Click here to download the September Heartland Administrators Association meeting agenda. The meeting will be held from 9:00-11:50 a.m. on Tuesday, September 6 (the day after Labor Day) at the Heartland AEA Johnston Regional Education Center (6500 Corporate Drive) in Room 13A and B. It is open to all superintendents in the Heartland service area. No registration is necessary.
Book Provided as a Resource for Learning
All participants will be provided with a copy of: Skillful Leader II: Confronting Conditions that Undermine Learning, by Alexander D. Platt, Caroline E. Tripp, Robert G Fraser, James R. Warnock, and Rachel E. Curtis
The book will be used to frame our study of the conditions that need to be in place to accelerate student learning…and what to do about those conditions that undermine it. Some of the topics discussed will include:
- Collaborative learning and leadership structures
- Community engagement
- Supportive learning environments
- Use of data
- Effective educators (Improving hiring, induction and evaluation to support learning, principal development, impacts of contracts and collective bargaining on improving learning conditions)
- Supporting effective instructional and assessment practices to deliver a high quality curriculum
In addition to the Skillful Leader II, the facilitators will introduce supplemental readings from the current work of some of the leading researchers and authors in the field of educational leadership. Multiple copies of each of these books will be available for checkout by participants at before and after each session.
Schools and districts scheduled for a site visit during the 2011-2012 school year, as well as those volunteering to be a member of a site visit team, are strongly encouraged to attend one face-to-face training session. The time scheduled within Heartland AEA is September 6, 2011 from 1:00-3:30 p.m. at the Heartland Johnston Regional Education Center (6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston).
Materials needed for the school improvement part of the training are available on the Department of Education website at http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1558&Itemid=2342
You may also find helpful, the series of video clips that were developed for the 2010-11 site visits. You can access these video clips at
http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2038
Many schools are heading down the path of preparing students for the 21st century through the use of technology. If you are interested in sending teachers or attending an exceptional technology in education conference, check out ITEC. ITEC (Iowa Technology in Education Connection) will be on October 16-18 and hosted in Des Moines, IA at the Polk County Convention Center.
October 17 & 18 will include one-hour conference breakouts, but on October 16 there will be a lineup of hands-on workshops. The featured workshop offerings this year are mentioned in the digital flyer attached in the Administrator Connection. Also, if you are interested in registering more than 10 individuals, there are group discounts available. Contact Jeff Sypersma at jsypersma@nwaea.org for group rates.
