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 AEA Curriculum Network will meet Feb. 7 from 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. at Heartland AEA, 6500 Corporate Drive in Johnston. The agenda includes a variety of updates from the Iowa Department of Education and the AEA system. During the Heartland AEA section of the agenda, Norwalk, Pella and Urbandale schools will be sharing their learning as they work to implement three different instructional frameworks. Zoom links are included in the agenda.
It’s only TWO weeks until the AEA 2020 Legislative Education Advocacy Event. Have you registered? On Feb. 10-11, Iowa’s AEAs will bring together school administrators from across Iowa to learn the most up-to-date legislative insight and meet with legislators face-to-face at the Capitol. Check out the event plans and register at this link: https://www.smore.com/qe4y5.
ClassLink and Heartland AEA will be making it easier for educators and students to use critical AEA applications and resources. Through a new online platform featuring ClassLink’s Single Sign-On functionality, all students and educators across Iowa will easily find and use the AEA’s online professional learning and teaching and learning applications, such as:
- AEA Scout, a new site that houses high-quality digital learning resources
- AEA Professional Learning Registration System
- AEA Learning Online personalized learning system for students
- AEA Learning Online training system
Heartland AEA is excited for the opportunity to work with district technology directors, curriculum directors, teacher librarians and others to help bring this solution to all districts. Today, in fact, district tech directors will receive dedicated learning and implementation support for ClassLink during their networking meeting with Heartland AEA. If you haven’t already, make sure you talk with your tech director to learn how the ClassLink solution can help to increase classroom productivity and positively impact student learning outcomes. Then, contact Evan Abbey, Program Director with AEA Learning Online, and let’s get started!
*Districts are added individually with the goal of full connectivity by the fall.
Just four more EdCamp-style workshops will be held this 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.
Standards-Based Learning Framework Fridays
Next Session: Feb. 7
12:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Visit our website to learn more and register
Join your colleagues in an online book study course to explore ways to integrate curiosity and critical thinking into the classroom. Participants will be using Ditch That Textbook throughout the course. Be sure to get it before the course starts.
Fostering Curiosity to Empower Critical Thinking
Course Number 181915
Webinar with Matt Miller will be held on Feb. 20 from 1 - 3 p.m.
Did you miss the webinar with Eric Curts?
No worries! Watch the recording here.
Save the Date!
Heart of Innovation Summer Summit - June 10, 2020
Recertification Credit will be an option this year!
Professional Learning Opportunities
Check out upcoming professional learning opportunities with the Heartland AEA Instructional Technology team in their Smore newsletter. Follow and share!
The Iowa Department of Education is hosting a town hall on Feb. 6 to gather public input on Iowa’s state plan to meet the requirements of the federal Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, commonly referred to as Perkins V.
This federal law reauthorizes the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, which provides support for secondary and community college career and technical education (CTE) programs in all 50 states and U.S. territories. CTE programs increase student engagement through the integration of technical and academic skills in hands-on, real-world learning experiences. Perkins V represents an important opportunity to expand opportunities for every student to explore, choose and follow CTE programs of study and career pathways to earn credentials of value.
The town hall meeting is a great way for school administrators, faculty, students and the public to learn about Iowa’s state plan, get questions answered and to provide valuable feedback. Comments will be considered in the final state plan, which will be presented to Gov. Kim Reynolds for approval prior to submission to the U.S. Department of Education in April.
Information about the town hall meeting is provided below:
Date: Feb. 6
Time: 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Heartland AEA, Regional Education Center, 6500 Corporate Dr., Johnston (Room 107A)
Iowans can also submit questions and feedback by completing online surveys about the draft plan and performance targets. More information on Iowa’s state plan is available on the Iowa Department of Education website.
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
At the Jan. 31 Tech Director’s meeting at Heartland AEA in Johnston, Evan Abbey, the Program Director for AEA Learning Online, will provide a learning session on ClassLink. He will stay after his presentation for a working lunch to answer questions about ClassLink and its implementation in your district. He can even assist you in getting your district connected with ClassLink if you are not currently setup (you will need the Google Administration for your district if you wish to do this).
Please contact Colleen Miller on or before Jan. 28 at Noon if you plan to attend the working lunch, so that we can get a complete order in to Panera. This is your opportunity to get your questions answered by Evan so be sure to sign up today by letting Colleen know that you will be there for the working lunch! We hope to see you next week!
