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    In Case You Missed It: Lunch Box Chat Key Takeaways

    Last week our agency's Alternate Assessment team hosted a Lunch Box Chat! This chat provided an overview of things our staff should know as we… Read More

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    Collaborative Learning Community | Blended & Personalized Learning

    Blended and Personalized classrooms have learners who feel safe, valued and recognized. These learners understand what they are learning and why they are learning it. Read More

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    Literacy 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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    Computer 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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    MTSS 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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    Open 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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    Secondary 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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    Math 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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    Write 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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    Peer 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