Final Reminder: Lau Plan Workshop Scheduled for Sept. 3

Administrative teams with questions remaining about  your district's Lau Plan for meeting needs of English Learners (available for upload this year with your district C-Plan), are invited join us for this workshop for additional support prior to the upload. Remember that this year, the C-Plan approval is contingent upon the Lau Plan approval.

Lau Plan Support
Date: Sept. 3, 2015
Time: 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Register by Activity Number: ES009292111601

Please email your current Lau Plan by Aug. 26 to allow Title III consultants time to review your plan with meaningful feedback, to: sjonesvo@heartlandaea.org and jhiatt@heartlandaea.org

Arrive promptly at 8:30 a.m. for announcements and coffee, with feedback and individual consultation provided as needed.

Title III consultants Stephaney Jones-Vo and Janet Hiatt will be available for consultation and guidance to ensure a smooth approval process when you upload your plan with your district's C-Plan. Remember, this 2015-16 school year will be the first year that C-Plan approval can be stalled pending the approval of your Lau Plan.

Two Lau Plan Tips for Administrators prior to upload on Sept. 15
1.  Encourage districts to PDF the files to ensure they can upload a single document.
2.  Be sure that your districts are aware that their CSIP won't be approved until the LAU Plan is approved this year. That includes using the required template in order to be approved this year.

Save the Date: Iowa Culture & Language Conference

Iowa Culture & Language Conference
Nov. 9-11, 2015
Coralville-Marriott Hotel and Conference Center

Visit the Iowa Culture & Language Conference website or see the attached flyer for more information information about keynote speakers and pre-conference presenters.

Save the Date: STEM Education Equity Symposium

STEM Education Equity: Policies to Create Opportunities in Rural Iowa is a day-long symposium on the opportunities and challenges of strengthening STEM education in Iowa.  The University of Iowa Public Policy Center, as part of its “Run Up to the 2016 Caucus” series, is planning the event in collaboration with the University of Iowa College of Education, and with the support of Iowa NSF EPSCoR*. The event will be held Oct. 19 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

National and state experts will present an overview of STEM in Iowa, as well as innovations in rural areas across the country; examine STEM equity needs of disadvantaged students in rural areas; and discuss next generation science standards, school business partnerships, diversity in the STEM pipeline, and legislative perspectives.

For more information, please visit the Public Policy Center's event page.

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