A three-day fun-filled, interactive training for school teams! If your team is interested in improving the climate and culture of your school using data-driven techniques for integrating character education into existing curriculum such as PBIS, Olweus, and Leader in Me, this training is for you!

The training is designed for teams of 3-6 members. Teams complete a school self-assessment related to character education which provides them with data to use during the training. Utilizing their data and the new CHARACTER COUNTS! 5.0, teams will learn about research-based strategies for interactions and instruction and tips on involving staff, parents and the community. Teams identify their unique goals and activities to use with students, parents, school staff and the community upon their return home. Follow-up professional development and coaching will be available to participating schools.

Registration on this site first: SDSQuadcities

If you would like to earn relicensure or Drake credit for your participation, register here on the MBAEA site.

This training is sponsored by Central Iowa Power Cooperative and The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center, Drake University. For a complete description of the training, visit: Upcoming Course at Drake.

Course Syllabus

Lead Contact: Georgia Sheriff
Session: 7290
Dates: 6/27/17, 6/28/17, 6/29/17
Time: 8:30 - 4:30
Location: Mississippi Bend AEA, Bettendorf
Lunch is on your own.
Registration closes on June 30.

Costs:
$105 for 1 Drake credit
$35 for 1 Relicensure credit
audit/no credit is not available

For more information about Drake Univ. EDMA credit visit Drake Credit Info on the MBAEA Professional Development webpage.

This course is designed for an active, school-based PBIS team that has completed the course SW PBIS T1. SW PBIS T1 implementation, technical assistance and coaching is provided on site with school based PBIS team. Sessions will be guided by the Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) and the PBIS trainers. The team will implement PBIS Tier 1 PBIS Core Features with fidelity and collect formative data and outcome data and engage in a continuous quality improvement process.

Course Syllabus

Instructor: Jill Yates

Registration closes the week prior to the start date of each session. All participants must register. Payment for credit is due upon registration.

Costs:
$115 for 1 Drake EDMA grad credit
$35 for 1 Relicensure credit
$10 for up to 15 hrs. CEUs (not for teacher or paraeducator license renewal)

For more information about Drake Univ. EDMA credit visit Drake Credit Info on the MBAEA Professional Development webpage.

This course is designed for an active school based PBIS team that has completed the course SW PBIS T2. SW PBIS T2 implementation, technical assistance and coaching is provided on site with school based PBIS team. Sessions will be guided by the Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) and the PBIS trainers. The team will implement PBIS Tier 2 PBIS Core Features with fidelity and collect formative data and outcome data and engage in a continuous quality improvement process.

Course Syllabus

Instructor: Jill Yates

Registration closes the week prior to the start date of each session. All participants must register. Payment for credit is due upon registration.

Costs:
$115 for 1 Drake EDMA grad credit
$35 for 1 Relicensure credit
$10 for up to 15 hrs. CEUs (not for teacher or paraeducator license renewal)

For more information about Drake Univ. EDMA credit visit Drake Credit Info on the MBAEA Professional Development webpage. no cost/no credit audit option available

This course is designed for an active school based PBIS team that has completed the course SW PBIS T2. SW PBIS T2 implementation, technical assistance and coaching is provided on site with school based PBIS team. Sessions will be guided by the Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) and the PBIS trainers. The team will implement PBIS Tier 3 PBIS Core Features with fidelity and collect formative data and outcome data and engage in a continuous quality improvement process.

Instructors: Barb Brunkan, Jill Yates

The following session is open only to Davenport School staff.
Dates: 9/29/16, 10/20/16, 11/10/16, 2/16/17, 4/3/17, 5/11/17
Time: 8:30-3:30
Location: Mississippi Bend AEA, Bettendorf

Costs:
$170 for 1 Drake EDMA credit
$100 for 1 Relicensure credit
$10 for up to 15 hrs. CEUs (not for teacher or paraeducator license renewal)
$50 for Paraeducator renewal credit
no cost/no credit audit option available

This course is the fourth of an ongoing training of representative teams from schools implementing PBIS. During this year, members of the PBIS team will continue to review and expand all components of school-wide PBIS, including Tiers 1, 2 & 3. The team will learn to conduct advanced data analysis, enhancing the Tiers 2/3 framework, address sustainability of efforts and continue the development of knowledge regarding behavior. The team will continue to build youth and community connections and review the process to refine and support all components of PBIS within the school and the community. Instructor: Jill Yates Registration closes the week prior to the start date of each session. All participants must register. Payment for credit is due upon registration. Costs: $115 for 1 Drake EDMA grad credit $35 for 1 Relicensure credit $10 for up to 15 hrs. CEUs (not for teacher or paraeducator license renewal) For more information about Drake Univ. EDMA credit visit Drake Credit Info on the MBAEA Professional Development webpage.

