Poverty Expert Donna Beegle to Present January Workshop

Highly-experienced national public speaker, discussion leader, trainer and author, Donna M. Beegle, Ed.D., will present a poverty workshop in Altoona on January 20, 2010 for AEA and school personnel interested in learning more about understanding those who live in poverty. Click here for more information and to register.

November World of Media

The newest issue is online at http://wom.aea11.k12.ia.us. Interesting resources for work and your children.

Topics:

• Online language and math translation tools
• Online graphs and charts generator
• Science and geography curriculum maps (21st century skills)
• National parks resources (Ken Burns)
• History and primary sources
• Intro to psychology DVDs
• Edutopia DVDs (best practices)
  
• Teaching Every Student in a Digital World (e.g. UDL)
• Best online videos for students (chosen by a review committee)
• Iowa Core scenarios database
• Streaming videos and student achievement research
• Wordle: word cloud generator
• Where the Wild Things Are resources
• African American authors
• Reading strategies
• New DVDs of favorite children's stories
• Math/science in everyday life
• Math online teaching tools

Holiday Van Route Schedule

Please make note of this schedule as you plan to send and receive items through our van mail.

• November 25-27 2009 No Van Delivery
• December 21-22, 2009 Regular Van Delivery
• December 23-31 2009 & January 1, 2010 No Van Delivery
• January 4, 2010 Regular Van Delivery Resumes

Kabel Business Services Holiday Schedule

Kabel Business Services, the company that administers the Agency’s flexible benefits program, will be closed for the holidays on the following days:

Thanksgiving
November 26-27, 2009
Christmas
December 24-25, 2009
New Year's Day
January 1, 2010

There will be no disbursements for claims on these days.

Iowa School Climate Survey Now Available

The 2009 Iowa School Climate Survey is now available. This biennial survey from the Iowa Pride Network measures the levels of racism, homophobia and sexism in Iowa schools. The 2009 survey is the first since the legislature passed the 2007 Iowa Safe Schools Law. Click here if you are interested in reading the survey.

Change of Address for Delaware Elementary

The street address for Delaware Elementary in the SE Polk School District has been changed. It’s a small change—the street designation has gone from “N.E.” to “E.” The new address is:

Delaware Elementary
4401 E. 46th St.
Des Moines, IA 50317

November 18 Lunch & Learn Canceled

The cultural competence Lunch & Learn scheduled for November 18 in Indianola (Understanding the Need of Gifted Children) has been canceled.

Jeans Day November 20

Since agency offices will be closed on the last Friday of the month, jeans day for November will be on the 20th.