It’s only three weeks until the AEA 2020 Legislative Education Advocacy Event. Have you registered? On Feb. 10-11 Iowa’s AEAs will bring together school administrators from across Iowa to learn the most up-to-date legislative insight and meet with legislators face-to-face at the Capitol. Check out the event plans and register at this link: https://www.smore.com/qe4y5.
The Heartland AEA Library & Digital Resources newsletter is now available. Make sure to follow the newsletter and share it with your colleagues! In this issue...
- New Ebooks & Digital Audiobooks
- Highlighting, Annotating, Notetaking and AEA Scout
- In the National News: Citing Your Source
- Joint IASL / IRA Conference Registration
- HS Media Literacy Lessons
- 20 New Math Flash Cards
- Civic Online Reasoning--Lessons & Assessments
This workshop is designed for beginning gifted and talented teachers, K-12 general education teachers, instructional coaches and administrators who are interested in gaining background knowledge about Gifted and Talented (GT) programming in Iowa. Topics covered will include:
- Iowa Code requirements for GT programs
- Characteristics of gifted students
- Best practices and resources for educators, including an overview of the new MTSS Advanced Learner Facilitation Guide
Gifted & Talented 101: Gifted Students, Programming & MTSS for Advanced Learners
March 6, 2020
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Heartland AEA Johnston Regional Education Center 6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston
Register at this link: http://bit.ly/2TLAmCO using Course #182218. There is no registration fee for this workshop.
When it comes to turning around high poverty, low performing schools, Hamish Brewer accepts no excuses. This unconventional visionary and nationally recognized principal utilizes his ALL IN, relentless attitude and passion to motivate his students to succeed, no matter the circumstances in their lives. Hamish will share how he improves student outcomes with innovative, out-of-the-box thinking, pushing boundaries and challenging archaic processes and practices. His personal stories and challenges will make you rethink your practices, disrupt the norm and take your school or organization to the next level.
Be Relentless
March 3, 2020
Des Moines Area Community College, Student Center, 2006 S. Ankeny Blvd. Ankeny, IA
9:00-10:00 a.m. Keynote Message
10:00-10:30 a.m. Q&A
10:30-11:00 a.m. Book Signing with Hamish Brewer** (Books will not be available for purchase at the event. See note below)
Registration
Register for this event at bit.ly/2VLliHt using Course #180607
This is a no cost event! Bring your administrative team! If you missed him at IASB, see him here!
**SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT BOOK SIGNING: Mr. Brewer will be personally autographing his book, Relentless: Changing Lives by Disrupting the Educational Norm. Be sure to purchase the book in advance, bring it with you, meet the author and get your copy signed! Books will not be available for purchase at the event.
Join this special event with Anthony Muhammad, Ph.D., to explore the dynamics of school culture from a sociological, psychological, anthropological, political, historical and economic lens, using the Transforming School Culture framework. The framework helps educators and simplifies the work of transforming school culture by understanding patterns of behavior that either support or undermine the development of school culture.
Dr. Muhammad is recognized as one of the field’s leading experts in the areas of school culture and organizational climate. He has served as a middle school teacher, assistant principal, middle school principal and high school principal.
Transforming School Culture: Understanding and Overcoming Resistance to Necessary Change Featuring Anthony Muhammad, Ph.D.
April 23, 2020
8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Hilton Garden Inn
8600 Northpark Drive Johnston, IA
Registration
Register by April 20, 2020 at this link: http://bit.ly/2MEyMyA using course #181933
$50 per person. Lunch included.
Registration is limited to 125. There is no waiting list for this event.
All educators are invited!
The Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council is offering 13 exemplary STEM programs to provide high-quality STEM education offerings to schools, afterschool programs and other settings for grades pre-K through 12 throughout the state.
The 2020-21 STEM Scale-Up Programs range from building robots and coding programs to conducting agricultural field experiences and learning about STEM careers. All went through a rigorous review process at both the national and state level, demonstrating an appeal to diverse youth, success in improving academic performance, evidence of integrating STEM concepts, development of school-business-community partnerships and sustainability beyond STEM Council financial support.