This is the first year of a three-year training sequence. This class is designed for active school teams and their coaches who are studying and implementing PBIS at their building.

To participate in SWPBIS Tier 1, please contact the AEA PBIS coordinator, Jill Yates, to complete a readiness checklist prior to registering for the training.

Participants will develop an understanding of the basic philosophy that underlies the PBS process, demonstrates competency in planning and implementing PBS process, data collection components, and competency in the interpretation of data.

Course Syllabus

Instructor: Jill Yates

Registration closes the week prior to the start date of each session. All participants must register. Payment for credit is due upon registration.

Costs:
$115 for 1 Drake EDMA grad credit
$35 for 1 Relicensure credit
$10 for up to 15 hrs. CEUs (not for teacher or paraeducator license renewal)

For more information about Drake Univ. EDMA credit visit Drake Credit Info on the MBAEA Professional Development webpage.

This is the second year of a three year training sequence. This class is designed for active school teams and their coaches who are studying and implementing PBIS at their building.

This course will move schools in year two of PBS implementation into the targeted and intensive system to support individual students who are challenged by behavior needs. They will also continue to use data and fine tune their school wide activities.

Course Syllabus

Instructor: Jill Yates

Registration closes the week prior to the start date of each session. All participants must register. Payment for credit is due upon registration.

Costs:
$115 for 1 Drake EDMA grad credit
$35 for 1 Relicensure credit
$10 for up to 15 hrs. CEUs (not for teacher or paraeducator license renewal)

For more information about Drake Univ. EDMA credit visit Drake Credit Info on the MBAEA Professional Development webpage.

This course is the third of an ongoing training of representative teams from schools implementing PBIS. During year three, members of the PBIS team will continue to review and expand all components of school-wide PBIS. The team will learn how to develop FBAs and BIPs and how to connect to other resources for intense behaviors. The team will continue to build youth and community connections and review the process to refine and support all components of PBIS within the school and the community.

Course Syllabus

Instructor: Jill Yates

Registration closes the week prior to the start date of each session. All participants must register. Payment for credit is due upon registration.

Costs:
$115 for 1 Drake EDMA grad credit
$35 for 1 Relicensure credit
$10 for up to 15 hrs. CEUs (not for teacher or paraeducator license renewal)

For more information about Drake Univ. EDMA credit visit Drake Credit Info on the MBAEA Professional Development webpage.

The seventh annual Summer Institute on the Project Approach will provide in-depth training in the approach through lecture, project simulation, video clips, observations at the St. Ambrose University Children’s Campus, and handouts. Special guest speaker Chip Donohue will help participants understand how developmentally appropriate technology can support project work. Participants will:
• Learn how to implement key events in a project
• Discover how to select a topic that will lead to a successful project
• Find out about strategies that sustain the life of a project Understand how developmentally-informed technology can support project work
• Develop a deep understanding of the role of the teacher and the role of the child in project work through engaging in a simulation
• Gain insight into the Project Approach by questioning veteran implementers about their experiences
• Observe the Project Approach in action in prekindergarten classrooms.
• Learn strategies for organizing and preparing documentation of children’s learning
• Evaluate the potential of the Project Approach to support diverse learners
• Develop a plan for implementing the Project Approach with their students
• Learn how to implement key events in a project
• Discover how to select a topic that will lead to a successful project
• Find out about strategies that sustain the life of a project
• Understand how the Project Approach supports mastery of early learning standards
• Develop a deep understanding of the role of the teacher and the role of the child in project work through engaging in a simulation
• Gain insight into the Project Approach by questioning veteran implementers about their experiences
• Observe the Project Approach in action in prekindergarten classrooms
• Learn strategies for organizing and preparing documentation of children’s learning
• Evaluate the potential of the Project Approach to support diverse learners
• Develop a plan for implementing the Project Approach with your students

To earn teacher relicensure credit, please register at this site.

Additional registration and lodging fees payable to St. Ambrose are $1120 for double accommodations, $1130 for single accommodations. Contact Lindsay Fetterer at fettererlindseya@sau.edu

Registration for relicensure credit closes 7/24/18.

