Happy Holidays from Heartland AEA

Best wishes to you for a very joyful holiday season. Please click here to view our holiday card.

Effective Jan. 1: Revised Pricing for Print Services

Heartland Print Center prices will increase, effective January 1, 2012. Heartland AEA has not changed the prices charged for color or black and white (b/w) copies for several years. As a result of the outdated pricing, the agency is not recovering service, supply and labor costs when producing printed documents from our Print Center.

Heartland AEA performed a cost analysis and presented its findings to the Heartland AEA Superintendent Advisory Council and Heartland Administrator Association during their November and December meetings. Both groups approved the revised printing prices found by clicking here.

The information below was used to determine the revised printing costs.

Cost formula: Service and supply costs (referred as a “click charge”) + paper costs + labor costs
Note: A "click charge" is defined as one 8.5 x 11 image, therefore . . .

• A 1-sided b/w or color 8.5 x 11 is billed as one "click"
• A 2-sided b/w or color 8.5 x 11 is billed as two "clicks"
• A 1-sided b/w or color 8.5 x 14 is billed as one "click"
• A 2-sided b/w or color 8.5 x 14 is billed as two "clicks"
• A 1-sided b/w or color 11 x 17 is billed as two "clicks"
• A 2-sided b/w or color 11 x 17 is billed as four "clicks"

Revised printing costs:

• A 1-sided b/w 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14 image = $.005 (click charge) + $.005 (paper charge) + $.00722 (labor charge) = $.01722
• A 2-sided b/w 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14 image = $.01 (click charge) + $.005 (paper charge) + $.0144 (labor charge) = $.0294
• A 1-sided b/w 11 x 17 image = $.01 (click charge) + $.01 (paper charge) + $.0144 (labor charge) = $.0272
• A 2-sided b/w 11 x 17 image = $.02 (click charge) + $.01 (paper charge) + $.0288 (labor charge) = $.0588
• A 1-sided color 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14 image = $.043 (click charge) + $.01 (paper charge) + $.00722 (labor charge) = $.06022
• A 2-sided color 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14 image = $.086 (click charge) + $.01 (paper charge) + $.0144 (labor charge) = $.11
• A 1-sided color 11 x 17 image = $.086 (click charge) + $.02 (paper charge) + $.0144 (labor charge) = $.12
• A 2-sided color 11 x 17 image = $.172 (click charge) + $.02 (paper charge) + $.0288 (labor charge) = $.22

The Heartland Print Center will continue to offer the schools we serve high-quality, cost-effective options for their printing needs. Despite the cost increase, the price per copy remains considerably lower than commercial printers and school copiers. We would be very grateful if you would pass the new pricing information on to teachers and other school staff who use our Print & Production services.

Thank you for your continued support, and we look forward to fulfilling your printing needs in the future. If you have any questions about the revised prices, contact Steve Prall, Executive Director of Operaions, at sprall@aea11.k12.ia.us or (515) 270-9030.

Save Money During the Holidays with the IEC

Our holiday shopping days are dwindling! Before you pay full retail price for the latest gizmos and gadgets, be sure to check out the personal discounts in the Iowa Educator Consortium’s ‘Teacher & Student Buys’ section on the IEC website. All Iowa K-12 teachers, students, administrators and other school personnel are eligible for discounts on computer software, cell phone plans, digital cameras and camcorders and OfficeMax and Staples merchandise. For most offers, your school email address is your only needed proof of employment.

See what you can save through the IEC, an important and valued initiative of Iowa’s Area Education Agencies.
http://www.iec-ia.org/vnews/display.v/SEC/Teacher%20%26%20Student%20Buys

United States Senate Youth Program Selects Local High School Delegate

Congratulations to Scott Syroka, Johnston Community School District, on being selected as one of the two delegates from Iowa to participate in the U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP), sponsored by the William Randolph Heart Foundation. The program is designed to give young Americans a working knowledge of American political life. Each year two Iowa students have the opportunity to spend a week in Washington, D.C. The William Randolph Heart Foundation pays all expenses. In addition, the two Iowa high school representatives each receive a $5,000 scholarship. The other Iowa student is Blake McGhghy, Keokuk High School.

Selection of the two Iowa high school representatives is based on the outstanding ability and demonstrated leadership qualities of elected junior and senior high school student officers for the 2011-12 school year.

Dr. Wilkerson Honored with ISU Alumni Award

Congratulations to Dr. Dave Wilkerson, Superintendent of Waukee Schools, who recently earned the Virgil S. Lagomarcino Laureate Award from the College of Human Sciences at Iowa State University. Click here for more information.

Simulcast Available for Dec. 15 Iowa Assessment Workshop

Heartland AEA will host a simulcast of the Iowa Assessments (formerly ITBS/ITEDS) workshop that is being held next Thursday, December 15 at 12:30 p.m. This simulcast is intended to offer another option for those unable to attend face-to-face sessions which are being held across the state. The session will be approximately three hours in length and will cover how the Iowa Assessments are used to measure progress of the Iowa Core, monitor student growth and track student readiness. The link for the video session is below.

https://aea111.eduvision.tv/SchoolLiveSchedules.aspx

The session will go live approximately 10 minutes prior to the actual 12:30 p.m. start time to allow time for participants to log in. There is no registration; simply join the session.

Unfortunately, there will not be an option for interaction during discussion time with this webinar (unless there are multiple people at your site). We are working on a way to make materials available, but at this time it is unclear if materials will be available in time for the session.

Heartland AEA to Host School Budget Workshops, Feb. 1 & 17

Heartland AEA will once again be hosting school budget workshops for area school district personnel. The budget workshops will run differently this year from feedback we received last year. Two days will be offered this year and both days will be split in two sessions, one for experienced managers and one for new managers. Please choose which day works best in your schedule and which session would best fit your abilities.

Larry Sigel and Margaret Buckton will facilitate all sessions in the computer lab at the Johnston Regional Education Center at 6500 Corporate Drive. Click here for session descriptions and registration information for this year’s budget workshops.

Check Out What's New in Professional Development

There are LOTS of professional development classes to check out on our PD blog including The Art and Science of Classroom Management, Using Iowa AEA Online Databases in the Social Studies Classroom, Exceptional Learner, Verbal Behavior Teaching Strategies, Examining: Bullying from Both Sides and much more. To find more detailed descriptions and to register, visit the PD blog by clicking on the link below.

http://pdblog.aea11.k12.ia.us/