The start of another school year is upon us! We wanted to remind you about training for your special education teachers.
New Special Education Teachers
There will again be IEP training for your new special education teachers. Any special education teacher new to the state of Iowa must receive this training to be able to meet the requirements for writing an IEP in Iowa. Below is the registration information. There is a session starting next week, one on September 14, and another on September 27.
Secondary Special Education Teachers
There will also be sessions to improve transition planning held again this year with funding to pay for teachers to attend. (Please note there is no funding available for New Special Education Teacher Training). The dates are below. More information will come out regarding amounts of funding available.
All Special Education Teachers
Finally, a short webinar has been developed. We would like all special education teachers to view it. While there are not significant changes in the IEP for your veteran special education teachers, there are a few. We also think there is a need for some updates and reminders based on data we are seeing here at the AEA. Scroll down below the registration information for more details on the webinar. You can access the webinar and all handouts at http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/educators/online/vet_IEP.html
Below are lists of courses. To register for a course, go to the Heartland AEA Professional Development Course Catalog and enter the course's activity code number in the the correct field on the page. The course catalog is at https://prodev.aea11.k12.ia.us/4DCGI/YYYYYYYYYYYYYYSRCH
New Teacher IEP Training Classes
IEP Training: Special Educators New to Heartland Area (EC, Elem & Secondary)
Dates: August 9, 10 & October 4, 2010
Location: Johnston Regional Education Center (6500 Corporate Drive)
Activity number: DL004692111101
IEP Training: Special Educators New to Heartland Area (EC, Elem & Secondary)
Dates: September 14, 15 & October 26, 2010
Location: Johnston Regional Education Center (6500 Corporate Drive)
Activity number: DL004692111102
IEP Training: Special Educators New to Heartland Area (EC, Elem & Secondary) Dates: September 27, 28 & November 8, 2010
Location: Ames AEA Office (511 S. 17th Street)
Activity number: DL004692111103
Transition Classes
Transition/Preparing Students for Postsecondary Life
Date: October 6, 2010
Location: Carrollton Inn, Carroll, IA
Activity number: DL004299991101
Transition/Preparing Students for Postsecondary Life
Date: October 11, 2010
Location: Ames AEA Office
Activity number: DL004292111102
Transition/Preparing Students for Postsecondary Life
Date: October 11, 2010
Location: Ames AEA Office
Activity number: DL004292111101
Transition/Preparing Students for Postsecondary Life
Date: October 20, 2010
Location: Newton AEA Office
Activity number: DL004292111104
Transition/Preparing Students for Postsecondary Life
Date: October 20, 2010
Location: Newton AEA Office
Activity number: DL004292111103
Transition/Preparing Students for Postsecondary Life
Date: October 27, 2010
Location: Johnston Regional Education Center
Activity number: DL004292111106
Transition/Preparing Students for Postsecondary Life
Date: October 27, 2010
Location: Johnston Regional Education Center
Activity number: DL004292111105
Transition: Preparing For Life After High School
Date: June 28 & 29, 2010
Location: Johnston Regional Education Center
Activity number: DL003692111101
Veteran Special Education Teachers IEP Training Scheduling Options
Veteran Special Education Teachers IEP training has been prepared in a different manner for Fall 2010. Due to the content requiring updates and reviews, the duration of training is condensed this year. A webinar has been recorded and is available for LEA and AEA staff to access via the Internet or by use of recorded DVDs. The webinar includes approximately 60 minutes of recorded information with an additional 20-30 minutes of site-based activities. When planning this training for your teachers, please make the following considerations:
Internet access. All portions of the webinar will be available via the Heartland website. DVDs will also be available through each regional office if Internet connectivity is problematic for any sites.
Collaboration Opportunities. The information contained in the webinar as well as activities throughout the webinar are best completed in a group. Please consider scheduling time(s) for teachers to participant in a collaborative and meaningful manner. Additionally, if you would like to invite Heartland personnel serving your building/district to participant collaboratively, please do so.
Facilitation. It may be beneficial to designate an experienced special education teacher in your district as the facilitator for this material. Please work with your Partnership Director if you would like to have AEA personnel facilitate this training session with your staff.
Materials. The web address and link will provide access to all video portions of the webinar as well as training materials. Please plan to provide copies of the supporting documents for your teachers to use during the training available at http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/educators/online/vet_IEP.html
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