May 2018
Issued May 1, 2018
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/schools success: Area schools recognized for their PBIS efforts
- Iowa's AEAs... Did you know we did all that?
- Northwest AEA resources: MackinVia
- Northwest AEA Professional Development Catalog unavailable from April 30—May 13
- One month to sign up for the Autism Symposium
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback!
April 2018
Issued April 1, 2018
- Welcome to Connections!
- Dr. Dan Cox selected to lead Northwest AEA
- Northwest AEA/Sgt. Bluff-Luton success: Closing the education gap
- Northwest AEA resources: Plush kits
- Upcoming professional development
- Join "Get Good" workshop
- Data-Driven Dialogue with Bruce Wellman: April 19-20
- Earn a Substitute Authorization
- Coaching Authorization classes available
- 2018 Midwest Title IX Summit: May 15
- TICL is back: June 11-12
- Our Kids Summer Institute: June 12-13
- Autism Symposium: June 7-8
- Elementary Symposium: Literacy Rocks!
- The Adolescent Learner: Reach Them to Teach Them
- Observation & Assessment of Young Children: July 24-26
- Become a certified paraeducator
- Early Childhood Curriculum: Creative Curriculum for Preschool
- Second Chance Reading: Aug. 7-8
- Students shine at History Day
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback!
March 2018
Issued March 1, 2018
- Welcome to Connections!
- AEAs play daily ‘behind-the-scenes’ role in a child’s education
- Northwest AEA resources: And the winner is...
- Upcoming professional development
- PBIS Forum: March 13
- Implicit Bias training: March 14
- Join the Future Ready Iowa Summit on April 3
- Data-Driven Dialogue with Bruce Wellman: April 19 & 20
- TICL is back: June 11 & 12
- Our Kids Summer Institute: June 12-13
- Autism Symposium
- Become a certified paraeducator
- Early Childhood Curriculum: Creative Curriculum for Preschool
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback!
February 2018
Issued February 1, 2018
- Welcome to Connections!
- AEA-Mater Dei School success: Students take on sweet assignment of creating 3D gingerbread houses
- Northwest AEA resources: Who's ready to jam?
- Upcoming professional development
- Headlines in the News
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback!
January 2018
Issued January 2, 2018
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA success: Hour of Code prepares kids for the future
- Northwest AEA resources: American History in Video
- Upcoming professional development
- Headlines in the News
- Changes to Northwest AEA special education regions
- Iowa’s AEAs seek nominations for annual awards recognition
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback!
December 2017
Issued November 30, 2017
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA success: Family-centered approach brings skills into everyday routines
- Upcoming professional development
- Dec. 4: Screening of "Resilience"
- Dec. 5-6: Autism Training
- Northwest AEA resources: Looking for lesson plan ideas? Try the Flixes
- Headlines in the News
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback!
November 2017
Issued November 1, 2017
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA Success: Project-based learning
- Northwest AEA offers sub authorization training
- Upcoming professional development
- Iowa Core Social Studies training
- Northwest AEA resources: Complying with copyright using iClipart and SoundzaboundÂ
- Iowa AEA Online: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Course Now Available
- Headlines in the News
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback!
October 2017
Issued October 2, 2017
- Welcome to Connections!
- AEA/family success: AEA team helps two brothers tackle ‘many challenges’
- Upcoming professional development
- Oct. 3 or 4: Practical Strategies for Students with IEPs
- Better Conversations with Jim Knight
- Best Behavior Practices: Basic FBA to BIP
- Conversation about special needs: Oct. 24 in Sioux City
- Learning Disabilities Association of Iowa Conference
- School Nurse Conference
- Northwest AEA resources: Iowa AEA Online vs. Google
- Headlines in the News
- Northwest AEA welcomes new employees
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback!
September 2017
Issued September 1, 2017
- Welcome to Connections!
- AEA success: Girl shines at Hartley Elementary
- Upcoming professional development
- Become a certified paraeducator
- Better Conversations with Jim Knight
- Iowa Science Standards: Module 3
- Substitute Authorization classes offered
- Northwest AEA resources: Iowa AEA Online and Tutorials
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback!
May 2017
Issued May 1, 2017
- Welcome to Connections!
