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
Register at this link
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 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 preK-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.
What better way to celebrate National School Counseling Week than to nominate a fellow counselor for School Counselor of the Year!
Think of a counseling colleague…
- Someone with whom you work
- From whom you find support
- Whose counseling program supports the ASCA standards
- Who goes that extra mile to support students
- Who makes a true difference and is a credit to the school counseling profession
Doesn’t this individual deserve statewide recognition? Take a few minutes and nominate a fellow counselor for the 2018 Iowa School Counselor of the Year Award!
Nominating is easy! Visit the Iowa School Counselor Association of Iowa website
Your nominee will receive an immediate email notification asking them to complete the online application. The application procedure is also detailed at www.iowaschoolcounselors.org/awards.
Click here to nominate. Nominations will be accepted until Aug. 15, 2018.
