Social Emotional Resources

You can never have too many social emotional resources for parents and teachers. Check out the list of resources below from NCPMI.

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Substitute Authorization Courses

Green Hills AEA spring Substitute Authorization courses are here! See the flyer here!

Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities

1. Suicide Risk Assessment Training -  Course #GH-14561 
1. March 7 at the Halverson Center
2. AAIMS Progress Monitoring Training - Course #168598
1. March 26 at the Avoca RO
3. Substitute Authorization - Course #154170
1. March 26, March 27, March 28 at the Halverson Center

Note:
Updated Course Disclaimer/Course Refund Policy - effective 2/21/19
Questions? Contact Michelle Lidgett, Registrar, mlidgett@ghaea.org or 844-366-0503.

How to Access Your Transcript

Need to renew your license and/or certificate? Access your transcript electronically at any time!

1. Log in to your account in the AEA Professional Learning Registration System
2. Click on the Home button
3. Scroll to the bottom right-hand side of the page to the "My Courses" heading
4. Click on "My Transcript"
5. Click on the "Print Official Transcript" button to generate a .pdf (cumulative transcript)

Questions? Contact Michelle Lidgett, Registrar, mlidgett@ghaea.org or 844-366-0503.

Interested in Teaching a 2019 Summer Course for Green Hills AEA

If you would like to teach a 2019 summer course for Green Hills AEA, please fill out the Course Proposal in the statewide online registration system by March 25th - See below for instructions on how to do this.

Learning Supports Symposium Break-out Sessions

Break-out sessions are being added regularly to this two day experience! Our first session in the Spotlight is:
"Teens for Love" Youth Programming - presented by Emmalee Bowlin, Director of Youth Engagement at Please Pass the Love.

We know that empowering our young people and giving them a voice can dramatically change the culture in schools. Our goal at Please Pass the Love is to increase mental health supports in our schools and a large piece of that is our youth programming. Through our Teens for Love program and our annual Youth School Climate Leadership Summit, we empower students to become leaders and mental health ambassadors in their schools. They have a voice and we help them find it. In this session, you will learn about our youth programming and what it takes to get a club started in your school. We will have a panel of our youth leaders that will share their stories and their experience with T4L and the annual Summit.

Lewis Central Trade Exploration Day

Lewis Central had their fourth annual Trade Exploration Day on February 14, 2019. They invited students from school districts all around the area to participate in this morning of exploration. Students had access to post-secondary representatives from institutions and organizations that provide training, certification, or degrees in the trades. Thank you, Lewis Central, Joe Vinchattle and Lu Peverill for your work providing this opportunity for our students! Enjoy the show.

Digital Learning Day

Every day could be digital learning day, but there is one day a year “dedicated” to digital learning and that is the last day of February, the 28th. Our Digital Leaning Specialists are here to help you celebrate. Check it out!

February is Social Emotional Awareness Month

Green Hills has some great resources in the areas of Trauma, Resilience, Behavior and Mental Health
Check them out! 

We have also gathered several short articles on various topics related to Social Emotional Learning.  Put your feet up, grab a cozy blanket and start reading!

Green Hills AEA School Highlights

Abraham Lincoln has one of the nation's top cyber teams. Students compete to solve real-world technology problems. The cyber team opens up both potential scholarship and employment opportunities. If they qualify, Abraham Lincoln's cyber team will be one of 12 teams selected to compete at nationals in Baltimore. Read more

Southwest Iowa STEM Teacher of the Year, Brett Roberts, Shenandoah Sixth Grade Science Teacher talks about the opportunities STEM has created for his students. View here

NEW Professional Learning Opportunity at Green Hills AEA

On May 6th, join us at the Halverson Center for the GeoTools Workshop. This full-day workshop for PreK-12 teachers will teach you how to use Google’s Geo Tools, including creative ways that they can be used for student content creation and storytelling. It doesn’t matter which age group you work with (K-12) or the type of devices you have in your classroom, you’ll leave this workshop with new ideas and resources for you and your students!