- AEA success: AEA awards given for dedication to education
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Northwest AEA resources: Iowa AEA Online
- Bruce Wellman event: May 1 and 2
- Competency-Based Education meeting: May 10
- Secondary Math Symposium: June 8
- Our Kids Summer Institute: June 13-14
- Secondary Literacy Symposium: June 20-21
- DMPS & Drake “Transforming Systems Through Standards-Based Learning” conference set for June
- Northwest AEA offers class to become short-term substitute teacher
- Headlines in the News
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback!
April 2017
Issued March 31, 2017
- Welcome to Connections!
- AEA success: What we take for granted
- Northwest AEA resources: Multiple Copies
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Regional Ag Sciences Network Meeting
- Regional Business, Marketing and IT Network Meeting
- Bruce Wellman event rescheduled: May 1 and 2
- Secondary Literacy Symposium
- Headlines in the News
- Immigrant and refugee children: A guide for school staff
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback!
March 2017
Issued March 1, 2017
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA resources: TeachingBooks.net
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Iowa Science Standards Module 2
- Section 504 training
- March 6: Vocabulary.com training
- March 9: Curriculum Instruction Assessment Network Update
- Want to improve academic and behavioral outcomes?
- Community Providers Forum: March 31
- Secondary Math Symposium call for presenters
- March 30-31: Student-Centered Coaching
- Bruce Wellman event rescheduled: May 1 and 2
- Headlines in the News
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback!
February 2017
Issued February 1, 2017
- Welcome to Connections!
- AEAs play daily ‘behind-the-scenes’ role in a child’s education
- Northwest AEA resources: MackinVia
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Iowa CASE winter virtual conference: Feb. 23-24
- Section 504 training
- Professional school counselor meeting
- Building Literacy in Social Studies
- Leading Groups: Framing, Presenting, Collaborating and Facilitating
- Secondary Math Symposium call for presenters
- Iowa Science Standards Module 2
- World Language/EL/Coaches Day
- Community Providers Forum: March 31
- March 30-31: Student-Centered Coaching
- Headlines in the News
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback!
January 2017
Issued January 3, 2017
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA Board honors Dr. Rice for service, welcomes Jorgensen
- Brinkert commended for boardsmanship
- Northwest AEA resources: MackinVia
- Headlines in the News
- Input sought on draft social studies standards
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Class offered to become substitute teacher
- From “Old School” to “Bold School”
- English Language dates for 2016-17
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback!
December 2016
Issued December 1, 2016
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/preschool success: Teachers embrace classroom strategies
- Northwest AEA resources: New materials in Lending Library
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Headlines in the News
- The Promise of Iowa
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback!
November 2016
Issued November 1, 2016
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Boy is among top readers with the Comprehensive Intervention Model
- Blue Ribbon Schools: Congrats to Ar-We-Va and Franklin Elementary in Le Mars
- Northwest AEA resources: Ebooks and Audio Books
- Check out the 2016-17 Media & Information Technology Handbook
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Broadening Our Horizons: A day for students
- Leading with Conversations
- Teaching Fractions: Jan. 17
- STEM Fest: Nov. 12
- Northwest AEA offers class to become short-term substitute teacher
- Headlines in the News
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback!
October 2016
Issued October 3, 2016
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Family grateful for help
- New employees welcomed to the AEA
- Northwest AEA resources
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Coming soon! New Statewide AEA PD Registration System
- Title III/ELL trainings
- Iowa Science Standards: Module 2
- Coaching workshops offered
- Visible Learning Institute and Deep Equity Seminar
- Public input sought on Every Student Succeeds Act
- Headlines in the News
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback!
September 2016
Issued September 1, 2016
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA success: Cousins in Reading Recovery move onto college
- Creative Services capabilities brochure
- Northwest AEA resources
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Special Education: Life after high school
- AIW: Focus on Student Work
- Classroom Implementation Planning
- Leadership trainings for administrators, teacher leaders and consultants
- Substitute Authorization classes available
- Ensuring Math Success training offered for teachers
- New Science Standards training: Sept. 19
- Headlines in the News
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback!
