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IMPORTANT STAFF DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION

1) Payment is due at registration: Pay by Credit Card (MasterCard or Visa), eChecking, or Purchase Order. Please select one of these options when registering for a course(s).
2) Late registration fee: Registrations processed after the close date of the course will be charged an additional $25 late fee.
3) Cancellation Fee: Registrants canceling after the registration close date will be charged a $25 (effective March 2011) cancellation fee. No refunds will be issued after the first day of a course.
4) Purchase Orders: Purchase Orders needs to be sent/faxed/emailed to Staff Development before the first day of class.

UPCOMING COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

Featured Courses/Workshops:

Paraeducator Certification Courses I and III now open for registration!
These two courses are part of the three-course series to earn the Iowa Paraeducator certificate. Courses do not need to be taken in order.
Click here to register for Para I.
Click here to register for Para III.

Looking for Technology workshops and courses?
Differentiation through Technology (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
Interactive Learning Using the Smart Board (1 Drake Credit/1 Relicensure Credit/Audit)
SMART Teachers Create SMART Lessons (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
Technology Tools for the 21st Century workshop (no credit workshop)
Thinking with Technology: Intel (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)

ENERGIZE Students! Bringing Sustainable Energy Studies into Your Classroom
Click
here to register.
July 9 - 13, 2012 at the EICC Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center and the Blong Technology Center.

MAY 2012 COURSES

Paraeducator Certification Course III: Roles and Responsibilities (2 Relicensure Credits) NEW!

JUNE 2012 COURSES

Administration of Gifted Education Programs (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
Bettendorf Elementary Science Academy Grades 3-5 (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
Bettendorf Elementary Science Academy Grades K-2 (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
DIBELS® NEXT Assessments Training (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
Differentiation through Technology (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
EARTH 1: Environmental Activities & Resources for Teacher Enhancement (2 Drake Credit / 2 Relicensure Credit / Audit) NEW!
EDIWILD: Environmental Stewardship - Living the Golden Rule (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit) NEW!
Excellence In Teaching Institute (3 grad credits St. Ambrose / 2 Relicensure Credit) NEW!
Fierce Conversations (2 Drake Credits / 2 SAI-Relicensure Credits / Audit)
Interactive Learning using Promethean (1 Drake Credit/1 Relicensure Credit/ Audit) NEW!
Interactive Teaching Technologies - Advanced (1 Drake/1 Relicensure/Audit) NEW!
Intro to Orton Gillingham: Multisensory Reading Instruction for Students with Print Disabilities (3 Drake Credit / 3 Relicensure Credit)
Introduction to Gifted Education (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
MAGIC: Meaningful Activities to Generate Interesting Classrooms (3 Drake Credits)
Multisensory Education Strategies (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
Orchestra Triage (1, 2, or 3 Drake Credit(s)/1, 2, or 3 Relicensure Credit(s))
Paraeducator Certification Course I: Communication, Ethics, and Confidentiality (1 Relicensure Credit/Audit) NEW!
Picture Book Use in the Classroom (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
Project-based Learning (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit) NEW!
Psychology of Educational Leaders (1 Drake Credit/1 Relicensure Credit/Audit) NEW!
Rigorous Curriculum Design (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
Smart Board II: Creating Interactive Lessons to Improve Student Learning (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit) NEW!
STAR: Successful Teaching for Acceptance of Responsibility (3 Drake Credits)
Struggling Readers K-2 (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
Technology Tools for the 21st Century workshop (no credit workshop) NEW!
The Brain and Learning IV (3 Drake Credits / 3 Relicensure Credits / Audit)
Thinking with Technology: Intel (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
Transitioning to Iowa Core English Language Arts – Overview Workshop: Grades K-5(Workshop) NEW!
Transitioning to Iowa Core English Language Arts: Grades K-2 (1 or 2 or 3 Drake Credit(s) / 1 or 2 or 3 Relicensure Credit(s) / Audit) NEW!
Transitioning to Iowa Core Mathematics Grades 3-5 Fractions (1 or 2 Drake Credit(s) / 1 or 2 Relicensure Credit(s) / Audit) NEW!
Transitioning to Iowa Core Mathematics Grades 6-8 Part II (1 or 2 Drake Credit(s) / 1 or 2 Relicensure Credit(s) / Audit) NEW!
Transitioning to Iowa Core Mathematics High School Part I (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit) NEW!
Writing, Building, and Performing a Puppet Play (3 Drake Credits/3 Relicensure Credits/Audit) NEW!

