Our Mission
To provide services and leadership, in partnership with families, schools and communities, that improve the learning outcomes and well-being of all children and youth.

Our Goals
• Increase learning growth for students
• Decrease the gap in achievement
• Increase annual graduation rates
• Increase gateways to post-secondary success 

Early Reg Ends Oct. 1 for Iowa Culture and Language Conference

Iowa Culture and Language Conference

“Building a Culture of Achievement”

Nov. 9-11, 2015

Coralville Marriott Hotel & Conference Center

Visit the Iowa Culture & Language Conference or this flyer or more information about keynote and pre-conference presenters.

Save the Date: Moving Forward with PBIS

Oct. 5, 2015
April 19, 2016

DMACC-FFA
Enrichment Center
1055 SW Prairie Trail Parkway, Ankeny

Based on district feedback, Heartland AEA is offering two FREE support days for PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports). Please save the date for Oct. 5, 2015 and April 19, 2016, as those are the two days these supports are offered this school year. ​License renewal credit will not be available for participants as we will not be able to offer the required 15 hours. Find more information and registration about the October session here.

Heartland Area Administrator (HAA) Meeting Change - Oct. 6

HAA Meeting

Oct. 6, 2015
Waukee Community School District
Prairie View Theater Arts Center
655 SE University Ave, Waukee

We have the opportunity in October to join in one of the Future Ready Iowa roundtable meetings being held around the state by Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds. To accommodate attendance by those interested, the October HAA meeting is moved to Waukee. The regular meeting begins at 9:00 a.m. and we will join the roundtable at 10:00 a.m.

The Future Ready Iowa initiative focuses on ways to continue building Iowa’s talent pipeline to ensure our state has a workforce ready to fill the high-quality, well-paying jobs and careers of today and tomorrow.

ESL Paraeducator Courses are Back!

Heartland AEA will be once again be offering the Paraeducator ESL certification class, beginning in January. Please let your associates who work with ELLs know about this opportunity. Title III funds will provide a stipend of $300 for all paraeducators who work with ELLs, who fulfill the course requirements and who are currently employed by a public or non-public K-12 school in the Heartland AEA area. (This option is not available for employees of Des Moines Public Schools).

Paraeducator: Area of Concentration: English as a Second Language (ESL) 
Dates: Jan. 16, Feb. 13, March 11, April 9, May 7 & 21, 2016
Location: Johnston REC, Rm 109
Activity Number: PP001892111602

DMACC Surplus Available

The DMACC Ankeny campus has the following surplus supplies available:

64 mauve stackable chairs with padded seat and back

5 - 5ft x 2ft tables with pearl colored laminate top

If interested, please contact Julie Klocke, DMACC Purchasing, at (515) 964-6386 or jaklocke1@dmacc.edu.