May 2016
Issued April 29, 2016
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Girl with impairments advocates for safety
- Northwest AEA resources
- Headlines in the news
- Northwest AEA-coordinated event enables area students to compete at NASA
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Competency-Based Education Overview: May 11
- PD workshop: Advancing STEM Learning through Agriculture
- PD workshop: Using Agriculture to Teach NGSS Concepts
- PD literacy workshop: Unlocking Complex Text
- It's TICL time: June 20-22 in Storm Lake
- Northwest Iowa Leadership Academy: Principal/Coach Partnership
- Free calendar to chart growth for baby's first year
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
April 2016
Issued April 1, 2016
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Boy with speech delay graduates out of therapy
- Northwest AEA resources
- Headlines in the news
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Autism Training featuring Classroom Strategies: April 5 & 6
- Building Teachers' Capacity for Success: April 7
- Unlocking Complex Text: June 7-9
- Iowa Science Standards Summer Institutes: Supporting Classroom Transitions
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
March 2016
Issued March 1, 2016
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Three siblings overcome obstacles with AEA services
- Northwest AEA resources
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Community Providers Forum: March 8
- Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports Forum: March 15
- K-5 Writing in Mathematics: March 16
- Building Literacy in Social Studies: April 5 & 6
- Building Teachers' Capacity for Success: April 7
- K-8 Math Networking: April 27 or May 2
- Unlocking Complex Text: June 7-9
- Substitute Authorization offered this month
- Autism Training featuring Classroom Strategies: April 5 & 6
- Leadership Series: Time Management Essentials
- AEA brochures about culture
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
February 2016
Issued February 1, 2016
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Reading Recovery teacher shares her son's journey
- Northwest AEA resources: Presidents' Day Resources
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Assessment & Intervention for Students with Visual & Multiple Impairments
- Three-day English learner professional development offered
- EL Bridge Online Workshop Information Sheet
- Community Providers Forum: March 8
- Building Teachers' Capacity for Success: April 7
- 28 Days of OLLIE (+1 Bonus Day) - Online Learning for Iowa Educators
- Iowa Science Standards rolled out
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
January 2016
Issued January 4, 2016
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Reading Recovery helps fourth grade boy attain tenth grade reading lev
- Tips for parents sent via text
- Northwest AEA eStore now open!
- Northwest AEA resources: Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Northwest Iowa AEA Leadership Academy: Jan. 18
- Centering on Centers: Jan. 29 & 30
- Building Teachers' Capacity for Success: April 7
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
December 2015
Issued December 1, 2015
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Boy born with hearing loss chosen for Deaflympics and more
- Northwest AEA resources
- Tips for parents sent via text
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Northwest Iowa AEA Leadership Academy: Jan. 18
- You Be The Chemist®
- Centering on Centers: Jan. 29 & 30
- Building Teachers' Capacity for Success: April 7
- Next Generation Science Standards professional development
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Teacher input needed
- Directors re-elected to Northwest AEA Board
- Spot Vision Screener purchased to identify eye health
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
November 2015
Issued October 30, 2015
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/A to Z Preschool success: Girl hears with amplifier
- Feedback needed: Educator development preliminary recommendations
- Northwest AEA resources
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- A day for special ed students and their teachers and parents
- Secondary ELA Networking meetings
- Northwest Iowa AEA Leadership Academy: Jan. 18
- Share your feedback in the annual AEA/DE Customer Survey
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Headlines in the news
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
October 2015
Issued October 1, 2015
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA success: Iowa TAG conference to help educators with Core
- Northwest AEA resources
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Special education symposium offered for teachers
- Broadening Our Horizons conference for special education students
- Northwest AEA offers class to become short-term substitute teacher
- Focus on Teaching, Using Video to Gather Data
- Designing Comprehensive Gifted Programming
- School nurse conference: Oct. 23
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Headlines in the news
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
September 2015
Issued September 1, 2015
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/family success: Daycare administrator with cerebral palsy encourages others to embrace
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Make plans for professional development in Fierce Conversations
- Focus on Teaching, Using Video to Gather Data
- Professional Learning Communities at Work
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA board elections to take place in October
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
May 2015
Issued May 1, 2015
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/Hinton success: Walk to Read
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Our Kids' Summer Institute registration is open
- Autism spectrum disorder conference offered in June
- Northwest AEA to host Unlocking Complex Texts seminar
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL) classes offered
