The February HAA meeting will be held from 9:00-11:50 a.m. on Tuesday, February 4. The guest presenter at the meeting will be Brandon Busteed, Executive Director of Gallup Education. Busteed will share research findings of how schools are increasing student engagement, hope and well-being. An additional session for principals, district administrators and curriculum directors will be hosted that afternoon from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Click here to register for the afternoon session.
As construction on the Johnston REC will start on the other end of the building next week, we will hold the February 4 HAA meeting in Rooms 13 A & B like usual.
Spring HAA Meeting Room Location Changes
The Johnston REC remodeling project will take place February-June 2014. The last three meetings for the 2013-2014 year will be held in the Heartland AEA West Des Moines Campus (815 8th St, West Des Moines) in Room 117.
March 4, 2014
April 1, 2014
May 6, 2014
The next Curriculum Network meeting will be held on Friday, February 7. As the Johnston REC will be under construction, the meeting will be held at the Heartland AEA West Des Moines Campus at 815 8th Street in Room 209. The agenda and handouts will be posted on the Curriculum Network Google Site.
Room Location Changes
The Johnston REC remodeling project will take place February-June 2014. The last four meetings for the 2013-2014 year will be held in the Heartland AEA West Des Moines Campus (815 8th St, West Des Moines).
February 7, 2014 (Room 209)
March 7, 2014 (Room 209)
April 4, 2014 (Room 117)
May 2, 2014 (Room 117)
Click here to download the February 2014 issue of the School Leader Update from the Iowa Department of Education. In this issue, you will read about a new name for Response to Intervention (pg.1). Also in this issue, you will learn how TeachIowa.gov saves your district money, in which you can find employees seeking work at no charge to you (pg. 3). And find out why the 2014 Teacher of the Year supports the Iowa Core (pg. 5).
Click here to for a link to the February 2014 edition of the Each & Every Child newsletter from the Iowa Department of Education. This month’s issue outlines specific characteristics of high-growth schools.
Click here for the Iowa School Counseling Framework document that was released earlier this week by the Iowa Department of Education. The release was great timing as it preceded National School Counseling Week, February 3-7, 2014. The recognition week, this year themed "School Counseling: Building Magical Futures," focuses public attention on the unique contribution of professional school counselors and highlights the tremendous impact they can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career.
