American Education Week is a great opportunity to remember and celebrate the partnership between Iowa's Area Education Agencies and educators, students and families. A new video captures those partnerships and tells the story of how AEA services made a difference in their lives. Take a just a few minutes and view the video at http://iowapartnersineducation.org.
If an AEA has touched your life like the ones seen in the video, please share your story at http://aeas4iowa.wordpress.com/tell-us-your-story/.
Be sure to also view the new and improved website at www.iowaaea.org. Visitors will find a clean look and feel, improved navigation and easier entry points to valuable resources.Share these sites with others! When you do, you ensure that Iowa’s AEAs will be there to provide support and leadership for years to come.
Go to http://aeas4iowa.wordpress.com/ to read the latest edition of "Impacting Lives." The blog newsletter is a statewide effort to communicate AEA success stories and services across the state. The newsletter is sent to all school administrators, legislators (in-session) and AEA staff in Iowa. The issue includes:
We wanted to remind you that all Heartland AEA offices will be closed November 24 and 25. There will be no van delivery November 23-25.
The Colfax-Mingo district recently earned a Breaking Barriers award for raising their math proficiency among low-income students in eighth grade by 20 percent or more. Read more on the Iowa Department of Education’s website at http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2548%3A2011-breaking-barriers-awards&catid=666%3Ahighlights.
Videos from our Fall Autism Conference are now available on our Eduvision site. Do a word search for "Autism Conference" to find all nine videos. Click here to access handouts and other resources presented at the conference on September 9.
Districts are encouraged to send representatives to an I-ELDA training in December. The target groups for this training will include those who have not given the test before and those who need a refresher in the administration of this test. The primary focus of this training will be on building reliability on the speaking and writing tests.
Date/Time: December 2, 2011 from 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: 1917 Dean Ave., Des Moines, IA 50316 Training
Lead by: Lynn Tiemann and Amy White
For more information, contact John Scott, Iowa Department of Education, at john.scott@iowa.gov or (515) 281-3805.
Click here to register.
Any school district that sent participants to the Iowa Culture and Language Conference earlier this month should contact Pat Latham for the reimbursement claim form. Pat can be reached at platham@aea11.k12.ia.us or (800) 375-5073 ext. 11228.
