This is a gentle reminder that the AEA Customer Survey will remain open until Friday, April 5, 2013. The survey provides us with your insight on how to improve our services to your school(s), staff and students.
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. We will send a reminder next week to all area educators ensure that staff have a chance to participate.
The survey can be accessed at http://survey.aea267.k12.ia.us/survey/7490/b5d8/.
Please encourage all of your staff to participate. If you have already completed the survey, we thank you for your support!
Friday, March 22, 2013
March 2013 AEA Impacting Lives Update
This issue includes:
- Teamwork Continues to Improve Life of Ogden Boy with Hearing Loss
- Meet the People Who Make a Difference: Speech-Language Pathologists
- Northwest Iowa Boys Transition Smoothly to New Family
Request to Serve on the IEC Custodial Advisory Committee
Please forward this request to school building custodial/maintenance staff.
What is the goal of the Committee?
To identify the custodial supply needs of Iowa schools and AEAs in order to help the Iowa Educators Consortium (IEC) put together a more useful and effective custodial bid come fall 2013. The following questions will be discussed:
One meeting in Johnston at Heartland AEA on April 29, 2013 from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. would be required. If you would like to be involved in evaluating the bids in the fall, we would welcome that input as well and could schedule an additional one-day meeting if enough people are interested.
We would like to have representatives from different areas around the state and different sizes of schools. At your earliest convenience, contact Jamie Albertsen at jalbertsen@iec-ia.org if you are interested.
We truly appreciate your time and input.
What is the goal of the Committee?
To identify the custodial supply needs of Iowa schools and AEAs in order to help the Iowa Educators Consortium (IEC) put together a more useful and effective custodial bid come fall 2013. The following questions will be discussed:
- Are there certain product categories we should focus on?
- How do we get more vendors to bid?
- What is the easiest way to spread the word about the bid pricing to get schools to order and take advantage of the program?
- And more…
One meeting in Johnston at Heartland AEA on April 29, 2013 from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. would be required. If you would like to be involved in evaluating the bids in the fall, we would welcome that input as well and could schedule an additional one-day meeting if enough people are interested.
We would like to have representatives from different areas around the state and different sizes of schools. At your earliest convenience, contact Jamie Albertsen at jalbertsen@iec-ia.org if you are interested.
We truly appreciate your time and input.
More Information About Our Kids Summer Institute
The 2013 Our Kids Summer Institute will be held June 18-19, 2013 at the Waukee High School. The institute will provide participants with the opportunity to network with other educational professionals and to discover new strategies for working with English Language Learners throughout Iowa. More information about the institute is attached here. Registration information is soon to come.
Iowa Teacher of the Year nominations due April 26
Thousands of talented Iowa educators lead and inspire their students, but only one is chosen annually as the state’s top teacher. The deadline to nominate the 2014 Iowa Teacher of the Year is April 26.
The award is an opportunity to recognize an exceptional Iowa teacher who is helping to redefine education. Nominations will be accepted from anyone, including students, parents, school administrators, colleagues, college faculty members and associations.
Nomination forms can be found on the following webpage: http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=686&Itemid=2683
The Iowa Teacher of the Year award was established in 1958. The annual program is sponsored by the Iowa Department of Education through an appropriation from the Iowa Legislature. Winners are chosen by a committee that includes representatives of the Iowa Department of Education, the Iowa State Education Association, the School Administrators of Iowa, the Parent Teachers Association and the current Iowa Teacher of the Year.
The Teacher of the Year serves as an ambassador to education and as a liaison to primary and secondary schools, higher education and organizations across the state.
Tania Johnson of Cedar Rapids was named the 2013 Teacher of the Year. The 2014 Teacher of the Year will be announced this fall.
The award is an opportunity to recognize an exceptional Iowa teacher who is helping to redefine education. Nominations will be accepted from anyone, including students, parents, school administrators, colleagues, college faculty members and associations.
Nomination forms can be found on the following webpage: http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=686&Itemid=2683
The Iowa Teacher of the Year award was established in 1958. The annual program is sponsored by the Iowa Department of Education through an appropriation from the Iowa Legislature. Winners are chosen by a committee that includes representatives of the Iowa Department of Education, the Iowa State Education Association, the School Administrators of Iowa, the Parent Teachers Association and the current Iowa Teacher of the Year.
The Teacher of the Year serves as an ambassador to education and as a liaison to primary and secondary schools, higher education and organizations across the state.
Tania Johnson of Cedar Rapids was named the 2013 Teacher of the Year. The 2014 Teacher of the Year will be announced this fall.
STEM Scale-up Program Applications for 2013-14
Please note, LEAs are not applying for grant money; instead, they are applying for the opportunity to implement a program. Therefore, anything that is listed as an included deliverable in the description would be provided to the LEA at no cost. In general, programs provide deliverables such as registration, professional development and materials. However, the time commitment for implementation and what is included/excluded in the programs vary greatly so please carefully read the summaries of the programs before filing out an application at http://www.iowastem.gov/stem-program-scale-call-applications-0#overlay-context=node. Applications are due April 10! Please contact your Regional Manager (see the cover letter to the application) with any questions.
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.
UNI to Offer Summer Course on Scratch in Education
Teachers in all disciplines, from upper elementary through high school, are encouraged to take the course to teach and use Scratch in the classroom. Scratch is a graphical programming environment designed at MIT to be appropriate for students in grades 4-12. This workshop will address the basics of Scratch (mostly by example), ways to introduce Scratch to students, and discussion on general classroom integration. No computer science or programming background required. Teachers will be expected to have their students use Scratch and to report on that use during a follow-up meeting in November 2013.
Date/Time: June 26-28 or July 17-19, 2013, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Plus one follow-up session Saturday, November 2 or 9, 2013
Instructor: Ben Schafer, Assoc. Professor, Computer Science, schafer@cs.uni.edu or (319) 273-2187
Location: ITTC 328, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Tuition/Fees: Tuition, supplies and lunch will be provided to all who complete the course thanks to a generous grant from Google.
Application: To apply for this workshop, submit an application prior to May 3, 2013 via http://www.cs.uni.edu/connections/cs4hs/
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.
Date/Time: June 26-28 or July 17-19, 2013, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Plus one follow-up session Saturday, November 2 or 9, 2013
Instructor: Ben Schafer, Assoc. Professor, Computer Science, schafer@cs.uni.edu or (319) 273-2187
Location: ITTC 328, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Tuition/Fees: Tuition, supplies and lunch will be provided to all who complete the course thanks to a generous grant from Google.
Application: To apply for this workshop, submit an application prior to May 3, 2013 via http://www.cs.uni.edu/connections/cs4hs/
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.
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