Friday, February 19, 2010

Heartland Gifted & Talented Consultant to be Featured on IPR

Heartland AEA gifted and talented consultant Mary Schmidt will be a featured guest on the Iowa Public Radio show “The Exchange” on February 26 from noon to 1:00 p.m. The show is Iowa Public Radio’s talk program and focuses on news, issues and events occurring in Iowa. The topic of discussion for the February 26th show will be gifted education.

Mary has been a consultant at Heartland AEA since 2001 and brings 30 years of experience in education to her position. She holds a master’s degree in gifted education, is immediate past president of the Iowa Talented & Gifted Association, is a National Board Certified Teacher and was previously a secondary gifted & talented and language arts teacher.

“The Exchange” can be heard on stations in Ames/Des Moines, Carroll, Cedar Falls/Waterloo, Clear Lake/Mason City, Dubuque, Fort Dodge, Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, Lamoni, Ottumwa and the Quad Cities. See http://iowapublicradio.org/ for station information. Shows are also archived on IPR’s website and can be listened to at a later date.