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

 

Math Minutes Newsletter is Now Available

In this issue of the Math Minutes Newsletter:

• The Numeracy Project Workshop
• Attention if you use the Howard County Readiness Assessments!
• Upcoming Summer Professional Learning

Maximize Your Data: Summer Session Course for Iowa Schools

This course is designed to build the capacity of individuals to be able to facilitate the use of data-driven decision making tools that are available to Iowa Schools within an MTSS Framework. Participants will learn how to maximize their use of several available data sets including:

• Panorama (including Conditions of Learning)
• FastBridge
• Iowa School Performance Profile
• Post Secondary

Do you know where to find all of your data?
Do you understand the reports?
Do you know what it’s telling you?
Do you know how to use this data to guide conversations and lesson designs?

This course was truly developed to ensure all educators can maximize all of the data that is available for decision making.

Attended Audience
All educators who use data to make decisions at the district, building, classroom, small group and/or individual student levels.

License Renewal and Evaluator Approval Renewal Available!

Course Objectives

• Participants will understand the purpose and design of each data source.
• Participants will interpret the information provided by each data source.
• Participants will describe connections among data sources.
• Participants will prepare for leadership of each data source within the school or district.
• Participants will connect with resources for future support.

Dates and Time
June 22-23, 2023
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Registration
Register at this link: https://bit.ly/44oltrT
Course #203942
This course is offered at no cost to participants. License renewal cost is $35.

Location
Heartland AEA
6500 Corporate Drive
Johnston, Iowa

Questions
Shannon Harken
Professional Learning & Leadership Consultant
Heartland AEA
sharken@heartlandaea.org

Kevin Schlomer
Professional Learning & Leadership Consultant
Heartland AEA
kschlomer@heartlandaea.org

Free Summer Institute for Educators Working with Blind Students

Is there a blind student in your classroom next fall? Unsure how to make the upcoming school year as successful as possible?

At Iowa Educational Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired, we understand teachers, paras and others have likely not worked with a child who is blind before, and may have a lot of questions about this new unknown. That’s why every summer, we offer a free two-day institute to familiarize you with resources, techniques and strategies to build your confidence and knowledge of educationally-related topics important for the academic success of your student who is blind or visually impaired.

More than 30 classes are offered; most taught by vision education professionals from IESBVI. Attendees gain hands-on knowledge such as making materials accessible, how to adapt physical education classes, how to make assessment accommodations and more.

“I felt better going into the new year with an idea of what adaptations and assistive technologies were available to me.”

“It helps to know what to expect, where to find resources, how to plan for activities and so much more.”

Iowa Educational Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired Summer Institute

July 31 - Aug. 1

FFA Enrichment Center, 1055 SW Prairie Trail Parkway, Ankeny

Register
Register by June 16 at this link: https://www.iesbvi.org/help-theres-a-blind-student-in-my-classroom/

• Meals are provided
• $100 stipends are available to attendees traveling more than 50 miles to the conference site

Looking for Summer PD? Here You Go!

Classes offered by Heartland AEA practitioners - Searchable by interest area!

Classes offered in Heartland AEA

Classes offered across the AEA system - Searchable by AEA or month, this list is updated weekly!

For more information about Heartland AEA’s professional learning opportunities, email profdev@heartlandaea.org. 

Nominate Your School Counselor!

Each year, the Iowa School Counselor Association gives awards to certain individuals who have been instrumental in the field of school counseling during the previous year(s). These individuals are nominated by their peers and chosen by an independent panel who follow the various criteria for each category. Award winners are recognized each year at the annual conference. Nominations will be taken until August.

School Counselor of the Year

Lifetime Achievement Award

Advocate of the Year

Nothing Says Summer Like Social Studies Professional Learning!

Four differentiated professional learning "pathways" will be offered this summer to support teaching and learning in social studies.

Pathway 1: Inquiry 101
Pathway 2: Unit Planning in Social Studies
Pathway 3: Disciplinary Literacy and the Use of Primary Sources
Pathway 4: Visible Learning in Social Studies Book Study

→Take this pre-assessment - see which workshop fits your needs!

→Then Register

License renewal credit is available if you take two workshops

Free Training in Panorama's Student Success

The Iowa Department of Education is offering training opportunities in the use of Student Success, the MTSS Data Platform from Panorama. Student Success is available to all Iowa public schools as a MTSS data tool to gather, store, display and organize student performance data with the intent to improve services to all students. Outcomes include:

• Finding sources of data in Panorama Student Success
• Understanding the Healthy Indicator data and how it connects to writing Interventions in Student Success
• Learning how to enhance use of Student Success from Panorama for interventions

There is no cost to attend. Two, half-day learning opportunities are available at each of four locations. District or school leadership teams may bring up to eight attendees. Interested individuals or teams may attend any of the locations.

Date, Location	Audience, Time	Registration Link
June 19 Mississippi Bend AEA Central Office, Bettendorf (70 limit per session)	Elementary 9:00 a.m. -12 p.m.	https://calendly.com/juneiowa/elementary-panorama-student-success-training
	Secondary 1-4 p.m.	https://calendly.com/juneiowa/using-panorama-student-success-on-6-19-secondary
June 20 Green Hills AEA Regional Office, Avoca (85 limit per session)	Elementary 9:00 a.m. -12 p.m.	https://calendly.com/juneiowa/using-panorama-student-success-on-6-20
	Secondary 1-4 p.m.	https://calendly.com/juneiowa/using-panorama-student-success-on-6-20-secondary
June 21 Heartland AEA Regional Office, Ames (65 limit per session)	Elementary 9:00 a.m. -12 p.m.	https://calendly.com/juneiowa/using-panorama-student-success-on-6-21-elementary
	Secondary 1-4 p.m.	https://calendly.com/juneiowa/using-panorama-student-success-on-6-21-secondary
June 22 Central Rivers AEA Central Office, Cedar Falls (90 limit per session)	Elementary 9:00 a.m. -12 p.m.	https://calendly.com/juneiowa/using-panorama-student-success-on-6-22-elementary
	Secondary 1-4 p.m.	https://calendly.com/juneiowa/using-panorama-student-success-on-6-22-secondary

Registration will be open until May 26. If enrollment numbers are low the sessions may be canceled. This will be communicated by May 30.

Questions may be directed to greg.feldmann@iowa.gov.