Heartland AEA Provided News Clips

Each morning, the Heartland Communications Department provides links to local and national education news headlines. We call this service "news clips." " If you would like to receive the news clips via email, please email the Heartland Communications Department at comms@aea11.k12.ia.us with the subject line of "Add Me to News Clips." 

Some media sources require digital access subscriptions. News clips receivers are responsible for setting up their own digital access for these media sources. Heartland AEA is unable to provide this digital access for our news clips receivers. We thank you for your understanding.

Student Invitation to the United States Senate Youth Program

The state of Iowa has accepted an invitation to participate in the U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP), sponsored by the William Randolph Heart Foundation. The program is designed to give young Americans a working knowledge of American political life.

Each year two Iowa students have the opportunity to spend a week in Washington, D.C. The William Randolph Heart Foundation pays all expenses. In addition, the two Iowa high school representatives each receive a $5,000 scholarship.

Selection of the two Iowa high school representatives is based on the outstanding ability and demonstrated leadership qualities of elected junior and senior high school student officers for the 2013-14 school year.

Each high school may nominate up to three students. Student application materials are available on the Iowa Department of Education website at http://www.educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=939&catid=671&Itemid=1225#application.

Click here for student application materials. Please submit the completed applications to Terri Barnes, Heartland AEA USSYP contact, at the Johnston AEA Regional Education Center, 6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston, Iowa by 4:00 p.m. on October 4, 2013. Nominees will take a qualifying examination on October 21, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. in Conference Room 18 at the Johnston AEA REC on the U.S. Constitution and government. The award recipients will be announced in December.

Contact your AEA USSYP contact, Terri Barnes (tbarnes@heartlandaea.org) or Stephanie Rosenberg Wager (stefanie.rosenbergwager@iowa.gov) at the Iowa Department of Education for information.

TeachIowa.gov Job Posting and Applicant Website

TeachIowa.gov, launched earlier this month, simplifies the search for education jobs and employees, expands the pool of job candidates statewide and reduces costs for school districts, area education agencies and taxpayers.TeachIowa.gov is part of the Teach Iowa Initiative, a component of the new education reform law that aims to attract top talent into the teaching pipeline. The system is managed by the Iowa Department of Education and the Board of Educational Examiners.

Hundreds of job openings at school districts and AEAs have been posted to TeachIowa.gov so far. The new education reform law requires public schools and AEAs to post all job vacancies to the system. The system is optional for nonpublic schools.

For more information, please visit http://www.teach.iowa.gov or contact Marietta Rives at marietta.rives@iowa.gov or (515) 281-6038 or Julie Carmer at julie.carmer@iowa.gov or (515) 281-7144.