Friday, October 18, 2013

Teacher Leadership and Compensation Grant Planning Meetings

Heartland Area Education Agency has been working with West Wind Education Policy to develop a series of workshops to help districts develop their Teacher Leadership and Compensation Grants. Click here for more detailed information including where to register.

The purpose of this workshop series is to prepare local districts to make informed decisions about teacher leadership and compensation models. The goals are to enable each participating district team to submit a compelling and competitive plan to implement a local teacher leadership and compensation system to the Iowa Department of Education and be well positioned to implement their plans, if funds are awarded.

Teacher Leadership and Compensation System Planning Sessions

Workshop 1: Gather Information  
October 30, 2013     
Johnston Office, Rooms 13A & B

Workshop 2: Consider Designs 
November 13, 2013    
Johnston Office, Rooms 13A & B

Workshop 3: Craft Your Plan
December 2, 2013
Johnston Office, Rooms 13A & B

Workshop 4: Organize Your Application              
January 13, 2014
Johnston Office, Rooms 13A & B

All workshops will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 2:30 p.m.  The lunch break will be short and food will be provided by Heartland AEA.

Registration will close on Thursday, October 24.  If you have any questions, please contact Kevin Fangman at kfangman@heartlandaea.org or (515) 201-3744.

Network Maintenance Scheduled Oct. 24

On Thursday, October 24, from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m., the ICN and Heartland AEA will be installing a new network switch and will transition the PK-12 school traffic to a new 10Gb interface.

During this maintenance window, some of the school Internet services will be restored sooner than the others, but we will try to keep the downtime for each school to a minimum. This upgrade will also affect Heartland AEA web services during the scheduled hours.

We apologize for the inconvenience, but appreciate your patience as we do this necessary upgrade. Please contact Tuan Dao, Network Administrator, at (515) 473-6702 if you have any questions.

IEC partners with Vintage Tech to Offer FREE Electronics Recycling

Vintage Tech is one of the leading electronics recycling and asset recovery companies in the industry. As an e-Stewards, R2, and ISO 14001 certified electronics recycler, Vintage Tech guarantees the highest level of service and compliance. The Iowa Educators Consortium (IEC) is pleased to partner with Vintage Tech to offer yet another useful service to Iowa schools.

Click here for a form to list your equipment counts and arrange a recycling pickup. Completed sheets can be submitted to Brendan Wittry bwittry@vintagetechrecyclers.com.

Vintage Tech Recyclers will arrange a pickup at your facility so you don't have to transport your recycled items.  This service is FREE unless you are requesting specialized audit or data destruction services.

Accepted items include: computers, wires and cables, scanners, laptops, computer parts, microwaves, CRTs and LCDs, battery back-ups, cell phones, monitors, computer mice, CD/VCR/DVD players, printers, keyboards, stereo equipment, televisions, MP3 players, fax machines, PDAs and video game consoles.

Follow the links below for more information:
Data security
Certifications and Affiliations
Recycle Your Apple Equipment

Upcoming IEC Ordering Dates

Mark your calendars for the below ordering dates available through the Iowa Educators Consortium.

Health & First Aid
Now-Dec. 31

Light Bulbs & Ballasts
Oct. 14-Mar.

Copy Paper
Nov. 25-Jan. 10

IASL Books
Jan. 2-Feb. 14