Cowles Library at Drake University is offering the course, “Making Presidential History Come Alive,” this fall that relates to two traveling exhibits that they will be hosting later this semester and in early 2010. The course is available for licensure renewal credit through Heartland AEA 11 or as a graduate credit at Drake University. There is limited space so an RSVP is required by October 16, 2009.
"Making Presidential History Come Alive" course dates and objectives are the following:
• October 31, 2009 (9:00 a.m,-Noon; 1:00-2:00 p.m.) – learn about primary and secondary resources, review initial research skills, experience a detailed tour of “John Adams: Unbound” traveling exhibit in the Library.
• November 5, 2009 (7:00-9:00 p.m.) – attend the Live! at Cowles Library Lecture series featuring historical scholar/author, Gordon Wood, in the Cowles Library Reading Room.
• November 14, 2009 (9:00 a.m.-Noon) – incorporate information literacy into the classroom and review library research skills
• November 17, 2009 (7:00-9:00 p.m.) – attend the special Citizens Arise! Lecture, featuring Beth Prindle, exhibition curator of the “John Adams: Unbound” exhibit, in the Cowles Library Reading Room.
• January 21, 2010 (7:00-9:00 p.m.) – attend the Live! at Cowles Library Lecture series featuring Ronald Rietveld, Lincoln scholar, in the Cowles Library Reading Room.
• January 23, 2010 (8:00 a.m.-Noon) – learn about available grant resources, experience a detailed tour of the “Abraham Lincoln: A Man for His Time, A Man for All Times” traveling exhibit in the Library.
• February 4, 2010 (7:00-9:00 p.m.) – attend the special Citizens Arise! Lecture featuring Civil War scholar, Orville Vernon Burton, in the Cowles Library Reading Room.
The traveling exhibits will be open and free to the public:
October 28 to December 11, 2009 - "John Adams: Unbound"
January 11 to February 8, 2010 - "Abraham Lincoln: A Man of his Time, A Man for All Times"
If you are interested in registering for this course, please contact Claudia Frazer at (515) 271-3776 or Claudia.frazer@drake.edu or Susan Breakenridge at (515) 271-3994 or susan.breakenridge@drake.edu.
For more information, see the Citizens Arise! Web site at http://citizensarise.drake.edu/.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Gangs: What School Officials Need to Know and Do
Click here for a flyer and application form about a gang training seminar hosted by the Midwest Gang Investigators Association, the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center and the Dubuque County Sheriff's office. The seminar entitled, "Gangs: What School Officials Need to Know and Do", will be held on November 17, 2009 in Dubuque, Iowa. The instructor, Dr. Alfonso J. Valdez, is nationally known and is an expert in the field as well as very entertaining.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Message from the Executive Committee of the Heartland Board of Directors
TO: Heartland AEA Superintendents
FROM: Executive Committee, Heartland Board of Directors
September is here, and school is in full swing. It seems the perfect time to thank you for your efforts on behalf of your students and your communities. The Heartland board and staff are honored to be in partnership with you.
In this time of transition, please be assured the Heartland board remains firm in its focus and the expectations made explicit in its published goals. At its retreat in late September, the Board will complete its annual performance evaluation and continue implementation of the search process for a new chief administrator.
Your input regarding desired characteristics of a new agency leader is essential to that process. The Heartland Superintendents Advisory Council will represent you as the superintendents’ focus group and will be interviewed on October 6. If you’re not on the Council, we hope you’ll contact a member before that date to share your priorities.
All of us at Heartland AEA are here to serve you and your schools. Choosing the right leader for the Agency will help us make the partnerships with you even stronger and bring all of us who care about teaching and learning closer to our shared goal: significant gains in student achievement.
FROM: Executive Committee, Heartland Board of Directors
September is here, and school is in full swing. It seems the perfect time to thank you for your efforts on behalf of your students and your communities. The Heartland board and staff are honored to be in partnership with you.
In this time of transition, please be assured the Heartland board remains firm in its focus and the expectations made explicit in its published goals. At its retreat in late September, the Board will complete its annual performance evaluation and continue implementation of the search process for a new chief administrator.
Your input regarding desired characteristics of a new agency leader is essential to that process. The Heartland Superintendents Advisory Council will represent you as the superintendents’ focus group and will be interviewed on October 6. If you’re not on the Council, we hope you’ll contact a member before that date to share your priorities.