Instructors: Sallee Beneke PhD, Debra Brownson MEd, Chip Donohue PhD
Location: Rogalski Center, St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust, Davenport
Dates & Times:
7/23/18: 6:30-8:30 pm
7/24/18: 8:45-4:00, 6:45-8:45
7/25/18: 8:45-4:00, 5:15-6:15
7/26/18: 8:45-4:30, 6:45-8:45
7/27/18: 8:45-11:30

Costs:
$70 2 Relicensure credits
No graduate credit available.

This session is open only to Bettendorf Elementary PBIS Teams.

This course will cover the basic principles of behavior, functional behavior assessment tools and effective interventions. Registration is restricted to staff from a school with an active PBIS team in the advanced stages of implementation. Each participant will be responsible for conducting a functional behavior assessment in their respective school with a case study student. Each participant will practice at preparation of procedures, data collection, running procedures, graphing data, data analysis and future assessment /interventions. Finally, each participant will be responsible for sharing their case example via a presentation to the group as a learning opportunity.

Instructors: Barb Brunkan, Jill Yates
Session Number: 6832
Dates: 9-14-16, 9-28-16, 11-30-16, 1-11-17, 3-22-17, 5-03-17
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
Location: Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency, Bettendorf
Costs:
$100 for 1 Relicensure credit
$10 for up to 18 hrs. CEUs (not for teacher or paraeducator license renewal)
$50 for Paraeducator renewal credit
no cost/no credit audit option available

This course is not offered for Drake credit.

This session is open only to Bettendorf Elementary PBIS Teams and AEA staff.

This course is an extension of the SW PBIS Advanced Implementation 2016-17: Challenging Behavior Training provided. This course will briefly review the basic principles of behavior and functional behavior assessment tools previously learned. The focus of this class will be to enhance learning of evidenced-based interventions for challenging behaviors. Registration is restricted to staff from a school with an active PBIS team in the advanced stages of implementation and AEA support staff that support Bettendorf Community School District. Each participant will be responsible for attending all classes, selected readings with a reading log, class reflections, and implementation of RTI practice with a case study student. Finally, each participant will also be responsible to present to the group the case study outcomes during the last class in May.

Instructors: Sarah Bergthold, Jill Yates
Dates: 10/12/17, 1/18/18, 3/27/18, 4/5/18, 5/3/18
Time: 8:30 - 11:30
Location: Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency, Bettendorf
Costs:
$35 for 1 Relicensure credit
$10 for up to 15 hrs. CEUs (not for teacher or paraeducator license renewal)
no cost/no credit audit option available

This course is not offered for Drake credit.

This session is open only to Bettendorf Schools staff.

This course is designed for an active school based PBIS team that has completed the course SW PBIS T1, T2, T3 and Advanced.
SW PBIS Advanced implementation, technical assistance and coaching is provided with school based PBIS team.
Sessions will be guided by the Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) and the PBIS trainers.
The team will implement PBIS Core Features with fidelity and collect formative data and outcome data and engage in a continuous quality improvement process.

This course is open only to AEA staff.

During organizational redesign, there is a need to better understand the various aspects of the organization (different disciplines, departments, focus areas, etc.) and their interrelationships in order to effectively integrate our efforts to support district needs. As people better understand the interdependency of internal systems, they will reduce redundancies and capitalize on team strengths. Systems thinking (including the other four disciplines) provides an opportunity to increase the impact a consulting/support organization has with schools in their effort to ensure student proficiency.

In order to co-own student data with building-level collaborative teams, responsible for analyzing student and teacher data, a learning organization must build internal capacity for systems thinking through a unified approach. This course will support learners in learning how to build, adapt, and maintain structures and processes that support a systems-level change.

Course Syllabus

Instructor: Andrea Stewart
Session Number: 6925
Dates: 1/8/16, 2/5/16, 3/11/16, 3/29/16, 4/15/16
Location: Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency, Bettendorf
Registration closes 2/11/16.

Costs:
$100 for 1 Relicensure credit
no cost/no credit audit option available

As the state moves towards more periodic transition compliance audits, as well as recalibration of transition compliance, this full-day session will emphasize meaningful transition plans that will naturally fulfill B13 transition requirements.

Transition IEPs plan for courses, activities, goals, supports, and services that will assist in a successful transition beyond high school. Recent analyses of postsecondary transition outcomes for graduates of MBAEA high schools indicate as few as 8% of students with IEPs achieve their transition goal, and as few as 25% even begin to pursue these goals.

This training will provide an overview of what happens to students beyond high school graduation, how to integrate this information into transition planning for current students, and how to utilize progress-monitoring strategies to increase the likelihood that students will pursue and succeed in meeting their transition goals.

