Our Mission
To improve the learning outcomes and well-being of all children and youth by providing services and leadership in partnership with families, schools and communities.
Our Goals
- Increase learning growth for students
- Decrease the gap in achievement
- Increase annual graduation rates
- Increase gateways to post-secondary success
Quality and affordable student planners are available for your school through Heartland AEA’s Creative Services Department. Planners can help some students feel more engaged and aware of school events, activities and projects. Visit our website to choose your planner style from the many options we offer. Place your order by May 1, 2018 to ensure delivery by the beginning of the next school year. For more information, contact the Heartland AEA Creative Services Department at (800) 255-0405 ext. 14368 or creativeservices@heartlandaea.org.
Drake University has offered to the host the May 1 SAC and HAA meetings in Collier-Scripps Hall on campus. This is a new building located closer to Forest Avenue than University. Due to campus construction, you'll want to allow extra time for parking and use this Drake Parking Pass to access any Commuter Parking Lot at Drake University.
Superintendents' Advisory Council (SAC)
May 1, 2018
8:00 - 8:45 a.m.
Drake University (Campus Map)
2507 University Avenue, Des Moines
Collier-Scripps Hall, Room 235
Drake Parking Pass
Agenda
Heartland Administrators' Association (HAA)
May 1, 2018
9:00 -11:30 a.m.
Drake University (Campus Map)
2507 University Avenue, Des Moines
Collier-Scripps Hall, Room 235
Drake Parking Pass
Agenda
Zoom link: https://heartlandaea.zoom.us/j/963780423
Drake Parking Pass Instructions
Print the parking pass, as it will need to be visible on your dashboard. Allow extra time to park, as construction season has begun.
Drake Parking Pass - Remember to print!
- Click on Link
- Click on Select Time for the drop box to appear. Select Tuesday, May 1
- Click on Register
- Click on Check Out
- Create a quick account to complete Registration
- Go to My Tickets
- Print parking pass
This information was shared with District Managers and should also be shared with appropriate district and building administrators.
As you’re aware, Iowa’s Area Education Agencies are subsidizing costs for districts to upgrade their DE provided FastBridge (FAST) subscriptions to include additional functionality in the areas of mathematics and behavior. Your district indicated its interest in participating in a pilot of this subscription program, beginning in Spring 2018.
Iowa’s AEA system has had many requests to produce FastBridge Math materials that include K-1 EarlyMath student materials and CBMMath Process student materials and teacher forms for grades 2-6. Grant Wood AEA has agreed to handle all the printing and shipping of these materials. Progress Monitoring student materials will be available in late summer.
If your school or district is interested in these materials, you may place an order using this order form. Please complete the top section, select the items and quantities needed and place the order using one of the methods listed at the bottom of the form. Orders will be shipped to you through FedEx.
For questions regarding ordering, printing and distribution, contact Tara Johannsen at Grant Wood AEA at tjohannsen@gwaea.org.
Keystone AEA's Premier Education Conference - KPEC 2018 will be held on June 18-19 at the Grand River Center in Dubuque. The two-day conference, “Breaking Barriers: Challenging the Boundaries of Learning,” provides enlightening and entertaining opportunities to connect with peers, hear keynote addresses from nationally-recognized speakers, Dr. Buddy Berry and LaVonna Roth, and choose from dozens of breakout sessions covering five focus areas:
- The Whole Child
- Special Education
- Technology
- Leadership
- Curriculum Content Areas
Registration
Register before May 1 to take advantage of the early bird discount price of $109. Starting May 1 the cost to register is $139. All registration fees include breakfast, lunch and snacks. There will be no refunds after May 31.
For more information about the conference, contact Tiffany Kuhens at (800) 632-5918 or tkuhens@aea1.k12.ia.us.
Jennifer Riedemann, Consultant for Student Assessment, will be facilitating a webinar on May 1 from 3:30 - 4:15 p.m. to introduce the ELPA21 Dynamic Screener. Here is a link to additional information about the webinar.
The Dynamic Screener webinar on May 1 is scheduled at the same time as the final ESOL Advisory for the year. To allow educators of English learners (ELs) to attend the live webinar, the ESOL Advisory Meeting is postponed until May 17, 2018 from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. in Room 123 at Heartland AEA in Johnston. At that time, Title III mini-grant recipients will be presenting short oral summaries to explain how purchased materials were utilized to develop language while providing ELs access to the CORE and/or to increase EL parent/family involvement.
