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
The Heartland Administrators’ Association (HAA) meeting will be held on Nov. 1 from 9-11:30 a.m. at Heartland AEA, Regional Education Center, 6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston. The meeting will include an update from Dr. Ann Lebo and the Iowa Department of Education, and a legislative update from guest panel members Dave Daughton, School Administrators of Iowa, Emily Piper, Iowa Association of School Boards, and Kate Walton, Eide and Walton. View the agenda. There is no Zoom option for this meeting. Lunch will be provided immediately following.
Iowa redistricting is currently underway. Redistricting is the process of redrawing electoral districts to equalize population between districts and is required by Iowa law following each decennial Census. If existing school director districts meet the standards in Iowa Code and the 2020 population between districts is still within the required parameters, existing districts can remain in place - though do still need to be recertified by the Iowa Secretary of State.
Redistricting Resources
Cornerstone
Owner Jodi Flory is an Experienced Geographic Information Systems Specialist with a 20+ year history of working with GIS mapping technologies and data analytics. Skilled in administering enterprise GIS for both municipal, county and state government operations. Extensive experience in legislative and local redistricting. Demonstrated experience with the ESRI suite of products in both desktop and web platforms. Superintendents may use this form to enter some basic information to request a meeting. This Frequently Asked Questions may also be helpful.
Jodi Flory
(970) 409-9238
jodiflory@gmail.com
Cornerstone website
Mapping Strategies
Mapping Strategies, LLC., is a data analytics firm focused on practical solutions to public policy issues. Mapping Strategies has provided redistricting services to school districts and is experienced in geographic information systems (GIS) projects. Jim Addy is a former Administrator of School Services and Information for the Iowa Department of Education. Jim oversaw departmental research, information technology, school finance, nutrition, health and transportation programs. Now the president of Mapping Strategies, Addy has personally provided spatial analysis solutions and redistricting for government jurisdictions.
Jim Addy
(515) 554-1049
info@mappingstrategies.com
Mapping Strategies website
Timeline
- Nov. 15, 2022 - First day that school boards can adopt a resolution redrawing director district boundaries
- May 15, 2023 - Deadline for school boards to complete redistricting
- July 1, 2023 - School director district boundaries become effective
Panorama will host a webinar dedicated to navigating the preschool data contained within Student Success on Nov. 9. Attendees will learn how to find and drill down into data for preschool children.
Date: Nov. 9, 2022
Time: 2-3 p.m.
Register in advance for this webinar at this link. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Immediately following the conclusion of the event, Renaissance will host a professional learning session to answer the question, "myIGDIs Fall Data...Now What?" Teams and teachers administering myIGDIs are encouraged to attend. The webinar is scheduled to last 90 minutes. Click here for the link to register or to join on Nov. 9.
- Learn best practices and strategies to implement physical computing in classrooms
- Review computer science standards and how they apply to physical computing devices
- Explore what materials Heartland AEA has for checkout
When
Nov. 15, 2022
3:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.No registration required - this is an open house format
Where
Heartland AEA Regional Education Center, 6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston
Family Friendly!
Classroom teachers, teacher librarians and instructional coaches are invited to attend.
Kids are welcome! Who better to test our robots than students!
Information
Contact our Playground Facilitator, Marisa Dahl at mdahl@heartlandaea.org
