Rob Mancabelli is a speaker and author in the field of educational technology. He’s the co–author of the book Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education, a medal winner for Education Book of the Year. A dynamic and engaging speaker, Rob describes in vivid detail how technology is dramatically changing the way teachers and students learn in the 21st Century, and he outlines specific ways educators can make these changes happen in their schools.
Rob has fifteen years of experience working in schools, working as a teacher before accepting roles as a Chief Technology Officer. He sits on the Educational Advisory Boards of Dell Computer and Acer Corporation, and he is a columnist for leading education publications. Rob is also an education entrepreneur, and he has earned an MBA in innovation and global leadership from MIT.
Heartland AEA will host Rob for three speaking engagements on October 1, 2013. See below for information on each session.
Superintendent Presentation
Time: 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Location: Heartland AEA Johnston REC, Rooms 13A & B
Audience: Superintendents only
No registration required.
Presenter Rob Mancabelli will present during the Heartland Administrators’ Association (HAA) meeting. He will share information about the partnership between Heartland AEA and BrightBytes to collect and analyze information about how technology is being used to impact teaching and learning in districts.
Globally Connected Classroom
Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Location: Heartland AEA Johnston REC, Rooms 13A & B
Audience: Principals, technology coordinators, district administrators and curriculum directors. It will be a great opportunity for superintendents or principals to bring in school teams.
Activity Number: AD014992111401
Presenter Rob Mancabelli will share ideas on how to create globally connected classrooms, implement powerful project-based curricula and introduce students to tools and technologies with transformative potential.
Overview of the Globally Connected Classroom
Time: 6:00-6:45 p.m.
Location Change: Eastview School Cafeteria (1600 North Avenue, Norwalk)
Audience: Superintendents and their school board members.
Activity Number: AD015047971401
Presenter Rob Mancabelli will share information about the role of school board members and impacting teaching and learning in districts.
The state of Iowa has accepted an
invitation to participate in the U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP),
sponsored by the William Randolph Heart Foundation. The program is
designed to give young Americans a working knowledge of American
political life.
Each year two Iowa students have the opportunity
to spend a week in Washington, D.C. The William Randolph Heart
Foundation pays all expenses. In addition, the two Iowa high school
representatives each receive a $5,000 scholarship.
Selection of
the two Iowa high school representatives is based on the outstanding
ability and demonstrated leadership qualities of elected junior and
senior high school student officers for the 2013-14 school year.
Each
high school may nominate up to three students. Student application
materials are available on the Iowa Department of Education website at http://www.educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=939&catid=671&Itemid=1225#application.
Click here
for student application materials. Please submit the completed
applications to Terri Barnes, Heartland AEA USSYP contact, at the
Johnston Regional Education Center, 6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston, Iowa
by 4:00 p.m. on October 4, 2013. Nominees will take a qualifying
examination on October 21, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. in Conference Room 18 at
the Johnston AEA REC on the U.S. Constitution and government. The award
recipients will be announced in December.
Contact your AEA USSYP contact, Terri Barnes (tbarnes@heartlandaea.org) or Stephanie Rosenberg Wager (stefanie.rosenbergwager@iowa.gov) at the Iowa Department of Education for information.
New director maps were handed out to superintendents at the September HAA meeting. If you did not receive your map or were unable to attend, the maps will be available in future HAA meetings. All superintendents will receive a hard copy map and an electronic copy by the end of fall.
Click here to download the 2013-14 Heartland AEA Superintendent Directory. A limited supply of these directories were printed and distributed at the September HAA meeting. If you would like a hard copy, please contact Claire Sowder, Communications Specialist, at csowder@aea11.k12.ia.us.
Education
Graduate of Dowling High School WDM, IA
B.A. - Psychology; Sioux Falls, S.D.
