Iowa Department of Education to Launch Iowa Transcript Center

In May, the Iowa Department of Education will launch the Iowa Transcript Center, a statewide electronic student record and transcript exchange system free to public school districts, colleges and universities. In preparation, workshops to introduce the electronic transcript initiative have been scheduled as follows:

• March 31 Green Valley AEA, 1405 North Lincoln, Icaria & Nishnabotna Rooms, Creston
• April 1 Indian Hills Community College, 623 Indian Hills Drive, Bennett Student Services Center, Room 100, Ottumwa
• April 5 AEA 267, 3712 Cedar Heights Drive, Rooms B/C, Cedar Falls
• April 6 Des Moines Area Community College, 2006 South Ankeny Blvd., Conference Center/IA Culinary

The workshop will be offered twice at each site. Participants can register to attend either a morning session (9:00-11:00 a.m.) or an afternoon session (1:00 pm-3:00 p.m.).

In addition to a demonstration of the Iowa Transcript Center, the workshop will also include discussion of security, timeline, and opportunities for training as well as an update on several other Department of Education initiatives. The data elements to be included in the transcripts will be discussed in detail.

For more information about the Iowa Transcript Center, go to the DE's website. To register for one of the workshop sessions, go to the DE Calendar at http://www.iowa.gov/educate/calendar/calendar.html. Registration will close one week prior to the event.

Questions about the workshop can be addressed to Coleen McClanahan at (515) 233-1074 or c_mcclanahan@msn.com.