Superintendents: April HAA Meeting Agenda

Click here for the the Heartland Administrators Association meeting agenda. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 6 at the West Des Moines Learning Resource Center from 9:00-11:50 a.m.

Iowa Department of Education Guidance for 2010-2011 CTE Courses

School districts and community colleges have requested support from the Iowa Department of Education to make fair proficiency determinations for students who were not proficient on the Iowa Tests of Basics Skills (ITBS) or the Iowa Tests of Education Development (ITED). Click here for the letter of guidance that is being issued to help school districts facilitate enrollment for students in career and technical education courses for the 2010-2011 academic year.

If you have any questions about the guidance, please contact Jeremy Varner at (515) 281-3542 or Jeremy.Varner@iowa.gov.

Microsoft Office 2010 Upgrade Offer

Students, faculty and staff who purchase a qualifying Office 2007 product between March 5 and September 30 can upgrade to Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 for a nominal fee. The software must be purchased through the Iowa Educators Consortium (IEC) agreement with JourneyED at http://www.journeyed.com/select. Individuals will be able to use their existing license of Office 2007 to upgrade for the additional price of $9.98 for ESD, $14.98 for physical media.

When Office 2010 is available for upgrade, all qualifying purchasers, including schools, will be notified via e-mail by JourneyEd. At that time, additional detailed instructions will be provided as to how to redeem the upgrade. Why the offer? Microsoft would like to enable graduating students to acquire the rights to their latest version of Office at a special price while they are still eligible.

AEA Customer Satisfaction Survey to close April 9

We can’t stress enough how important this survey is to help us improve our services. The more feedback we receive, the more comfortable we will feel making program decisions that benefit all schools in the Heartland region. Please encourage all of your staff to participate. Thank you very much for all who have already participated!

The survey can be accessed at http://survey.aea267.k12.ia.us/survey/5558/1299/.