The purpose of the AEA 9 Curriculum and School Improvement Network is to provide a forum so district representatives can work in a collegial environment to share resources and confront challenges that are required for implementing high impact professional development. We will use this format to engage in learning around the Learning Forward Standards in order to plan, implement, collect and analyze data in order to ensure quality professional development is occuring in districts.

Course Syllabus

Registration for this course will close 11/7/13. Registration is restricted to AEA 9 area curriculum directors.

Instructor: Nicole Peterson
Session: 6097
Dates: 11/7/13, 12/5/13, 2/6/14, 3/6/14, 4/3/14, 5/1/14
Time: during CSIN meetings
Location: Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency

Costs:
1 Drake credit $170
1 Relicensure credit $100
no cost for Audit/no credit

The 2015-2016 MBAEA Superintendents PLC is a professional learning opportunity available to all MBAEA Superintendents who want to participate in a collaborative network (community of practice) organized around learning about reorganization and innovation to improve student achievement and impact practice in classrooms. MBAEA Superintendents PLC will meet monthly and participants in this course will be required to debrief and reflect. This year’s PLC is focused on a deeper understanding of the “AEA Compact” and developing collaborative relationships that address the MBAEA Focus Area structure and the four measures of the compact by:
● Integrating research-based practices and data-driven methods
● Applying knowledge, skills, and routines to empower all employees through collaboration
● Engaging in the review and development of Agency practices to implement the AEA compact
● Communicating effectively internally and externally about the new structure’s operations.

Instructor: Mr. Bill Decker
Session: 6781
Time: various
Dates:
monthly Superintendent meetings, February State-wide superintendent meeting @ Drake Univ., and April board banquet

2 Relicensure credits can be earned.

Course Syllabus

This course can be used to earn the two credits in Evaluation to renew a Professional Administrator License or and Evaluator License.

What gets talked about in an organization and how it gets talked about determines what will happen . . . or won’t happen. Consequently, the work begins by putting into place a foundation. Four conversation models that become “workhorses” for individuals and organizations will be covered in this course:

• Team Conversations
• Coaching Conversations
• Delegation Conversations
• Confrontation Conversations

With the focus on these four conversations, participates will be supported in their implementation through a professional learning community providing coaching and feedback.

Instructors: John Hawley, Carrie Lane

Dates: 6/18/18, 6/19/18, 6/20/18, 6/21/18
Time: 8:00-4:30
Location: MBAEA Bettendorf

Cost:
$335 for 2 Relicensure credits - meets the evaluator credit requirement to renew an admin or evaluator license

Not available for audit or Drake grad credit.

The Fall 2017 session on Evaluator III has been cancelled.

Visit AEA PD Across Iowa for trainings at other AEAs.

Assessing Academic Rigor (Iowa Evaluator Approval Training Program III) is one of three evaluator approval license renewal options for Iowa administrators/evaluators. The content of the course focuses on participants’ using their leadership assets and resources to develop a vision and personal action plan for rigorous learning in their building(s) or district supported by reflection and collaboration with peers. Participants will become familiar with various learning taxonomies and use assessment rubrics to identify important components and phases in the learning improvement process and peer feedback is provided. Reading and resource materials have been updated.

By completing this course, leaders of learning will:
• Be able to define and recognize rigor in the classroom
• Understand the connection of rigor to the Iowa Teaching Standards (ITS) and the Iowa Standards for School Leaders (ISSL) as well as the Iowa Core
• Understand the Revised Blooms’ Taxonomy (RBT) and its importance in a comprehensive system of assessment and evaluation
• Analyze cognitive demand using the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Assess where they are now with rigor in their building/district using Iowa Core examples
• Analyze unit plans using Iowa Core Unit in terms of rigor, alignment, and assessment
• Determine a plan to gather a school or district-wide picture of rigor, including next steps for systematic monitoring of rigor
• Use a structured reflective process to analyze and evaluate units that increase rigor at the classroom level
• Understand the role of assessing rigor in the formal evaluation process as it pertains to the Iowa Core and the ITS/ISSL
• Develop a plan to communicate and implement a systematic and system-wide monitoring of rigor in schools/districts

