Our Mission
To improve the learning outcomes and well-being of all children and youth by providing services and leadership in partnership with families, schools and communities.
Our Goals
- Increase learning growth for students
- Decrease the gap in achievement
- Increase annual graduation rates
- Increase gateways to post-secondary success
March 7, 2018
2:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Heartland AEA
Johnston Regional Educational Center
6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston, IA
Heartland AEA is hosting its 4th annual education career fair! School districts will be on-site to meet with job candidates for any and all types of education careers. Candidates will have the chance to attend classes to learn how to navigate a career fair, have a successful interview and write a top-notch resume. And returning this year will be the popular mock interviews and resume critiques!
We look forward to this opportunity to serve the education community and hope teachers and college students alike will be able to attend this event! If you have any questions, contact the Heartland AEA Human Resources Dept. at (800) 362-2720.
This is a FREE event for both school districts and job candidates!
For more information, visit the Career Fair page on our website to job candidate materials, registration and participating districts/schools.
“Speaking for All Learners” will be held on June 12-13, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at North Polk High School. PK-12 educators will have the opportunity to network with other educational professionals, discover new strategies for working with English language learners in Iowa and meet national and local experts to enrich practices for increasing EL achievement.
Conference topics include:
- Strategies for addressing barriers to academic and language learning for English Learners in the classroom
- Best practices for supporting early childhood language acquisition for preschool English Learners
- Instructional leadership strategies for English language learning programs
- Connecting and collaborating with other educators responsible for the success of English Learners
- And many more learning opportunities and topics from experts in educating English Learners!
Plan to bring a team! For more information, contact Pam McDonnell at pam.mcdonnell@iowa.gov.
