Thursday, March 18, 2021
Self Care, Sharing, and Support for Families Sessions
Join us for an opportunity to learn more about self-care, engage with other families, and gain support in our Self-Care, Sharing & Support for Families sessions! Attend any or all sessions. See dates, learn more, and register HERE!
National Rural Education Association Essay Contest
The National Rural Education Association (NREA) is now accepting entries for their essay contest! This annual essay contest allows participants in three divisions: grades 3–5, middle school, and high school. Grades 3–5 may participate in a written essay contest using the provided prompt and rubric. Grades 6–12 may participate in a video essay contest using the provided prompt and rubric. The deadline for this contest is April 15th, with winners being announced by May 21st.
2nd Annual Earth Day Digital Poster Contest Closes Monday
To celebrate Earth Day, Green Hills AEA's Green Team is proud to sponsor our second annual digital poster contest for elementary, middle, and high school students within its service area.
Requirements:
- Posters should be no larger than 24x36 inches (portrait or landscape)
- Posters must be digital, no physical posters will be accepted. If you aren't sure what program to use, we suggest www.canva.com. Scans of artwork are permitted for elementary-level students ONLY.
- Posters must be school appropriate
- Limit one entry per student
- Work must be submitted by midnight on March 22, 2021
- Clear Earth Day Theme
- Original Idea
- Captures Attention
One winner will be chosen from each category:
PLEASE NOTE: Only PDF and image files will be accepted. Any submitted files that are unable to be opened will be disqualified.
To submit your poster, please fill out this Google Form!
Please feel free to share this opportunity with your students via this flyer.
- Elementary
- Middle school
- High school
PLEASE NOTE: Only PDF and image files will be accepted. Any submitted files that are unable to be opened will be disqualified.
To submit your poster, please fill out this Google Form!
Please feel free to share this opportunity with your students via this flyer.
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Upcoming Professional Learning Opportunities
Substitute Authorization - Course #154170 (Virtual)
March 15, March 16, March 17, March 18, March 19, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.Click Here to Register
A substitute authorization allows an individual to substitute in grades PK-12 for no more than 5 consecutive days and no more than 10 days in a 30-day period in one job assignment for a regularly assigned teacher who is absent, except in the driver’s education classroom.
2021 Lakin Outstanding Teacher Award Nominations
Nomination forms for the Charles E. Lakin Teacher Awards given annually to outstanding southwest Iowa public school teachers are available online at www.ghaea.org and are funded by the Charles E. Lakin Foundation.
For the 13th year, anyone can nominate an instructor for a $10,000 award from non-urban schools within a 40-mile radius of the late philanthropist Charles Lakin's hometown of Emerson.
Seeds for Schools Opportunity
Here's a fun opportunity AEA Purchasing wanted to share as we get closer to spring. The 51st Anniversary of Earth Day will take place on April 21. The theme this year is "Restore Our Earth". To engage your staff and students, consider connecting with your local Iowa State University (ISU) Extension Office for ideas on how to celebrate. Many offices have been sharing a great opportunity where schools can apply to receive FREE SEEDS from Seed Savers Exchange (Decorah, IA) through the Herman's Garden Seed Donation Program!
2021 Iowa Authentic Learning Network Virtual Student Expo
Are you looking for an engaging event to rejuvenate your learners? Curious about authentic learning but haven’t had a chance to dive in? Join us, April 27th, 2021 for a one-of-a-kind FREE virtual event designed to promote student projects with area business partnerships. This event is brought to you by students for students as a collaborative AEA partnership.
- Looking for ways to engage students? Don’t wait...Register now!
- New to the idea of embedding partnership projects? This event is for you!
- Have established partnerships already? Learn more and showcase your students!
- Are you a business or organization looking to engage with area youth? Experience first hand the kinds of projects already in progress.
Save the Date - 3rd Annual Social Emotional Learning Supports Symposium
Save the date for our 3rd annual Social Emotional Learning Supports Symposium! Join us on August 2nd & 3rd at Riverside High School, more information to come!
Self Care, Sharing, and Support for Families Sessions
Join us for an opportunity to learn more about self-care, engage with other families, and gain support in our Self-Care, Sharing & Support for Families sessions! Attend any or all sessions. See dates, learn more, and register HERE!
