On behalf of Heartland Area Education Agency, I’d like to extend a warm 'welcome back' to the new school year to all of you. I hope you join us in our excitement for the start of another school year. We look forward to the opportunity to partner with you as we continue to focus on services that impact student learning and well-being.
I invite you to make use of this Heartland AEA Administrator Connection blog. The Administrator Connection is updated every Friday (excluding holidays and summer vacation) to inform area superintendents, principals, curriculum directors and other school leaders of important announcements, agency news and professional development opportunities. The Administrator Connection provides you with a way to share ideas, provide feedback and exchange information with each other.
Please do not hesitate to contact your regional director or me with questions, comments and suggestions at any time. Let's make this an impactful year!
Take care,
Paula Vincent
Chief Administrator
(800) 255-0405 ext. 14314
pvincent@heartlandaea.org
Heartland AEA will be offering a professional learning opportunity focused on early elementary reading as it pertains to Chapter 62 requirements. These sessions will be held Sept. 11-25, 2014 at various locations across the Heartland AEA region. The targeted audience includes school administrators, curriculum coordinators, coaches and student services coordinators. These sessions will include presentation of most recent information, review of new guidance documents and discussion of current questions and sharing processes being used by participants to meet Chapter 62 requirements. Areas of coverage include:
- What does “at risk of substantial deficiency” mean and what is required?
- What does “substantially deficient” mean and what is required?
- Discussion of the relationship between substantially deficient and suspicion of a disability.
- Parent notification.
- Progress monitoring and monitoring requirements.
- Data-based decisions based on monitoring data.
- Considerations around implementation fidelity.
These meetings are sponsored by Heartland AEA and will be facilitated by Randy Allison and Martha Condon.
Here is the registration information.
The next session of Assessing Academic Rigor is now available for registration in the Heartland AEA Professional Development Catalog. The dates are September 23, 30, October 14 & 21, 2014. This course is required for school administrators (superintendents, central office administration, building principals, assistant principals, etc.) and other educational leaders responsible for evaluating educators who are renewing their licenses.
