Our Mission 

To improve the learning outcomes and well-being of all children and youth by providing services and leadership in partnership with families, schools and communities. 

Our Goals

• Increase learning growth for students
• Decrease the gap in achievement
• Increase annual graduation rates
• Increase gateways to post-secondary success

Save-the-Date! We’re Going to Have an In-person All-Staff Meeting!

We have big news! We'll be holding an in-person All-Staff Meeting in September 2021! Mark your calendars now to join us!

All-Staff Meeting

Sept. 24, 2021 

Most of the day

Hy-Vee Hall, Des Moines 

The Agency is looking forward to a great day of connecting, celebrating and learning with and from each other! More details to come next week!

If you have any questions, contact the Communications Department.

Reminder: Let’s Honor Our Retirees with Personalized Messages!

Since the Agency isn’t holding retirement receptions in our facilities again this year due to the pandemic, we are providing you a chance to wish our retirees well by recording your greetings via video. Some regions would like to share these messages at their May regional meetings, so we are getting these links out to you now to record your good wishes! Please send our retirees off in caring Heartland AEA style! 

Flipgrid Instructions 

Click on a Flipgrid link. Click “Log in with Google.” Click the red camera button to add your video. Record a message for our honored retirees. After reviewing your video, you can click the arrow to proceed to the next step. Take a picture of yourself for your thumbnail. This is how you will show up on the grid before your video is played. 

2021 Retirees 

• Sandy Anderson 
• Cindi Ballard 
• Lisa Barnett 
• Vickie Borich 
• Cynthia Burggraaf 
• Mark Crady 
• Sheila Fay 
• Barb Hoffman 
• Becky Kinnander 
• Karla Jones 
• Becca Lindahl 
• Lynn McCartney 
• Mary Montgomery 
• Barb Mortensen 
• Deb Mountsier 
• Terri Parker 
• Kelly Polich 
• Cindy Reitz 
• Lisa Smith 
• Kim Thomas 
• Julia Thompson 
• Deb Vail 
• Evelyn VanHouten-VanPelt 
• Jean Vesely

May 2021 Board of Directors Meeting Agenda Available

The agenda for the May 11, 2021, Heartland AEA Board of Directors meeting is available.

Reminder: Need to Dig Deeper on How to Use Google Sheets in Your Work? Check Out This New Course!

If you use spreadsheets in your work and are interested in learning more about them, this course is for you! 

The Heartland AEA Assessment Team has developed this Canvas course specifically for Heartland AEA staff. It is an ungraded, self-paced course designed for users to pick and choose modules that best suit their learning needs. Course modules start at a basic level and increase in complexity and skill level. 

The modules cover the following skill areas: 

• Spreadsheet Tour 
• Applying Google Sheet Basics: Navigation and Formatting 
• Basic Analytics: Conditional Formatting, Filtering and Sorting 
• Functions and Formula Basics 
• Charting and Graphing in Google Sheets 

Each module contains a Google Sheets file for users to download and practice with while they follow along with the video content. In an effort to make the content relevant to users, the practice worksheets are the types of data that you use frequently in your work, such as FAST and behavior data. 

Registration 

If you have any questions, contact the assessment consultant who serves your region.