This event will include a work session that will allow participants to work on a compliant transition IEP.

The targeted audience includes secondary teachers, administrators, and AEA building staff.

Instructors: David Ford, MBAEA Postsecondary Readiness Lead; AEA Transition Specialists, Jody Beltran and Michelle Wehr
Location: Mississippi Bend AEA, Bettendorf

Date: 8/16/18
Time: 8:00 - 4:00
and 10 hours of individual follow up

Costs:
$35 for 1 Relicensure credit
no cost/no credit for audit

This training is not offered for Drake credit.

In this class you will learn about childhood trauma and how it can affect student learning. You will learn about different tools to help students self-regulate which can create a positive classroom environment. This is a hands-on class where you will explore tools such as yoga, mindfulness, social/emotional games, and trauma releasing activities. You will explore different ways to create a “Take a Break” spot and we will give you classroom time and materials to create your own plan. This class will be taught by Becky Wundram, a classroom teacher and yoga instructor as well as Anne Uphoff, a school counselor and yoga instructor. They will be joined by a guest presenter Eunju Choi, certified TRE Provider (Tension and Trauma Release Exercise).

Registration closes 7/15/18.

Instructors: Becky Wundram, Anne Uphoff
Location: MBAEA, Bettendorf
Dates & Times:
7/30/18 - 8/2/18 @ 8:00-5:00

Costs:
$180 2 Relicensure credits and materials fee
No graduate credit available.

This course is open only to Industrial Tech PLC. You must have the course password to register.

Participants will practice their welding skills in several positions. Participants will create a common assessment of welds.

Instructors: Bruce Baldwin and Brad Colton
Dates: 6/4/18, 6/5/18, 6/6/18
Time: 9:00-3:00
Location: Blong Technology Center, Davenport
Registration closes 6/5/18

Costs:
$35 for 1 Relicensure credit
no cost/no credit option
This course is not offered for Drake credit.

This course is designed to help educators create a classroom atmosphere that fosters peace, inner growth and physical movement through the practice of yoga and meditation. Educators will understand how to use meditation and yoga in the classroom through a series of games, stories and breathing exercises. The teachers will explore the manual “Yoga for Teachers: How to use yoga and meditation in the classroom” and put to practice lessons and activities from the manual. Some of the manual will give detailed lesson plans and other short ideas on how to incorporate yoga and meditation into the regular classroom day.

Instructors: Molly Schreiber, Julie Murphy
Session Number: 7372
Dates: 7/11/18, 7/12/18, +30 hrs. of outside work
Time: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Location: Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency, Bettendorf
Registration closes 6/30/18.

Costs:
$230 for 1 Drake credit
$150 for 1 Relicensure credit
This course is not offered for no credit/audit.
Fees include materials:
“Sadie Loves Yoga” by Molly Schreiber
Yoga Deck cards by Challenge to Change, Inc.
Mudra Deck of Cards by Challenge to Change, Inc.
Childs’ Mind: Mindfulness Practices to Help Our Children be More Focused, Calm and Relaxed by Christopher Willard
Presenter packet
CD: Mindful Mediations for Children by Molly Schreiber

Optional addition fee:
$10 for 15 hours CEUs; please check with your licensing agency to verify the appropriateness of course/workshop content. A CEU certificate will be provided after the completion of the course/workshop.

For more information about Drake Univ. EDMA credit visit Drake Credit Info on the MBAEA Professional Development webpage.

The powers and skills of Conscious Discipline provide a framework that equips educators with the tools to integrate their own social-emotional learning, discipline and self-regulation so they spend less time policing behavior and more time teaching vital life skills. The book used in this course is I Love You Rituals (2000) by Becky Bailey. It will be provided by Scott Co.Kids.

Course Syllabus

You must also register with Scott County Kids at:
Scott County Kids Registration

Instructors: Amy Speidel, Ryan Bobst
Contact: Diane Martens - Diane.Martens@scottcountyiowa.com

Session 7519
Dates: 2/10/18, 3/3/18, 4/7/18, 4/21/17
Time: 8:00 - 3:00
Locations: Mississippi Bend AEA, Bettendorf
3/3/18 session will be held at Adventure Church, 6509 Northwest Blvd., Davenport.

Costs:
$35 1 Relicensure credit
$115 1 Drake Credit

Registration is closed. No late registrations will be taken.Excellence in Teaching Institute is available for teacher relicensure credit through the AEA or Graduate credit through St. Ambrose University.

