Teachers Conference, Antalya, Turkey
• 亚洲色吧淯sing the Room to Teach,亚洲色吧� Yapa Teachers Conference, Antalya, Turkey
• 亚洲色吧淯sing the Chalk & Wire ePortfolio System,亚洲色吧� Hope College
• 亚洲色吧淭ips for the Supervising Teacher,亚洲色吧� Cooperating Teachers Conference
• 亚洲色吧淎DHD 亚洲色吧� What It Is & What To Do," Christian Educators Conference, South Bend, In.

Selected publications

• A Story of Transformation: How One Educator Preparation Program Reinvented Student Teaching (with Susan Brondyk), Peter Lang Publishing, 2020
• 亚洲色吧淎ssessment,亚洲色吧� in Finding Our Way, An Anthology, 2004
• 亚洲色吧淏e a Super Supervising Teacher,亚洲色吧� Instructor, August 1988
• 亚洲色吧淥n Our Own,亚洲色吧� Christian Science Monitor, October 1986
• 亚洲色吧淟essons From Thomas,亚洲色吧� Christian Science Monitor, June 1986

Outside the college

Nancy actively serves on many committees at her church, Christ Memorial. She has been involved in several ministry efforts with schools and teachers in Turkey that serve students with disabilities. She is the board secretary for the Kardelen Mercy Ministries in Ankara. 

Nancy serves on the Special Education Ministry Board in Holland and is currently serving as board president. 

She is married to Brian, a local builder, and is the mother of Megan Wood 亚洲色吧�02 Reilly. Megan is married to Sean Reilly, who serves as the Director of Health and Fire Safety at Hope. They have blessed Nancy with two adorable grandchildren, Emma and Kaiden, both of whom are already planning to attend Hope. Nancy and Brian are raising their third grandchild, Carter, who is also partial to the orange and blue.

She loves to do word and number puzzles, read, walk their Springer Spaniel, Toby, and spend precious time at their cottage on Twin Lake in Twin Lake, Michigan.