Plan to Attend: Curriculum Network Meeting Feb. 4

Curriculum Network will be meeting on February 4 from 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. in Room 107 at Heartland's Regional Education Center in Johnston. The agenda is this month features ISASP updates from Iowa Testing Programs, a legislative update, an overview on Title IX and an overview of Academic Seminar.

Participants can attend in person or via Zoom. The Zoom links are in the agenda for both the statewide section of the meeting and Heartland's section. If you have any questions, email Kevin Fangman at kfangman@heartlandaea.org.

Everything School Administrators Need to Know about Title IX

Miriam Van Heukelem, attorney at Ahlers Cooney Attorneys, will be presenting Everything School Administrators Need to Know about TItle IX at the Curriculum Network meeting on Feb. 4 at 10:15 a.m. in Heartland AEA's Regional Education Center, 6500 Corporate Drive in Johnston. Participants can attend by Zoom or in person. The session will last 45 minutes and will be recorded. If you have any questions, email Kevin Fangman at kfangman@heartlandaea.org.

Computer Science Professional Development Incentive Fund Grant Interest Survey *Action Needed*

The Iowa Department of Education announced the Computer Science Professional Development Incentive Fund (CSPDIF) this month. Applications are now open and will be accepted until Feb. 11. You can learn more about the (CSPDIF) here: CSPDIF Information.

Iowa's AEAs are collaborating to write a CSPDIF grant application to help meet the needs of Iowa school districts. Many current (and future) computer science teachers are singletons in their building or district. Our intent is to provide educators with professional development opportunities they may not otherwise have access to in order to implement K-12 district plans for computer science instruction and provide quality computer science education. Together, we can support one another to deliver K-12 computer science to all students!

This website is the communication hub for the AEA Statewide Computer Science Professional Development Incentive Fund (CSPDIF). It includes information about each of the options we plan to include in our grant proposal.

The Statewide AEA Collaborative grant applications will include:

Elementary CSPDIF grant proposal

• BootUp Professional Development with stipends
• Code.org CS Fundamentals & Deep Dive Professional Development with stipends
• CS Micro-credentials asynchronous learning with stipends
• AEA PD Online CS Standards asynchronous modules with stipends

Secondary CSPDIF grant proposal

• Code.org CS Discoveries professional development with stipends (middle school)
• Carnegie Mellon CS Academy(Python) with stipends (middle school)
• AEA PD Online CS Standards asynchronous modules with stipends (middle and high school)
• Code.org CS Principles professional development with stipends (high school)
• Code.org CSA (Java) professional development with stipends (high school)
• Carnegie Mellon CS Academy (Python) with stipends (high school)

Next steps for district admins and computer science leaders:
1. Complete this survey by Jan. 31. The form only needs to be completed once per district. Your response will: provide us with the information needed to complete the grant application and implement the programs allow us to plan meaningful, K-12 computer science professional development allow you to express interest in participating in our grant applications.

2. Save your spot: Share this website and the program menu above with educators in your district so they can save their spot ASAP! Registration will only be open through Jan. 31 so we can have the most accurate numbers in our grant proposal. If you aren’t sure which teachers will be participating, have the building administrator complete this process.

* Expressing interest in a statewide application does not prevent districts from submitting district/building applications.