Iowa Clearinghouse for Work-Based Learning Continues to Update & Expand
We have District Project Boards
We are excited to share a new function recently added to the Clearinghouse. Drum roll, please….say hello to District Project Boards!Some schools/teachers are growing their authentic project work and want to have their own local project board but don't have an interactive place to store them. We've updated the Clearinghouse so that projects can be added and tagged to a particular district. These will then show up only on that particular District Board. The District Board can be selected in the dropdown and has its own URL, making for quick bookmarking, adding to Google Classroom or LMS, or pasting into an email or newsletter. This allows for easy communication with students, businesses, families, and the community to share what projects are available.
For more information, here is a short video. And check out North Fayette Valley's District page as our first pilot of this feature. Remember this is at no cost to you or the districts. All educators have free access to the Clearinghouse for WBL by using their single sign-on AEA credentials (use the email/password you have used for other AEA training, such as bloodborne pathogen training).
Here's a Strategic Marketing Challenge
Here’s a chance for your students to hear directly from business professionals, then take that information and engage in either (or both) marketing projects. Students can submit their finished products to be shared on the clearinghouse, reviewed by a panel of judges, oh - and there are standards connections already laid out, along with a possible assessment tool!Check out the full information here to get registered for the free strategic marketing strategies event, “Game Plans that Matter: Strategic Marketing,” on March 22 (you can view the archived version if the day/time doesn't work for you). Afterward, check out these two projects, one on video creation and one on logo and branding, that will be part of a statewide challenge.
Note: This could be an exciting project opportunity that could also work for the teacher mini-grants that we’ve shared about previously and are ending at the end of March. Full details here.
For more information about the Iowa Clearinghouse for Work-Based Learning, CLICK HERE!
Mental Health Website Promotional Materials Available
Iowa's AEA Well-being Team has created calming coloring books for middle school-aged children. It's part of a campaign to promote a new well-being and mental health website for Iowans created by the AEAs at www.IowaAEAMentalHealth.org. If you would like to order some for your classroom, please fill this form out before March 12th. They will be van mailed to educators free-of-charge.
The website came from a request by the state legislature to help educators, parents, and students navigate resources related to mental health and well-being in Iowa. In addition to AEA mental health contacts for the schools, the site provides contacts for the home setting from Iowa’s Mental Health and Disability Services (MHDS).
The website features vetted sources to educate visitors about addiction and substance abuse; anxiety and stress disorders; attention deficit disorder; depression; eating disorders; and self-harm.
The website came from a request by the state legislature to help educators, parents, and students navigate resources related to mental health and well-being in Iowa. In addition to AEA mental health contacts for the schools, the site provides contacts for the home setting from Iowa’s Mental Health and Disability Services (MHDS).
The website features vetted sources to educate visitors about addiction and substance abuse; anxiety and stress disorders; attention deficit disorder; depression; eating disorders; and self-harm.
2nd Annual Earth Day Digital Poster Contest
To celebrate Earth Day, Green Hills AEA's Green Team is proud to sponsor our second annual digital poster contest for elementary, middle, and high school students within its service area.
Requirements:
- Posters should be no larger than 24x36 inches (portrait or landscape)
- Posters must be digital, no physical posters will be accepted. If you aren't sure what program to use, we suggest www.canva.com. Scans of artwork are permitted for elementary-level students ONLY.
- Posters must be school appropriate
- Limit one entry per student
- Work must be submitted by midnight on March 22, 2021
- Clear Earth Day Theme
- Original Idea
- Captures Attention
One winner will be chosen from each category:
- Elementary
- Middle school
- High school
The winners will each receive a printed adhesive poster for display at their school provided by Green Hills AEA. The winning artwork will be featured on the Green Hills AEA website homepage for the month of April. It will also be featured during the Green Team's presentation to all Green Hills AEA staff in August.
PLEASE NOTE: Only PDF and image files will be accepted. Any submitted files that are unable to be opened will be disqualified.
To submit your poster, please fill out this Google Form!
Please feel free to share this opportunity with your students via this flyer.
PLEASE NOTE: Only PDF and image files will be accepted. Any submitted files that are unable to be opened will be disqualified.
To submit your poster, please fill out this Google Form!
Please feel free to share this opportunity with your students via this flyer.
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