- Misunderstandings, misinformation and miscommunication about the Child Find process
- Headlines in the news
- AEA consultant Jeffers selected for ISEA leadership award
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
April 2015
Issued April 1, 2015
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/early childhood success: AEA staff tackle eating issue for young boy
- 40 year anniversary of AEAs marks improved standards for student support
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Financial Literacy Summit: May 5
- Classroom Strategies for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Paraeducator certification class to be offered this summer
- APL Level 1 Training to be held in June
- Headlines in the news
- NASA trip was inspiring to many students
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
March 2015
Issued February 28, 2015
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/family success: Miracles abound in Addy's young life
- Ridge View High School named nominee for Blue Ribbon award
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Register for a PBIS forum on March 3
- Competency-based education event on April 9
- Paraeducator certification class to be offered this summer
- Coaching authorization class offered
- Become a short-term substitute teacher
- APL Level 1 Training to be held in June
- Classroom Strategies for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
February 2015
Issued February 2, 2015
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: STEM activities in northwest Iowa making a mark
- List of community resources for mental health, behavior and more
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Solution Tree representative to offer TLC sessions
- AEA invites community providers to forum
- Northwest Iowa teachers encouraged to participate in conservation project
- Competency-based education event on April 9
- Paraeducator certification class to be offered this summer
- Coaching authorization class offered
- AEA PD Online: 28 Days of OLLIE
- Headlines in the news
- Input needed for science standards
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
January 2015
Issued January 5, 2015
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Positive behavior is trending around the AEA
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Science Literacy and Note Booking for K-8 Science teachers
- Northwest AEA offers class to become short-term substitute teacher
- Centering on Centers: Jan. 30-31
- I-ELDA training dates scheduled in January
- Mark your calendars! 28 Days of OLLIE is coming
- AIW events planned
- Feast at the Forum: Training for school counselors
- Gifted and Talented at the Forum: Feb. 25
- Fierce Conversations training will be available through Northwest AEA
- Save the date: April 29 with Jim Knight
- K-5 Computer Science professional development class offered
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
December 2014
Issued December 1, 2014
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Reading Recovery students make progress
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Submissions for Harvest due Dec. 19
- Save the date for an early childhood conference in January
- Feast at the Forum: Training for school counselors
- Science Literacy and Note Booking for K-8 Science teachers
- Fierce Conversations training will be available through Northwest AEA
- Save the date: April 29 with Jim Knight
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
November 2014
Issued October 30, 2014
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Walking in someone else's shoes
- Explore the Iowa Core through new website
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Vocabulary.com training on Nov. 4
- Join in a Common Formative Assessments Workshop
- Science Literacy and Note Booking: Nov. 10
- Immigration Simulation planned at Briar Cliff University
- Save the date for an early childhood conference in January
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
October 2014
Issued October 1, 2014
- Welcome to Connections!
- AEA/Boyden-Hull success: Flying colors for Jacob!
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Professional development website created for TLC
- Tri-State College Fair will be held on Oct. 5
- Northwest Iowa Leadership Academy: Leaving to Learn
- School nurse conference to be held on Oct. 24
- Iowa Core math and English training
- Student writing and artwork submissions for Harvest due Dec. 19
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
September 2014
Issued September 2, 2014
- Welcome to Connections!
- AEA STEM success: Northwest Iowa students compete at Kennedy Space Center
- Northwest AEA unveils new website
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- English Language Learner teacher networking day: Sept. 8
- Substitute authorization class to be offered in September
- Autism Spectrum classes set for September
- Iowa Core training dates set
- Connecting Creativity series offered for teachers
- Authentic Intellectual Work - Focus on Instruction: HOT and Substantive Conversation
- Classroom Implementation Profile (CIP) Training: Sept. 18
- Northwest Iowa Leadership Academy: Leaving to Learn - Pathways to Success
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
May 2014
Issued May 1, 2014
- Welcome to Connections!
- AEA/Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn success: Transformed teaching through AEA collaboration
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Make plans for TICL!
- Our Kids Summer Institute: June 24 and 25
- AEA PD Online to offer self-paced courses this summer
- ELL Save the Date: Sept. 8
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
April 2014
Issued April 1, 2014
- Welcome to Connections!
- AEA/family success: Ray's family finds hope through AEA staff
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- AEA PD Online: PD whenever and wherever you need it
- Instructional coach training scheduled in April
- Core Curriculum Plan Learning Day: April 16
- Make plans for TICL!