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
Jim Verlengia, Ed.D., who recently retired from Heartland AEA after 23 years, is available to assist districts with a variety of leadership services and supports, namely:
- Individual and Team Coaching
- Administrative Team and School Board Effectiveness Training
- Leadership Development
- Strategic Planning and Needs Assessment Facilitation
- Culture Development
- Systems Thinking Approach
- Motivational Presentations
- Special Assignments
For more information or to inquire about a specific district need, contact: Jim Verlengia, Ed.D. at (515) 499-6490 or Jon Sheldahl, Chief Administrator, at (800) 255-0405 ext. 14314.
Be sure to register for the 2020 Legislative Education Advocacy Event on Feb. 10-11, sponsored by Iowa's Area Education Agencies. This event will bring together school administrators from across Iowa to learn the most up-to-date legislative insight, and meet with legislators face-to-face at the Capitol. Check out the event plans and register at this link: https://www.smore.com/qe4y5.
Do you know someone who has made outstanding contributions to education and Iowa’s Area Education Agencies (AEAs)? Please take a few minutes to nominate this person for recognition!
Iowa’s AEAs bestow three awards annually to outstanding candidates for their contributions to education and the work of Iowa’s AEAs. To submit a nomination, complete this application by Feb. 14, 2020. Anyone is welcome to submit a nomination.
Awards will be presented during the annual Iowa’s AEAs Boards of Directors’ Conference and the ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. on March 26, 2020 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Johnston.
The three awards and criteria can be found in this document. Each nomination should include examples of why your nominee should receive the award.
This professional learning will focus on teaching strategies and content knowledge that are universal across science instruction: facilitating instructional routines, building background knowledge, and helping teachers shift their instructional practices toward three-dimensional learning and student sense-making. The teaching and learning experiences will utilize a free curriculum piloted and vetted in Iowa called OpenSciEd, but the adoption of this curriculum is not necessary to attend the PD.
Additional details are listed below and in the attached flyer. Please contact a Heartland AEA Science Consultant if you have any questions.
The lessons and standards in this professional learning opportunity are specific to middle school. However, the content knowledge and pedagogical strategies would be useful for teachers from late elementary to early high school.
We are looking to adopt middle school science materials.
OpenSciEd materials are:
- designed and aligned to the Framework and NGSS
- based on research regarding how students learn, what motivates learning, and the implications for teaching;
- developed with educators and extensively tested by teachers and schools
- designed to be used with low-cost, standard laboratory equipment and materials amenable to large-scale deployment
We’ve already adopted curriculum materials but we want to improve instruction in our classrooms.
Professional development helps teachers to:
- support coherence from the student perspective
- support equitable and just science instruction for ALL students
- develop and use DCIs, SEPs, and CCCs in meaningful ways to build understanding of phenomena
- support student sensemaking
- use instructional routines (anchoring phenomena, navigation/connected investigations, putting the pieces together, problematizing) to support coherent student learning
When it comes to turning around high poverty, low performing schools, Hamish Brewer accepts no excuses. This unconventional visionary and nationally recognized principal utilizes his ALL IN, relentless attitude and passion to motivate his students to succeed, no matter the circumstances in their lives. Hamish will share how he improves student outcomes with innovative, out-of-the-box thinking, pushing boundaries and challenging archaic processes and practices. His personal stories and challenges will make you rethink your practices, disrupt the norm and take your school or organization to the next level.
Be Relentless
March 3, 2020
Des Moines Area Community College, Student Center, 2006 S. Ankeny Blvd. Ankeny, IA
9:00-10:00 a.m. Keynote Message
10:00-10:30 a.m. Q&A
10:30-11:00 a.m. Book Signing with Hamish Brewer** (Books will not be available for purchase at the event. See note below)
Registration
Register for this event at bit.ly/2VLliHt using Course #180607
This is a no cost event! Bring your administrative team! If you missed him at IASB, see him here!
**SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT BOOK SIGNING: Mr. Brewer will be personally autographing his book, Relentless: Changing Lives by Disrupting the Educational Norm. Be sure to purchase the book in advance, bring it with you, meet the author and get your copy signed! Books will not be available for purchase at the event.
While IEP teams are not required to use agendas for IEP meetings, there are many reasons why using a shared agenda would be useful, including:
- Helping the facilitator prepare for the meeting
- Ensuring all required topics are covered
- Encouraging attendee participation
- Helping with the flow of conversation to keep meetings efficient and timely
To that end, a new IEP meeting agenda tool has been created that follows the flow of the Iowa IEP and addresses the required components of an IEP.
