Still Time to Sign Up for Allan Odden Budget Workshop

There’s still time to sign up for this opportunity to attend a hands-on budgeting workshop with Dr. Odden, professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin, and co-director of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education–Wisconsin Center for Education Research. He is a nationally recognized expert in resource allocation and fiscal policy.

Dr. Odden will help workshop participants think through the most effective resource allocation strategies for increasing student achievement. Participants will be able to interact with each other and across districts, be able to use their own data to “model” most effective and efficient resource allocation decisions and will provide input into next steps they need for ongoing support. The workshop will be a practical, no-nonsense day that will leave people more equipped to make intelligent resource allocation decisions.

The event will be held at the West Des Moines Sheraton May 12, 2010, for 1A to 3A districts and May 13, 2010, for 4A districts. Click here for the workshop flyer. Online registration is available at http://www.sai-iowa.org/stayfocused/.

Please consider attending this informative workshop.

Effective Instruction Institute—Iowa Core Curriculum

Join other teachers and administrators June 15-17 to investigate and dialogue about the Iowa Core characteristics of effective instruction through featured speaker presentations; small group exploration of sample units, videos and informational briefs; and district debriefing and planning sessions. Click here for more information. The Activity Number for registration is IS013932311101. You can register online by clicking here.

Featured speakers will include:
Margaret Heritage—Assistant Director for Professional Development at the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA
Bridgette Wagoner—Director of Price Lab School at UNI
Troyce Fisher—Leadership Grant Director at School Administrators of Iowa (Wallace Foundation)
Sarah Wessling—Johnston HS teacher and 2010 Iowa Teacher of the Year

Spring Title I Meeting Coming in May

The Iowa Department of Education will be holding its annual Spring Title I meeting in AEA 11 on May 14 from 9:00-11:30 a.m. at the Johnston AEA Office. The Activity Number for registration is RE011792111001. You can register online by clicking here.