January/February 2011 - Mississippi Bend AEA

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EdInsight: Data! Data! Data!
By Dr. Edward Gronlund, Director of Evaluation and Market Research, Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency
Iowa Department of Education is launching EdInsight, a new data tool
available statewide to educators. The Department received federal grant
funds to develop a comprehensive data warehouse for all the information
gathered from school districts and Area Education Agencies (AEAs)
s. EdInsight provides users with an electronic software tool to retrieve
information from the data warehouse and display the information in a
useable format. The warehouse has been populated with school district
and AEA data going back to the 2004-2005 school year. User access is also
managed to ensure proper control over education records and individual
privacy issues.
Iowa’s data warehouse has the following information: student assessment
and/or growth; equity and school improvement; annual progress reports
(APR); enrollment; curriculum; special education; utilities; student
indicators; and program indicators. Chart 1 (on page 2) illustrates the
information sources found within the data warehouse. School district and
AEA data are uploaded to the warehouse each month so that users have
access to the most recently gathered information. The Iowa Department
of Education is also working to add other information to the warehouse
such as Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) and
Measurement of Academic Progress (MAP) Assessment student results.
The tool has customized reports that are easily accessible. It also allows
users to search the warehouse and create specialized reports. EdInsight
will NOT replace other data information systems already being used
within school districts.
Mississippi Bend AEA has already begun the roll-out process. All school
districts have been contacted and have an opportunity to send a
representative to a series of training sessions. Each school district will be
asked to establish: a) who has access to EdInsight; and b) what level of
access is available to each user. Once each school district has a trained
representative or site coordinator, Mississippi Bend AEA will begin training
a person from each school building. The initial district level training is being
planned for January and February 2011 with the building level training
sessions following in April, May, or June 2011. Mississippi Bend AEA is
exploring ways for districts to fully utilize the new tool with their existing
information systems.
An example of the data available using EdInsight is found in Table 1 (on
page 2). Table 1 illustrates 27% of the students in grades 3-8 and 11 within
the Mississippi Bend AEA region for 2009-2010 were not proficient in
reading. Table 1 disaggregation by subgroup provides Mississippi Bend AEA
decision-makers with student level data to identify service delivery needs.
The information found in Table 1 highlights the importance of AEA services
to address improving overall reading teaching and learning. EdInsight allows
us to quickly drill-down within the regional data and discover our majority
students without low socioeconomic and individual education plan status.
This subgroup would most likely to be almost 100% proficient. Table 1
indicates this subgroup has a 12% non-proficiency rate (88% proficient).
Thus, the AEA realizes the regional teaching and learning needs extend
beyond specific interventions for students with disabilities and students
living in poverty. The 1,412 non-proficient majority students, in Table 1,
represent a significant need worthy of attention through AEA service
delivery.
Another example of a report available using EdInsight is cohort results.
Prior to EdInsight, easy and timely access to this level of data inquiry was
almost impossible. Chart 2 (on page 3) has the Mississippi Bend AEA
regional cohort reading performance for students in 4th grade through 7th
grade during 2006-2007 to 2009-2010. The cohort data presented in Chart
2 are matched so that it represents the same students over the fouryear period. Chart 2 also includes the number of students not matched
and their performance results. Thus, the user can compare the results
of matched cohort data to unmatched cohort data over a defined time
period. The cohort data, in Chart 2, confirm a performance decline among
a sizable number of majority upper elementary, middle school, and junior
high school students as they are increasingly challenged by the content and
skill complexity of the statewide assessments.
Mississippi Bend AEA will be developing a system of communication
through the district site coordinators to keep everyone informed about
the upgrades to EdInsight. Once we have a substantial number of
administrators and teachers as users, Mississippi Bend AEA will be asking
users what can be done to enhance school and district data use through
EdInsight. If you have questions about EdInsight, please contact Dr. Edward
Gronlund, (563) 344-6315 or egronlund@aea9.k12.ia.us.
continued on page 2
Jan./Feb. 2011
Feature Articles ��1 School News ��19
Iowa Core ��11 Job Openings ��19
Staff Development ��12 Learning Center Calendar ��20
Media Center Resources ��16
Available online at www.aea9.k12.ia.us, under Publications/Communications
Features
CHART 1: EdInsight Data Availability Sources
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Non-Proficient
Percentage
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72%
32%
20%
12%
27%
1,976
2,570
295
1,412
6,253
Proficient
Numbers
753
5,490
1,182
9,889
17,314
Subgroups
[Low SES = Low Socioeconomic Status]
[IEP = Individual Education Plan Status]
All Students with Disabilities or IEPs
Only Low Socioeconomic (SES) students without IEP status
Only Minority students without Low SES and IEP status
Only Majority students without Low SES and IEP status
Total Number of Students Tested in Grades 3-8 & 11
continued on page 3
OUR MISSION
To improve teaching and learning for all students through active partnerships
and assertive leadership in a climate of mutual respect.
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Features
Chart 2: EdInsight Cohort Student Reading Data from 2006-2010
Chart 2: EdInsight Cohort Student Reading Data from 2006-2010
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Features
NEW TOP
TOP Professional
TEN MATERIALS TEN
By Cindy Blinkinsop, Head of Materials & Media Distribution Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency
50 WAYS TO IMPROVE STUDENT
BEHAVIOR
Subtitle: Simple Solutions to Complex
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50 simple straightforward techniques for
improving student behavior. Each practical,
well-defined strategy can be applied in
classrooms of all grade levels and subject.
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ADVANCING FORMATIVE
ASSESSMENT IN EVERY CLASSROOM
Subtitle: A Guide For Instructional Leaders.
In this practical guide for school leaders, the
author’s define formative assessment as an
active, continual process in which teachers
and students work together every day, every
minute - to gather evidence of learning
the chapters focus on the six elements of
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and criteria for success, feedback that feeds
forward, student goal setting, student selfassessment, strategic teacher questioning and
engaging students in asking effective questions.
PROFESSIONAL BOOK AD99082
BALANCED ASSESSMENT
Subtitle: From Formative to Summative. This
resource provides a comprehensive overview
of the critical role that assessments, both
formative and summative, play in today’s
classrooms, The author promotes the use
of performance - based tasks that make
real-life connections and she explains how
to use rubrics to assess the critical skills and
understanding that the tasks targets.
BEST BOOKS FOR HIGH SCHOOL
READERS
This indispensable reading guide and selection
tool, updated to include titles published from
2004 through 2008, covers the best fiction
and nonfiction for children in grades 9-12. The
approximately 15,000 entries include brief
but lively annotations. ISBNs, book length and
price, grade - level appropriateness.
PROFESSIONAL BOOK RE99025
BRAIN - BASED TEACHING IN THE
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In this resource readers will find easy - to
- understand information about the digital
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learning, and inspiration for creating classroom
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students at all grade levels.
