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
The Heartland Administrators’ Association (HAA) will meet on Oct. 2 at DMACC in Ankeny. The meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. with partner updates. At 9:00 a.m. guest speaker and education technology guru Brad Waid will present a workshop entitled, “Transforming the Classroom through Augmented Reality.” This session is designed for superintendents; all other educators are invited to an afternoon session with Waid on the same topic.
HAA Meeting
Date: Oct. 2
Location: DMACC Ankeny: Student Center, Bldg 5, 2006 S. Ankeny Blvd, Ankeny
Time:
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Partner Updates
9:00 - Noon Workshop with Brad Wai
Agenda: HAA Oct. Agenda
EdTech guru Brad Waid is coming to Iowa on Oct. 2 to present the latest on emerging technology and the impact it’s having now in our schools, the impact it will have in the future and questions we need to be asking ourselves now. Your teacher leaders, administrators, technology coordinators and all educators are invited!
Brad will be one-on-one with superintendents in the morning session and with all educators in the afternoon session. Registration links for both sessions are below.
*Good news! We’re rolling back the afternoon registration fee to $0! Come and enjoy a great day of learning!*
Transforming the Classroom through Augmented Reality
Oct. 2, 2018
DMACC, Student Center, Bldg 5
2006 S. Ankeny Blvd, Ankeny
Registration:
Superintendent Session
8:30 a.m. - 9 Updates from Partners
9:00 - Noon Workshop with Brad Waid
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All Educators Session
1 - 4 p.m. Workshop with Brad Waid
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Year 2 Putting the Iowa Core Social Studies Standards Together sessions are being offered by Heartland AEA during the 2018-19 school year.
This two-day workshop will review and build upon Year 1 of the social studies standards professional development. Learning will focus on putting the standards together into coherent inquiry-based unit plans. Participants will learn about good unit design, how to unpack and bundle standards and build more in-depth knowledge on the use of compelling and supporting questions while creating coherence throughout a unit to implement the standards.
Elementary Sessions
Nov. 5 & 12, 2018 - Adel
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Feb. 25 & March 4, 2019 - Johnston
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June 10 & 11, 2019 - Johnston
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Secondary Sessions
Sept. 26 & 27, 2018 - Adel
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Feb. 27 & March 6, 2019 - Johnston
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June 17 & 18, 2019 - Johnston
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Jan Chappuis
Standards-Based Learning
Nov. 29, 2018
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
FFA Enrichment Center, 1055 SW Prairie Trail Parkway, Ankeny
Register at this link by Oct. 15
Teachers, curriculum directors and instructional coaches will have the opportunity to learn from Jan Chappuis, one of the nation’s leaders in Standards-based Learning. Jan’s expertise could help in all areas of instruction from formative assessment instruction to standards based practices. In this session, Jan will:
- Focus on all aspects of curriculum: the intended, the enacted, and the assessed
- Address the work of identifying and unpacking standards of learning to create learning targets.
- Help teachers know how to identify those learning targets into categories such as knowledge, reasoning, skills or products
- Lead learning on what a balanced assessment system looks like, and what it takes to create that system within the instructional cycle
- Address the need to plan for accommodations and modifications for exceptional learners such as special education students, ELL and gifted/advanced learners
Nine EdCamp-style workshops will be held throughout the 2018-19 school year to provide additional learning, collaboration and conversation for those interested in Standards-Based Learning (SBL) Including Grading and Reporting. The workshops coincide with specific strands of the Standards-Based Learning Framework developed by Heartland AEA. You can attend whatever sessions are of interest to you; you do not need to attend all nine. Come learn with us!
Standards-Based Learning Framework Fridays
First Friday of the month from October 2018 to May 2019
Next Session: Oct. 5
12:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Visit our website to learn more and register
Halvorson Trane, one of Iowa’s longest-established HVAC companies, is offering three, $500 grants to K-12 Iowa schools to fund energy education projects on school grounds (projects can be inside or out). See the Halvorson Trane website for more information about the grants and view last year’s winners. Apply by Oct. 26, 2018.
