Join Us for Standards-Based Learning Framework Friday on March 6

Just four more EdCamp-style workshops will be held this 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.


Standards-Based Learning Framework Fridays
Next Session: March 6
12:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Visit our website to learn more and register

Heartland AEA Welcomes International Thought-Leader, Dr. Anthony Muhammad

Join this special event with Anthony Muhammad, Ph.D., to explore the dynamics of school culture from a sociological, psychological, anthropological, political, historical and economic lens, using the Transforming School Culture framework.

Dr. Muhammad has been a practitioner of education for 20 years, serving as a middle school teacher, assistant principal and high school principal as well as an author and educational consultant. He is recognized as a leading expert in school culture and developing strong PLC schools.

Dr. Muhammad is a best-selling author of the books:

• Time for Change: The Four Essential Skills of a Transformational School Leader
• Overcoming the Achievement Gap Trap: Liberating Mindsets to Effect Change
• The Will to Lead and the Skill to Teach
• Transforming Schools at Every Level
• Transforming School Culture: How to Overcome Staff Division

Transforming School Culture: Understanding and Overcoming Resistance to Necessary Change Featuring Anthony Muhammad, Ph.D.
April 23, 2020
8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Hilton Garden Inn
8600 Northpark Drive Johnston, IA

Registration
Register by April 20, 2020 at this link: http://bit.ly/2MEyMyA using course #181933
$50 per person. Lunch included.
Registration is limited to 125. There is no waiting list for this event.

All educators are invited!

Do You Need CPI's Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training or Renewal?

The Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Program, developed by the Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), is a one-day training that provides an opportunity for educators to obtain initial certification in CPI's Nonviolent Crisis Intervention program or renewal certification for individuals who are not eligible for the recertification training. Participants will receive an introduction to crisis prevention focusing on non-physical strategies, including non-verbal, para-verbal and verbal techniques that can be used to assist in de-escalating behavior.

Initial Training
Registration Link
Use course #180648 and select a section.

Intended Audience: District staff in the Heartland AEA service area who work with individuals 3-21 years who engage in problem behaviors that have the potential to result in injury to self or others.


Refresher Training
Registration Link
Use course #180315 and select a section.

Intended Audience: District staff in the Heartland AEA service area who have completed the CPI: Nonviolent Crisis Intervention 1-day-training within the past year and need to receive recertification.

For more information or questions, contact the Heartland AEA Regional Director who serves your district.