JULY 2012 COURSES

Behavioral, Academic, and Social Interventions for the Classroom (BASIC) (3 Drake Credits)
Cartoon-Based Learning: A Visual Approach to Teaching (1 Drake Credit/1 Relicensure Credit/ Audit) NEW!
Classroom Management: Orchestrating a Community of Learners (3 Drake Credits)
DIBELS® NEXT Assessments Training (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
DIBELS Next Assessment K-8 Special Education (1 Drake redit/1 Relicensure credit/Audit) NEW!
Early Childhood PBIS: Promoting Social & Emotional Competence (2 Relicensure Credits/Audit) NEW!
EARTH 2: Environmental Activities & Resources for Teacher Enhancement (2 Drake Credits / 2 Relicensure Credits / Audit) NEW!
Energize Students! Bringing Sustainable Energy Studies Into Your Classroom(2 Drake/2 Relicensure credits) NEW!
Interactive Teaching Technologies (1 Drake/1 Relicensure Credit/audit)
Picture Book Use in the Classroom (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
Smart Board II: Creating Interactive Lessons to Improve Student Learning (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
Struggling Readers Grades 3-5 (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
Transitioning to Iowa Core English Language Arts – Overview Workshop: Grades 6-12 (Workshop) NEW!
Transitioning to Iowa Core English Language Arts: Grades 6-8 (1 or 2 or 3 Drake Credit(s) / 1 or 2 or 3 Relicensure Credit(s) / Audit)
Using SRS to Improve Student Achievement (1 Drake Credit/1 Relicensure Credit/Audit) NEW!
Using SRS to Improve Student Achievement - Advanced (1 Drake Credit/1 Relicensure Credit/Audit) NEW!

AUGUST 2012 COURSES

DIBELS® NEXT Assessments Training (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
DIBELS Next Assessment K-8 Special Education (1 Drake redit/1 Relicensure credit/Audit) NEW!
Evaluator III training (2 Drake Credits/2 SAI Relicensure Credits) NEW!
Highly Effective Teaching: Step 4 of the Data Team Process (1 Drake Credit/1 Relicensure Credit/Audit) NEW!
Implementation Iowa Core K-2 Math: Operations & Algebraic Thinking (2 Drake Credits / 2 Relicensure Credits) NEW!
Interactive Learning Using the Smart Board (1 Drake Credit/1 Relicensure Credit/Audit) NEW!
SMART Teachers Create SMART Lessons (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit) NEW!
Substitute Authorization (2 Relicensure Credits / Audit) NEW!
The Brain and Learning IV (3 Drake Credits / 3 Relicensure Credits / Audit) NEW!

SEPTEMBER 2012 COURSES

DIBELS® NEXT Assessments Training (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
Evaluator III training (2 Drake Credits/2 SAI Relicensure Credits) NEW!
School Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: Tier 1 (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit) (Also offered for CEU´s)
School Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: Tier 2 (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit) (Also offered for CEU´s)

OCTOBER 2012 COURSES

DIBELS® NEXT Assessments Training (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
Media Academy XI: Building Capacity through Professional Learning Networks (1 Drake Credit/1 Relicensure Credit/Audit) NEW!

School Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: Advanced (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit) (Also offered for CEU´s)
School Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: Coaches Training (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit) (Also offered for CEU´s)
Struggling Readers Grades 3-5 (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
Struggling Readers K-2 (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)

JANUARY 2013 COURSES

School Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: Tier 3 (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit) (Also offered for CEU´s)

MARCH 2013 COURSES

Evaluator III training (2 Drake Credits/2 SAI Relicensure Credits)

APRIL 2013 COURSES

Struggling Readers Grades 3-5 (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)
Struggling Readers K-2 (1 Drake Credit / 1 Relicensure Credit / Audit)

Workshops

Alignment Step Four Results
Cochlear Implants in the School Setting workshop (Also offered for CEU´s)
CPI: Nonviolent Crisis Intervention - Initial Training
CPI - Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training - Refresher Course
Die Cut Workshop
EdInsight Building Leader Training - new sessions for 12/13 school year added
Ethics for School Social Workers
Science Teacher Leader Training Workshop
Technology Tools for the 21st Century workshop NEW!
Transitioning to Iowa Core English Language Arts – Overview Workshop: Grades K-5 (Workshop)
Transitioning to Iowa Core English Language Arts – Overview Workshop: Grades 6-12 (Workshop)

Iowa Statewide Online Courses

AEA PD Online, the Iowa statewide online learning system, offers courses for relicensure and graduate credit that can be used toward license renewal, including Paraeducator and Substitute Authorization renewals. Click here to view online courses.

Performance Learning Systems (PLS)/Drake Courses -
Face-To-Face/On-Site

Behavioral, Academic, and Social Interventions for the Classroom (BASIC) (3 Drake Credits)
Classroom Management: Orchestrating a Community of Learners (3 Drake Credits)
MAGIC: Meaningful Activities to Generate Interesting Classrooms (3 Drake Credits)
STAR: Successful Teaching for Acceptance of Responsibility (3 Drake Credits)

