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
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.
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.
Enrollment is open for the Geographic Alliance of Iowa (GAI) summer workshops that include:
- Human-Environment Interaction in Northeast Iowa
- Using Primary Sources to Teach Geography, Conflict and Human Rights
- Cuba Curriculum Development Project
- Geography, Technology and the Iowa Core, Part II
- Globalization for Secondary Educators
- Digital Earth: Integrating Mapping Technologies into Social Science and STEM
Enroll through University of Northern Iowa Continuing Education and pay a very reduced rate of $75 per UNI credit hour (graduate or undergraduate credit in GEOG).
For more information and to enroll, visit the summer workshops website or contact Dr. Alex Oberle, Geographic Alliance of Iowa coordinator and Associate Geography Professor, University of Northern Iowa at Alex.Oberle@uni.edu.
Differentiated Accountability (DA) is the Iowa Department of Education’s new accountability and support system for school districts and AEAs. DA is replacing the previous 5-year site visits that consisted of record reviews and interviews with teachers, students, parents and board members. Changes were made to move beyond compliance into a continuous improvement model that improves outcomes for all of Iowa’s students.
For more information, review this DA program overview that includes resources and professional learning opportunities and visit the Iowa Department of Education’s website.
