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

 

Get Ready! April 4 HAA Meeting with Dr. Timothy Kanold Leadership Workshop

At the Heart of Educator Wellness: Leadership Decision-making, Mindfulness, Relationship-building and Trust-building. Strategies for Leading a Thriving Workplace!

April 4
9-11:30 a.m.
Heartland AEA, Regional Education Center, 6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston

Your leadership life story is a relationship story of learning how to effectively respond to daily emotions and events. How do you become the type of school leader and person others will want to follow and join as part of a relationally intelligent community? How do you effectively respond emotionally and socially to experiences of adversity and triumph?

Creating and sharing new knowledge with others is at the heart of any school with continuously improving levels of student achievement and thriving teachers who love their work. As school leaders you are expected to emotionally and socially adapt, shift, alter, adjust and subsequently lead a belonging and trust culture others will want to be a part of.

In this active and inspiring session, Dr. Kanold reminds each school leader how their daily positive emotional and social presence directly impacts their relationship and trust-building actions with others. He highlights mindfulness, trust, and relationship routines from the Wellness Solutions for Educators™ framework and provides strategies for improving trust, relational intelligence, and emotional regulation; while decreasing stress and anxiety each day!

Participants can expect to:

• Understand essential research behind the Wellness Solutions for Educators™ framework and its relation to student achievement.
• Consider essential research behind compassion and self-compassion as a pathway to encourage teacher retention and renewal.
• Embrace the emotional wellness routine of mindfulness to build atomic habits that stick.
• Understand how to use the social wellness routines of trust and relationships to develop effectively support a culture of collaboration.

Dr. Timothy D. Kanold is former Director of Mathematics and Science and School Superintendent of Adlai E. Stevenson HSD 125, Lincolnshire, Illinois, the birthplace of PLCs At Work. Also author of the best-selling and award-winning books HEART! (2017) and SOUL! (2021) and co-author with Dr. Tina H. Boogren of the best-selling book Educator Wellness (2022).

Dr. Timothy D. Kanold to Lead Wellness Sessions for Educators on Leadership and Physical/Mental Wellness: Thriving At Work and At Home!

Afternoon Workshop
April 4
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Heartland AEA, Regional Education Center, 6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston

In this decade, teaching and leading in pursuit of improved student achievement is hard to do well – day in and day out. The work at hand takes its toll physically and mentally. During this highly interactive, sometimes funny, sometimes serious, and always engaging session, Dr. Timothy D. Kanold, uses the Wellness Solutions for Educators™ framework to take a deep dive into the physical and mental wellness challenges that exist in the daily life of all educators. The neuroscience research is crystal clear: Improved sleep and rest, food and hydration, and movement are interwoven together as a result of daily decision-making and the intentionally planning for living a more balanced and active life. Participants will be (re)invigorated, (re)inspired, and (re)connected to the benefits of a sustainable and thriving home and work life.

Outcomes: Participants can expect to:

• Discover brain research associated with sleep, rest, hydration, movement and decision-fatigue.
• Consider specific strategies for incorporating improved sleep, rest, hydration, movement, balance, and decision- making routines into daily life.
• Embrace the emotional wellness routine of mindfulness to build atomic habits that stick.
• Give the physical wellness routine of movement clout in everyday life.
• Understand how to use the social wellness routines of trust and relationships to develop friendships and effectively collaborate with others.Registration

Register at this link: https://bit.ly/3DLnbb8

There is no cost to attend. Registration includes a copy of Dr. Kanold’s book, Educator Wellness (2022)

About Dr. Kanold
Timothy D. Kanold, Ph.D., is former Director of Mathematics and Science and School Superintendent of Adlai E. Stevenson HSD 125, Lincolnshire, Illinois, the birthplace of PLCs At Work. Also author of the best-selling and award-winning books HEART! (2017) and SOUL! (2021) and co-author with Dr. Tina H. Boogren of the best-selling book Educator Wellness (2022).

Join the 2023 Global Education Institute for Teachers and Learn How to Integrate Social Justice in Your Curriculum with Global Perspectives

The 2023 Global Education Institute for Teachers: Global Perspectives on Social Justice, will be held June 8-29, 2023 in a hybrid format. The institute is organized by the Global Education Program at the Stanley Center and University of Iowa International Programs and presented by the UI Stanley Museum of Art and College of Education.

K-12 teachers of all disciplines are invited to attend the institute and earn one license renewal credit. Join the institute co-directors and special guests to discuss how to apply global perspectives to social justice throughout the curriculum.

Mandatory live Zoom sessions will be Thursdays (June 15, 22, 29) from 9 - 10:30 a.m. and other sessions (small-group discussions, videos, office hours, etc.) will be throughout the month. There will be one day of in-person sessions on June 8 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. on the UI campus in the new Stanley Museum of Art building.

FREE tuition and course materials for everyone! FREE housing to attend in person!

Application deadline is May 4, 2023.
*Registration is limited to teachers that have not participated in the last three years.

More information and an application may be found at https://international.uiowa.edu/2023-global-education-institute-teachers.