This year´s program is financially sponsored in part by St. Ambrose University and the Business Education Partnership.

Fees:
Bettendorf and Pleasant Valley school districts employees:
$600 for 3 St. Ambrose University Graduate Credits
$70 for 2 Relicensure Credits through Mississippi Bend AEA

All other district educators:
$750 for 3 St. Ambrose University Graduate Credits
$220 for 2 Relicensure Credits through Mississippi Bend AEA

St. Ambrose will invoice you directly for the tuition fees at the start of the course.

This course is designed to reinforce the value of the free enterprise system by providing experiential opportunities tor educators and fostering issue awareness and skill development in a business setting. This course has been designed to promote local business opportunities, issue workplace skill development in the classroom setting, encourage PBL curriculum development and focus on the importance of soft skills training as part of teaching/learning opportunities.

Course Syllabus

Registration is closed and no late registrations will be taken.

Instructor: Tammy Chelf and various business leaders
Dates, Times:
6/12/17 through 6/16/17 @ 8 am to 3:30 pm
Location: The first day will meet at St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust Street, Ambrose Hall, Room 001, Davenport, IA. Personal Transportation is required to business locations.

Registration for this course will close 6/5/17.

Credit note: Those who have taken Excellence In Teaching in the past for credit can earn credit this year as well. This is a new course. Check with your district about using the course for lane changes if you have taken an Excellence in Teaching course in the past ten years.

           Excellence In Teaching Institute 2018

Excellence in Teaching Institute is available for teacher relicensure credit through the AEA.

This year´s program is financially sponsored in part by St. Ambrose University and the Business Education Partnership.

Fees:
Bettendorf and Pleasant Valley school districts employees:
$70 for 2 Relicensure Credits through Mississippi Bend AEA

All other district educators:
$220 for 2 Relicensure Credits through Mississippi Bend AEA

This course is designed to reinforce the value of the free enterprise system by providing experiential opportunities for educators and fostering issue awareness and skill development in a business setting. This course has been designed to promote local business opportunities, issue workplace skill development in the classroom setting, encourage PBL curriculum development and focus on the importance of soft skills training as part of teaching/learning opportunities.

Course Syllabus

Instructor: Tammy Chelf and various business leaders
Dates, Times:
6/11/18: 8:00-3:30
6/12/18: 8:30-3:30
6/13/18: 8:00-3:00
6/14/18: 8:00-3:30
6/15/18: 8:00-2:00

Location: The first day will meet at MBAEA Bettendorf, 729 21st St. Personal Transportation is required to business locations.

Registration for this course will close 6/1/18.

Credit note: Those who have taken Excellence In Teaching in the past for credit can earn credit this year as well. This is a new course. Check with your district about using the course for lane changes if you have taken an Excellence in Teaching course in the past ten years.

           Fostering Creativity and Growth Mindset in the Classroom and Beyond

This course is open only to Bellevue CSD staff.

• Participants will learn how to increase student engagement in their classroom, along with utilizing strategies for creating a classroom environment inviting to students and their perspectives.
• Participants will recognize the importance of creativity in both students and in themselves when learning, and therefore create positive learning environments for students which are based on student interests and real/relevant learning opportunities.
• Participants will value the aspect of “creativity” in both their students, and themselves as educators.
• Problem-Based Learning and Growth Mindset principles will be integrated into the course as a familiar connecting concept.
• Participants will develop their own self-analysis of their teaching and how to improve it for the benefit of student learning

Course Syllabus

Instructor: Tom Meyer
Session Number: 7371
Dates & Times: see syllabus
Location: Bellevue Schools

Costs:
$35 for 1 Relicensure credit
free for audit/no credit

This course is not offered for Drake graduate credit.

           Human Relations

The course can be taken at the relicensure credit level if taken from an AEA to meet Iowa licensure requirements of the Board of Educational Examiners.

This course is no longer offered at the Mississippi Bend AEA.

Online learning options for this course include:
Drake University
Green Hills AEA
Scott Community College

           IC Map Suite Training

Please join Iowa educators as we explore how to effectively plan personalized learning pathways for ourselves and our students. This learning experience includes immersion training with the competency-based education (CBE) Innovation Configuration (IC) Map Suite, which is aligned to the Characteristics of Effective Instruction and Iowa’s College and Career Ready Outcomes .