All of us at Heartland AEA are here to serve you and your schools. Choosing the right leader for the Agency will help us make the partnerships with you even stronger and bring all of us who care about teaching and learning closer to our shared goal: significant gains in student achievement.
Superintendents: HAA Minutes from September 1st Now Available
Click here to view minutes from the September 1st HAA meeting. The minutes are also posted on Heartland's Web site at http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/ldr/admin.html.
Iowa Core Curriculum - Implementation Planning FAQs
Periodically, the Heartland Iowa Core Curriculum Team will post some frequently asked questions in the Administrator Connection. The responses are based on the most current information available at the time. The questions in this edition are related to implementation planning.
What does it mean to “fully implement” the Iowa Core Curriculum?
Full implementation is accomplished when the school or district is able to provide evidence that an ongoing process is in place to ensure that each and every student is learning the Essential Concepts and Skill Sets of the Iowa Core Curriculum. A school that has fully implemented the Iowa Core Curriculum is engaged in an ongoing process of data-gathering and analysis, decision-making, identifying actions and assessing impact around alignment and professional development focused on content, instruction and assessment. The school is fully engaged in continuous improvement processes that specifically target improved student learning and performance.
What will an implementation plan look like?
A district/school’s implementation plan will resemble an action plan. It should address these components:
The contact person for Heartland’s Iowa Core Curriculum team is Linda Biermann Hoobin who can be reached at lhoobin@aea11.k12.ia.us.
What does it mean to “fully implement” the Iowa Core Curriculum?
Full implementation is accomplished when the school or district is able to provide evidence that an ongoing process is in place to ensure that each and every student is learning the Essential Concepts and Skill Sets of the Iowa Core Curriculum. A school that has fully implemented the Iowa Core Curriculum is engaged in an ongoing process of data-gathering and analysis, decision-making, identifying actions and assessing impact around alignment and professional development focused on content, instruction and assessment. The school is fully engaged in continuous improvement processes that specifically target improved student learning and performance.
What will an implementation plan look like?
A district/school’s implementation plan will resemble an action plan. It should address these components:
- Outcome - from self study
- Targets/Actions - from self study
- Activities and resources to accomplish the target
- Evidence of progress
- Timeline
- If needed, other district/school decided components (i.e, persons responsible, budget, etc.)
The contact person for Heartland’s Iowa Core Curriculum team is Linda Biermann Hoobin who can be reached at lhoobin@aea11.k12.ia.us.
New Online Print Ordering System Coming this Fall
Last May, Heartland entered into a new agreement with Xerox Corporation to manage our Print Center. This agreement would enable us to use state-of-the-art equipment, provide cheaper full color prints and increase our turnaround time back to the schools. The transition this summer during one of our busiest seasons allowed us to see where there were gaps in the system that needed fixing.
One of the new procedures starting in September, will be implementing a new online print ordering system for our area schools' printing needs. The system is called, WebCRD, and it works much like Amazon.com or Kinkos online. School staff will have a login that will keep documents available for review allowing them to re-order quickly in the future. Users will also get an estimated cost before submitting their order, see the proof of their order and track its progress. This will expedite printing and reduce errors.
As with all transitions there will be a learning curve and some bumps, but the end product will be a more efficient system for ordering your printing. If you have any questions or comments about the new Print Center, please e-mail Brenda Gustafson at bgustafson@aea11.k12.ia.us.
One of the new procedures starting in September, will be implementing a new online print ordering system for our area schools' printing needs. The system is called, WebCRD, and it works much like Amazon.com or Kinkos online. School staff will have a login that will keep documents available for review allowing them to re-order quickly in the future. Users will also get an estimated cost before submitting their order, see the proof of their order and track its progress. This will expedite printing and reduce errors.
As with all transitions there will be a learning curve and some bumps, but the end product will be a more efficient system for ordering your printing. If you have any questions or comments about the new Print Center, please e-mail Brenda Gustafson at bgustafson@aea11.k12.ia.us.
Heartland AEA Provided News Clips
Each morning, the Heartland Communications Department provides links to local and national education news headlines. We call this service "news clips". If you would like to receive the news clips service, please contact the Heartland Communications Department at comms@aea11.k12.ia.us.
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