Register Now!

What is the Iowa Authentic Learning Network?

Green Hills AEA Digital Learning Specialist, Stephanie Lane, and Great Prairie AEA 21st Century Learning Specialist, Laura Williams have a passion for connect students to real life learning experiences with local business. They created the Iowa Authentic Learning Network (ALN), with a goal of doing just that. Read the Daily Iowa article about Iowa ALN.

Iowa ASCD Opportunity

This year's Iowa ASCD's Annual Curriculum Leadership Academy will about the power of collective efficacy featuring Jenni Donohoo. Learn more here!

Assistive Technology Maker Conference

Easterseals Iowa Assistive Technology Program is hosting an AT Maker Conference that will feature the use of Technology (smart phones, computers, tablets and more) on the GO! This will be a great event to introduce clients, families, and supportive entities to the use of Assistive Technology (from low tech DIY options to high tech options).
Please find additional details in this flier!

Logan Magnolia's School Safety Workshop

    Invite your school safety/crisis team members, administrators, Green Hills AEA staff, local first responders (law enforcement, fire, EMS, emergency management) to this School Safety Workshop featuring John Michael Keyes, founder of the I Love U Guys organization.
   Participants will learn about Standard Response Protocol (Evacuate, Shelter, Lockout, Lockdown, Hold) and Standard Reunification Method, discuss important response components within comprehensive school safety plans, begin/continue multidisciplinary team discussion and planning, and initiate &/or strengthen collaboration between school staff members and first responders.

DATE: April 15, 2019
TIME: 8:00 registration/check-in 
            8:30 - 3:30 workshop
LOCATION: Logan Christian Church, 205 E 8th St, Logan, IA 51546
HOST DISTRICT: Logan-Magnolia CSD
Save Your Seat NOW!

QUESTIONS?
Please contact Jacob Hedger, Logan-Magnolia 7-12 Guidance Counselor
jhedger@lomaschools.org  712.644.2250

For more information, see this flyer

Career and Technical Education Month Continues!

  We are in the heart of Career and Technical Education Month and want to take this opportunity to share the second half of our 2017-18 Regional Planning Partnership Grant Recipients! In an earlier issue of the At-A-Glance you witnessed how districts were using their grants, today you will get to see more about how the equipment and programs purchased through the grant are making a difference in the classroom. Watch the Regional Planning Partnership video (part 2) here!

Mark Your Calendars! GHAEA's Learning Supports Symposium

Social Emotional Learning Resources for Parents

 Social emotional learning is the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.

The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) is a trusted source for knowledge about high-quality, evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL). CASEL supports educators and policy leaders and enhances the experiences and outcomes for all PreK-12 students.

Social and emotional learning starts at home. Parents and families are critical partners in helping their children develop social and emotional know-how. They can model the kinds of skills, attitudes, and behaviors we want all students to master. And they can be important advocates for SEL at school.

With the help of parenting and SEL expert Jennifer Miller, CASEL has developed a list of resources that can assist parents in learning more about SEL in schools and in their own parenting practices. All of these resources can be accessed at no cost.

Family-School Partnerships

Top 10 Books for Parents

Websites for Parents

Upcoming Professional Learning Opportunities

PREPaRE Workshop 2 - Course #154168 - click on link to register

• February 22, February 25 
• Halverson 

Science Standards Module 4 - workshop only, no credit - Course #168088 - click on link to register

• March 4 
• Avoca RO 

Suicide Risk Assessment Training - training only, no credit - Course #GH-14561 - click on link to register

• March 7 
• Halverson 

Yoga for Teachers: How to Use Yoga and Meditation in the Classroom - Course #167702 - click on link to register

• March 8, March 9 
• Avoca RO 

Youth Mental Health First Aid - workshop only, no credit - Course #160695

• March 15 
• Avoca RO

Viterbo's New Principal Administration Cohort Site Serving SW Iowa

Viterbo is now serving SW Iowa educators via the new Shenandoah CSD site to deliver the Iowa PK-12 Principal/Supervisor of Special Education License #189 (with or without MAE).