Two different agenda samples are being provided.
Agenda 1: Is a customized agenda for the IEP meeting facilitator. The facilitator’s agenda includes specific discussion points such as setting the meeting purpose given the type of meeting occurring and actions to occur at the conclusion of the meeting.
Agenda 2: Is a team agenda for use by all members. It is important the facilitator consider the priorities of the team and age of the student when setting the order of agenda items.
While the use of an agenda at IEP meetings is encouraged, we want to remind you that this tool is optional for use. If you have any questions, contact Sara Mercer, Heartland AEA Special Education Supervisor.
DMACC Ankeny campus has 24 surplus sled-based desks available. Contact lapray@dmacc.edu if your school is interested.
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
Each year, ISFIS partners with Piper Jaffray and Iowa's Area Education Agencies to provide face-to-face budget workshops for business managers and superintendents. These hands-on workshops are an opportunity for leaders from each district to prepare their individual budgets in one highly productive day.
ISFIS Budget Workshop at Heartland AEA
Jan. 29, 2020
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Heartland AEA, 6500 Corporate Drive in Johnston
Cost to attend is $250 per district.
Register online at www.iowaschoolfinance.com/Budget_workshops.
For more information, contact Jen Albers at (515) 251-5970 ext 4.
The Heartland AEA Library & Digital Resources newsletter is now available. Make sure to follow the newsletter and share it with your colleagues! In this issue...
- 2020-21 IASL Award Book Order Form
- Fake Photos Tool
- EBSCO Password Change
- Winter Posters
- TeachingBooks.net
- Books to Film Coming in 2020
- Pebble Go Bingo Cards
- “Creative Commons for Educators and Librarians”—Free Book
Be sure to register for the 2020 Legislative Education Advocacy Event on Feb. 10-11, sponsored by Iowa's Area Education Agencies. This event will bring together school administrators from across Iowa to learn the most up-to-date legislative insight, and meet with legislators face-to-face at the Capitol. Check out the event plans and register at this link: https://www.smore.com/qe4y5.
Do you know someone who has made outstanding contributions to education and Iowa’s Area Education Agencies (AEAs)? Please take a few minutes to nominate this person for recognition!
Iowa’s AEAs bestow three awards annually to outstanding candidates for their contributions to education and the work of Iowa’s AEAs. To submit a nomination, complete this application by Feb. 14, 2020. Anyone is welcome to submit a nomination.
Awards will be presented during the annual Iowa’s AEAs Boards of Directors’ Conference and the ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. on March 26, 2020 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Johnston.
The three awards and criteria can be found in this document. Each nomination should include examples of why your nominee should receive the award.
Sometimes you have to hear the things you don’t want to hear in order to move forward, to be better and to get results. Hamish Brewer will take you on a hard-hitting journey that will challenge you to rethink your practices, to disrupt the norm and change the game. Find out if you have or are willing to go one more round, if you’re willing to advocate for every single person and child. Find out if you’re willing to take your school or organization to the next level.
Brewer has over 20 years of experience serving as a classroom teacher, administrator, international education director and an educational consultant in the United States and abroad. He is high octane in his approach to children, teachers and his community. He is currently a principal in Prince William County, one of the largest divisions in the country, helping in best practices and advances in the implementation and use of technology.
Be Relentless with Hamish Brewer
March 3, 2020
Des Moines Area Community College, Student Center, 2006 S. Ankeny Blvd. Ankeny, IA
9:00-10:00 a.m. Keynote Message
10:00-10:30 a.m. Q&A
10:30-11:00 a.m. Book Signing with Hamish Brewer** (Books will not be available for purchase at the event. See note below)
Registration
Register for this event at bit.ly/2VLliHt using Course #180607
This is a no cost event! Bring your administrative team! If you missed him at IASB, see him here!
**SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT BOOK SIGNING: Mr. Brewer will be personally autographing his book, Relentless: Changing Lives by Disrupting the Educational Norm. Be sure to purchase the book in advance, bring it with you, meet the author and get your copy signed! Books will not be available for purchase at the event.
