New Heartland Administrator Connection

Starting next week, February 13th, Heartland will be distributing the Administrator Connection each week to superintendents, principals and curriculum coordinators in our area. The Administrator Connection will replace the Superintendent and Principal Connections and combine the two into one publication. If you want the Administrators Connection sent to others beside yourself, please let us know.

First Version of Heartland AEA 2009-2010 Calendar

Click here to view the first version of the Heartland AEA 2009-2010 Calendar. We wanted to give you a preview of major dates for next school year. More dates will follow. If you have questions, please contact Sharon Kurns, skurns@aea11.k12.ia.us.

Tony Wagner's The Global Achievement Gap Available at Heartland

During his talk at the February 3rd Superintendent Advisory meeting, Scott McLeod, an associate professor at Iowa State University, mentioned Tony Wagner's new book, The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need--and What We Can Do About It. Copies of the book are available for checkout from the Heartland Professional Library and more copies are being ordered.

In the meantime, you can learn more about Wagner’s research and find resources that you can use at in-services and board presentations at http://www.schoolchange.org.

At the Web site you can do the following:

• watch Wagner's keynote address, The Global Achievement Gap
• read the table of contents and introduction to the book
• view his keynote, What Does It Mean to Be A Change Leader?
• register (at no cost) for access to PPT presentations, articles and other resources
• view video excerpts from presentations on change and leadership
• view the Student Voice Video where a focus group of high school students talk about their school experiences and what they need from teachers to be successful

College Bound: Take ACT in junior year or early in senior year

Click here to read an article that could be a fantastic resource for high school seniors getting ready for college. This appeared in the monthly series, College Bound, which is a service of the University of Northern Iowa and is distributed through the Office of University Marketing and Public Relations.