PROFESSIONAL BOOK ME99094
EASY INFORMATION SOURCES FOR
ESL, ADULT LEARNERS, AND NEW
READERS
This resource is intended to unearth the very
best from the rich lode of children’s nonfiction
books that reference librarian, tutors, and
teachers can use with adult, especially English
as a second language (ESL) and literacy
students and other new readers who do not
speak or read English well.
PROFESSIONAL BOOK RE99014
EMPOWER ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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national TESOL standards, this user-friendly,
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EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO WRITE
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Subtitle: Standards-Based Strategies for
Middle and High School Teachers. This book
provides teachers with everything they need
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detailed strategies, examples of real student
writing, and scripts for conversations between
teachers and students. Six sessions guides are
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individual development.
PROFESSIONAL BOOK LA99014
ENHANCING RTI
Subtitle: How to Ensure Success with Effective
Classroom Instruction and Intervention. This
resource will introduce you to a strengthened
model of RTI that emphasizes formative
assessment and refines core instruction
rather than relying only on multiple layers
of interventions. While guiding you through
the steps of creating and implementing this
improved approach, the author describes
what undermines most approaches to RTI
and how your RTI effort can lead to improved
curriculum and instruction for all students.
MANAGING ADHD IN THE K - 8
CLASSROOM
Subtitle: A Teacher Guide. This valuable
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ADHD and provides them with clear - cut
intervention strategies for dealing with
everything from general behavior challenges
to specific ADHD issues; featuring case studies
and the latest research - based information.
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Features
Copyright: Where to Go to Learn More
By Julie Alfaro – Quality Learning Media Consultant, Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency
Adventure of the American Mind:
Copyright for Teachers and School
Librarians
This site was developed by Adventure of
the American Mind for use in professional
development workshops with teachers,
school librarians and other media technology
professionals to enhance their learning about
copyright. The AAM program is made available
through a Library of Congress grant funded by
the U.S. Congress.
http://users.mhc.edu/facultystaff/awalter/
Brim%20site/index.html
projects. Be sure to share these resources with
students for them to access any time they have
a project to do.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/spectopics/
copyrightandfairuse.cfm
Library of Congress:Teachers –
Copyright and Primary Sources
Learn how to evaluate primary sources from
the Library’s collections for the best use within
copyright. Listen to several teachers as they
evaluate the use of primary sources for use
with their students. Topics covered include:
Educational Cyber Playground: K-12
Copyright Laws: Primer for Teachers
The Educational CyberPlayGround provides
the public, teachers, administrators, policy
makers, parents, librarians, and home schoolers
a “webliography” of links to educational
resources in a wide range of subjects.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/
copyrightlaw.html
PBS Teachers: Copyright & Fair Use
This section is a reference guide for educators
who use PBS television programming and
multimedia in the classroom.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/copyright/
Technology & Learning: Copyright and
Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers
This chart was designed to inform teachers
of what they may do under the law. Feel free
to make copies for teachers in your school or
district.
http://www.techlearning.com/techlearning/
pdf/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright_
chart.pdf
Edutopia:Teachers Should Know
Copyright from Wrong
Know what you can -- and can’t -download for the classroom.
http://www.edutopia.org/copyrightrules-teachers
TeachersFirst: Copyright and Fair
Use Resources
This collection of reviewed resources
from TeachersFirst is selected to
help teachers, parents, and students
understand concepts of copyright
and Fair Use. This collection includes
instructional activities about copyright
and collections/tools to use images,
music, and texts legally, either through
Fair Use or Creative Commons licensing.
Use these resources to model and teach
ethical use of electronic media or to find
copyright-safe raw materials for student
For more information, contact Julie
Alfaro at jalfaro@aea9.k12.ia.us or
(563) 344-6526.
Calling All Math Teachers
Would you like to engage your students
and incorporate more technology into your
mathematics classroom? The Mississippi
Bend Area Education Agency has a set of
TI-nspires with a navigator system. Using the
TI-Navigator system promotes student
engagement, encourages participation, allows
teachers to actively and easily monitor, record
and save student work, and infuses new
technology through a completely wireless
network of each student’s graphing calculator.
• Rights and responsibilities
• Low-worry uses of primary source
• Checking for Fair Use
• Runtime approximately one hour
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/
professionaldevelopment/selfdirected/
If you have any questions about how using this
system can benefit your classroom please
contact Heather Cousins, secondary
mathematics consultant, at (563) 344-6409 or
hcousins@aea9.k12.ia.us. Heather is a
lso available to work with you to develop
a lesson and co-teach a class with this
extraordinary
technology.
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Features
Iowa’s Area Educations Agencies have
partnered with Atomic Learning to provide
access to a time-saving resource to address
technology training and provide support the
moment it is needed. With on-demand access
to Atomic Learning’s Technology Skills
Collection and Assistive Technology Collection,
individuals get the instruction and support they
need, when they need it.
Training Tutorials
Microsoft Office 2007 (PC)
Microsoft Office 2008 (Mac)
Using an online show-and-tell approach, our
short, easy-to-view-and-understand tutorials
answers common “How do I do that?” questions
individuals have when learning and using
technology.
Adobe CS3
Adobe CS4
Dreamweaver
All Iowa’s K-12 school staff, students, and
parents now have access to training and
support on over 130 applications—all at your
fingertips 24 hours a day from school or home.
Whether you already have a solid
understanding of the technology available to
you or are beginning to learn, Atomic Learning’s
tutorials make certain the answers to your “How
do I do that?” questions are just a click away.
Web 2.0 Resources
Skype
Google Docs
Google Presentations
Comic Life
TI-Inspire
iMovie
Windows Movie Maker
How Do I Access These Resources?
Interested in learning more? Login to www.iowaaeaonline.org with your provided username and
password, and start learning!
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Features
A
wesome Web Sites
FOR
Cyberbullying
Stop Cyberbullying:
http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/index2.html
National Crime Prevention Council:
http://www.ncpc.org/cyberbullying
Cyberbullying Research Center:
http://www.cyberbullying.us/
Handout from iSafe to print and share with
your teachers and parents:
http://www.isafe.org/imgs/pdf/education/
CyberBullying.pdf
Literacy
Storyline Online: Actors/Actresses read the
story with accompanying materials:
www.storylineonline.net
Signed Stories: This website shares books using
sign language and subtitles:
www.signedstories.com/page/index.cfm
EDUCATORS
Mind Mapping
Webspiration is free and is similar to
Inspiration or Kidspiration:
www.mywebspiration.com
Author links of K-2 books and book lists:
http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/k2chilit.htm
Online graphic dictionary:
http://www.visuwords.com/
Math
Free Educational web site – kids teaching kids
project – great videos:
http://www.mathtrain.tv/
National Council Teachers of Mathematics
website:
http://illuminations.nctm.org/
Cool Math is kid approved and a great site for
having student practice their math skills:
http://www.coolmath.com/
Social Studies: Government
Ben’s guide to the US Government K-12:
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
The Oregon Trail:
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
Links to many interactive social studies
websites and activities:
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interact-socst.
html
Mathwire.com has standards-based math
activity templates to print or use with an
interactive white board:
http://www.mathwire.com/templates/
templatelibrary.html
MISSISSIPPI BEND
Bring History to Life
for your Students
AREA EDUCATION AGENCY
CONTINUING TO SERvE
JACkSON COUNTY
The National Archives has created a new web site to help educators
teach with primary-source documents. The site, called “DocsTeach”,
not only lets teachers explore documents in a variety of media from
the National Archives holdings, but it also includes online tools to
help teachers combine these materials and create engaging history
activities for students. This is a free site, no registration required.
