Department of Education Site Visit Training Schedule

A choice of trainings is scheduled for school districts and accredited non-public schools receiving an Iowa Department of Education comprehensive site visit during the 2009-2010 school year. School districts and schools are encouraged to include the superintendent, curriculum director, building principals and other staff who will be involved in planning for the visit in the team it sends for training. Additionally, anyone serving as a team member on a site visit is highly encouraged to attend training. Please select one of the two face-to-face trainings that have been scheduled. Please send an e-mail to Julie Melcher, DE School Improvement Consultant (Julie.melcher@iowa.gov), to let her know how many from your district/school plan will attend and which training your staff will attend. Julie will respond to your email with site visit documents to be copied and brought to the training.

• September 4, 2009 from 1:00 - 3:30 p.m., Heartland AEA, Johnston Office, Rooms 3 & 4, Johnston, Iowa (following the September Curriculum Network Meeting to be held at the same location)

• October 6, 2009 from 1:00 - 3:45 p.m., West Des Moines Learning Resource Center, 3550 Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines (following the October Superintendent Meeting to be held at the same location)

For districts receiving a focused equity visit, training pertaining to the documentation and process of focused equity visits will be provided through the selection of one of the following options:

• Face-to-face training at the Iowa Department of Education, State Board Room 2nd floor, September 22, 2009 from 1:00-3:30 p.m.

• ICN training, September 29,2009 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Site availability and additional information will be sent to each district receiving a focused equity visit.

School districts and schools receiving a comprehensive site visit during the 2009-2010 school year include the following:

The Academy, January 13-14
Baxter, February 16-18
Carlisle (Equity Focus), December 15-17
Colfax-Mingo, February 23-25
Dowling Catholic High School, October 20-21
Holy Family School, October 15-16
Indianola, January 19-21
Knoxville, November 17-19
Madrid, December 8-10
Martensdale-St.Marys, February 9-11
Mt. Olive Lutheran, February 24-25
North Polk, January 26-28
Pella Christian Grade School, October 15-16
Pella Christian High School, October 12-13
Perry (Equity Focused), January 12-14
St. Augustin School, October 13-14
St. Cecilia School, October 27-28
Sully Christian School, November 17-18
West Des Moines, March 29-April 1

Persons wishing to register as a team member on one of the scheduled visit may do so through the following link, https://www.edinfo.state.ia.us/web/sitevisit.asp, at your earliest convenience.

Please contact Julie Melcher at Julie.melcher@iowa.gov or (515) 281-6293 with any questions.