Pilot teachers, teacher leaders, administrators, consultants, and college instructors will design their own learning plan. To reflect the type of learning in which we want to engage our students, the workshop and the pilot will be differentiated to meet learner needs, and will jump start our progress toward a Future Ready Iowa.

Outcomes
IC Map Suite Training attendees will:
• gain access to the IC Map Suite (facilitation guide, teacher self-assessment and dashboard, student surveys, and a walkthrough form)
• create an individual learner profile
• learn how to use the facilitation guide to engage learners
• explore models of how to use the IC Map Dashboard and its embedded tools (resources and micro-credentials) and alignment to Iowa initiatives
• design an action plan for 2018-19 implementation

Registration info
Instructor: Andrea Stewart, Mississippi Bend AEA
Date: 7/23/18
Location: Heartland AEA, Johnston, IA
Time: 9:00-3:00 (lunch and snacks provided)
Registration closes 7/23/18.
Pilot: August 2018-June 2019
Follow-up Support: Flexible format, provided regionally and virtually
Feedback: Twice during the pilot and at The Center’s 2019 Summer Convening
Feedback includes: strengths/challenges of the Suite, additional resources for the tools, as well as modifications for the 2019-2020 school year

To earn License Renewal Credit
The IC Map Suite Training is being offered for relicensure credit in conjunction with four virtual or face-to-face support meetings, as well as six hours of in-district design and implementation work. All components must be completed by June 1, 2019.

Following the July IC Map Training workshop, those seeking credit will work with a coach to plan for the remainder of the course requirements.

Teachers, teacher leader(s), and/or administrators are encouraged to attend the face-to-face session in teams for support and training in how to navigate the IC Map Suite.

Cost:
$35 for 1 relicensure credit
free for audit/no credit
This course is not offered for Drake credit.

Visit The Center for more information.

           Multisensory Education Strategies

This session has been cancelled.

Take an adventure for two days as you learn to use multisensory approaches in teaching. Participants will learn more about themselves and about how a group works as they proceed through a set of games and obstacles. Be prepared to expand your instructional techniques. Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Coaches, teachers and youth leaders will enjoy this experience.

This course is appropriate for teacher, paraeducator and substitute authorization recertification credit.

Registration closes 6/1/17.

Course Syllabus

Instructors: Beverly Downey and Jennifer Best
Session No.: 7285
Location: Scott Co. Extension Office, 875 Tanglefoot Lane, Bettendorf
Dates: 6/15/17, 6/16/17
Time: 8 am - 4:00 pm, half hour lunch on your own

Cost:
$100 1 relicensure credit
This course is not offered for Drake credit or audit.

Costs include all supplies and course materials.

           Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, Networking Day

Registration is restricted to Elementary and Secondary Schools who have implemented the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program.

The annual Olweus Bullying Prevention Program Networking Day will feature a performance by "Bully Theater" as well as a keynote message from the Department of education, and breakout sessions.

           Play Matters

Play Matters – According to Stuart Brown M.D., we have lost something in our society and that is the importance of play. Real play increases creativity, as it allows us to take more risks and be bold. Our problem-solving that is needed for today’s world needs play more than ever. This course is designed to investigate the power of play, develop an understanding of how it can benefit our students, and how to effectively utilize play in the classroom to enhance creativity and problem-solving.

Course Syllabus

Instructor: Peggy Slattery

Dates: 8/6-7/18
Time: 8:00-5:00

Registration will close on 8/1/18.
Location: MBAEA, Bettendorf

Costs:
$85 for 1 Relicensure credit
$85 for audit/no credit option

This course will not be offered for Drake credit.

           PODD - Pragmatic Organization of Dynamic Display

Attendance is required at all sessions for licensure renewal and / or graduate credit. Please let us know if you will be attending the follow-up sessions at Mississippi Bend AEA in Bettendorf, IA or via Polycom. If you will be attending via Polycom, we will need to know the location.

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 will be made by the team for use during this course for a targeted student. Participants will learn 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.

In Addition to meeting times: 08/21/10 - 09/15/10 3 hours in team activities/Building Trial Implementation will be required.

Registration for this course will close on August 18, 2010. Registrations processed after the close date of the course will be charged an additional $25 late registration fee.

           QTEL Institute – Developing Academic Literacy Practices with Young ELLs (EDMA)

This is a four-day Quality Teaching for English Learners professional development institute for K-3 teachers of ELLs. The institute aims to improve educators’ capacity to provide high-quality literacy and language instruction for young English Language Learners using research-based literacy approaches.

