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
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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.
Dr. Muhammad has been a practitioner of education for 20 years, serving as a middle school teacher, assistant principal and high school principal as well as an author and educational consultant. He is recognized as a leading expert in school culture and developing strong PLC schools.
Dr. Muhammad is a best-selling author of the books:
- Time for Change: The Four Essential Skills of a Transformational School Leader
- Overcoming the Achievement Gap Trap: Liberating Mindsets to Effect Change
- The Will to Lead and the Skill to Teach
- Transforming Schools at Every Level
- Transforming School Culture: How to Overcome Staff Division
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 2020 Summit on School Climate and Culture, Aug. 10-11, is designed to help educators improve school climate and culture through professional development, skill building and application of best practices and research. This event will allow participants to engage with leading experts in education and school improvement on how a positive school climate and culture is key to student, school and district improvements. Registration is now open at https://sscc.dmschools.org/. For more information, contact Nyla Kenne, Culture, Climate and Community Coordinator with Des Moines Public Schools at nyla.kenne@dmschools.org.
Educators love to learn from their peers! Have you done something you'd like to share? We are now accepting session proposals for our 2020 Heart of Innovation Summer Summit. Submit a session proposal by May 1 at this link http://bit.ly/32QTj9t.
Do you need support putting together a proposal for your presentation? Are you unsure how to turn your classroom experience into a session? Let us know! We would love to support you. Email us at haeatech@heartlandaea.org or contact your Instructional Technology Consultant.
Heart of Innovation Summer Summit
June 10, 2020
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Heartland AEA Regional Education Center, 6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston
The Iowa Association of Alternative Education (IAAE) Spring Conference will be held on April 2-3 at Prairie Meadows Conference Center. The keynote speaker this year is from aha Process! and will be focusing on addressing anger, anxiety and violence in the classroom with breakouts based on Emotional Poverty by Ruby Payne. Register here.
Do you want to help your students feel safe, supported, and nurtured? Join MISIC on March 30 in Ankeny to strengthen your skills in supporting the social-emotional learning needs of students and in helping yourself and your staff engage in self-care strategies.
The keynote speakers will include Joan Becker, author of Sentenced to Life - The Mark Becker Story - Mental Illness, Tragedy, and Transformation, Jennifer Ulie-Wells from Please Pass the Love, and Tonya Hotchkin from Tanager Place.
You will also hear from classroom practitioners, school administrators, mental health specialists and other professionals who work with and support students and teachers. License renewal credit will also be available. If questions, please contact Jamie Morgan at jamie@misiciowa.org or click on this link to register now.
