Superintendents: March 6 HAA Meeting

Download a PDF or Word Doc of the March Heartland Administrators Association meeting agenda. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 6 in Room 13 A/B of the Johnston Regional Education Center (6500 Corporate Drive) and will begin at 9:00 a.m.

During the professional learning portion of our meeting on Tuesday we will have a guest speaker. Our topic is "Confronting Individuals who Undermine Learning." Peter Pashler from Ahlers & Cooney will address some of the legal issues encountered when dealing with teachers or administrators who have intensive needs. If you have not been participating in the learning portion of our meeting, you are welcome to attend during his presentation. He will start at around 9:30 a.m.

Reminder: I-ELDA Testing Materials

It’s time to order I-ELDA testing material, please see the information below for information on the new ordering process. Several things are new this year for the I-ELDA, click here for a document that summarizes those changes.

Plans are in the works for several workshop offerings this spring. They include sessions on ELL reading, math and sheltered instruction. More information will become available as these plans finalize.

Please feel free to contact us at any time with ESL concerns or questions.
Pat Latham (Regions 1, 2, 7 & 8)
(515) 993-4596, ext 11228
platham@aea11.k12.ia.us

Stephaney Jones-Vo (Regions 3, 5 & 6)
(515) 279-0405, ext 14680
sjonesvo@aea11.k12.ia.us

All information can be found on the I-ELDA website.

The ordering process has two steps:

• The Order and Agreement (New online form) is for your testing materials.
• The Bar Code Template- This is a spread sheet with information to order Bubble Answer Sheets for your students.

Order & Agreement - ONLY ONE ORDER PER DISTRICT
*Do not place a separate order for each building in your district. Both the Order & Agreement and Bar Code Template must be submitted before your order can be processed!

• Ordering I-ELDA materials has changed this year -- it is going to be done online in a Google Doc.
• Enter all information and double check it as this is going to be imported into all other documentation regarding your order.
• If you want a copy of your order and agreement for your records - print before you click on submit. This is also stated at the top of the form.
• You will need to have the results recipient information available at the time you place your order.
• DO NOT FORGET TO CLICK ON "SUBMIT!"

Bar Code Template
Complete and Submit electronically to Teresa Angerman tangerman@nwaea.org.
*Both the Order & Agreement and Bar Code Template must be submitted before your order can be processed!

• These will be filled in the same way they have been done in past years.
• The students' 10 digit state ID number must be included.
• Note: When specifying Public use a 0-zero and for Private use a 1-one.
• Teresa will respond letting you know when she receives your bar code file. (If you do not hear from her- it is your responsibility to follow up.)

Des Moines Public Schools to Hold Summer AP Institute

Des Moines Public Schools is pleased to announce that it will be holding the Summer Advanced Placement Institute. Advanced Placement and Pre-AP workshops for middle and high school teachers will be held July 30 through August 2, 2012 to provide information and strategies on supporting successful AP programs. College Board consultants will teach workshop sessions, and interested participants will have the opportunity to earn continuing education credit. For more information about the program and how to register, visit SummerAP.dmschools.org.