The QTEL Institute on Early Literacy Development focuses on interrelated research-based approaches that unpack critical oral and written language practices that accelerate the literacy and language development of young ELLs:
• Promote extensive oral language development as students learn component reading skills
• Use structured heterogeneous peer-to-peer interactions about text to increase reading achievement
• Develop students’ metalinguistic and semantic understanding of language to increase vocabulary learning and text comprehension
• Engage students in teacher-directed interactive reading of high quality texts to increase literacy development in foundational skills and text comprehension
• Integrate oral and written literacy activities across content areas.

These five approaches form a coherent set of practices that develop the Iowa Reading Progression skills, the Iowa Core ELA reading practices, and language development for ELLs in grades K-3.

Sessions will engage educators in classroom exemplars that provide models of how to integrate the above practices. Teachers will both participate in and analyze these model lessons so that they have a strong understanding of the literacy and language theory that informs them. This deeper understanding provides teachers with tools and process to scaffold the teaching and learning of Iowa Core literacy standards and Iowa Early Literacy benchmarks in classrooms with ELLs. These exemplars will be a combination of QTEL designed lessons and modification of units developed by teachers and consultants working with the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency.

Course Syllabus

Instructor: WestEd Staff
Session Number: 6620
Dates: 2/24/15, 2/25/15, 4/2/15, 4/21/15
Time: 8:30 - 4:00, 1-hour lunch on your own
Location: Mississippi Bend AEA, Bettendorf

Costs:
$170 for 1 Drake graduate credit
$100 for 1 Relicensure credit
$10 for CEUs; please check with your licensing agency to verify the appropriateness of course content. A CEU certificate will be provided after the completion of the course.
no cost for Audit/no credit option

           School Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: Coaches Training 2017-2018

This course is designed for internal or external coaches in schools with an active School Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Teams and currently implementing this multi-tiered system of support.

During sessions the coaches will review the key elements of SW PBIS, discuss the importance of coaching in SW PBIS, review coaching basics and the role of the PBIS Coach, and complete the PBIS Coach Self-Assessment and Action plan.

Coaches will guide any team based training needed.

Course Syllabus

Instructor: Jill Yates

All participants must register. Payment for credit is due upon registration.

Costs:
$115 for 1 Drake EDMA grad credit
$35 for 1 Relicensure credit
$10 for up to 15 hrs. CEUs (not for teacher or paraeducator license renewal)

For more information about Drake Univ. EDMA credit visit Drake Credit Info on the MBAEA Professional Development webpage.

           Shifting to Learners at the Center: Summer Convening

The Center will hold a Summer Convening on June 19, 2018 to explore how we might re-imagine education through student and educator breakout sessions. The Center is a coalition from across Iowa that facilitates networks of educators and community-based stakeholders who have a passion for meeting students where they are to co-create rigorous, authentic learning experiences.

The Center Summer Convening will have up to 60 breakout sessions that will allow us to learn from each other, including workshops to design an implementation plan.

To make this Summer Convening meaningful for all attendees, educational practitioners will share their knowledge and experiences through hands-on breakout sessions that model philosophies and practices from personalized learning, CBE, standards-based assessment and reporting (SBAR), blended, STEAM, work-based learning, community partnerships, and project-/problem-based learning (PBL), including the following strands:

• Time is Variable: Students advance upon demonstrated proficiency
• Deeper Learning: Students’ demonstration of competencies requires transfer of knowledge across content areas and/or beyond the classroom.
• Authentic Assessment: Students engage in assessment as a meaningful and positive learning experience.
• Just-in-Time-Supports: Students receive rapid, personalized support based on individual learning needs.
• Anytime/Anywhere Learning (for adults and students): Students’ learning is validated regardless of when, where or how they acquire and/or demonstrate the learning.

To earn License Renewal Credit:
Attend the Summer Convening and complete one or more micro-credentials (along with a learning log) selected from Bloomboard or another instructor-approved site. Following the Convening, those seeking credit will complete at least one micro-credential learning opportunity for the second half of the credit. Visit Bloomboard for examples.
Participants can receive any support they might need in completing the micro-credential from the instructor and/or a teacher leader in their district. Choose to attend one or more optional face-to-face sessions for support as well; teacher leaders/administrators are encouraged to attend. These dates will be announced later based on need. More information and examples will given at the Summer Convening.

Contact: Andrea Stewart, Mississippi Bend AEA
Date of the Summer Convening: 6/19/18
Location: Van Meter Schools, Van Meter, IA
Time: 8:00-3:30
Lunch is provided.

Registration closes 6/1/18 for The Summer Convening.