However, if you want to create custom activities for your classroom,
and/or share your activities with students by using “DocsTeach
Classrooms”, or use lessons that other educators have created,
registration is necessary (at no cost).
On June 30, 2010 the Mississippi Bend Area
Education Agency (AEA) closed our office
building in Maquoketa and merged services
with our Clinton office located at
1908 North 3rd Street. The Mississippi
Bend AEA remains committed to serving
the school districts and families within
Jackson County. To support this
commitment the First Lutheran Church
is graciously providing the AEA with
space to serve our Jackson County
clients. Appointments will need to be
made through our Clinton office
(not First Lutheran Church) at
563-242-6454 or by calling
1-800-947-2329 and ask to be
connected to our Clinton office.
Registered users can save activities in an account or publish their
activities to be used in DocsTeach Classrooms. Published activities
are available to all logged-in users of the site. Authors of excellent
examples may be contacted and their activities could become
featured and available to the general public.
Visit the site at: http://docsteach.org/
www.aea9.k12.ia.us
Questions, contact Robert Reppert at rreppert@aea9.k12.ia.us,
(563) 344-6350 or Julie Alfaro, jalfaro@aea9.k12.ia.us,
(563) 344-6526.
The Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed,
gender identity, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, age, socio economic
status, or disability in its educational programs, services or employment practices. Inquiries concerning
this statement should be addressed to Tom Wirtz, Equity Coordinator, at 563-344-6410.
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Features
Winter Awareness
Mississippi Bend AEA and
Drake University present:
Provided by Iowa COMPASS
Winter weather can strike at any time. Being
prepared for severe winter weather, persons
with disabilities, the elderly, and those with
children should think and make plans about the
following to decrease their risks of injury and
loss of independence:
• If you use assistive technology devices
or medical devices that use electricity or
batteries:
-B
e sure to keep rechargeable batteries
fully charged in case electricity is lost.
- Keep spare batteries on hand.
-H
ave back-up low-tech devices, for
example a manual wheelchair or a
communication board.
- Consider purchasing a generator for
your home to provide back-up electricity.
- Have a plan in place to go somewhere
that will have electricity. Consider
planning and asking in advance: family,
friends, neighbors or a religious
organization.
•As possible, keep a 3-day supply of your
medicines and consumable medical supplies.
•If the roads are closed, your normal care
providers may not be able to make it to your
home. Have a plan in place about how you will
meet those needs:
-H
ave alternatives for the supports and
services you receive.
-C
onsider asking in advance family,
neighbors or friends to be your support
network to help provide critical cares or
supports. Remember they will need to
be able to get to your home if the roads
are closed--so closeness is an important
factor.
- Have directions written out or be able
to clearly explain procedures.
• If you leave your home to stay somewhere
else be sure to take your:
- Assistive technology devices and related
chargers or spare batteries,
- Medicines
- Consumable medical supplies
• If you have a pet or service animal be sure to
have emergency supplies and plans for them
too!
For more information about emergency
preparedness go to www.Ready.gov. There
are sections for persons with disabilities, the
elderly, families and pet owners.
Instructors
Frank Ogden and Candice Benjamin
1. The Myth of Laziness by Dr. Mel Levine
2. How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed
Ability Classrooms 2nd Ed
by Carol Ann Tomlinson
3. Engaging Troubling Students: A
Constructivist Approach by Scot Danforth
and Terry Jo Smith
4. H
ow the Special Needs Brain Learns 2nd
Ed. by Dr. David A. Sousa
5. M
anaging Noncompliance and Defiance in
the Classroom: A Road Map for Teachers,
Specialists, and Behavior Support Teams by
Geoffery T. Colvin
Each series is made up of on line, self
paced classes that may be taken for credit
or for mm licensure/renewal. Classes are
3 credit hours each. Renewal cost $210.00
(does not include book); Drake credit cost
$420.00 (does not include book).
Register on line through the Mississippi
Bend Area Education Agency’s website.
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Social Studies
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Questions: Betsy Justis at
bjustis@aea9.k12.ia.us; Frank Ogden
fogden@aea9.k12.ia.us; Candice Benjamin
cbenjamin@aea9.k12.ia.us
Solving
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The Mississippi Bend Area
Education Agency does not discriminate
on the basis of race, color, creed, gender
identity, marital status, sex, sexual
orientation, national origin, religion,
age, socio economic status, or disability
in its educational programs, services
or employment practices. Inquiries
concerning this statement should be
addressed to Tom Wirtz, Equity
Coordinator, at 563-344-6410.
Features
Something for Everyone!
By Julie Alfaro – Quality Learning Media Consultant, Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency
The World Book suite of products available to Iowa schools at www.
iowaaeaonline.org offers eleven different entryways into learning.
The needs of our
French classes are
also met though the
use of L’Encyclopédie
Décourverte. The site is easy to use, visually engaging, and pairs nicely
with the content found in the World Book Kids site.
The World Book Kids link
meets the learning needs of
children in grades K-2. The
articles are easy to read and
the site is full of interactive
learning opportunities
designed to hold the attention
of a younger student. Multimedia is embedded and the site is full of
user-friendly category buttons for navigation.
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.
The Discover site offers a point of access for students who are reading
below grade level. The text-to-speech feature and easy to read content
makes this a perfect match for various differentiation needs
. of students.
Life skills are addressed, including content related .to finance, health, and
housing—part of the 21st Century Skills included in the Iowa Core.
The World Book Student link is designed for the upper elementary and
middle school student. This site contains all of the articles you would
find in the printed product and more. There is a Biography Center,
dictionary and atlas content, and a Research Tools section to help with
the formal research process.
The World Book Advanced link is designed for use with grades eight and
up. Students will find the Primary Sources and E-Books Center to be
full of engaging, content specific information that can be accessed 24/7.
.
The Digital Libraries content
mirrors the content found
in the print versions, and
includes interactive content
and activities that address
various content area topics.
.
The Early World of Learning is a perfect match for preschool students
and students in the early elementary grades. There are three learning
areas: Trek’s Travels, Welcome to Reading, and Know It. The content is
engaging and the mouse-over feature that speaks to the user makes
even pre-readers feel confident with navigating the site.
