Reading Recovery is a highly effective short-term intervention of one-to-one instruction for the lowest-achieving first graders. Individual students receive a half-hour lesson each school day for 12 to 20 weeks with a specially trained Reading Recovery teacher.
Reading Recovery is not a packaged program for purchase. It is not scripted or based on a single-factor solution. Instead, Reading Recovery is an investment in professional development for teachers who then design individual lessons for the lowest literacy achievers.
Reading Recovery’s one-to-one instruction delivers measurable results in weeks not years. Click here to see the Heartland Reading Recovery Site Report.
For information on this shared-cost initiative click here.
To enroll a teacher in the Reading Recovery training, contact Sue Hayes at shayes@aea11.k12.ia.us by June 11, 2010.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Holocaust Workshop for Teachers
Click here for more information on a teacher workshop that explores the Holocaust with a special focus on liberation and aftermath, including the displaced persons camps, the creation of Israel and the Nuremberg Trials. Eyewitness accounts will bring the liberation of the camps alive and put a human face on the difficulty of life in the DP camps.
Following the workshop, participants are invited to engage in a week of primary research in the archives of the Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum for the purpose of researching and developing a lesson plan or project, richly integrated with primary source material.
The workshop is presented by the Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum, Abilene, Kansas and the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, Overland Park, Kansas, in partnership with the Lowell Milken Center, Fort Scott, Kansas and the Harry S. Truman Library & Museum, Independence, Missouri.
Registration cost is $100. The deadline for enrollment is May 7, 2010. Enrollment is limited to the first 35 persons who apply. Up to six hours of graduate credit is available for participants who are interested.
Questions can be directed to Kim Barbieri at kim.barbieri@nara.gov.
Following the workshop, participants are invited to engage in a week of primary research in the archives of the Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum for the purpose of researching and developing a lesson plan or project, richly integrated with primary source material.
The workshop is presented by the Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum, Abilene, Kansas and the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, Overland Park, Kansas, in partnership with the Lowell Milken Center, Fort Scott, Kansas and the Harry S. Truman Library & Museum, Independence, Missouri.
Registration cost is $100. The deadline for enrollment is May 7, 2010. Enrollment is limited to the first 35 persons who apply. Up to six hours of graduate credit is available for participants who are interested.
Questions can be directed to Kim Barbieri at kim.barbieri@nara.gov.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Requested Item: Your Assistance is Needed!
The Heartland AEA Communications Department is involved in a video project with the purpose of gathering Iowa high school student perspectives on education and would appreciate your assistance. This project includes the Wallace Foundation, Iowa Department of Education, Iowa State Education Association, Iowa Association of School Boards, School Administrators of Iowa and Iowa's Area Education Agencies. These videos will be used to help us in marketing efforts about Iowa's education, the Iowa Core and will provide insight from students' perspectives.
We'd like to capture students' answers on video to the following questions:
1. What do you want to be when you graduate? Where do you see yourself in five years?
2. What’s your favorite class and why? What makes school interesting for you and why?
3. What ways could you be “plugged-in” when you’re at school?
4. What one word describes your school experience?
Students will be asked to share their first name and grade level; they will not identify their last name. Interviews will be done at the school building; however, the name of the school building/district will not be identified.
Additional help we need from you:
1. Select 2-3 students to be interviewed. (This can be done whenever it's convenient and is least intrusive for their schedules. It should take less than 10 minutes per student interview.)
2. Have a parent of participating students sign a release form found here.
3. Let us conduct the interview between now and April 20.
If this is something your district could assist with, we'd be very grateful. All interested districts may contact the Heartland Communications Department at comms@aea11.k12.ia.us.
Thanks for your consideration!
We'd like to capture students' answers on video to the following questions:
1. What do you want to be when you graduate? Where do you see yourself in five years?
2. What’s your favorite class and why? What makes school interesting for you and why?
3. What ways could you be “plugged-in” when you’re at school?
4. What one word describes your school experience?
Students will be asked to share their first name and grade level; they will not identify their last name. Interviews will be done at the school building; however, the name of the school building/district will not be identified.
Additional help we need from you:
1. Select 2-3 students to be interviewed. (This can be done whenever it's convenient and is least intrusive for their schedules. It should take less than 10 minutes per student interview.)
2. Have a parent of participating students sign a release form found here.
3. Let us conduct the interview between now and April 20.
If this is something your district could assist with, we'd be very grateful. All interested districts may contact the Heartland Communications Department at comms@aea11.k12.ia.us.
Thanks for your consideration!
Summer 2010 Paraeducator Generalist Certificate Program
Heartland AEA is an approved provider of the Paraeducator Generalist Certificate Program. Click here for information on our Summer 2010 courses.
Superintendents: April HAA Minutes
Click here for the minutes from the April Heartland Administrators Association meeting. Also available is Julie Melcher's handout located here. The minutes and handouts are also posted on Heartland's Web site at http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/leaders/ldr/admin.html.
The last HAA meeting for this academic year will be on May 4. Please remember that the May HAA meeting will take place in Rooms 3 & 4 of the Heartland AEA Johnston office.
The last HAA meeting for this academic year will be on May 4. Please remember that the May HAA meeting will take place in Rooms 3 & 4 of the Heartland AEA Johnston office.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Superintendents: April HAA Meeting Agenda
Click here for the the Heartland Administrators Association meeting agenda. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 6 at the West Des Moines Learning Resource Center from 9:00-11:50 a.m.
Iowa Department of Education Guidance for 2010-2011 CTE Courses
School districts and community colleges have requested support from the Iowa Department of Education to make fair proficiency determinations for students who were not proficient on the Iowa Tests of Basics Skills (ITBS) or the Iowa Tests of Education Development (ITED). Click here for the letter of guidance that is being issued to help school districts facilitate enrollment for students in career and technical education courses for the 2010-2011 academic year.
If you have any questions about the guidance, please contact Jeremy Varner at (515) 281-3542 or Jeremy.Varner@iowa.gov.
If you have any questions about the guidance, please contact Jeremy Varner at (515) 281-3542 or Jeremy.Varner@iowa.gov.
Microsoft Office 2010 Upgrade Offer
Students, faculty and staff who purchase a qualifying Office 2007 product between March 5 and September 30 can upgrade to Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 for a nominal fee. The software must be purchased through the Iowa Educators Consortium (IEC) agreement with JourneyED at http://www.journeyed.com/select. Individuals will be able to use their existing license of Office 2007 to upgrade for the additional price of $9.98 for ESD, $14.98 for physical media.
When Office 2010 is available for upgrade, all qualifying purchasers, including schools, will be notified via e-mail by JourneyEd. At that time, additional detailed instructions will be provided as to how to redeem the upgrade. Why the offer? Microsoft would like to enable graduating students to acquire the rights to their latest version of Office at a special price while they are still eligible.
When Office 2010 is available for upgrade, all qualifying purchasers, including schools, will be notified via e-mail by JourneyEd. At that time, additional detailed instructions will be provided as to how to redeem the upgrade. Why the offer? Microsoft would like to enable graduating students to acquire the rights to their latest version of Office at a special price while they are still eligible.
AEA Customer Satisfaction Survey to close April 9
We can’t stress enough how important this survey is to help us improve our services. The more feedback we receive, the more comfortable we will feel making program decisions that benefit all schools in the Heartland region. Please encourage all of your staff to participate. Thank you very much for all who have already participated!
The survey can be accessed at http://survey.aea267.k12.ia.us/survey/5558/1299/.
The survey can be accessed at http://survey.aea267.k12.ia.us/survey/5558/1299/.
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