Date: March 4, 2014
Time: 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Location: West Des Moines Heartland AEA Campus, 815 8th street, West Des Moines, Iowa, Room 117
Register here: ES007592111402
The purpose of this meeting is for participants to explore the possibility of participation in the ESL endorsement partnership between Heartland AEA and Drake University. Participants should bring copies of their college transcripts. Classes would begin June 2014, and finish summer 2015. It includes six courses. You may need fewer based on transcript analysis.
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Please join us March 6 as the AEA media & literacy staff in collaboration with Iowa Department of Education staff hold webinars which will assist teachers in locating and analyzing instructional resources which support the Iowa Core with a focus on using AEA digital resources for Close Reading.
This webinar is a follow-up presentation to the webinar from last school year, Text Complexity and the Iowa AEA Online resources. The archived session of the text complexity webinar can be found at the same site used for registration. Text Complexity and Close Reading are closely intertwined, so attendees may wish to review last year's webinar as a precursor to attending the upcoming session.
The webinar will be held at two different times, 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. and 3:45-5:00 p.m. For more information, go to http://tinyurl.com/IAwebinars. To register, go to http://tinyurl.com/n2olxwz.
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Many of you use the
credit recovery program Edgenuity (formerly E20/20) and have expressed
interest in learning more about the features of the program as well as
best practice in the field. We have put together two workshops to be
held Monday, March 10 at the Heartland West Des Moines Campus to learn
more about these great resources. Please register for the workshop that
best suits your needs:
Morning Workshop
March 10, 8:30-11:00 a.m.
Click here to register.
Lunch will be provided by Edgenuity from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Afternoon Workshop
March 10 1:00-3:30 p.m.
Click here to register.
Keystone AEA will host their annual Technology Integration in Classrooms conference (TIC) on June 17-18 at the Grand River Center in Dubuque (on the mighty Mississippi). All PK-12 Iowa educators are invited to register and attend the event which will include dozens of breakout sessions and nationally recognized keynote speakers each day.
Registration for the two-day conference is just $99 before May 1. Recertification credit is also available.
Click here for the promo video, keynote bios and all of the details.
Could it already be time to start preparing for next school year?! Yes, it is! Quality and affordable student planners are available for your school through Heartland AEA’s Creative Services. Planners can help some students feel more engaged and aware of school events, activities and projects.
Basic planners will have a plastic cover and coil binding and will contain intro pages, planner pages, note pages and different calendars. The planners include a full-year calendar to accommodate extended year schedules.
Three sizes are available:
• 5.5” x 8.5”
• 8.5” x 11”
• 7” x 11” *New size this year!
Choose your preferred cover, intro pages, planner pages, note pages and calendars from our set styles for basic planners (see Planner Guide). Optional pages can be added for an additional fee (student handbook, activities calendars, etc.). Order quantities must be a minimum of 50 planners.
Standard Planner Prices
• 5.5” x 8.5” - $1.50 per planner
• 8.5” x 11” - $2.60 per planner
• 7" x 11" - $2.90 per planner
Click here for the Planner Guide (shows options for covers, intro pages, calendar pages, etc.) and here for the Planner Order Form. Please have your planner orders placed by May 15, 2014 and approved by June 2, 2014 so they will be ready for the beginning of the school year.
For more information or to ask about personalizing your school's planners, contact our Creative Services at creativeservices@heartlandaea.org or (800) 255-0405 ext. 14368.
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In the January 31 edition of the Administrator Connection, a link was included to the Department of Education’s new school counseling framework. The Department discovered a few errors in the document and has now posted a new version of the framework on its website. Click here to download the revised version.
