Instructional Practices Inventory Level 1 Workshop
The IPI workshop will begin with an overview of the IPI categories and the protocols for data collection. Detailed practice in the recognition of the IPI categories and consistent application of the data collection protocols enable each participant to develop both validity and reliability in the process. The skill development begins with written scenarios to develop basic understanding of the protocols for data collection and the instructional activities that fit each category. The workshop then transitions to a local school to make observations in classroom settings.
Date: March 21, 2018
Location: Gilbert Intermediate School, 103 Mathews Dr, Gilbert
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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Keynote Speaker: Jerry Valentine, Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri
Instructional Practices Inventory Technology Workshop
The Instructional Practices Inventory Technology (IPI-T) Process was developed to provide critical data for faculty about student engagement throughout the school day focusing on technology infusion as a component of engagement. Using the data, faculty and school leaders can design strategies for increasing levels of active, engaged learning and higher-order instruction while reducing the degree of student disengagement during learning time. In addition to fostering positive instructional change, the process can also serve as an indicator of the relative impact of a school’s technology investment and instructional interventions. During the workshop, participants will develop the skills to document student engagement through the use of technology and learn how to use the profiles to engage faculty in collaborative learning conversations about engagement, instructional change, technology integration and school-wide instructional goals.
Date: March 22, 2018
Location: Johnston Community School District Administration Building, Board Room, 5608 Merle Hay Road, Johnston
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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Keynote Speaker: Jerry Valentine, Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri
Are your students’ families really involved in their education? At this FREE event on June 18, participants will will learn the importance of family engagement in the academic lives and success of learners and discover how to create a culture that is conducive to engaging every family in the school and classroom.
Engaging Every Family to Support Student Achievement
June 18, 2018
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Johnston Middle School Auditorium
6501 NW 62nd Ave., Johnston, IA
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For more information, contact Terry Mendell, Heartland AEA Family & Educator Lead Coordinator, at (515) 270-0405 ext. 17135 or tmendell@heartlandaea.org.
Invited Audience: school administrators, teacher leaders, general and special education teachers
Presenter: Steve Constantino, Ed.D.
As a high school principal in 1995, Steve Constantino, Ed.D. became aware of research about the effects of family engagement on student learning and was convinced that this was the missing ingredient in helping all children learn. Using his high school as a laboratory, Dr. Constantino began to read more and more research and more importantly, figure out ways to apply it to his school.
Steve’s work has gained national prominence as he’s traveled the United States speaking and working with all types of educators, school board members and businesses to promote sound practices in family engagement that result in increased academic achievement for all students.
Today, he is the Acting State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commonwealth of Virginia and is an adjunct professor at the School of Education, College of William and Mary where he teaches courses in the Executive Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership.
The Governor’s 2018 Future Ready Iowa Summit will be held on April 3 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. The purpose of this all-day event is to amplify the public conversation about transforming education and the workforce, including expanding work-based learning and computer science instruction.
The Governor’s STEM Advisory Council, which is hosting the summit, is inviting leaders from business and industry, PK-12 and postsecondary education, nonprofits, parents, students, elected officials and others, who will take information from the summit back to their communities to build upon existing initiatives.
Speakers include:
- Mary Andringa, Chair of the Board of Vermeer
- Brandon Busteed, Gallup's Executive Director of Education and Workforce Development
- Hadi Partovi, CEO of Code.org
- Jeff Weld, Senior Policy Advisor for STEM education at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- Jemar Lee, a College Community School District senior and co-founder of EdRevision
- Nicole Smith, Chief Economist at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
- Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a computer science education pioneer
Registration is $50 for adults and free for students. Register at this link.