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
March 2014
Issued March 1, 2014
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/Denison success: Integrating the Multi-Tiered System of Supports
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Connecting Learning and Living Training: Growing in the Garden
- C-Plan Learning Day: April 16
- Learn how to increase academic and behavioral outcomes at your school
- Save the date: Broadening Our Horizons
- Instructional coach training scheduled in April
- Compete in the STEM Hub KidWind Challenge
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
February 2014
Issued February 3, 2014
- Welcome to Connections
- Northwest AEA/Bryant school success: Reading assistance made the difference for this family
- Former board member Hulstein makes news for dedication to education
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- School counselors workshop: Feb. 5
- Gifted and Talented at the forum: Feb. 26
- Connecting Learning and Living Training: Growing in the Garden
- C-Plan Learning Day
- Save the date: Broadening Our Horizons
- Instructional coach training scheduled in April
- Compete in the STEM Hub KidWind Challenge
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
January 2014
Issued January 2, 2014
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/Schleswig school success: The Power of RTI for Preston
- Coble and McAlpine elected to Northwest AEA Board
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Math Networking Day: Jan. 24
- Northwest AEA to sponsor 2014 Centering on Centers Conference
- Kevin Honeycutt to present interactive session to spark creativity in the classroom
- Are you ready for an 'extreme leadership adventure'?
- Workshop to focus on student engagement
- Join a workshop for Science Writing Heuristics on March 5
- ELL Plan Training
- Headlines in the news
- Local Reading Recovery team makes national news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
December 2013
Issued December 2, 2013
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/Hunt school success: Mom expresses gratitude for teamwork
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- 2014 Centering on Centers Conference
- Fierce Conversations course offered for credit
- Join a Fine Arts community of practice through Agora
- AEA PD Online: PD whenever and wherever you need it
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
November 2013
Issued November 1, 2013
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Jim Gorman presented I-CASE service award
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Register for the 2013 Iowa Culture and Language Conference
- ELL Networking Day: Nov. 18
- AEA PD Online: PD whenever and wherever you need it
- Headlines in the news
- Impacting Lives blog showcases AEA services
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
Oct. 14, 2013
Issued October 14, 2013
- Register for the 2013 Iowa Culture and Language Conference
- EAP at Work
- Agency weekly calendar
- Staff spotlight: Meet Martha Draayer
- Wellness opportunity in Sioux City through Blue Zones
- Words of wisdom
- October birthdays
- Northwest AEA mission, vision and beliefs
October 2013
Issued October 1, 2013
- Welcome to Connections!
- Employees take on new roles at Northwest AEA
- Northwest AEA/school success: Reading Recovery teacher amazed at progress
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- High school students are invited to college fair
- School Nurse Conference to be held on Oct. 25
- College and career readiness workshop
- Financial literacy learning opportunity
- Equity Training: Oct. 17
- ELL Networking Day: Nov. 18
- AEA PD Online: PD whenever and wherever you need it
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
September 2013
Issued September 2, 2013
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Analysis clears the way for progress
- Iowa's AEAs launch website redesign
- Educators look to Pinterest for more than recipes and decorating tips
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- AEA PD Online: PD whenever and wherever you need it
- Equity Training: Oct. 17
- Headlines in the news
- AEA consultant appointed to STEM Advisory Board by Gov. Branstad
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
May 2013
Issued May 1, 2013
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/family success: Parents write letter of support for AEA services
- Parents: We need the services of Iowa's AEAs!