ELL students and
students taking Spanish
courses will love the
two products designed
by World Book, written in the Spanish language. The Enciclopedia
Estudiantil Hallazgos is perfect for the younger ELL student or for
the beginning Spanish student. Content in this site can be reviewed
in English and in Spanish and there is even a “hear text read aloud”
button which increases the information access for everyone. The
Hispánica Saber
Gran Enciclopedia
Hispánica is designed .
.
for the more advanced
Spanish speaking user.
Most of the World Book products offer text-to-speech and translation
features designed to bring information access to all users. Visit the sites
for yourself and open the world of World Book up to your students.
For training or more information, contact Julie Alfaro at
jalfaro@aea9.k12.ia.us or (563) 344-6526.
www.iowaaeaonline.org
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Iowa Core
“Tidbits from Iowa Core”
By Amy Wichman and Nicole Peterson, Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency
The Iowa Core Vision
Each and every K-12 student will learn the essential concepts and skills
identified in the Iowa Core for life in the 21st Century.
• Each K-12 educator will embed the essential concepts and skills in
rigorous and relevant instruction informed by ongoing formative
assessment.
• Each and every educational leader will support and ensure an aligned
system of content, instruction, and assessment, focused on the Iowa
Core essential concepts and skills.
•The Iowa Department of Education, Area Education Agencies (AEAs),
Local Education Agencies (LEAs), and collaborative partners will work
together to provide the necessary systems of support to establish
and sustain structures as needed for the essential concepts and skills,
instruction, and assessment.
(Source: Self-Study and Implementation Plan Handbook, Iowa Department of
Education, April 30, 2010)
There are many ways schools in the Area Nine region are approaching
their work of the Iowa Core this school year as part of their quest
to attain the expectations as set forth in the vision. All Iowa Core
Leadership Teams have taken slightly different approaches this school
year according to the content of their Implementation Plan. Up to
this point, the work in the Iowa Core for schools and districts has
been similar. While nearly 100% of school districts across the State
were compliant with submission of their Iowa Core Implementation
Plans due on July 1, 2010, the work is far from over. Compliance is a
certainly a success to be recognized, but it remains only a small portion
of the work that lies ahead for schools. In the next few volumes of this
publication, we will include samplings of the efforts schools and districts
have chosen to reach the high expectations set forth in the Iowa Core.
administrators entitled, “Transitioning Schools into the 21st Century.”
About fifty administrators and teacher leaders listened and participated
in the first of three sessions intended to provide leaders with the tools
and knowledge necessary to manage school change in the area of 21st
Century Skill development. As an integral piece of the Iowa Core, 21st
Century Skills are the qualities that will provide our students with the
skills necessary for life after graduation from school. Another session,
Boot Camp I, was offered in December educating school administrators
and teacher leaders in the “how-to” of technology. Look for more
information about future sessions on these topics to come.
For more information about Dr. Scott McLeod or the CASTLE Group,
visit the following web sites:
1) www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org
2) http://schooltechleadership.org/
OR follow Dr. Scott McLead on Twitter at “MCLEOD”
For more information about the Iowa Core, please contact Amy
Wichman or Nicole Peterson at the Mississippi Bend AEA. We also
encourage you to follow us on Twitter at “AEA9ICC”, #aea9, #iowacore.
Important Reminder!
Definition of Full Implementation: Full implementation is accomplished
when the district or school 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 skills of the Iowa Core. A school
that has fully implemented the Iowa Core 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 a continuous improvement process that
specifically targets improved student learning and performance.
21st Century Skills
Dr. Scott McLeod, Iowa State University and CASTLE group, was at the
Mississippi Bend AEA on November 2 to provide a day-long session to
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Staff Development
Staff Development Offerings
http://www.aea9.k12.ia.us/index.cfm?nodeID=11682
Staff Development Registration Instructions
Go to the website above. If you are familiar with the registration process you will be able to login. If you are new to the process, or simply
need a refresher, view the registration directions before you continue.
Refund Policy: Cancellations must be received two weeks prior to the start of the course to receive a full refund. Registrants canceling
after the registration close date will be charged a $10 cancellation fee. No refunds will be issued after the start date of the course.
Late Fee: Registrations processed after the close date of the course will be charged an additional $25 late registration fee.
If you need assistance with registering for classes please contact Betsy Justis, Staff Development Specialist, at (563) 344-6481,
bjustis@aea9.k12.ia.us, or Cindy Swanson, Head of Staff Development at (563) 344-6487, cswanson@aea9.k12.ia.us.
Assistive Technology
assistive technology
PODD/ALS/AAC
Session Number: 4607
This course will provide teams of teachers,
SLP’s and parents basic instruction in receptive
language learning. Guided selection of a
provided Pragmatic Organization of Dynamic
Communication Display book and aided
language stimulation boards will be made
by the team for use during this course for
a targeted student. Participants will learn to
navigate and use the PODD for receptive
language learning and will understand the
basics of dynamic assessment.
Topics in peer instruction and coaching will
be covered. District and AEA participants (not
parents) should bring their AEA Webmax logon
name and password to the first session.
In addition to meeting times, a 2-hour team
activity time will be scheduled between the
start and end date of each session.
Instructors: Cindy Cavanagh, Teresa Wyant
1/31/2011 MBAEA
1 credit
Bus Drivers
bus drivers
Annual Inservice for School Bus Drivers
(3 hours)
“The View To Preventing Danger” Two eyes
are very important in almost every aspect of
our lives. As a school bus driver, your eyes are
your most precious resource in helping to
prevent dangerous accidents from occurring.
Doing a good pre-trip on your school bus and
watching out for kids within the danger zone
are two of the most important things you´ll
do as a school bus driver in helping to prevent
accidents. By learning what to look for in these
areas, you´ll also learn how to save lives.
Instructor: Dolores Bergert, Retired Director
of Transport.
1/12/2011 Camanche Admin. Office
1/26/2011 Clinton High School
2/9/2011
Bellevue High School
2/23/2011
3/9/2011
3/14/2011
3/23/2011
4/6/2011
4/20/2011
5/11/2011
Louisa-Muscatine Jr./Sr. HS
Northeast High School
Musc.Transportation Center
Columbus Jr. High
Durant Middle School
Wilton High School
Mississippi Bend AEA
New Driver STOP
This course will help prepare new school
bus drivers for their role in helping to
keep the children safe while riding on a
school bus. Objectives include learning
rules and regulations, safe driving practices,
passenger control, emergency first aid,
accident and emergency procedures, route
hazard identification, loading and unloading
procedures, and dealing with danger zones,
route hazards, and pre/post trip inspections.
Prerequisite: Drivers must have successfully
completed the online portion of the New
Driver STOP and provide a copy of the
certificate of completion before they will be
permitted to register for this class.
Instructor: Delores Bergert, Retired Director
of Transport.
