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
Districts need to complete Step IV of the Request for Transportation Agreement process by May 30. Once districts have certified their agreements, the process is complete for 2016-17. Check your district’s status here.
Review the instructions and timelines for Step IV to complete the process. (The instructions for Step IV are also listed below.)
Instructions
1. Log in to your account at www.bit.ly/TransportationAgreements
2. Click Agreements
3. Click Certify
4. Follow screen prompts
5. Click Submit
For more information, contact Jenny Ugolini at (515) 270-0405 ext. 14441.
Heartland AEA vans will deliver twice a week to each district administration building during the summer months. If you have summer school, professional development programs or intercessions and you would like regularly scheduled deliveries to additional buildings, please email Colleen Miller at colleen_miller@heartlandaea.org.
Schedule-to-date:
- Twice-a-week delivery to each district administration building runs June 13 to August 5.
- Twice-a-week delivery will automatically continue to each building that has an extended year calendar.
- Regular fall van delivery resumes August 8.
Printing:
- Heartland AEA will contact the district to arrange for special delivery of large printing orders during the summer.
As many of you are winding down your year’s work and planning to be away over the summer months, remember you can always keep up-to-date with Agency and statewide happenings through social media! Be sure to “follow” and “like” (and Share!) the following sites to stay updated with the latest news and information.
Facebook
Twitter
Also available are Heartland AEA’s daily news clips. Each morning, the Heartland AEA Communications Department provides links to local and national education news headlines to those who have signed up for our News Clips email list. If you would like to be added to the News Clips list, contact the Communications Department at comms@heartlandaea.org.
The 12th Annual Our Kids Summer Institute 2016 “Trip the Light” is an opportunity for education professionals to network with their peers, discover new strategies for working with English language learners in Iowa, and learn from national and local experts to enrich their practices for increasing EL achievement.
Our Kids Summer Institute “Trip the Light”
Date: June 16-17, 2016
Location: Waukee High School, 555 SE University Ave., Waukee, IA
Conference brochure (for Heartland AEA participants)
Registration
Heartland AEA educators are reimbursed $150 for registration via Title III claim form, plus $150 honorarium, for full attendance and participation in the full two-day conference. Claim forms will be available onsite June 17.
Educators who have not participated in previous Formative Assessment for Teachers (FAST) or Individual Growth and Development Indicators (IGDI) trainings or individuals who would like to get a refresher on the administration process will be interested in these early literacy trainings scheduled in August.
Early Literacy Implementation - FAST Training
Date: Aug. 10, 2016
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center, 833 5th Ave, Des Moines, IA
Registration Link
IGDI Training - Preschool Literacy Training
Date: Aug. 31, 2016
Time: 8:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center, 833 5th Ave, Des Moines, IA
Registration Link
If you have specific training or logistic questions, contact Mark Crady or Mary Jane Stites.
On June 29 the Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council is hosting a conference of business and school leaders interested in building or expanding partnerships. The Iowa STEM School + Business Innovation Conference will highlight best practices going on across Iowa including our acclaimed STEM BEST® (Businesses Engaging Students and Teachers) and STEM RLE (Redesigned Learning Environment) models, as well as others such as APEX in Waukee.
The goal is to equip attendees with the knowledge, connections and resources to build school + business partnerships in home communities. Registration is free! For more information and to register visit the Iowa STEM website.
As an educational leader, are you faced with increasingly complex challenges to tackle? Do you try to tackle them alone? Would you be interested in being part of a group that identifies, examines and addresses real problems of practice leaders face? Explore and develop systems leadership? Have access to Drake University? Then...
Become a part of the Drake Continual Improvement Network. The vision is to transform education in Iowa in order to restore joy in learning, teaching and leading in Iowa’s schools. The network provides opportunities to learn and work together to solve real problems of practice through the process of systemic continual improvement.
Interested? Read more here or contact Dr. Doug Stilwell, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Drake University at doug.stilwell@drake.edu or (515) 271-1993.
