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

 

Heartland AEA OneClick Offers Easy Access to AEA Digital Resources

At the October 2021 Heartland Administrators’ Association meeting, we presented the Heartland AEA OneClick program where a single sign-on would be used by students and teachers to access the robust digital resources available to schools (e.g., BookFLIX, PebbleGo, Britannica, Gale, EBSCO, Learn 360, SIRS, and more). This approach is in line with the goal to provide greater digital privacy and security for your teachers and students. Our youngest researchers and readers can use a QR code to log in. The brief slide presentation from the HAA meeting includes notes and screenshots of the launchpad.

Almost a dozen districts in the Heartland AEA service area have started the process to add their domain to OneClick. Districts that haven’t responded yet are invited to complete the pre-boarding questionnaire. You may want to ask the teacher librarian, curriculum coordinator, and technology director to review the questionnaire before completion.

American Red Cross CPR Pediatric Training is Now Available for PK Staff

Part of the Iowa Quality Preschool Program Standards is that PK staff are to be trained in infant and toddler CPR. The online simulation for completing the learning portion of the American Red Cross CPR certification training, adult and pediatric edition is now available through AEA Learning Online.

To receive the American Red Cross CPR certification, you must also complete the skills assessment portion of the training. To do this, you need to work with an American Red Cross (ARC) instructor. Here are the options for districts to get an ARC instructor.

Districts can:

1. use their own staff member already ARC certified and set up an account with AEA Learning Online (page 9 of tutorial) First Aid/CPR/AED Training Tutorial for Instructors
2. train a current staff member to be ARC certified
3. bridge a current staff member from AHA (or others) to ARC (page 6 of the tutorial)
4. use someone from the community (like a hospital staff person, police/fire staff person, etc., that is an ARC Instructor - they will need to set up an account with AEA Learning Online)
5. reach out to someone on this list that is an instructor in column d. ARC Instructor

The online training comes from the American Red Cross and is fully online and self-paced. This training is provided at no cost. No continuing education units are available for this training.

Iowa Students' Voices are Needed! It's Time to Complete Phenomenon Surveys for the Round 4 Field Test Units

Please share the links below with your science teachers.

These surveys will be open through Nov. 14. This is one of Iowa's opportunities to have our voice heard in the development of the OpenSciEd High School units.

PLEASE NOTE: The survey is for STUDENTS, not teachers. Students can do one or both of the surveys! They don't have to be in Biology or Chemistry right now.

B.2 Ecosystems Phenomenon Survey: https://tinyurl.com/B2-ecosystems
C.2 Electrostatics Phenomenon Survey: https://tinyurl.com/C2-electrostatics