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Workshops for Health/PE in July
- Horizons conference helps with transition from high school for children with disabilities and lifelo
- Annual Loess Hills Prairie Seminar set for May 31 - June 2
- AEA PD Online: PD whenever and wherever you need it
- FOSS and STC Science Kits Training: July 15-17
- Olweus Jump Start addresses bullying in schools on Aug. 27
- Equity Training and Updates event scheduled in October
- ESL Endorsement scholarship application
- Become a certified paraeducator
- Summer reading conferences in Sioux City and Okoboji
- Former US Secretary of State Madeline Albright event in Cedar Rapids open to students
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
April 2013
Issued April 1, 2013
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/students' success: Students travel to India for space design competition
- Iowa AEAs Impacting Lives newsletter
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Positive school climate forum rescheduled to April 2
- Teachers invited to Social Studies/World Language Day
- Concept-based instruction seminar on April 11 and 12
- ELL Networking Day re-scheduled to April 18
- Quality Learning seminar scheduled in August
- Your Life Iowa: New anti-bullying and suicide prevention service available
- Annual Title I update meetings in May
- Headlines in the news
- AEA staff become certified in Functional Behavior Assessment/Behavior Intervention Plans
- AEA PD Online: PD whenever and wherever you need it
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
March 2013
Issued March 1, 2013
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/family success: Northwest Iowa boys transition smoothly to new family
- Iowa AEAs Impacting Lives newsletter
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Canceled or postponed events now on Northwest AEA website
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Learn how to create a positive school climate through PBIS
- APL class to be held June 10-14
- Broadening Our Horizons special needs conference to focus on life after high school
- Concept-based curriculum presentation in April
- Register for March 13 ELL networking day
- Love and Logic training is available to districts and parents
- Introduction to Scratch in Education - Free Summer Course from UNI
- Camp High Hopes accepting registrations
- AEA PD Online: PD whenever and wherever you need it
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback
February 2013
Issued February 1, 2013
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Le Mars sixth-graders explore rocket science
- Best of Impacting Lives
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Administrative seminars to focus on achievement divide and New AEA Compact
- Gifted and Talented at the Forum
- APL class to be held June 10-14
- English Language Arts and Literacy Iowa Core sessions
- Broadening Our Horizons special needs conference to focus on life after high school
- Concept-based curriculum presentation in April
- ELL face-to-face seminar planned on March 13
- Substitute teacher authorization course will be offered
- Love and Logic training is available to districts and parents
- Very Special Arts Iowa offers free workshops to students with IEPs
- AEA PD Online: PD whenever and wherever you need it
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
January 2013
Issued January 1, 2013
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/family success: Milestones meaningful to this mom
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Centering on Centers Conference
- AEA PD Online: PD whenever and wherever you need it
- AEAs Impacting Lives
- Headlines in the news
- Resources for building safe learning environments
- The Sioux City Journal: Siouxland students get portable way to 'see' the stars
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
December 2012
Issued November 30, 2012
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Preschools celebrate verification
- Sibley-Ocheyedan counselor receives Iowa award
- H-M-S entry wins state bullying prevention contest
- Dr. Tom Green awarded the Dan Chavez Beyond the Horizon Award
- Survey: Northwest AEA website
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- AEA PD Online: PD whenever and wherever you need it
- Creative Services' e-store
- Headlines in the news
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
November 2012
Issued November 1, 2012
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Authentic Intellectual Work taking off in area schools
- Northwest Iowa science class experiment headed to space station
- Survey: Northwest AEA website
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Collaborate and integrate technology at EdCamp Sioux City
- Iowa Reading Association/ESEA Title I Conference
- AEA PD Online: PD whenever and wherever you need it
- Headlines in the news
- AEAs Impacting Lives
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
October 2012
Issued October 1, 2012
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Bully prevention counseling helps middle school girls
- Northwest AEA 2012-13 Directory of Services
- Creative Services: Fall and Halloween Catalog
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Equity training will be held on Oct. 18
- T.H.E. P.A.C.T. conference helps educators adapt curriculum
- Tri-State College Fair on Oct. 14
- Headlines in education
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
September 2012
Issued August 31, 2012
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Standards-based grading brings sweet success to Sioux City West teache
- Media Library and Iowa AEA Online offer tens of thousands of materials
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- ESL networking days to be held in Sept.
