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Back to school time! Parents, schools and communities can work together for student success

PTA’s National Standards for Family-School Partnerships offer a framework for how families, schools, and communities should work together to support student success.  Here are some ideas for how you can get involved in your child’s school based on each of the six National Standards. Standard... Read More »

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  • Iowa part of SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium

    In an effort to provide ongoing feedback to teachers during the course of the school year, measure annual student growth, and move beyond narrowly-focused bubble tests, the U.S. Department of Education has awarded two groups of states grants to develop a new generation of tests. The new tests will be aligned to the higher standards Read More »

  • Welcome back

    Best wishes for a successful 2010-2011 school year to all the children, families and educators served by AEA 267!

  • Iowa Second in the Nation for the Highest Average ACT Composite Score

    Iowa students continue to earn the second highest average ACT scores in the nation during 2010, according to results released by ACT. This year also saw an increase in the number of students in Iowa who took the test compared to 2009. The average ACT composite score for Iowa students this year was 22.2, compared Read More »

  • Iowa adopts Common Core Standards

    The Iowa State Board of Education recently adopted the Common Core State Standards as part of the Iowa Core. As a follow-up to this decision, the Iowa Department of Education has information about this effort on its website. This includes the “Common Core State Standards and Iowa Fact Sheet” along with other information about the Iowa Read More »

  • Iowa’s AEAs to Provide K-12 Schools With Google’s Online Tools

    All Iowa educators have opportunity to be trained in Google Apps for Education Johnston, Iowa – Iowa’s Area Education Agencies (AEAs) announced today that they have entered into an exciting agreement with Google to provide all K-12 schools in Iowa with free access to Google Apps for Education. 550,000 students and educators will have the Read More »

Upcoming Events

  • Characteristics of Effective Instruction

    Course #4222, Section #5919 (MT), #5921 (CF), #5920 (CL) 2 graduate/licensure renewal/paraeducator credits, 4 AEA 267 PD days Instructor: Stephanie Giachino This course will introduce participants to the Characteristics of Effective Instruction identified in the Iowa Core Curriculum, as well … Continue reading

  • Using Streaming Video Within Your Classroom – CF

    Course #1445, Section #5817, Cedar Falls 1 graduate/licensure renewal/paraeducator credit, 2.25 AEA PD days Instructor: Kay Schmalen Participants involved with this course will effectively choose an appropriate lesson to integrate streaming video, understand the reasons for using streaming video, explore … Continue reading

  • Universal Design for Learning – MT

    Course #4215, Section #5671, Marshalltown 1 licensure renewal credit, 2.5 AEA 267 PD days Instructors: Lea Ann Peschong, Matt Webber, Somer Muller Universal Design for Learning is a framework for designing curricula that enable all students to gain knowledge, skills, … Continue reading

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