With the focus on the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy and the assessment of academic rigor in our classrooms, leaders of learning will build their capacity to understand what to look for and support in classrooms as they seek to increase student learning in their buildings. The use of the RBT in assessing rigor will deepen the skills and context of leaders of learning in the areas of coaching and evaluation as they work to implement the Iowa Core and other statewide initiatives as connected to the ITS and ISSL.

A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing is recommended, but not required. It is available at bookstores or online at Amazon.com.

For more information renewing an administrator license or evaluator endorsement, click here

Two repeat sessions will be offered.

Instructor: Sally Rigeman

Dates: 6/7/17, 6/8/17, 6/20/17, 6/29/17
Time: 8:00 - 4:30
Lunch is provided.
Location: Miss. Bend AEA, Muscatine (location changed from MCSD Admin Office.)
Registration closes 5/30/17.

Dates: 8/7/17, 8/8/17, 9/19/17, 10/10/17
Time: 8:00 - 4:30
Lunch is provided.
Location: Bettendorf AEA
Registration closes 8/1/17.

Cost for all sessions:
$285 for 2 SAI relicensure credits
(This course is not offered for Drake grad credit.)

Note: An evaluator course (Eval III, iEvaluate, or Fierce Conversations fulfills this requirement) plus two additional credits are needed to renew a professional administrator license. This course must be taken for credit, not audit, to meet this requirement. For more information renewing a professional admin license or evaluator endorsement, click here.

If you have an initial admin license, you do not need to take this course; you only need 2 years experience to convert an initial license to a professional admin license.

           Level I Investigator Training

Iowa Code Section 280.17 requires all public and non-public schools to annually appoint a Level I investigator and alternate(s) to investigate complaints regarding abuse of students by school employees and volunteers. INVESTIGATORS AND ALTERNATES ARE TO BE TRAINED UPON INITIAL APPOINTMENT AND THEN ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS THEREAFTER. The training is to familiarize designated individuals with their roles, rules, procedures and required time lines for action.

The training will now be online starting Sept. 24, 2012.

Visit AEA Online Professional Development for more information. You will need to log in with your Moodle id or create a new account. Click on the School Improvement category and then select the Level One Investigator Training.

           Principal Leadership in Action

Building Level Principals will have the opportunity to be learners, collaborators, and leaders of change in their buildings. Specifically this year we will use data to inform decisions based on a MTSS framework. Time will be dedicated for increased networking and designing a customized plan. The course will leverage the power of data to build systems to ensure proficiency of all students.

Course Syllabus

Three repeat sessions will be offered.

Instructors: Diane Campbell, Tony Hiatt, Mark Bloom

Session: 6827
Dates:
9/11/15, 10/30/15, 11/6/15, 1/8/16, 3/4/16, 5/6/16
Location: Clinton AEA office
(10/30 and 3/4 meetings will be at Bettendorf AEA.)
Time: 9:30-12:00
Registration closes 9/25/15.

Session: 6828
Dates:
9/18/15, 10/30/15, 11/13/15, 1/15/16, 3/4/15, 5/13/16
Location: Mississippi Bend AEA, Bettendorf
Time: 9:30-12:00
Registration closes 9/25/15.

Session: 6829
Dates:
9/25/15, 10/30/15, 11/20/15, 1/22/16, 3/4/15, 5/20/16
Location: Muscatine AEA office
(10/30 and 3/4 meetings will be at Bettendorf AEA.
Time: 9:30-12:00
Registration closes 9/25/15.

10/30 meeting is option for those not taking the course for credit.

Cost:
$100 1 Relicensure credit
no cost/no credit audit available

(Course not offered for Drake credit.)