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

New Student Planners are Here! Order Your School’s Today!

Quality, affordable and beautifully-designed student planners are available for your school through Heartland AEA. Planners can support student engagement and awareness of school events, activities and projects. Visit Creative Services Online to choose your planner style from the many options we offer. Place your order in May to ensure delivery by the beginning of the 2021-22 school year.

We’re Giving Away DVDs and Other Digital Treasures!

Welcome to our digital give-away! We have about 2,800 DVDs, books/cassette kits, or LeapFrog titles that have been weeded from the collection (mainly duplicate copies). If you’re interested in grabbing up some of these items, follow these directions:

Go to this special Medianet site and log in as you usually do with the “regular” Medianet.

Materials are yours to keep and will be sent to the school on the Heartland AEA van.




“Pick” the titles of interest to add to your cart. You'll then be prompted for your username/password. Then click Test Availability.




Following the instructions in red led you here to Submit your request.

Heartland AEA Math Minutes Newsletter Now Available

The Heartland AEA Math Minutes Newsletter is now available. Make sure to follow the newsletter and share it with your colleagues! In this issue…

• Numeracy Project 2.0
• Mathwhiteboard.com
• Algebra Problem Strings
• Ideas Worth Spreading
• Timeline for Computer Science

Contact the Heartland AEA Math Team if you need any assistance!

Join Renowned Author Doug Fisher, Corwin Instructors and Heartland AEA Consultants for a Summer Learning Opportunity Like No Other!

Heartland AEA’s “Summer Learning Academy: Reflect, Reconstruct, Rebound” has been designed with area educators, for area educators. Over the past year, you’ve stretched your abilities and increased your confidence as you’ve tried new tools, new models and new ways of teaching.

The vision for our time together in the Summer Learning Academy includes:

• Augmentation of content
• Study around instruction
• Learning about assessment and feedback practices
• Perusal of technology integration

All these topics have been compiled for a steadfast rebound and rich catapult into the 2021-22 school year!

To learn more about the Academy, learning tracks and license renewal credit, view the Academy flyer.

Summer Learning Academy: Reflect, Reconstruct, Rebound
June 21-25, 2021
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. each day
Virtual Format
$100

Registration Links
1 license renewal credit - Register Now
2 license renewal credits - Register Now
No credit/participant only - Register Now

Questions?Contact Amy Wichman or Wendy Robinson, Directors of Instructional Services, Heartland AEA

May 2021 School Leader Update Available

The May 2021 School Leader Update from the Iowa Department of Education is available.