Join this special event with Anthony Muhammad, Ph.D., to explore the dynamics of school culture from a sociological, psychological, anthropological, political, historical and economic lens, using the Transforming School Culture framework. The framework helps educators and simplifies the work of transforming school culture by understanding patterns of behavior that either support or undermine the development of school culture.
Dr. Muhammad is recognized as one of the field’s leading experts in the areas of school culture and organizational climate. He has served as a middle school teacher, assistant principal, middle school principal and high school principal.
Transforming School Culture: Understanding and Overcoming Resistance to Necessary Change Featuring Anthony Muhammad, Ph.D.
April 23, 2020
8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Hilton Garden Inn
8600 Northpark Drive Johnston, IA
Registration
Register by April 20, 2020 at this link: http://bit.ly/2MEyMyA using course #181933
$50 per person. Lunch included.
Registration is limited to 125. There is no waiting list for this event.
All educators are invited!
Courses begin this month!
The Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Program, developed by the Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), is a one-day training that provides an opportunity for educators to obtain initial certification in CPI's "Nonviolent Crisis Intervention" program or renewal certification for individuals who are not eligible for the recertification training. Participants will receive an introduction to crisis prevention focusing on non-physical strategies, including non-verbal, para-verbal and verbal techniques that can be used to assist in de-escalating behavior.
Initial Training
Registration Link
Use course #180648 and select a section. January courses are coming right up!
Intended Audience: District staff in the Heartland AEA service area who work with individuals 3-21 years who engage in problem behaviors that have the potential to result in injury to self or others.
Refresher Training
Registration Link
Use course #180315 and select a section. January courses are coming right up!
Intended Audience: District staff in the Heartland AEA service area who have completed the CPI: Nonviolent Crisis Intervention 1-day-training within the past year and need to receive recertification.
For more information or questions, contact the Heartland AEA Regional Director who serves your district.
Recently, there have been reports of continued slowness, login problems, error messages and other issues associated with the web IEP system. As of late we have been made aware of IEP archiving errors. Due to this, school districts and AEA staff may find an IEP that has not archived as a complete document. We have received information from Central Processing Center stating they are actively seeking to correct these issues. We have been informed archiving errors should be corrected in the near future. Also, additional programmers have been hired to improve the functioning of the current system. We recognize your frustrations and appreciate your continued patience while they work to address these statewide concerns.
Recently, a range of questions and requests regarding sensory processing and other sensory terminology have been brought to the attention of educational-based occupational therapists from school staff, outside agencies, medical practitioners and families. Therefore, a work team from the Iowa’s AEAs Occupational Therapist Statewide Leadership group met to review research and clarify sensory terminology and to develop a position paper on the use of sensory practices in the educational setting.
The position paper, Sensory Terminology and Evidence-Based Practices for the Educational Occupational Therapist, applies to school-age (three to 21) special education services supported by AEA occupational therapists, special education staff, school administration, other educators and families. The purpose of the paper, based on the review of research, is to clarify the role of the educational occupational therapist as well as sensory terminology, definitions and conclusions for services provided in the educational setting.
Special acknowledgment goes to the Iowa’s AEAs Occupational Therapist Work Team who developed the paper:
- Lou Cortner, OT/L, Northwest AEA
- Marty Hudson, OTR/L, Great Prairie AEA
- Monica Packard, MS, OTR/L, Grant Wood AEA
The Work Team processes included an extensive review of literature, development of multiple drafts and formal review by all Iowa AEA special education directors, Dr. Barb Guy (Special Education Director/Iowa Department of Education) and Thomas Mayes (Attorney/Iowa Department of Education).
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 next Heartland Administrators' Association (HAA) meeting will be held on Jan. 7 at Heartland AEA, 6500 Corporate Drive in Johnston, from 9 - 11:30 a.m. View the agenda here.
Registration is open for the 2020 Legislative Education Advocacy Event sponsored by Iowa's Area Education Agencies. This event will bring together school administrators from across Iowa to learn the most up-to-date legislative insight, and meet with legislators face-to-face at the Capitol. Check out the event plans and register at this link: https://www.smore.com/qe4y5.
Tammy Heflebower, Ed.D., will focus primarily on the creation of proficiency scales and their place in the broader, upfront work of deconstructing standards and the understanding and development of aligned assessments. Dr. Heflebower will speak of how proficiency scales fit into the instructional cycle and into the learning partnership between teacher and students. The work of creating proficiency scales is a seismic shift from our past practices of using a 100-point grading scale which converts points given to percentages.
