Iowa administrators and/or evaluators who are wanting to renew an evaluator license may choose from the following course options, including one new course and the Collaborative Leadership Institute with Peter Dewitt, offered through Heartland AEA. To learn more about these courses or to register, you may search by the course title at this page on our website.
Fierce Conversations (2 credits)
June 6, 8, 27 & 29, 2018
Heartland AEA, Johnston Regional Education Center
Assessing Academic Rigor (2 credits)
June 13, 14, 22 & 27, 2018
Heartland AEA, Johnston Regional Education Center
Collaborative Leadership Institute with Dr. Peter DeWitt (2 credits)
June 28-29, Oct. 12 & Dec. 13, 2018
Adel AEA Office
NEW COURSE - Fierce Conversations 2: Generations and Feedback (1 credit)
Prerequisite: Fierce Conversations
July 19 & 26, 2018
Ankeny Northview Middle School
NEW COURSE - Fierce Conversations 2: Generations and Feedback (1 credit)
Prerequisite: Fierce Conversations
Sept. 25 & Oct. 9, 2018
Heartland AEA, Johnston Regional Education Center
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
As you may recall, Iowa’s Area Education Agencies announced that the AEAs will subsidize costs for districts to upgrade their Iowa Department of Education-provided FastBridge (FAST) subscriptions to include additional functionality in the areas of mathematics and behavior.
As a reminder, the deadline for 2018-19 participation (beginning fall 2018) is June 15, 2018. You can indicate your interest in participating in the fall assessments at this link. Heartland AEA schools that have signed up for the expanded assessment suite can be found at this link. Schools that want to purchase FastBridge for grades 7-12 should email the name of the their district, school, contact person, grade levels requesting to purchase, and student enrollment in those grades to sales@fastbridge.org.
Also, many districts have started preparing for the spring and fall implementation for these assessments by participating in these upcoming webinars. Please be sure to register to participate in these webinars. A recording of each training session will be shared after each session.
