Heartland AEA is excited to announce the purchase of Tales 2 Go audiobooks for elementary, middle and junior high school students. Tales 2 Go is an award-winning audiobook service that streams thousands of titles from leading publishers and storytellers to desktop or laptop computers. You'll find popular titles and some old favorites. All have professional narration. Titles range from two minutes to two+ hours. You can search by character, age, grade, level, story type, and more.
Go to www.mackin.com/via and log in with the online database username/password. Click Databases, click Tales 2 Go, click Read Now.
Audiobooks and the Common Core
Audiobooks have been used in classrooms for decades because listening builds critical listening, comprehension and fluency skills. Oral language precedes written language (i.e. developmentally), making listening an important component of language acquisition. In fact, there are reading methods such as The Daily 5 that include listening as a component of reading instruction. Also, the Common Core Standards spell out specific Listening and Speaking skills required of all primary grade students.
Tales 2 Go will be another effective resource to support literacy instruction. Some students may want to check out the book from the school or public library and follow along as they listen to the book. If you are looking for audiobooks that also include the text, don't forget BookFLIX, TrueFLIX, and the audiobooks (cassette or CD) and accompanying books available for checkout from Heartland AEA.
As promised, we have scheduled another Assessing Academic Rigor course this spring in Ames. Please see below for the course dates and registration.
Assessing Academic Rigor
April 11, 23 and May 2, 9, 2013
8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Activity Number: AD013999991302
*Please note location changes
Seats are still available for our centrally-located course. Click here for more information.
On May 10, Heartland AEA will host Dr. Kevin Feldman, a leader in the field of Response to Intervention (RtI), for a one-day professional learning opportunity focusing on coaching to support the implementation of RtI. Dr. Feldman’s major contributions are in the areas of building vocabulary and academic English, assisting struggling readers, preventing early reading failure, linking assessment to instruction, developing school - wide content area reading support models for elementary, middle and high schools, differentiating instruction to meet the full range of learners, and accommodating and accelerating ELL/Special Education and other high risk students.
Click here for a flyer which can be distributed to interested educators.
Leading RtI with Kevin Feldman
May 10, 2013
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
FFA Enrichment Center, DMACC Campus (1055 SW Prairie Trail Parkway, Ankeny)
Activity Number: SI015699111301
The March blog updates for AEA PD Online and AEA K-12 Online are now available. For real time updates, follow AEA PD Online on Twitter @aeapdonline.
AEA PD Online
- AEA PD Online WANTS K-12 Teachers!
- Tool of the Month: What's Your Favorite Tool?
- 2013 Summer OLLIE and MOLLIE Schedule
- AEA PD Online: Live!
- Upcoming Courses
- External Partners Webinars
AEA K-12 Online
- Connect to Collaborate: Statewide CoPI Event Reminder
- Iowa's CoPI Interest Form
- A New Vision for Professional Development
- CoPI: A View from the Field
Message from Doug Stilwell, Superintendent of Urbandale Schools
Greetings,
The Urbandale Community School District is pleased to be hosting the Four Day Quality Learning Seminar, facilitated by David Langford of Langford International, August 5-8, 2013. For over 30 years David Langford has worked to help schools achieve higher results through continual improvement and redesign of systems, which aim to produce the optimum state of personal, social, physical and intellectual development within each individual. Quality Learning means learning to consistently meet or exceed expectations of colleagues (students, teachers, administrators, parents, professors, governing boards, classified staff) and society (business, military, government, healthcare, education) so both entities flourish. It is a commitment to excellence by each individual and is achieved through teamwork and a process of continual improvement and/or redesign. The result: society and colleague loyalty now and in the future.
The four day seminar is for teachers and leaders at all levels within a school system. The seminar is an excellent opportunity for individuals and teams to learn about, and begin applying, Langford Quality Learning principles and practices. It provides a practical ‘how to’ approach to optimizing student learning based on current brain research and the Deming Method.
In the Urbandale Community School District, we are working to transform our district in order to help our students learn to their maximum potential. The Langford Four Day Seminar has been in integral part of the transformation we are witnessing. I encourage you to share the attached brochure with staff and learn how this work can transform learning in your district.
As a disclaimer, I want you to know that the Urbandale Community School District receives no remuneration from Langford International. We just believe so strongly in the power this training has to transform learning that we want to spread the word!
I welcome any questions you may have. You can reach me at (515) 457-5000.
Sincerely,
Doug Stilwell
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The deadline has been extended for young Iowa filmmakers to submit a clip for the Governor's STEM Advisory Council’s Iowa Student STEM Film Fest. The deadline to submit has been moved to March 28, 2013.
The STEM Film Fest is part of a public awareness campaign designed by the Council to not only build excitement around the state for STEM, but to also see how students are incorporating science, technology, engineering and mathematics into their school and after-school activities.
Student films, in 90 seconds or less, can tell their stories using drama, humor, action and can be motivational, illustration/graphics based or a 90-second commercial featuring how STEM shapes a more exciting future. The chosen videos will be showcased at a “red carpet event” in Des Moines on May 5, 2013. Awards will be given for Best Motivational STEM Message, Encouraging Student Diversity in STEM, Best Use of Technology and many more. One award will be $1000 scholarship to a STEM-based camp. The winning video could also be a featured PSA as part of the state STEM promotional campaign.
Teams or individuals (including a teacher coach) can sign up today by clicking here. For more information and to see a few samples of other videos, go to www.iowaSTEM.gov.
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The Iowa School Public Relations Association (ISPRA) is an organization of public relations professionals, superintendents, principals, teachers and others interested in fostering understanding and support for education. Their annual spring conference will be held on Thursday, April 18-19, 2013 at the Raccoon River Park Nature Lodge.
The conference includes a morning presentation by Joe Krumm, NSPRA President and Executive Director Community & Government Relations, who will present on best school public relations practices and communication accountability. The afternoon presentation will feature Eileen Wixted, Wixted & Company, who will present on crisis communication in a school setting.
You do not need to be an ISPRA member to attend the conference. Click here for more information.
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Central Community School District, with an enrollment of 500 students and located in North East Iowa, seeks a superintendent/PreK–5th grade principal to begin July 1, 2013. Application deadline is March 25, 2013.
For application materials contact: Board Secretary, Central CSD, 400 1st Street NW, Elkader, IA 52043 or by e-mail at jpiorkowski@central.k12.ia.us, or download application materials from the Central CSD website at www.central.k12.ia.us.
The dissemination of information from external organizations by Heartland AEA does not imply sponsorship or endorsement of the information. It is being passed on to our stakeholders for its educational value.