Cost:
$50 Registraion fee
Optional: $35 for 1 relicensure credit
This course is not offered for Drake credit.

Visit The Center for more information.

           Teaching Students of Poverty

The make-up of our classrooms is changing rapidly and our teaching isn’t changing as quickly. This class will offer support and practical application for working with students of poverty. It will also challenge our mindset to work with such students and families and become a richer student. This class will offer research based strategies to implement into your classroom to develop highly effective ways to embrace socioeconomic changes.

The book needed for the course is available at Amazon.com. We recommend not purchasing the book until you receive confirmation that the course is not cancelled and will be held.
Poor Students, Rich Teaching (Mindsets for Change) by Eric Jensen

You will need access to the following handout for the course: Poverty and Education: Finding the Way Forward

Course Syllabus

Instructor: Stephanie Lindmark

Session 7520 - blended learning option

Date: 7/9/18 plus 8 hours of online work Time: 8:00-4:30
Location: Mississippi Bend AEA, Bettendorf

Registration closes 6/28/18.

Costs:
$85 1 Relicensure credit

           Understanding Student Engagement: Building a Community of Learners

This session has been cancelled.

Participants will:
• Construct an understanding of student engagement from its components
• Become familiar with the research and evidence base for student engagement
• Reflect on the current state of student engagement in their classroom
• Learn how student choice, student voice and feedback strategies support student engagement
• Develop a 100 Day Student Engagement Action Plan to communicate, implement and monitor student engagement strategies in their classroom
• Understand how a focus on student engagement in the classroom supports the Iowa Core, MTSS, and the Iowa Teaching Standards.

Course Syllabus

Instructor: Sally Rigeman, PhD
Session 6590
Dates & Times:
5/1/15, 5/13/15 @ 4:30 - 8:30 pm
5/2/15 @ 8:00-4:00 pm
Registration closes 4/19/15.

Location: Mississippi Bend AEA, Bettendorf

Costs:
$180 for 1 Drake graduate credit
$110 for 1 Relicensure credit
$60 for audit/no credit option

           Using the iPad to Overcome Dyslexia: The best apps and downloads to accommodate dyslexic students

This session has been cancelled.

This online course is specifically designed to give teachers a wealth of iPad resources to use with students who have diverse reading and writing needs.

This class is divided into 3 modules. Module 1 thoroughly describes dyslexia and how it effects one´s ability to read and write. Modules 2 and 3 explore some of the most practical, accessible and helpful apps for students with dyslexia to "level the playing field" in the classroom.

This is a perfect class for educators and parents to add to their "toolbox" of resources to meet the needs of their most diverse learners.

This is an online course. The instructor will closely monitor student participation through log on time, the posting of assignments, and responding to teacher and student postings. Students can access the on-line class 24 hours per day from their computer. This will be a self paced class.

Book needed for the course is available at Amazon.com. We recommend not purchasing the book until you receive confirmation that the course is not cancelled and will be held.
Dyslexia and the iPad by James and Linda Nuttall

Course Syllabus

A face-to-face meeting on 2/16/16 will be held to discuss online coursework. Please bring your laptop if possible. If you have taken an online course before, this session is optional.

Registration closes 2/8/16.

Instructor: Melissa Ogden and Frank Ogden
Session: 6609
Face to face meeting: 2/16/16 @ 4:30 - 5:30 pm
held at the Mississippi Bend AEA
Online work: 2/16/16 - 4/12/16, self paced online course.

Cost:
$510 for 3 Drake credits
$300 for 3 relicensure credits
$150 for 3 relicensure credits for paraeducators only
$150 for Audit/no credit
Does not include cost of book.

For more information about Drake Univ. EDMA credit visit Drake Credit Info on the MBAEA Professional Development webpage.

This course will meet the 3-credit requirement to renew a paraeducator certificate. An official transcript will be mailed to participants upon request. This transcript needs to be sent with the certificate renewal application.

           What Really Motivates Us?

In the words of the author and authority on motivation, Daniel Pink, “Our motivations are amazingly interesting, and not as predictable as we would think.” Through investigation of the studies and strategies that Pink has uncovered, this course is designed to develop greater understanding of what motivates us and how to utilize this in the classroom.

Course Syllabus

Instructor: Peggy Slattery
Location: Mississippi Bend AEA, Bettendorf
Dates: 2/24/18, 3/10/18
Time: 8:00 - 5:00
Registration closes 2/20/18.

Cost:
$85 for 1 relicensure credit