“Speaking for All Learners” will be held on June 12-13, 2018 at North Polk High School. PK-12 educators will have the opportunity to network with other educational professionals, discover new strategies for working with English language learners in Iowa and meet national and local experts to enrich practices for increasing EL achievement. Conference topics include:
Strategies for addressing barriers to academic and language learning for English Learners in the classroom
Best practices for supporting early childhood language acquisition for preschool English Learners
Instructional leadership strategies for English language learning programs
Connecting and collaborating with other educators responsible for the success of English Learners
And many more learning opportunities and topics from experts in educating English Learners!
Featured Speakers Ayanna Cooper, Ed.D ELL specialist with extensive and diverse experience teaching educators how to enhance instruction for culturally and linguistically diverse learners. David Edward Garcia Grew up on the Mexican border in Texas, two worlds-linguistically and culturally. Successful speaker of five languages, teacher, entrepreneur, comedian. Anita Pandey, Ph.D.Professor of Linguistics and Coordinator of Professional Development and Communication at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Ryan Wise, Ed.D. Director of the Iowa Department of education Plus, our amazing local experts and students! Information and Registration Learn more at the conference website and register at this link by June 5. Incentive Heartland AEA Title III will refund the cost of registration ($150), plus provide an honorarium of $200 to off-contract public and non-public educators for full attendance and participation. This funding is not available to public or non-public districts served by the Des Moines Public Schools.
Iowa administrators and/or evaluators who are wanting to renew an evaluator license may choose from the following course options, including one new course and the Collaborative Leadership Institute with Peter Dewitt, offered through Heartland AEA. To learn more about these courses or to register, you may search by the course title at this page on our website. Fierce Conversations (2 credits) June 6, 8, 27 & 29, 2018 Heartland AEA, Johnston Regional Education Center Assessing Academic Rigor (2 credits) June 13, 14, 22 & 27, 2018 Heartland AEA, Johnston Regional Education Center Collaborative Leadership Institute with Dr. Peter DeWitt (2 credits) June 28-29, Oct. 12 & Dec. 13, 2018 Adel AEA Office NEW COURSE - Fierce Conversations 2: Generations and Feedback (1 credit) Prerequisite: Fierce Conversations July 19 & 26, 2018 Ankeny Northview Middle School NEW COURSE - Fierce Conversations 2: Generations and Feedback (1 credit) Prerequisite: Fierce Conversations Sept. 25 & Oct. 9, 2018 Heartland AEA, Johnston Regional Education Center
Friday, April 13, 2018
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As you may recall, Iowa’s Area Education Agencies announced that the AEAs will subsidize costs for districts to upgrade their Iowa Department of Education-provided FastBridge (FAST) subscriptions to include additional functionality in the areas of mathematics and behavior. As a reminder, the deadline for 2018-19 participation (beginning fall 2018) is June 15, 2018. You can indicate your interest in participating in the fall assessments at this link. Heartland AEA schools that have signed up for the expanded assessment suite can be found at this link. Schools that want to purchase FastBridge for grades 7-12 should email the name of the their district, school, contact person, grade levels requesting to purchase, and student enrollment in those grades to sales@fastbridge.org. Also, many districts have started preparing for the spring and fall implementation for these assessments by participating in these upcoming webinars. Please be sure to register to participate in these webinars. A recording of each training session will be shared after each session.
Iowa's AEAs presented their 2nd annual AEA Awards at their annual boards’ conference last week to five deserving recipients This is the second year for the awards, which are an opportunity to recognize and celebrate outstanding candidates for their contributions to education and the AEA system. You can read about this year’s award recipients and their generous contributions on our website. It’s worth the read! (Pictured above, left to right) E. Robert Stephens Award Evan Abbey, Project Director of AEA Learning Online Friend of the AEAs Dr. Janet Stutz, superintendent of Grinnell-Newburg Community Schools Innovative Creator Award Cindy Cavanagh and Teresa Wyant, staff at Mississippi Bend AEA Friend of the AEAs Miller Roskamp, supporter of River Hills School
In an effort to share more information about the role that Iowa's AEAs play in supporting education, last week we (Iowa's AEAs) launched a redesigned website and a new video! We invite you to take a minute to watch the video, peruse the website and share both with your colleagues!
Secondary science teachers in the Perry Community School District are once again hosting a secondary science unit writing summer camp on June 13. This workshop is open to all secondary science teachers in grades 6-12. Teachers will meet in the Perry High School library and then break into grade level / subject-based teams and create a NGSS Unit to use in the 2018-19 school year. Participants will have access to all units created. Heartland AEA will also share some of the many instructional resources available through the AEA. To register, contact Kevin Vidergar, Perry CSD Director of Teaching and Learning, at kevin.vidergar@perry.k12.ia.us or (515) 608-2866.
