Requested Item: Iowa's Race to the Top Program Application
The Iowa Department of Education has just released its plan for Iowa's Race to the Top application.
Click here for a flyer detailing the plan proposal and the meeting schedule for regional school administrators. The meetings will be an opportunity for school district leadership (superintendents, school board presidents and teacher association presidents) to review exactly what will be required of them if they sign on to Iowa’s Race to the Top application. This will help inform your decision about participating in Race to the Top.
As was mentioned yesterday in an e-mail from Sheila King to area superintendents, the regional meeting for Heartland area school administrators will be on January 6, 2010. Technical assistance meetings for superintendents will be from 4:30-5:45 p.m., and a joint meeting for superintendents, school board presidents and teacher association presidents will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
The meetings will take place at Iowa Public Television, 6450 Corporate Drive, Johnston, in the McElroy Room. Ames High School and the Carroll and Newton DMACC campuses will serve as satellite sites. District teams who cannot travel to the sites may take part over the ICN.
Information about Race to the Top is now posted on the Iowa Department of Education Web site at http://www.iowa.gov/educate/
- Race to the Top Fact Sheet
- Race to the Top Webinars: The overview webinar from December 7 and the specific criteria webinar from December 15
- Rosters for the Race to the Top Advisory Group and all of the work groups
- Timeline of events
- FAQ, which will be posted very soon
- Survey for people to submit questions is still available on the site
Parents, teachers, principals, school board members and the associations that represent them are coming together as work teams and advisory groups to provide input on Iowa's Race to the Top application. Each working group has now met and the Race to the Top Advisory Group and most of the work groups will meet again on either December 21 or 22 to continue to provide input and guide planning of the application content. The first draft of the comprehensive proposal is expected to be submitted to the work groups and advisory group the week of December 28 and revisions will take place throughout that week.
