Summer Learning Opportunity: Visual Arts and Iowa Core

Art teachers at Clear Creek Amana Community School District are hosting a summer learning opportunity, June 20-21 for their fellow art educators. Visual Arts and Iowa Core explores ways to improve teaching and learning for all students and support students’ opportunities to learn national and Iowa Core Visual Arts Standards. One recertification credit is available for the course. Learn more and register here.

"Impacting Literacy Leadership for Administrators" Professional Learning Sessions Coming Soon

Iowa administrators and teacher leaders are invited to three professional learning events on the components and interconnectedness of Chapter 62/Early Literacy Initiative, Teacher Leadership Compensation, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, Differentiated Accountability, Collaborating for Kids and Standards and Curriculum.

Impacting Literacy Leadership - Making the Connections
This one-day training provides an overview of the components of Multi Tiered Systems of Support while connecting this learning to Early Literacy Implementation and Differentiated Accountability. Members from the Iowa Department of Education and state AEAs will lead collaborative learning around the continuous improvement tools that have been developed through the Collaborating for Iowa's Kids (C4K) and the Teacher Leadership Structure. Action planning for implementation will also be integrated throughout the day so administrators can think about how to leverage their teacher leader resources back in their buildings.

Date: June 20, 2016
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Iowa Events Center, 730 Third Street, Des Moines
Cost: $25
Register by June 15
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Tools to Support MTSS Implementation
Save the date for this follow-up event to the June training. Administrators AND their teachers/teacher leaders and training cadre are invited.

Date: Aug. 1, 2016
Location: Iowa Events Center, 730 Third Street, Des Moines
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Keeping School Improvement Practical, Reasonable, and Doable for PK - 6 Leadership Teams

PreK - 6 Elementary Building Leadership Teams across Heartland AEA will come together to deepen their understanding in:

• Effective leadership team traits
• The interconnectedness of Chapter 62/Early Literacy Initiative, Teacher Leadership Compensation (TLC), Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, Differentiated Accountability, Collaborating for Kids (C4K) and Standards and Curriculum
• Building consensus with staff and constituents and the use of C4K school improvement tools

This opportunity will assist teams in moving forward from the summer TLC-C4K (June 20 and Aug. 1, 2016), however attendance at those leadership sessions is not required for this day.

Date: Sept. 29, 2016
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Heartland AEA Regional Education Center, 6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston
Register here. There is no cost to attend.

April 2016 Each and Every Child Newsletter

The April 2016 issue of Each and Every Child Newsletter is available from the Iowa Department of Education. In this month’s issue, read how two school districts incorporate their teacher-leadership programs in different manners, but both of which focus on special education. And read educator Jane Schmidt’s latest blog entry about Iowa Core.