Parents and caregivers of students with special needs: join us for “Conversation & Coffee,” our monthly morning coffee group! Learn about community resources and upcoming events and network with parents who have similar experiences and challenges.
Mark your calendar for these 2018-19 meeting dates!
- Sept. 20, 2018
- Oct. 18, 2018
- Nov. 15, 2018
- Dec. 20, 2018
- Jan. 17, 2019
- Feb. 21, 2019
- March 14, 2019 (due to Spring Break)
- April 18, 2019
- May 16, 2019
Conversation & Coffee meets the third Thursday of each month from 9:30 - 11 a.m. at the 100th Street Corner Café in Urbandale.
RSVP appreciated but not necessary: Kari Paulsen, Family & Educator Coordinator, Heartland AEA, at kpaulsen@heartlandaea.org or (515) 270-9030 ext. 14493.
The vision of the Drake University Continual Improvement Network 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.
The network will meet four times throughout the school year and for one full day in the summer, providing opportunities to learn and work together to solve real “Problems of Practice” (POP) through the process of systemic continual improvement. Collegial relationships will be forged as the network brings leaders together from across the state to learn and work interdependently. License renewal credit is available (Course Title: Profound Learning and Improvement II Activity #: AD023799961901)
Network Dates
Sept. 19 & Nov. 14, 2018; Feb. 20 & April 24, 2019
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Levitt Hall, Drake University
and
June 12, 2019
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Levitt Hall, Drake University
Interested? Contact:
Dr. Doug Stilwell
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
Drake University
doug.stilwell@drake.edu
515-271-1993 (Office)
515-418-5363 (Cell)
Who is a school leader?
Anyone who leads a system (classroom, program, department, school, district, etc).
*These experiences can count toward clinical hours for Drake EDL students.
The Iowa Department of Education is offering training on creating high quality Emergency Operations Plans for public and non-public school districts at Heartland AEA on Sept. 24. Also titled, “School Active Shooter Plan Workshop,” this all-day workshop is designed to help schools develop high quality plans that cover active shooter and natural disaster events. This was passed into law in Senate File 2364 requiring all K-12 schools in Iowa to write plans that help prepare for these events. This workshop will cover the following:
- The new legislation, what it requires, when it is due
- Schools will identify who at each school is going to develop these plans
- The specific planning elements required
- How to form a planning team, inviting stakeholders to help
- REMS/TA: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools/Technical Assistance: plan format, resources for schools, Run/Hide/Fight
- Explore the PTER Preparedness Cycle: Plan, Train, Exercise, Repeat
- Share the monthly follow-on schedule to help attendees stay on track and have a plan by June 30, 2019
Register at this link for the Sept. 24 training at Heartland AEA: https://goo.gl/NnnTT4
For questions, contact David Johnston, Homeland Security and Emergency Management, at (515) 725-3295 or david.johnston@iowa.gov.
