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October 9, 2021Literacy Connections to Core for Students with Significant Disabilities
During this three-day training, educators supporting students with significant cognitive delays and complex learning needs will experience and apply core standards via… Read More
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October 7, 2021Computer Science Strategic Planning & Implementation (SCRIPT) Workshops
This workshop is for educators in Grant Wood Area Education Agency’s service area. A district team needs to be comprised of a minimum of an… Read More
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October 7, 2021MTSS and Iowa Core Math Standards
The pandemic has prompted administrators, coaches, and teachers to re-examine their priority standards, the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework and evidence-based practices. Here are… Read More
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October 6, 2021Open Minds, Open Doors Engages Students in “Amazing STEM Race” During In-Person Conference
On Friday, Oct. 8, 184 students representing 24 local schools will gather for a new approach to the annual Open Minds, Open Doors… Read More
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October 5, 2021Secondary Literacy: Putting the Art Back in Language Arts
In public education today, an often-heard statement about integrating literacy into different content areas is that “literacy is everywhere”; but what would the inverse of this… Read More
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October 5, 2021Math Strategies to Support Students for Grades 6-12
This professional learning experience focuses on supporting students who are at risk or identified as having mathematical difficulties in the middle and high school grades. Participants… Read More
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October 4, 2021Write Tools for Teaching the Core: Informative/Explanatory Writing
This three-day training is the introduction to “The Write Tools” to support the informative/explanatory text type in the Common Core. This training will provide common… Read More
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October 4, 2021Peer Mediated Instruction Intervention: Resource & Training
Peer Mediated Instruction Intervention: Resources Available Peer Mediated Instruction Intervention (PMII) is a strategy that systematically teaches peers without disabilities ways of engaging learners with ASD… Read More
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September 29, 2021Think, Make, Innovate: Reflection
“We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience.”― John Dewey Reflection is a key part of processing and allowing ourselves… Read More
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September 29, 2021Light up thinking with Red Light, Yellow Light
Red Light, Yellow Light is a powerful thinking routine when students encounter ‘puzzles of truth.’ Students are provided with tools to navigate through… Read More
