Statewide Early Literacy Trainings Planned for August

Educators who have not participated in previous Formative Assessment for Teachers (FAST) or Individual Growth and Development Indicators (IGDI) trainings or individuals who would like to get a refresher on the administration process will be interested in these early literacy trainings scheduled in August.
Early Literacy Implementation - FAST Training
Date: Aug. 10, 2016
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center, 833 5th Ave, Des Moines, IA
Registration Link

IGDI Training - Preschool Literacy Training
Date: Aug. 31, 2016
Time: 8:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center, 833 5th Ave, Des Moines, IA
Registration Link

If you have specific training or logistic questions, contact Mark Crady or Mary Jane Stites.

Iowa STEM School + Business Innovations Conference Coming in June

On June 29 the Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council is hosting a conference of business and school leaders interested in building or expanding partnerships. The Iowa STEM School + Business Innovation Conference will highlight best practices going on across Iowa including our acclaimed STEM BEST® (Businesses Engaging Students and Teachers) and STEM RLE (Redesigned Learning Environment) models, as well as others such as APEX in Waukee.

The goal is to equip attendees with the knowledge, connections and resources to build school + business partnerships in home communities. Registration is free! For more information and to register visit the Iowa STEM website.

Become a Part of the Drake Continual Improvement Network

As an educational leader, are you faced with increasingly complex challenges to tackle? Do you try to tackle them alone? Would you be interested in being part of a group that identifies, examines and addresses real problems of practice leaders face? Explore and develop systems leadership? Have access to Drake University? Then...

Become a part of the Drake Continual Improvement Network. The vision is to transform education in Iowa in order to restore joy in learning, teaching and leading in Iowa’s schools. The network provides opportunities to learn and work together to solve real problems of practice through the process of systemic continual improvement.

Interested? Read more here or contact Dr. Doug Stilwell, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Drake University at doug.stilwell@drake.edu or (515) 271-1993.