PLS/Drake Online courses

PLS Online Courses may be taken directly through PLS. Click PLS Online Course FAQ to learn more, or click on a course title below.
EDDL 255 - Teaching Through Learning Channels Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 256 - Purposeful Learning Through Mulitple Intelligence Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 257 - Classroom Management Orchestrating a Community of Learners Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 258 - Using Online Resources to Bring Primary Sources to the Classroom Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 259 - Geometry for Middle School Educators Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 260 - Action Research for the Classroom Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 261 - Differentiated Instruction for Today´s Classroom Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 262 - Successful Teaching for Acceptance of Responsibility Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 263 - Instructional Design for Online Educators Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 264 - Blended and Synchronous Learning Design Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 265 - Building Online Collaborative Environments Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 266 - Action Research in the E-Learning Environment™ Online NEW! (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 267 - Teaching Algebra to Middle School Students Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 268 - Cultural Competence: A Transformative Journey Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 269 - Infusing Arts Into the Curriculum Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 270 - Writing Across the Curriculum™ Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 272 - Developing 21st Century Literacy Skills Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 273 - Educating the Net-Generation Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 274 - Simulations and Gaming Technologies for the Classroom Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 275 - Facilitating Online Learning Communities Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 276 - Thinking Mathematically: Elementary Edition Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 277 - Merging Educational Goals and Interactive Multimedia Projects Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 278 - Teaching the English Language Learner™ Online (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 279 - Creating Professional Learning Communities™ Online NEW! (3 Drake Credits)
EDDL 280 - Response to Intervention™ Online NEW!(3 Drake Credits)

Drake Coaching Classes

These video/DVD courses can be used to renew your coaching authorization or endorsement.
For information on renewing a coaching authorization or endorsement, visit the Board of Educational Examiners Coaching Information web page.

To view a sample trailer for Real Coaching, visit (RealPlayer Required): Real Coaching

EDMA 170 Real Coaching (3 Drake Credits)
EDMA 171 Theory of Coaching (3 Drake Credits)
EDMA 172 Ethics in Sports (1 Drake Credit)
EDMA 173 The Teaching Coach (3 Drake Credits)
EDMA 174 Adapted Physical Education (3 Drake Credits)
EDMA 175 Parent-Athlete-Coach Alliance (1 Drake Credit)
EDMA 176 Step Up and Lead (1 Drake Credit)
EDMA 177 Team Building For Success (1 Drake Credit)
EDEX 178 Basketball Coaching 401: Advanced Tactics and Techniques for Successful Coaching (3 Drake Credits)
EDEX 179 Volleyball Coaching 401: Advanced Tactics and Techniques for Successful Coaching (3 Drake Credits)
EDEX 271: Football Coaching 401: Advanced Tactics and Techniques for Successful Coaching (3 Drake Credits)
EDMA 272: Relevant Elementary Physical Education (3 Drake Credits)
EDEX 273: Baseball Coaching 401 (3 Drake Credits)
EDEX 274: Softball Coaching 401 (3 Drake Credits)
EDEX 275: Track and Field 401 (3 Drake Credits)

QEP DVD Courses
Mississippi Bend AEA is now offering DVD Courses in partnership with Quality Educational Programs, Inc. (QEP). These courses are offered for graduate and relicensure credit. Click on the name of the course to register or for more details


To view a sample lesson visit: QEP Course Descriptions


QEP - An Introduction to Differentiation (3 Drake Credits / 3 Relicensure Credits)
QEP - Classroom Management: Dealing with Discipline Problems (3 Drake Credits / 3 Relicensure Credits)
QEP - Creating a Professional Portfolio:Portfolio Project for Teaching Students Responsible Behavior (3 Drake Credits / 3 Relicensure Credits)
QEP - Differentiated Assessment Strategies: Identifying Learners Strengths and Needs (3 Drake Credits / 3 Relicensure Credits)
QEP - Differentiation and Literacy: Teaching Reading and Writing (3 Drake Credits / 3 Relicensure Credits)
QEP - Differentiated Instructional Strategies: Meeting the Diverse Needs of Learners (3 Drake Credits / 3 Relicensure Credits)
QEP - Enhancing Instruction: Teaching in the Quality Classroom (3 Drake Credits / 3 Relicensure Credits)
QEP - Every Student Can Succeed: Making Learning Meaningful (3 Drake Credits / 3 Relicensure Credits)
QEP - Gaining Parental Support: Building Home-School Partnerships (3 Drake Credits / 3 Relicensure Credits)
QEP - Motivation and Learning: Cooperation and the Quality Classroom (3 Drake Credits / 3 Relicensure Credits)
QEP - Responsibility, Respect, and Relationships: Creating Emotionally Safe Classrooms (3 Drake Credits / 3 Relicensure Credits)
QEP - Teaching in the 21st Century: New Solutions to New Problems (3 Drake Credits / 3 Relicensure Credits)
QEP - Teaching in the Inclusive Classroom: Instructional Strategies for all Students (3 Drake Credits / 3 Relicensure Credits)
QEP - Teaching Students Responsible Behavior: Introduction to Choice Theory (3 Drake Credits / 3 Relicensure Credits)
QEP - Teaching Students Responsible Behavior II: Social-Emotional Learning NEW! (3 Drake Credits / 3 Relicensure Credits)
QEP - Teaching, Learning and Assessment: Improving Student Achievement (3 Drake Credits / 3 Relicensure Credits)
QEP - The Classroom of Choice: Managing the Learning Environment NEW! (3 Drake Credits / 3 Relicensure Credits)



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