EdTech guru Brad Waid is coming to Iowa on Oct. 2 to present the latest on emerging technology and the impact it’s having now in our schools, the impact it will have in the future and questions we need to be asking ourselves now. Your teacher leaders, administrators, technology coordinators and all educators are invited!
Brad will be one-on-one with superintendents in the morning session and with all educators in the afternoon session. Registration links for both sessions are below.
*Good news! We’re rolling back the afternoon registration fee to $0! Come and enjoy a great day of learning!*
Transforming the Classroom through Augmented Reality
Oct. 2, 2018
DMACC, Student Center, Bldg 5
2006 S. Ankeny Blvd, Ankeny
Registration:
Superintendent Session
8:30 a.m. - 9 Updates from Partners
9:00 - Noon Workshop with Brad Waid
Register Now
All Educators Session
1 - 4 p.m. Workshop with Brad Waid
Register Now
Educators, families and residents within the Heartland AEA service area are invited to share personal experiences on children’s mental health services at a listening post to be held on Oct. 8, from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. at Heartland AEA at 6500 Corporate Drive in Johnston.
Listening posts are being hosted at locations across Iowa on behalf of the Children’s System State Board established by Gov. Kim Reynolds in April. The board will review the information gathered from these listening posts as part of its charge to review existing resources and develop a strategic plan with specific recommendations to implement a better approach to help children with mental health issues. The report is due to the governor on Nov. 15.
Two additional opportunities have been created for individuals who are unable to attend the Oct. 8 event:
Join an Online Listening Post
An online listening post has been scheduled for Oct. 4 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. To join from your computer, click on this link: https://zoom.us/j/290354386. To join via phone, dial (646) 876-9923 and enter meeting code: 290-354-386.
Complete an Online Survey
A survey is available for those unable to attend a listening post. That survey can be accessed at this link: https://goo.gl/V25AeU. The deadline to complete the survey is Oct. 12.
Questions can be directed to Jeff Herzberg, Children’s System Board Member and Chief Administrator at Prairie Lakes AEA at jherzberg@plaea.org or (515) 570-2601.
Jan Chappuis
Standards-Based Learning
Nov. 29, 2018
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
FFA Enrichment Center, 1055 SW Prairie Trail Parkway, Ankeny
Register at this link by Oct. 15
Teachers, curriculum directors and instructional coaches will have the opportunity to learn from Jan Chappuis, one of the nation’s leaders in Standards-based Learning. Jan’s expertise could help in all areas of instruction from formative assessment instruction to standards based practices. In this session, Jan will:
- Focus on all aspects of curriculum: the intended, the enacted, and the assessed
- Address the work of identifying and unpacking standards of learning to create learning targets.
- Help teachers know how to identify those learning targets into categories such as knowledge, reasoning, skills or products
- Lead learning on what a balanced assessment system looks like, and what it takes to create that system within the instructional cycle
- Address the need to plan for accommodations and modifications for exceptional learners such as special education students, ELL and gifted/advanced learners