1/29/2011 Mississippi Bend AEA
Early Childhood
early childhood
Introduction to The Creative Curriculum
for Preschool®
“The Creative Curriculum for Preschool”®
is designed for Early Childhood programs
serving ages 3-5. It rests on a firm foundation
of research and responds to new requirements
for addressing academics content. With an
environmentally based approach, it clearly
defines the role of the teacher in connecting
content, teaching and learning for preschool
children. The organizational structure of “The
Creative Curriculum for Preschool”® will
cover: How Children Develop and Learn, The
Learning Environment, What Children Learn,
The Teacher’s Role, and The Family’s Role.
Every participant is required to bring a copy
of “The Creative Curriculum for Preschool”®
each class session. Instructors will not be
purchasing or providing copies for participants.
Instructors: Gayle Powell, Terri Kokemiller,
Lorry Wilson, Jennifer Jansen
1 credit
Program-Wide Positive Behavior
Supports for Young Children: Promoting
Social and Emotional Competence
Program-Wide Positive Behavioral
Interventions and Support (PBIS) is an
approach for changing a child´s behavior. It is
based on humanistic values and research. It is
an approach for developing an understanding
of why the child has challenging behavior and
teaching the child new skills to replace the
challenging behavior.
PBS is a holistic approach that considers all of
the factors that impact a child, a family, and the
child´s behavior. Through emerging research,
it has been found that PBIS is a very powerful
intervention that is effective with all ages,
diverse groups, and people of various cultures
and abilities. It is the only comprehensive
approach that is evidence-based and addresses
challenging behaviors within a variety of natural
settings.
Instructors: Jill Yates, Kathy Bartling
1/11/2011 Mississippi Bend Area
Education Agency
2 credits
Every Child Reads
Every Child Reads for ages 3 - 5 (ECR 3-5)
training curriculum is designed to teach early
care and education providers, including staff in
preschools and child care facilities. The training
provides participants with a repertoire of
early literacy strategies. For many providers
the strategies are exciting and new, yet easy
to use with children. ECR outcomes include:
Increased and improved interactions related to
language, literacy, and writing, which enhances
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these skill areas in young children.
Instructor: Denise Terry
2/24/2011 Muscatine AEA
1 credit
Learning
Environmentenvironment
learning
Alignment Training:The ICAT Plus!
For those schools/district working on
Alignment as a focus of their Iowa Core
Implementation Plan; The Iowa Curriculum
Alignment Tool (ICAT) will be examined, along
with other important pieces.
Instructor: Amy Wichman
Workshop – no credit; no cost
Behavioral, Academic, and Social
Interventions for the Classroom
(BASIC)
Session: 4659
Session: 4661
Behavioral, Academic, and Social Interventions
for the Classroom is a Performance Learning
Systems® course that provides educators with
research-based interventions in the behavioral,
academic, and social areas of student
performance. Through a multi-tiered response
to intervention model, educators implement
a solution-seeking cycle for gathering
information, identifying issues, and planning and
assessing early and effective interventions.
The course focuses on the teacher as the
primary interventionist and includes universal
and targeted classroom interventions that
promote student resiliency and encourage
students to reach for success. The course
emphasizes creating a learning alliance
with students to demystify the learning
experience, focus on strengths-based learning,
collaboratively set goals, and monitor the
progress of behavioral, academic, and social
interventions.
Participants are responsible for acquiring the
required text prior to the first day of class.
Required Text:You Can Handle Them All.
DeBruyn, R. L. & Larson, J. L. (2009). Manhattan,
KS: The MASTER Teacher.
Instructor: Barbara Warren
3/3/2011
Eisenhower Elem., Dav.
3 credits
Literacy
literacy
Struggling Readers K-2
Using the Iowa Professional Development
Model, participants will strengthen their
understanding of how the components of
phonemic awareness, phonics and fluency, used
in instructional activities, can support students
who struggle with the reading process.
Participants will use data (such as DIBELS)
to match instructional needs of students for
intervention instruction. Participants will plan
and demonstrate intervention lessons to be
used in the classroom.
Participants are asked to bring a three-ring
binder to the first session to accommodate
the handouts provided during this course.
(This course is now full.You may register and
be put on the waiting list.)
Instructors: Mary Beilke, Stephanie Weiner
1 credit
Mathematics mathematics
Assessing Math Concepts
Participants will learn to use nine assessments
developed by Kathy Richardson entitled,
“Assessing Math Concepts.” The class will
prepare teachers to present the assessments
in their classroom and use the data gathered
to make instructional decisions. These
assessments focus on the mathematics strand
of number and operation. Materials fees
include assessment forms.
Instructor: Sandie Campie
3/2/2011
1 credit
Science
science
Uncovering Student Thinking in MS
Science: Supporting the Iowa Core
This course is designed to assist middle level
science teachers in implementing effective
inquiry-based science instruction for all
learners, as defined by the statewide science
initiative ELI (Every Learner Inquires). Using
the Curriculum Topic Study (CTS) process,
teachers will focus on uncovering student
thinking through collaborative analysis
of student responses to research-based
formative assessments. CTS, a National Science
Foundation (NSF)-funded project, utilizes a
coordinated set of science materials to help
educators deepen their understanding of the
important science topics they teach. The CTS
process integrates the Iowa Core Curriculum,
National Standards, research on students’
ideas in science, and opportunities for students
to learn science through effective teacher
practice. (The start date for this course
changed from 12/4/10 to 1/29/11.)
Instructor: Eldon Bird
2 credits
Special Needsspecial needs
Introduction to Gifted Education
This course will help educators to obtain
hours to fulfill the Psychology of the Gifted
strand for a Talented and Gifted teachercoordinator endorsement in the state of Iowa.
The educators will study the history of Gifted
Education in the United States. The course will
cover how gifted services can be delivered;
how students can be identified for services,
and what parents, administrators, and teachers
can do to help students; and what qualities to
look for in a strong gifted program.
Instructor: Sharon Dixon
2/2/2011
Hoover Elementary,
Bettendorf
5/4/2011
Hoover Elementary,
Bettendorf
1 credit
Substitute
Authorization
Substitute
Authorization
Substitute Authorization Class
This 20-hour course is designed to meet the
requirements for the Substitute Authorization
Program. A Substitute authorization allows
an individual to substitute in a middle school,
junior high school, or high school for no
more than five consecutive days in one
job assignment. An individual who holds a
paraeducator certificate and completes the
substitute authorization program is authorized
to substitute only in the special education
classroom in which the individual paraeducator
is employed. This special education classroom
may be on the elementary school level as well
as the middle school, junior high school or high
school level.
The four core components of the course
are Classroom Management, Strategies for
Learning, Diversity, and Ethics. Upon successful
completion of the program the participant may
apply to the Board of Educational Examiners
for the Substitute Authorization.
PLEASE NOTE: RECEIVING THIS
AUTHORIZATION IS NOT A GUARANTEE
OF EMPLOYMENT. INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS
MAKE HIRING DECISIONS AND MAY NOT
CHOOSE TO HIRE SUBSTITUTES WITH THIS
AUTHORIZATION. PLEASE CHECK WITH
THE DISTRICT(S) IN WHICH YOU WISH
TO SUB TO DETERMINE THEIR HIRING
PRACTICES.