Heartland AEA is pleased to once again offer an additional course option for administrators and/or evaluators who want to renew their evaluator license. The Collaborative Leadership Institute is a two credit hour course that will be held on June 28-29, Oct. 12 and Dec. 13, 2018 at Heartland AEA in Adel.
Heartland AEA and Corwin partnered in the design of the Evaluator Approval Training pilot last year with the assistance of Peter DeWitt, Ed.D., and his work on Collaborative Leadership, which is grounded in the Visible Learning research of education expert John Hattie, on the most influential and impactful leadership practices shown to accelerate student learning.
In the Institute, Dr. Dewitt will unpack six leadership factors of Collaborative Leadership, painting a powerful scheme to meet stakeholders where they are, motivate stakeholders to strive for improvement and model how to do it.
Registration
Register at this link
The course is open to anyone in Iowa. Seating is limited to 50 people.
Questions
For any other questions, contact Jim Verlengia, Ed.D., Director of Leadership Supports with Heartland AEA at jverlengia@heartlandaea.org or (515) 270-0405 ext. 14388.
The Heartland AEA 2018-19 Leadership Series is presented by some of today’s most intriguing, innovative and influential leaders from around the country who will share their background, insight and knowledge with you. Speakers will candidly share their experiences, discuss challenges that have impacted their work and provide a unique opportunity for you to learn from their hands-on experiences.
Registration is now open for the five-session series that begins this fall. Some sessions are designated for superintendents and some are open to any educator.
Sept. 4, 2018
Kevin Honeycutt - Midnight Run
Oct. 2, 2018
Brad Waid - Transforming the Classroom through Augmented Reality
Nov. 6, 2018
Shannon Suldo, Ph.D. - Positive Psychology Interventions in Schools
Jan. 8, 2019
Anthony Muhammad, Ph.D. - Transforming School Culture through PLCs
March 5, 2019
Trevor Ragan - Teaching a Growth Mindset to Achieve Success for All Learners
Leadership Series Location
DMACC
Student Center, Bldg 5
2006 S. Ankeny Blvd, Ankeny
Registration
Review all the session options and registration links in this flyer.
Questions?
Contact Jim Verlengia, Ed.D. Director of Leadership Supports Heartland AEA jverlengia@heartlandaea.org (515) 270-0405 ext. 14388
Eleven years ago we offered the first Counselor Academy to help districts write their articulated, sequential school counseling program. The ASCA Model was relatively new at the time and the state legislature was just putting counselors back in the Iowa Code. The Administrative Rule was written to require districts to have a K-12 school counseling program.
A lot has happened since then. The ASCA Model is on its third edition, there are new ASCA standards and education in Iowa has evolved. Using the ASCA Model, the Iowa Framework for School Counseling Programs, the Iowa definition of College and Career Readiness and the MTSS Framework, participants will write, update, refine and implement an ASCA Model for their district/building school counseling program.
Because of the importance and interconnection of this work, an administrator is asked to accompany the counselors for, at a minimum, days 1 and 4. Of course, they are welcome to attend the entire academy.
Counselor Academy: Refining and Revising Your School Counseling Program
Dates: Sept. 10 and Dec. 11, 2018 and Feb. 11 and April 29, 2019
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Heartland AEA, Johnston Regional Education Center, 6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston
Registration
Register at this link
Improving Literacy Instruction for Students on Alternate Assessment
(Previously titled: Improving Literacy Instruction for Level 3 Learners)This class is designed for teachers of students with significant cognitive disabilities on alternate assessment. This class will provide an overview of the current research and philosophy of literacy instruction for this population. Content will include an introduction to the state frameworks for literacy instruction and the importance of communication; links to the alternate assessment; core vocabulary; and the five instructional routines: shared and guided reading, independent reading, foundational skills, independent writing and predictable chart writing. This class is similar in content to the Strat II coursework, but less in-depth.
Heartland AEA
Johnston Regional Education Center
6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston
July 9-10, 2018
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Register at this link
Linking Alternate Assessment, Essential Elements and Quality IEPs for Literacy
This 2-day course will help teachers, related service providers and AEA staff supporting students with significant intellectual disabilities make connections between assessment, curriculum and instruction. Participants will learn how to apply the alternate assessment tools and resources that help match instruction to student need; how to unpack and apply essential elements to establish present levels of performance; and ways to write ambitious IEP goals, align services to needs, monitor progress and meet requirements of both alternate assessments. The five routines of literacy will be reviewed, but not explored in depth.
Heartland AEA
Johnston Regional Education Center
Corporate Drive, Johnston
Aug. 8-9, 2018
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Register at this link