Important dates:
First class begins late June 2019 pending sufficient enrollment

• Final classes would be in Spring 2021
• Course delivery mode: Blended delivery [Classes are partially online and face-to-face. Meetings are on Saturdays during the school year.]

Iowa Principal Licensure #189 [An Iowa approved program: www.boee.iowa.gov] offers There two program track options for cohort members:

1.  Iowa PK-12 Principal/Supervisor of Special Education #189 = 31 credits 
2.  Optional track: Master of Arts in Education plus Iowa PK-12 Principal/Supervisor of Special Education #189 = 36 credits

The complete program information may be viewed at: www.viterbo.edu/leadership. These are both  Financial Aid Eligible programs

Additional graduate education program options (non-administration prep programs):

• Master of Arts in Education Generalist (30-credits): http://www.viterbo.edu/master-arts-education/mae-generalist-degree
• Master of Arts in Education with Innovative Teacher Leadership & Instructional Coaching Certificate (30-credits): http://www.viterbo.edu/master-arts-education/mae-teacher-leadership-instructional-coaching

These are both mostly online delivery: 24 credits online / 6 credits face-to-face (Both are summer term courses). They are both Financial Aid Eligible programs.

Any interested teachers from the district are welcomed to contact the Viterbo University Iowa Center at:
515-224-4811, 888-235-2200, or mrgonzalez@viterbo.edu

See more details on this flyer!

Save The Date: Learning Supports Symposium 2019

Regional Planning Partnership Grant Recipients

February is Career and Technical Education Month and what a better time to celebrate our 2017-18 Regional Planning Partnership Grant Recipients! Last year's recipients were:

• Boyer Valley
• Central Decatur
• Essex 
• Griswold 
• Logan-Magnolia
• Nodaway 
• Orient-Macksburg 
• Red Oak
• Riverside
• Shenandoah
• Stanton
• Thomas Jefferson
• Treynor
• Woodbine

In December, Green Hills AEA Career and Technical Education Consultant, Murray Fenn, visited each school to learn about how the equipment and programs purchased through the grant are making a difference in the classroom. Watch the Regional Planning Partnership video (part 1) here!

*Part 2 to follow next Friday

Congratulations to this year's grant recipients:

• All Schools for CTE assessments
• Health Sciences programs
• Boyer Valley
• Central Decatur
• Council Bluffs
• Creston
• East Mills
• East Union
• Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton
• Griswold
• Red Oak
• Riverside
• Shenandoah
• South Page
• Underwood

Council Bluffs EdCamp

   Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs will host the Southwest location of EdCamp Iowa on Saturday, Feb. 23. They have partnered with Central Iowa (Norwalk High School), Northeast Iowa (Independence JR/SR High), Northwest Iowa (Spencer High School), and Southeast Iowa (North Liberty) to provide this unique EdCamp experience across the state. 

The schedule will be as follows:

8:30-9:20 Welcome & Initial Planning

9:30-10:20 Session 1

10:30-11:20 Session 2

11:30-12:50 Lunch on your own

1:00-1:50 Session 3

2:00-2:50 Session 4

3:00-3:30 Wrap Up (What did we learn? Next steps?)

You can register to attend the event by visiting the Eventbrite page created for the day. You can also learn more about EdCamp (and, EdCampIowa specifically) at bit.do/EdCampIowa.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Devin Schoening, dschoening@cbcsd.org.

February is Social Emotional Awareness Month

   Social emotional learning is the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.

The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) is a trusted source for knowledge about high-quality, evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL). CASEL supports educators and policy leaders and enhances the experiences and outcomes for all PreK-12 students. 

*Images from CASEL website.