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
Please take a minute to offer your feedback about the Heartland AEA website. Your responses will help us improve your site visit experience. Please respond by Nov. 26. Thank you for your participation!
Click this link to take the survey: Heartland AEA Website Survey
Please note the following schedule as you plan to place orders through Creative Services and our library and use our van mail.
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, all Heartland AEA offices will be closed Nov. 22 and 23. Our van delivery schedule will be as follows:
- Regular van delivery: Nov. 19 - 20
- No van delivery: Nov. 21 - 23
- Regular delivery resumes: Nov. 26
Due to winter break, all Heartland AEA offices will be closed to the public Dec. 25, 2018 through Jan. 1, 2019.
- Regular van delivery: Dec. 17 - 21
- No van delivery: Dec. 24 - Jan. 1
- Regular van delivery resumes: Jan. 2
Jan Chappuis Presents "Standards-Based Learning"
Nov. 29, 2018
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
FFA Enrichment Center, 1055 SW Prairie Trail Parkway, Ankeny
Register at this link
Teachers, curriculum directors and instructional coaches will have the opportunity to learn from Jan Chappuis, one of the nation’s leaders in Standards-based Learning. Jan’s expertise could help in all areas of instruction from formative assessment instruction to standards based practices. In this session, Jan will:
- Focus on all aspects of curriculum: the intended, the enacted, and the assessed
- Address the work of identifying and unpacking standards of learning to create learning targets.
- Help teachers know how to identify those learning targets into categories such as knowledge, reasoning, skills or products
- Lead learning on what a balanced assessment system looks like, and what it takes to create that system within the instructional cycle
- Address the need to plan for accommodations and modifications for exceptional learners such as special education students, ELL and gifted/advanced learners
EdCamp-style workshops will be held throughout the 2018-19 school year to provide additional learning, collaboration and conversation for those interested in Standards-Based Learning (SBL) Including Grading and Reporting. The workshops coincide with specific strands of the Standards-Based Learning Framework developed by Heartland AEA. You can attend whatever sessions are of interest to you--you don’t need to attend all nine. Come learn with us!
Standards-Based Learning Framework Fridays
First Friday of the month from Oct. 2018 to May 2019
Next Session: Dec. 7, 2018
12:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Visit our website to register and check out upcoming Framework Fridays.
