Requested Action: Iowa Association for Educational Purchasing Meeting Dates

Iowa’s Area Education Agencies (AEAs) have formed a new organization, the Iowa Association for Educational Purchasing (IAEP), to support and bid food and related items in a cooperative purchasing process for the school year of 2011-2012. Click here for a schedule of upcoming meetings for the Iowa Association for Educational Purchasing (IAEP). The meeting agenda for each site will include an update on procurement activities to date, the organization of the IAEP, participation by schools and answers to your questions.

A hard copy of the letter will be mailed to food service managers next week and will be emailed to business managers today.

Title I Workshop to be May 16

The Department of Education's annual Title I workshop for Heartland-area schools will be held on Monday, May 16 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Room 13B of the Johnston Regional Education Center (6500 Corporate Drive). Teachers/administrators can register through the Heartland Professional Development Catalog using activity number RE011792111101.

Curriculum Network: April Curriculum Network Meeting

The April Curriculum Network meeting will be held on Friday, April 1 in Room 13 A & B of the Johnston Regional Education Center. The morning will begin with four breakout sessions. Jason Glass of the Iowa Department of Education is scheduled to join the group around 11:00 a.m. The agenda can be accessed at http://curriculumnet.pbworks.com/w/page/38079162/April-2011-Agenda

Iowa AEA Customer Satisfaction Survey open until April 8

This is a gentle reminder that the AEA Customer Satisfaction Survey will remain open until Friday, April 8, 2011. The survey provides us with your insight on how to improve our services to your school(s), staff and students.

We recently sent a reminder email this week and will send another in early April to insure that all district staff have a chance to participate. Since the survey is anonymous, we have no way of knowing who has contributed and who has not. You and each of your staff members are only asked to fill out the survey once. After you complete the survey, you may disregard the reminder notices.

The survey can be accessed at http://survey.aea267.k12.ia.us/survey/6358/122f/

Please encourage all of your staff to participate. If you have already completed the survey, we thank you for your support!

Heartland AEA PEC to host April Workshops for Parents and Students

The Heartland Parent & Educator Connection will be hosting two workshops in April for students on IEPs and their families. The Transition Times workshop will be held April 12 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m., and the Managing Challenging Behavior workshop will be held April 18 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Please share the link below with parents and students who may be interested in attending.

http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/parents/PEC/Workshops.html

Elementary Student Opportunity: ISU AMS Severe Weather Poster Contest

The Iowa State University Student Chapter of the American Meteorological Society will be hosting a poster contest which is open to all elementary students (grades K-6) in the state of Iowa. It will be judged on the basis of how well students can illustrate what they and their families can do to prepare for severe weather events in Iowa. For more information, click here or visit the ISU AMS Poster webpage:

www.meteor.iastate.edu/ams/posters.php

The dissemination of information from external organizations by Heartland AEA does not infer sponsorship or endorsement of the information. It is being passed on to our stakeholders for its educational value.