Instructor: Deb Stelk
1/6/2011
1 credit
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Technology
Integration Integration
Technology
20 Web 2.0 Tools
The Instructors will guide participants through
20 discovery exercises using various web
2.0 applications. While the participants are
learning about new technologies that enable
community and social connections, they are
actively creating an online social network for
themselves. The class content is online and
uses web 2.0 sites. In order to participate,
students will need access to a computer and a
web connection.
Instructors: Marcia Jensen, Robert Reppert
3 credits
Differentiation through Technology
This course will help educators learn about
what differentiation is and how to incorporate
it into their classroom settings. The educators
will plan for differentiation in their classroom
and subject area that incorporates technology.
The educators will find specific websites that
will be used in a filamentality website that they
design to fit their individual student´s needs.
Instructor: Sharon Dixon
1/5/2011
Hoover Elementary, Bett.
4/6/2011
Hoover Elementary, Bett.
1 credit
Interactive Learning Using
the Smart Board
This course will provide teachers with
the training and resources they need to
better utilize the SmartBoard hardware and
software available in their schools. Through a
progression of meaningful and collaborative
activities as well as independent study
assignments, participants will gain knowledge
and a comfort level surrounding the
SmartBoard and its many useful educational
tools. Real-world classroom applications
will be highlighted and participants will fully
experience whiteboard technology that will
enhance their curriculum and engage their
students.
Instructor: Cindy Blinkinsop
2/10/2011 Williams Intermediate
School – Restricted to Davenport
Community School District
1 credit
Interactive Whiteboards
in the Classroom
This course will provide elementary, middle
school and high school teachers with the
training and resources they need to better
utilize the Interactive White Board (IWB)
hardware and software available in their
schools. Through a progression of meaningful
and collaborative activities as well as
independent study assignments, participants
will gain knowledge and a comfort level
surrounding the IWB, and its many useful
educational tools. Real-world classroom
applications will be highlighted and participants
will fully experience whiteboard technology
that will enhance their curriculum and engage
their students.
Instructor: Tammy McClimon
1/5/2011
Central Middle School –
Restricted to Central Clinton School
District
1 credit
Workshops
WORKSHOPS
Note: Workshop participants do not receive
relicensure credit, but participation will be part
of your official transcript.
Alignment Technical Training
The Iowa Curriculum Alignment Tool (ICAT)
will be explored and participants will learn
how to enter and update data into the
software program. Only 1 or 2 representatives
from each district need to attend. Attendees
will be responsible for district clerical updates
in ICAT.
Instructors: Amy Wichman, Faith Koger
2/2/2011
CPI - Nonviolent Crisis Intervention
Training - Refresher Course
If someone in your care became disruptive or
assaultive—what would you do?
It’s difficult to predict exactly how you might
respond during a crisis.Yet, as a human service
provider, you face challenging behavior and
potentially dangerous situations every day.
How you respond greatly determines the
safety of everyone involved—and profoundly
impacts the relationships with those in your
care. Are you prepared?
The Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® program,
developed by the Crisis Prevention Institute
(CPI), not only teaches staff to respond
effectively to the warning signs that someone
is beginning to lose control, but also addresses
how staff can deal with their own stress,
anxieties, and emotions when confronted with
these challenging situations.
1/17/2011 (4 sessions)
Clinton
High School – Restricted to Clinton
Community School District
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Positive Solutions for Families
This workshop, designed by the Center on the
Social and Emotional Foundations for Early
Learning (CSEFEL), provides information for
families on how to promote children´s social
and emotional skills, understand their problem
behavior, and use positive approaches to
help children learn appropriate behavior. The
sessions are designed to give parents general
information on key strategies that may be used
with all children. Sessions are not designed to
offer parents specific advice for their child´s
individual issues.
Instructor: Jennifer Jansen
Social Studies Network: Designing
Assessments for Learning
This workshop supports middle and high
school teachers to design unit assessments
of and for learning. Participants will receive a
variety of formative and summative assessment
strategies that engage and motivate learners.
Time will be allocated for unit work. Please
identify a fourth quarter unit and bring basic
unit resources.You will be given time to embed
selected assessments into a unit you will teach
fourth quarter.
Instructors: Bruce Bufe, Amy Wichman
Social Studies Network: Engaging the
Disengaged Learner
This workshop assists middle and high school
teachers to implement literacy strategies that
engage and motivate students. Participants
will receive a variety of strategies for reading
comprehension, content vocabulary, notetaking, and writing to learn. This workshop
supports the Iowa Core and the Five
Characteristics of Effective Instruction.
Registrants are asked to identify a unit they
will teach during the fourth quarter and bring
basic unit resources. Time will be allotted for
unit work.
Instructors: Bruce Bufe, Amy Wichman
2/8/2011
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Butterfly Parts
Beetle Parts
Human Body
Flower-Cross Section
Cell-Plant #1
T-Shirt
USA Puzzle (7-Dies)
New Mini Dies
Frogs (4 on die)
Pumpkins (4 on die)
For other innovative
ideas for using die
cuts as teaching tools
call Nancy Hawley
at (563) 344-6457.
Find a complete list of Die Cuts on our website. Go to www.aea9.k12.ia.us.
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Professional Library
The following are new materials available from the Professional Library. If you wish to check out any of the materials, please use Web/Max, our online
catalog, at http://webmax.aea9.k12.ia.us/webmax/wmlaunch.html, or call us toll free at1-800-947-2329 or dial direct (563) 344-6451.