M.Ed. - Health and Physical Education; Pan American University; Edinburg, TX
M.S. - Mid-Management Principal Certification; University of Houston - Clear Lake; Clear Lake, TX
Superintendent Certification - West Texas A & M University; Canyon, TX
Past work experience
Teacher/Coach - McAllen Memorial H.S. McAllen ISD, McAllen, TX (81 - 84)
Teacher Coach - Sam Rayburn H.S. Pasadena ISD, Pasadena, TX (84 - 96)
Assistant Principal - South Houston H.S. Pasadena ISD, Pasadena, TX (96 - 00)
Principal Temple H.S. Temple ISD, Temple, TX (00-04)
Principal Borger H.S. Borger ISD, Borger, TX (05-07)
Assistant Superintendent Borger ISD, Borger, TX (07-09)
Superintendent Rogers ISD, Rogers, TX (09-13)
Why did you decide to pursue the superintendent position at your district?
Great opportunity - return to family roots.
What is your vision for your district?
• Excellence in academic and extracurricular student activities
• Growth
• High expectations
What are your hobbies or things you like to do in your free time?
Golf and spending time with family.
This year the state has determined that it is MANDATORY for all teachers who have students taking the Alternate Assessment to go through training. The link is now open to begin this process. Directions for logging in to the training were sent to District Assessment Coordinators and are listed below. The training should take about 45 minutes.
To Complete IAA Online Training:
1. Go to http://training.aeapdonline.org
2. Login (or register into the system if not logged in before)
3. Select the course catalog from the menu in the upper left
4. Select the Iowa Alternate Assessment Training from the menu and click on the register button
5. Verify district information and begin the training
This training is also open for administrators and other personnel who support the educational programming of student with significant disabilities.
Please contact Emily.thatcher@iowa.gov if you require technical assistance.
Click here for the September HAA agenda for next week’s meeting. The meeting will be held from 9:00-11:50 a.m. on Tuesday, September 3 (the day after Labor Day) in Rooms 13 A & B of the Heartland AEA Johnston Regional Education Center (6500 Corporate Drive). Click here for a draft of meeting topics for this year.
Go to the Curriculum Network Google Site to find the Curriculum Network agenda and handouts for next week’s meeting. The meeting will be held on Friday, September 6 in Rooms 13 A & B of the Heartland AEA Johnston Regional Education Center (6500 Corporate Drive) and will begin at 8:30 a.m.
The last fall course for Assessing Academic Rigor will begin September 19 and run through November 12. This course is required for school administrators and other educational leaders responsible for evaluating educators who are renewing their licenses. Details for the course are below.
Dates: Sept. 19, Oct. 10, 22 & Nov. 12, 2013
Time: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Location: Johnston REC
Activity Number: AD013992111402
FRIENDS (National Association for Young People Who Stutter), the Stuttering Foundation, Heartland AEA and the UI Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center is sponsoring a one-day workshop for children who stutter, their families and speech-language pathologists. The workshop will be held on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at the Heartland AEA Regional Education Center.
The workshop format includes presentations, small discussion groups, panel presentations and group activities. Children, teens, siblings, parents and speech-language pathologists attend sessions that are geared specifically to their needs, but an additional focus is on shared activities that help everyone gain different perspectives about stuttering. Adults who stutter will also be invited to share their stories and experiences with participants.
There will be ASHA accredited CEUs offered to speech-language pathologists, and the price can’t be beat ($60.00 for .5 CEUs; special discounted rate of $25.00 for SLPs who register to attend with a child and his/her family). Registration is free.
Click here for a brochure that can be distributed to interested parents, teachers and students.
The news is consistently full of stories of bullying and harassment in schools, the workplace and the community. In 2007, the Iowa Safe Schools Bill was passed in an effort to make our schools a safer place. Heartland AEA is hosting a two-day course, September 19-20, which will examine the current state of bullying in Iowa and the country as well as the legislation and reporting requirements for educators in Iowa. Woven throughout the course will be examples in best practice for bullying prevention.
**Participants will be required to make arrangements to view the movie “Bully” on their own time between the sessions.
Click here to register or register through the Heartland AEA Professional Development Catalog and put activity number IN055192111401 in the correct field.