Strand of SBL Framework: Learning Targets, Scales & Rubrics
Feb. 27, 2020
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
FFA Enrichment Center, DMACC Ankeny Campus, 1055 SW Prairie Trail Pkwy., Ankeny, IA
Registration link: http://bit.ly/2pd2GAT
Bring teams!
Sometimes you have to hear the things you don’t want to hear in order to move forward, to be better and to get results. Hamish Brewer will take you on a hard-hitting journey that will challenge to rethink your practices, to disrupt the norm and change the game. Find out if you have or are willing to go one more round, if you’re willing to advocate for every single person and child. Find out if you’re willing to take your school or organization to the next level.
Brewer has over 20 years of experience serving as a classroom teacher, administrator, international education director and an educational consultant in the United States and abroad. He is high octane in his approach to children, teachers and his community. He is currently a principal in Prince William County, one of the largest divisions in the country, helping in best practices and advances in the implementation and use of technology.
Be Relentless
March 3, 2020
Des Moines Area Community College, Student Center, 2006 S. Ankeny Blvd. Ankeny, IA
9:00-10:00 a.m. Keynote Message
10:00-10:30 a.m. Q&A
10:30-11:00 a.m. Book Signing with Hamish Brewer**
Registration
Register for this event at bit.ly/2VLliHt using Course #180607
This is a no cost event! Bring your administrative team! If you missed him at IASB, see him here!
**SPECIAL NOTE: Mr. Brewer will be personally autographing his book, Relentless: Changing Lives by Disrupting the Educational Norm. Be sure to purchase the book in advance, bring it with you, meet the author and get your copy signed! Books will not be available for purchase at the event.
Explore the dynamics of school culture from a sociological, psychological, anthropological, political, historical and economic lens, using the Transforming School Culture framework. The framework helps educators and simplifies the work of transforming school culture by understanding patterns of behavior that either support or undermine the development of school culture.
Transforming School Culture experts will help you examine the assumptions, beliefs, expectations and habits that comprise your school’s culture, to ensure a productive and functional environment. Work with our experts to develop the ability to properly respond to challenges and adversity.
Transforming School Culture: Understanding and Overcoming Resistance to Necessary Change Featuring Anthony Muhammad, Ph.D.
April 23, 2020
8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Hilton Garden Inn
8600 Northpark Drive Johnston, IA
Registration
Register by April 20, 2020 at this link: http://bit.ly/2MEyMyA using course #181933
$50 per person. Lunch included.
Registration is limited to 125. There is no waiting list for this event.
All educators are invited!
Parents and caregivers of students with special needs: join us for “Conversation & Coffee,” our monthly morning coffee group! Learn about community resources and upcoming events and network with parents who have similar experiences and challenges.
Mark your calendar for these 2020 meeting dates!
- Jan. 16, 2020
- Feb. 20, 2020
- March 12, 2020 (due to Spring Break)
- April 16, 2020
- May 21, 2020
Conversation & Coffee meets the third Thursday of each month from 9:30 - 11 a.m. at the 100th Street Corner Café in Urbandale.
RSVP appreciated but not necessary: Kari Paulsen, Family & Educator Coordinator, Heartland AEA, at kpaulsen@heartlandaea.org or (515) 270-9030 ext. 14493.
Thinking about making some changes to your TLC system? Wondering how to get started? Find out how the Norwalk CSD tackled those questions and more as they worked through a full program review of their TLC system: an overview of the process they used, things they learned along the way, and tips your school might consider will be discussed. There will also be plenty of time for participants to ask questions. Shelly Vroegh, TLC and Mentoring Programs Coordinator from Norwalk, will be facilitating.
It has been 3-5 years that all districts wrote their teacher leadership compensation plan. Much may have changed during that time: original goals may have been met, teacher leadership roles may have evolved or needs in the buildings may have changed; the district may have adopted an instructional framework; buildings may have begun to work toward full implementation of MTSS; teachers may have shared what they need from a teacher leadership system has changed.
Join us on Jan. 16 from 1 - 3:15 p.m. at Heartland AEA, 6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston, IA, Room 107A. Here is a link to register.
Contact Wendy Robinson, Nicole Patton or Michelle Vaughan if you have questions.