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AD99138 Enhancing RTI Fisher, D
AD99145 Meeting Students Where They Live Curwin, R
AD99146 Mind, Brain and Education Sousa, D
AD99156 Learning From Lincoln Alvy, H
AD99157 Head of the Class N/A
AD99158 Speed of Trust Covey, S
AD99159 Trust Matters
Tschannen-moran, M
AD99160 Strengths Based Leaderships Rath, T
AD99161 Well-Balanced Teacher Anderson, M
AD99162 Waiting for Superman Weber, K
AD99164 Leaders Make It Happen McNulty, B
Child Development
CH99005 Creative Curriculum for Preschool the
Foundation Vol.1 Trister, D
CH99006 Creative Curriculum for Preschool
Interest Area Vol.2 Trister, D
Literacy Vol.3 Heroman, C
Mathematics Vol.4 Copley, J
Objectives for Development & Learning Vol.5
CH99010 Inclusive Learning Center Book Isabel, C
CH99011 Building Blocks for Teaching Preschoolers
With Special Needs Sandall, S
CH99012 Inclusive Early Childhood Classroom Gould, P
CH99013 Observation: The Key to Responsive Teaching Steson, C
CH99112 Power of Observation Jablon, J
CH99015 Objectives for Development and Learning Heroman, C
CH99016 What Every Parent Need to Know
About 1,2,and 3rd grade Bickart. T
CH99027 One Child, Two Languages Tobars, P
Curriculum
CU99101 Formative Assessment Strategies
for Every Classroom CU99102 Connecting Teachers Students
and Standards CU99103 How to Support Struggling Students CU99105 Interactive Lecture CU99107 Toward Positive Youth Development CU99108 Organized Activities as Contexts of
Development CU99109 After School Matters CU99110 Building Effective Afterschool Program CU99111 A Place to Call Home CU99114 How to Assess Higher - Order Thinking
Skills in Your Classroom CU99116 Link to Learning CU99117 Differentiation and the Brain CU99118 Nine Thousand Straws Brookhardt, S
Voltz, D
Jackson, R
Silver, H
Shinn, M
Mahoney, J
Hill, S
Fahola, O
Hirsch, B
Brookhardt, S
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Education Psychology
EP99032 Still Falling at Fairness Sadker, D
EP99033 Autism and PDD Things I Can Say and Do
Staying Clean and Healthy Saunders, Z
EP99034 EP99035 EP99036 EP99037 EP99038 EP99039 Autism and PDD Things I Can Say
and Do Holiday Autism and PDD Things I Can Say and Do
Body Parts and Clothing Autism and PDD Things I Can Say and Do
Feeling and Actions Autism and PDD Things I Can Say and Do
People and Places Autism and PDD Things I Can Say and Do
Things I Can Say and Do Weather, Seasons,
and Month Stacey Coolidge’s Fancy-Smancy
Cursive Handwriting AUTHOR
Zucker, S
Zucker, S
Zucker, S
Zucker, S
Zucker, S
Esham, B
Exceptional Child
EX99030 Staff Development In-Service Manual for
Gifted and Talented Roets, L
EX99031 Serving High School Gifted and Talented 100 + Suggestion Roets, L
EX99032 Modifying Standard Curriculum and Instructional
Strategies for High Ability Students K-12 Roets, L
EX99033 I ndentifying and Educating Gifted Students
at the Secondary Level Feldhusen, J
EX99036 Developing Units For Virtual Learning Environment
for Gifted and Talented Students Bain, A
EX99038 Educating The Gifted and Talented Clark, C
EX99039 Achieving Excellence Karnes, F
Guidance
GU90017 GU90021 GU90022 GU90023 Teen Relationship Workbook Moles,K
Ready - to- Reproduce Handouts Hudgins, M
Class Meetings That Matters K-5 Crocker Flerx,V
Class Meetings That Matters 6-8 Crocker Flerx,V
Language Arts
LA95502 Reading and Writing Grade by Grade LA99028 Making The Writing and Research
Connection with the I Search Process Mathematics
MA99025 Learning to Love Math MA99026 Geometry Out Loud Media
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Tallman, J
Willis, Judy
Mower, P
Easy Marc
Designing a School Library Media Center
for the Future Erickson, R
Technology Management Handout for
School Library Media Center Farmer, L
Multicultural Program for Tweens and Teens Alexander, L
Analyzing Library Collection Use with Excel Greiner, T
Guide to Recommended Children’s
Books, 2nd Edition Mathhew, K
Libraries Designed for Kids Lushington , N
Winning Grant Mackellar, P
Shelf-Esteem Kitain, S
A is for Almanac Garvin, S
From Fear to Facebook Levinson, M
Teaching Library Media Skills in Grade K-6 Garner, C
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ME99136 Less is More Baumbach, D
ME99138 100 Ready-to-Use Pathfinders for the Web Wilson, P
Parent and Child
PA90010 176 Ways to Involve Parents PA90011 Parents Guide to Primary Schools PA90012 Getting Dad on Board PA90013 Books and Bridge PA90014 Family Literacy Experience PA90015 The Parent Project PA90016 School - Home Connection PA90017 Parents as Partners in Education PA90018 Teachers and Families Working Together PA90019 Teach My Kids I Dare You PA90020 Promising Practices to Support Family
Involvement in Schools Boult, B
Byren, K
Baskill, J
Baskill, J
Rowsell, J
Vopat, J
Olender, R
Berger, E
Diffy, D
Bergmann, S
Hiah-Michael, D
Reading
RE99046 RE99047 RE99048 RE99049 RE99050 RE99051 Fun-Tastic Activities for Differentiating
Comprehension , Grades 2-6 Teaching and Learning Multiliteracies 4 Powerful Strategies for Struggling
Readers Grades 3-8 Creating Strategic Readers Literacy 2.0 Comprehension Shouldn’t Be Silent Science
SC99025 SC99026 SC99027 SC99028 Girls Can Succeed in Science Teaching the Female Brain
Science for Girls Successful
Classroom Strategies Gibbs Science Education of American Girls T
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Anstey, M
Lanning, L
Ellery,V
Frey, N
Kelly, M
Samuels, L
James, A
Goetz, S
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Schools Curriculum Mapping 43413 Conversations: Integrating Differentiated
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Mapping: What’s The Fit? 43415 Kindergarten, Here I Come 43416 Room Arrangement as a Teaching Strategy 43417 One Morning; The Daily Five CAFÉ in 1st Grade
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School News
Two Area School Counselors Recognized
By Sue Farran, Chair, Iowa School Counselors Association Conference Awards/Recognitions
The Iowa School Counselor Association was truly impressed by Ms.
Careyanne Wood - Preston Community School District
The Iowa School Counselor Association (ISCA) has awarded Careyanne
Wood’s enthusiasm for her program and her passion for working with
students. She is a credit to our profession of school counseling.
Wood, the John L. Thompson Award for Excellence in School
Counseling for 2010. The $600 grant and award were presented to Ms.
Candy Reed - Davenport Community School District
Wood, counselor at Preston Community Schools, at the annual ISCA
Candy Reed, school counselor at Garfield Elementary, was recognized
conference held in Des Moines, Iowa on November 8-9, 2010. The
award recognized the manner in which Ms. Wood has implemented the
at the annual Iowa School Counselor Association conference in Des
Moines, IA on November 8-9, 2010. Ms. Reed was honored for being a
district’s K-12 counseling program as a delivery system encouraging
students in the areas of personal/social, academic, and career
recipient of a RAMP (Recognized ASCA Model Program) Award at the
2010 American School Counselors Association annual conference.
development across all grade levels.
The John L. Thompson Award for Excellence in School Counseling was
created by the family of John L. Thompson to recognize counselors who
have developed exemplary programs to help students grow in academic
and/or life skills. The award/grant is a tribute to the vision of John L.
Thompson as Director of Guidance and Counseling and Students at
Risk at Heartland Area Education Association, his service to the Iowa
Counseling Association, and his mentoring of counseling practicum
students as an adjunct professor at Iowa State University.
Ms. Reed’s accomplishment inspires other Iowa school counselors
to strive to meet the ASCA model of delivering a comprehensive,
date-driven school counseling program in an exemplary educational
environment. She is a credit to our profession of school counseling.
