At the annual Iowa School Counselor Association conference, counselors are recognized with Counselor of the Year awards at each of four levels – elementary, middle school/junior high, high school and multilevel. Counselors are typically nominated by their peers or administrators. If you work with a counselor who you feel is exemplary and deserving of this recognition, please consider nominating him/her for this honor.
To nominate a school counselor, write a letter of recommendation and include the award category (elementary, middle school/junior high, high school or multilevel.) Also include a statement describing the program, activity and/or contribution demonstrating the individual’s worthiness to receive this award.
Nominations can be mailed to Sue Farran, Prairie Point Middle School and 9th Grade Academy, 401 76th Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 or faxed to Sue at (319) 848-5515. The deadline for nominations is Oct. 18, 2010.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Link to Sweeney Newspaper Article
Click here to read the article from the Sept. 16 Herald-Index that quotes Heartland Speech-Language Pathologist Peggy Sweeney. The link was inadvertently left out of Friday’s HeartBeat.
The Education Week article quoting Evan Abbey, Project Manager for Statewide Online Learning, is available in the Sept. 22 print edition of the publication.
The Education Week article quoting Evan Abbey, Project Manager for Statewide Online Learning, is available in the Sept. 22 print edition of the publication.
Google Apps Webinars Planned For Iowa Educators
This past summer, Iowa’s Area Education Agencies announced an exciting agreement with Google to provide all K-12 schools in Iowa with free access to Google Apps for Education. Click here read this summer's announcement.
A series of webinars for educators implementing Google Apps in all Iowa schools is planned during the 2010-2011 school year.
Sponsored by Iowa AEAs, these webinars will be distributed using two Google groups listservs. Anyone can join the following two Google groups free of charge.
The Iowa Google Apps Group is for tech directors, network administrators and other individuals who are deploying or managing Google Apps in their schools. Visit http://groups.google.com/group/iowa-google-apps-group for this group.
The Iowa Teachers Google Apps User Group is designed for teachers and administrators using Google Apps everyday with students and staff. Visit http://groups.google.com/group/IA-Teach-GApps-UserGroup for this group.
All live webinars will be accessible at http://iowaec.na4.acrobat.com/googleapps and do not require a pre-registration. Each webinar will begin at 3:30 p.m. on the dates below.
The schedule of webinars through December 2010 includes the following topics:
October 21, 2010 - Using Google Docs
November 11, 2010 - Using Gmail
December 16, 2010 - Using Google Groups
(More webinars will be scheduled in 2011.)
For more information about the Google Apps webinars, contact Andy Crozier at Grant Wood AEA at acrozier@gwaea.org or (319) 399-6866.
A series of webinars for educators implementing Google Apps in all Iowa schools is planned during the 2010-2011 school year.
Sponsored by Iowa AEAs, these webinars will be distributed using two Google groups listservs. Anyone can join the following two Google groups free of charge.
The Iowa Google Apps Group is for tech directors, network administrators and other individuals who are deploying or managing Google Apps in their schools. Visit http://groups.google.com/group/iowa-google-apps-group for this group.
The Iowa Teachers Google Apps User Group is designed for teachers and administrators using Google Apps everyday with students and staff. Visit http://groups.google.com/group/IA-Teach-GApps-UserGroup for this group.
All live webinars will be accessible at http://iowaec.na4.acrobat.com/googleapps and do not require a pre-registration. Each webinar will begin at 3:30 p.m. on the dates below.
The schedule of webinars through December 2010 includes the following topics:
October 21, 2010 - Using Google Docs
November 11, 2010 - Using Gmail
December 16, 2010 - Using Google Groups
(More webinars will be scheduled in 2011.)
For more information about the Google Apps webinars, contact Andy Crozier at Grant Wood AEA at acrozier@gwaea.org or (319) 399-6866.
Disability Mentoring Day This Week
Disability Mentoring Day (DMD) is a national effort to promote career development for students and job seekers with disabilities through hands-on career exploration, on-site job shadowing and ongoing mentoring leading to internship and employment opportunities. Click here to download a flyer of this year’s conference and expo that will be held October 8, 2010, in the Meadows Conference Center at Prairie Meadows.
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