Could Fridays Get Any Better? Only If You Join Us for Standards-Based Learning “Framework Fridays!”

EdCamp-style workshops will be held throughout the 2018-19 school year to provide additional learning, collaboration and conversation for those interested in Standards-Based Learning (SBL) Including Grading and Reporting. The workshops coincide with specific strands of the Standards-Based Learning Framework developed by Heartland AEA. You can attend whatever sessions are of interest to you--you don’t need to attend all nine. Come learn with us!

Standards-Based Learning Framework Fridays
Next Session: April 5, 2019 (Final Framework Friday will be on May 3!)
12:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Visit our website to register

Keynote Announced for Heart of Innovation Summer Summit; Call for Presenters - Join the Summit Faculty!

We’re pleased to announce that Jennifer Williams, Ed.D., will serve as the keynote for Heartland AEA’s Heart of Innovation Summer Summit on June 13. A transformational leader in education, Dr. Williams has dedicated herself to the field of education through her roles as a school administrator, literacy specialist and classroom teacher. She speaks, writes and consults on practices that develop global perspectives through creative uses of technology, and her research interests include multimodal literacy and digital technologies, equity and diversity in education, and student-centered pedagogies.

Join us for the Heart of Innovation Summer Summit to learn more from Dr. Williams when she presents, “Teach Boldly: Using EdTech for Social Good.”

Call for presenters!
Do you have an interest in presenting at the Summit? Does your topic align with our learning tracks? Submit a proposal at our event website: http://bit.ly/2XYjl8b

Learning tracks:

• Promoting creativity in every classroom
• Communicating student learning and guiding informed action
• Building a collaborative learning environment for all
• Fostering curiosity to empower critical thinking.

Heart of Innovation Summer Summit

June 13, 2019

8 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Heartland AEA Regional Education Center, 6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston

This is a NO COST event for Iowa K-12 educators and administrators! Learn more and register at bit.ly/HeartofInnovation.

Registration is Open for Future Ready Iowa STEM Summit

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has announced the STEM Education + Workplace Partnerships - Governor's 2019 Future Ready Iowa Summit on April 30. Leaders from business and industry, education, nonprofits, elected officials, students and others from across Iowa will come together at one event. The day is dedicated to Iowa’s future workforce in today’s classrooms, and the ways that employers and educators are working together to assure a strong talent pipeline tomorrow. Featured will be keynotes, panelists and presenters from rural and urban, businesses large and small, big city and small-town schools, and more, who are partnering to guarantee a strong employee pipeline. Gov. Reynolds will also announce the six recipients of Iowa STEM’s Computer Science is Elementary award during the event. Learn more about the event and register at this link: https://www.iowastem.gov/2019STEMsummit.

STEM Education + Workplace Partnerships - Governor's 2019 Future Ready Iowa Summit
Iowa Events Center - Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center
730 Third Street, Des Moines, Iowa
April 30, 2019
9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. with check in beginning at 8:00 a.m.
Adults: $50
Students (K-16): $0