Job Openings
andrew community
school district
Baseball Coach
K-12 Librarian
Please submit applications to:
Mr. Bill Hamilton, Principal
Andrew Community School District
P.O. Box 230
Andrew, Iowa 52030
pleasant valley community
school district
Teaching Opening/Elementary
Classroom, ½ time Guidance Counselor,
General Music, Teacher Librarian/TAG,
Instructional Strategist I Mild/Moderate.
Teaching Openings/Secondary
Vocal Music, Industrial Technology,
Instrumental Music, English, Science,
Instructional Strategist II BD/LD.
Apply and follow our openings on the
Employment Opportunities link at
www.pleasval.k12.ia.us.
Prince of peace - clinton
High School Social Studies Teacher
Endorsements in American Government, Am.
History, Econ, Geography, World History or
willingness to aquire endorsements.
K-12 Vocal Teacher
Contact person: N.L. Peart
312 South 4th Street
Clinton, IA 52732
npeart@prince.pvt.k12.ia.us
Email lmotroni@prince.pvt.k12.ia.us for an
application.
Coaching Positions: Prince of Peace is
looking fill the following coaching positions:
• HS Volleyball
• Assistant Boys Basketball
• Middle School Girls Basketball
Please continue to
check our website
for more jobs as they
become available.
www.aea9.k12.ia.us
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sacred heart - maquoketa
Music Teacher: Creative, spirited, part-time
Music teacher.
PE Teacher K-6: Sacred Heart, Maquoketa,
is seeking a part-time PE teacher (K-6).
If interested, send resume, credentials, and
references to:
Sister Shirley Steines
Sacred Heart
806 Eddy Street
Maquoketa, Iowa 52060
trinity lutheran - davenport
Music Teacher: Part-Time Music Teacher
for K–8. Applicant must have proper Iowa
licensure and will teach classroom music
and direct several choirs. Salary based on
experience and transcript hours. Music is a
huge part of our heritage! We are looking
for someone with passion for Christian music
and a love of children.
Please call (563) 322-5224 or stop by
1122 West Central Park, Davenport to pick
up an application. Please provide a copy of
your resume as well.
Learning Center Calendar
Jan.
2011
1-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Agency Closed
4 . . . . . . . . . . . Davenport CSD Mentoring
6 . . . . Superintendents’ Network Meeting
6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSIN
6 . . . . . . . . . PLA Adobe Connect Meeting
6 . . . . . . . ICC Network Contact Webinar
6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Substitute Authorization
7 . . . . . . . . . . . . Early Childhood Academy
7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clinical Review
7 . . . . . . . PV Preschool Teacher In-service
7 . . . . . . . . . . Bettendorf SWVPP Meeting
8 . . . . . NSTS – First Aid and CPR Training
8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpreter Workshop
8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PITC
10 . . . . . . Bettendorf CSD Board Meeting
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . Action Research Project
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . Substitute Authorization
11 . . . . . . Effective Instruction in the Core
11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructional Coaching
11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PW-PBIS
11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Things 2.0 Course
12 . . . . . . . . . Tech Coordinators’ Meeting
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Struggling Readers
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructional Coaching
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bettendorf DCLC
13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alternative Assessment
13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Struggling Readers
13 . . . . . . . . . . MBRC Reading Instruction
that Makes a Difference
13 . . . . . . . . . Special Issues with Children
and Their Families
15-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Agency Closed
18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alternative Assessment
18 . . . . . . . . .Evaluator Approval – Level II
18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PW-PBIS
18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Things 2.0 Course
19 . . . . . . . . . . . Early Childhood Academy
19 . . .Bettendorf Preschool Collaboration
20 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Second Chance Reading
20 . . . .Creative Curriculum for Preschool
20 . . . . . . . . . Iowa Core Network Session
20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . SW-PBIS Year 2 Cohort
21 . . . . . . . . . Iowa Core Network Session
22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drake EDL 270
23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drake EDL 270
25 . . . . .Differentiated Instruction Cohort
25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Social Studies Network
25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PW-PBIS
26 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Second Chance Reading
26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SW-PBIS Tier 3
27 . . . . . . . . . . . . Better Learning Through
Structured Teaching
28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Artifact Workshop
29 . . . . . . . . . . EISC – Uncovering Student
Thinking in MS Science
31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . HUMANeX Adventures
for Excellence Training
31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PODD/ALS/AAC Class
Check the Mississippi Bend AEA website at www.aea9.k12.ia.us for Learning Center Calendar updates.
Feb.
2011
1 . . . . . . . Davenport Elementary Initiative
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HUMANeX Adventures
for Excellence Training
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PW-PBIS
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Things 2.0 Course
2 . . . . . . . . . . . HUMANeX Adventures for
Excellence Training
2 . . . . . . . . . Alignment Technology Session
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PW-PBIS
3 . . . . Superintendents’ Network Meeting
3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSIN
3 . . . . . Second Chance Reading Workshop
3 . . . . . . . . . . . HUMANeX Adventures for
Excellence Training
3 . . . . . . . . ICC Network Contact Webinar
3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Substitute Authorization
4 . . . . . . . . . . . . Early Childhood Academy
4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clinical Review
5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PITC
5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drake EDL 270
5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E2T2 Math Academy
6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drake EDL 270
7 . . . . . . . .Bettendorf CSD Board Meeting
8 . . . . . . . . . . PLA Adobe Connect Session
8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Social Studies Network
8 . . . . . . . . . . . .Davenport CSD Mentoring
9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IASBO Meeting
9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PODD/ALS/AAC Class
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olweus Training
10 . . . . . . . . . . . Transitioning Schools into
the 21st Century
10 . . . . . . . . . . . MBRC Reading Instruction
that Makes a Difference
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boot Camp II
12 . . . . NSTS – First Aid and CPR Training
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PITC
15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media Academy
15 . . . . . Differentiated Instruction Cohort
15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PW-PBIS
15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Things 2.0 Course
16 . . . . . . . . . . . Early Childhood Academy
16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bettendorf DCLC
16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PODD/ALS/AAC Class
17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SW-PBIS
17 . . . . Creative Curriculum for Preschool
19-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Agency Closed
22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAP Assessment
22 . . . . . . .Bettendorf CSD Board Meeting
22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PW-PBIS
22 . . . . . . . . . Evaluator Approval – Level II
23 . . . . . . . . . .Tech Coordinators’ Meeting
23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PW-PBIS
23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PODD/ALC/ACC Class
24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bettendorf SIAC
25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Education Forum
26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Visual Phonics
28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEM Careers
The “Communicator” is published by the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency Communications Office, and is
distributed to all schools in Area Nine, administrators, board members, legislators, Area Education Agency Staff,
individual teachers, interested groups or other persons upon request.
Chief Administrator – Dr. Glenn M. Pelecky | Communications Facilitator – Whitney Smith | Print Services – Joe Coon
The Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed,
gender identity, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, age, socio economic status,
or disability in its educational programs, services or employment practices. Inquiries concerning this
statement should be addressed to Tom Wirtz, Equity Coordinator, at (563) 344-6410.
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