Superintendents: April 2 HAA Meeting

Download a PDF or Word Doc of the April Heartland Administrators Association meeting agenda. The meeting will be held from 9:00-11:50 a.m. on Tuesday, April 2 at the Heartland AEA Johnston Regional Education Center (6500 Corporate Drive) in Room 13A and B. All handouts will be available on the Google Site at bit.ly/HAA2012.

Fine Arts and the Iowa Core

A one-day introduction to the Fine Arts alignment to Iowa Core is designed to provide arts education/Iowa Core history, supportive arts research, overview of Iowa Core and time for educators to experience lessons and assessments with the fine arts skills and concepts. This day is designed for arts educators, administrators and classroom teachers interested in integrating fine arts with universal constructs: critical thinking, complex communication, creativity, collaboration, flexibility and adaptability, and productivity and accountability. 

While there is no credit offered for this one-day workshop, information will be available at the workshop to extend your learning in an online platform to earn one license renewal or one graduate credit. 

Fine Arts in the Iowa Core 
June 25, 2013 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 
Summit Middle School (9500 Windsor Parkway, Johnston) 
Activity Number: FA021632311401

Leading RtI with Kevin Feldman on May 10

On May 10, Heartland AEA will host Dr. Kevin Feldman, a leader in the field of Response to Intervention (RtI), for a one-day professional learning opportunity focusing on coaching to support the implementation of RtI. Dr. Feldman’s major contributions are in the areas of building vocabulary and academic English, assisting struggling readers, preventing early reading failure, linking assessment to instruction, developing school - wide content area reading support models for elementary, middle and high schools, differentiating instruction to meet the full range of learners, and accommodating and accelerating ELL/Special Education and other high risk students.

Click here for a flyer which can be distributed to interested educators.

Leading RtI with Kevin Feldman
May 10, 2013
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
FFA Enrichment Center, DMACC Campus (1055 SW Prairie Trail Parkway, Ankeny)
Activity Number: SI015699111301

Assessing Academic Rigor Courses for Spring 2013

Just to clarify, we will be offering two Assessing Academic Rigor courses this spring for administrators and evaluators. Details for each class are below.

Johnston REC
April 9, 18, 30 and May 16, 2013
8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Activity Number: AD013992111306

Ames Area
April 11, 23 and May 2, 9, 2013
8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Activity Number: AD013999991302
*Please note location changes

Reminder: Character Development & Leadership Curriculum with Joseph Hoedel on April 12

Heartland AEA will host a morning workshop on April 12, 2013 lead by Dr. Joseph Hoedel, lead advisor of the Character Development & Leadership Curriculum. Many schools use this curriculum as a stand-alone course for their freshman academy, their student government class or as an elective leadership/mentoring course. By the end of the workshop, participants will have an educated understanding of how this program aligns with the Common Core standards for English, improves high school exit exams, increases reading and writing test scores and prepares students for post-secondary success. 

Meeting the Common Core Standards for English Through Teaching Character 
April 12, 2013 
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 
Johnston REC 
Activity Number: WK031392111301

April Edition of Each and Every Child Newsletter

Click here to find a link to the April 2013 edition of "Each and Every Child" brought to you by the Iowa Department of Education’s Bureau of Student and Family Support Services. The e-newsletter is designed to enhance communication between parents and teachers. Please forward it to your parents in your district and use the stories as opportunities for discussion. This issue includes a feature on the Roland-Story Elementary School’s transformation through the use of Response to Intervention.

DMACC Surplus Available

The DMACC Campus has the following surplus supplies available: 

6 yellow chair/desks

20 black chair/desks

If interested, please contact Julie Klocke, DMACC Purchasing, at (515) 964-6386 or jaklocke1@dmacc.edu. 

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