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Every Iowa superintendent and building principal should have received a free e-copy of Principles to Actions from the Iowa Department of Educations.
It contains the six Guiding Principles for School Mathematics along with the eight Effective Teaching Practices (ETP).
It synthesizes over 240 pieces of mathematics research & published articles into 117 easy to read pages.
Check your spam or trash. It would have been sent from gmail: april.pforts@iowa.gov. Information for a relicensure credit and book study will be sent out next month via the Iowa Mathematics Newsletter. Sign up here.
The Department is seeking input from K-12 teachers, counselors and administrators to
create meaningful and relevant computer science professional development to support
your district’s needs. Please fill out the survey below and forward it to all of your K-12
staff. Your feedback is extremely valuable.
Computer Science Professional Development Interest Survey
For more information, contact Justin Lewis or 515-669-7007.
Please see this updated Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP) overview that contains
details of the legislative additions of work-based learning (WBL) and FAFSA advisement. With
the additions, districts are required to include WBL and FAFSA in their district career and
academic plan (DCAP) and fall 2023 ICAP reporting.
For more information, contact Erica Woods-Schmitz or 515-330-0185
Will the 2024 Iowa Teacher of the Year hail from your school district? One thing is sure: She or he won’t if you don’t nominate a teacher for the honor. Any administrator, colleague, student, parent, college faculty or association member can nominate a teacher for the Teacher of the Year award.
The Teacher of the Year award provides an opportunity to recognize an Iowa teacher who motivates, challenges, and inspires excellence; who is respected by students and peers; who is a dedicated professional that helps nurture hidden talents and abilities; who is a creative, caring individual; who takes teaching beyond textbooks and blackboards; and who is an exceptional teacher helping to redefine American education.
Sound like someone you know? Then nominate today. Contact Marietta Rives if you have questions--
The Iowa Department of Education is partnering with the Iowa Department of Management
Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) to offer two webinars to answer questions and
share information about cybersecurity tools, monitoring resources and additional support that
OCIO has available to Iowa schools.
School administrators, IT personnel and others interested in learning about OCIO’s services are
invited to register for one of the following Zoom webinars. A recording of the webinar will be
made available to anyone unable to attend on one of the following days:
Cybersecurity Tools and Incident Monitoring for Schools
When: Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 from 3-4 p.m. Central Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this webinar:
When: Tuesday, Feb. 21 from 1-2 p.m. Central Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this webinar:
Jess Flaherty, OCIO local government program manager, will share information about OCIO’s
next-generation Endpoint Detection and Response, which is a security tool that detects and
prevents a wide range of known and unknown cyber attacks on computers, servers and other
devices. The service also includes state-of-the-art around-the-clock security incident monitoring
and response for schools and nonprofits.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the
webinar.
A new Google calendar is available on the Annual Notices and Deadlines for Public and Nonpublic Schools webpage. This page displays important state and federal notices and deadlines for all public and nonpublic schools just as it did before. Now with the addition of the new feature, users can subscribe to the calendar in order to add the important deadlines to their own Google, Outlook and Apple calendars. The calendar information also includes the state/federal law citation and the appropriate contacts at the Department.
The subscription feature is something school administrators and business officials have asked the Department to provide and we are excited to offer this additional functionality for schools. Users can subscribe to the entire calendar for all deadlines or select a specific deadline (Google calendar only) if they only want to copy a selected deadline to their calendar.
More information, including calendar links and subscription directions for the different technology options, are also provided on the webpage.
All current information regarding Educational Savings Accounts can be found here
Please provide the names and contact information for the designated school emergency contacts for your district/school to your school improvement consultant.
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January 26 (12-1 PM) – National Mental Health Speaker
The Scanlan Center for School Mental Health is hosting a virtual talk by Dr. Kathryn Humphreys, an expert in early childhood mental health. Dr. Humphreys is an Assistant Professor and clinical psychologist by training from Vanderbilt University. Her 1-hour talk will explore approaches to conceptualizing and characterizing early adversity, including child abuse and neglect. She will also discuss evidence for the role of interventions to prevent maltreatment and mitigate the impact of early adversity on long-term outcomes. RSVP link https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3WP3qLPJclDEjoa
February 9 (12-1 PM) – Research Lunch Series
The Scanlan Center for School Mental Health will host a research lunch series featuring three 15-minute talks on February 9th (12-1 PM) by experts engaged in school mental health research. One talk will feature Dr. Megan Foley-Nicpon covering the academic, clinical, and psychosocial profiles for high ability youth with obsessive compulsive disorder. The second talk will feature Dr. Jacob Michaelson about the links between behavior and creativity in autistic children and their genetic predictors. The final talk will feature Dr. Daria Fisher Page about law clinic advocacy. Join us in-person on the University of Iowa campus or via Zoom. RSVP link https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bqnrlLs6tZGWDxI
March 9 (12-1 PM) – Research Lunch Series
On March 9th (12-1 PM) the Scanlan Center for School Mental Health will host a research lunch series featuring experts engaged in school mental health research. The first talk will be delivered by a team of researchers and school practitioner, Drs. Jared Izumi and Jamie Elizalde from the University of Iowa, and Coreen Frank from Iowa City School District, respectively. They will talk about their work engaged in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for Iowa youth. The final talk will feature Dr. Jonathan Templin about assessment literacy. Join us in-person on the University of Iowa campus or via Zoom. RSVP link https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3dArFK4vehy58Ca
April 13th (12-1 PM) – Research Lunch Series
On April 13th (12-1 PM) the Scanlan Center for School Mental Health (SCSMH) will host the final research lunch series event for the academic year. Three experts will deliver 15-minute talks about their work engaged in school mental health research. First, Dr. Seth King, will talk about training staff to use function-based behavior interventions using virtual reality. Second, Dr. Yanchen Zhang will talk about the pre-implementation on enhancement strategies to promote educators’ intentions to implement evidence-based practices to improve student behaviors. Finally, Dr. Derek Rodgers will provide an overview of SCSMH research projects with a deep dive into a mindfulness intervention in Iowa schools. Join us in-person on the University of Iowa campus or via Zoom. RSVP link https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bPc5uB7mV6yg3oW
May 4th (12-1 PM) – National Mental Health Speaker
The Scanlan Center for School Mental Health is hosting a virtual talk by Dr. Steven Kilgus. Dr. Kilgus is an Associate Professor in School Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-director of the School Mental Health Collaborative. Dr. Kilgus will talk for 1-hour developing evidence-based assessment procedures and universal screeners. Join us in-person on the University of Iowa campus or via Zoom. RSVP link https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2ugbUbwHphHSrtA
It is the policy of the Iowa Department of Education not to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age, political party affiliation, or actual or potential parental, family or marital status in its programs, activities, or employment practices as required by the Iowa Code sections 216.9 and 256.10(2), Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d2000e), the Equal Pay Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. § 206, et seq.), Title IX (Educational Amendments, 20 U.S.C.§§ 1681 – 1688), Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq.). If you have questions or complaints related to compliance with this policy by the Iowa Department of Education, please contact the legal counsel for the Iowa Department of Education, Grimes State Office Building, 400 E. 14th Street, Des Moines, IA 50319-0146, telephone number: 515-281-5295, or the Director of the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, John C. Kluczynski Federal Building, 230 S. Dearborn Street, 37th Floor, Chicago, IL 60604-7204, telephone number: 312-730-1560, FAX number: 312-730-1576, TDD number: 800-877-8339, email: OCR.Chicago@ed.gov
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