- Iowa Core Math Investigations
- Substitute Authorization classes offered
- Career and Technical Education Summit 2012-13
- Headlines in education
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
May 2012
Issued May 1, 2012
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Akron-Westfield team keeps pushing for student
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Second Chance Reading training offered in 2012-13
- Investigating the Iowa Core: Literacy
- Make plans for Our Kids Summer Institute in June
- UNI to offer free Scratch training
- Headlines in education
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
April 2012
Issued April 2, 2012
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: 'Amazing' results make literacy kits popular
- Please fill out the AEA customer survey by April 6
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Living, Learning and Working Beyond High School
- May 16: Iowa Core English Language Arts and Literacy
- Science Seminar: April 18 or 23
- Annual Title I update meeting
- Headlines in education
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
March 2012
Issued March 1, 2012
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/family success: 'Angel' gave hope to family living with autism
- Northwest AEA employees present research at international autism conference
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- APL instructional skills workshop: March 5
- Explicit instruction presentation to be held for improved student learning
- Instructional Practices Inventory: Improving Student Engagement in the Classroom
- The Impact of Cultural Competence in Our Lives
- Broadening Our Horizons: April 19 & 20
- Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports Information Forum planned
- Headlines in education
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
February 2012
Issued February 1, 2012
- Welcome to Connections!
- Early Childhood/Unity School success: Swift interventions unleash boy's potential
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Professional Development Online registration has new security features
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Explicit instruction presentation to be held for improved student learning
- School Budget Workshops: Feb. 28 or 29
- APL instructional skills workshop: March 5
- Headlines in education
- Do you need extra assistance with a child?
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
January 2012
Issued January 3, 2012
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Sioux City Hunt School wins $10,000 grant
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Save the date for a conference about making special ed transitions from high school
- Centering on Centers Conference to be held Jan. 27 & 28
- Interdisciplinary Vocabulary Development Using the Rule of 3
- Students can enter the 2012 World Food Prize Iowa Youth Institute
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
December 2011
Issued December 1, 2011
- Welcome to Connections!
- Iowa's AEAs release new website and video to promote advocacy
- Northwest AEA/school success: Akron-Westfield students succeed in history competition
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- TrueFLIX showcases non-fiction videos and books
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Workshops to provide strategies for student engagement in the classroom
- Poverty simulation to be held: Walk a Mile in My Shoes
- School budget workshops
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
November 2011
Issued November 1, 2011
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: A family's journey teaches love and patience
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- EdCamp Sioux City: Conference by educators for educators
- Introducing AEA PD Online!
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
October 2011
Issued October 1, 2011
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school success: One student. One teacher. One journey.
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Introducing AEA PD Online!
- Poverty simulation to be held: Walk a Mile in My Shoes
- Equity Conference 2011 series
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
September 2011
Issued September 1, 2011
- Welcome to the 2011-12 school year!
- Early ACCESS success: Parents says AEA is a huge part of daughter's progress
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Northwest Iowa Leadership Academy: Trends, Tools & Tactics for 21st Century Learning
- Northwest AEA to hold administrator seminars in Sept.
- IHAPI workshops for middle and high school counselors and teachers
- Equity Conference 2011 series
- National author and teacher to present at vocabulary development workshop
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Iowa AEA Online Resources for 2011-12
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
May 2011
Issued May 2, 2011
- Welcome to Connections!
- NWAEA TV is here!
- Northwest AEA/school success: Woodbury Central student thrives with assistive technology
- Gang awareness workshop scheduled in Sioux City on June 6
- Learn how to be an online teacher
- Autism conference will be held in Cedar Rapids in Aug.
- Google Apps professional development online
- Administrator forums for special education will be held in June
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
April 2011
Issued April 1, 2011
- Welcome to 'Connections'
- Soccer, Zhu Zhu pets meet professional learning community
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Annual tech conference will feature national speakers, dozens of sessions
- Chick-fil-A Leadercast co-sponsored by Northwest AEA on May 6
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Iowa AEA Online for 2011-12
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
March 2011
Issued March 1, 2011
- Our 'connections' will be critical in this session's legislature
- 'Making a difference' despite Asperger Syndrome
- Administrators give high marks for new service delivery model at Northwest AEA
- Zylstra elected to fill the shoes of his father on AEA Board
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Join in a Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports forum
- Register for transition services conference on April 8
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
February 2011
Issued January 31, 2011
- Connections can help wishes come true
- Making a Difference: Ar-We-Va educators and first-graders rally for Gavin
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Centering on Centers annual conference to be held Feb. 11-12
- Register for transition services conference on April 8
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
January 2011
Issued January 4, 2011
- 10 reasons to contact your AEA in '11!
- Making a Difference: Northwest AEA and Sioux Center CSD look to assistive technology for student
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
December 2010
Issued December 1, 2010
- Connecting through the holidays
- Making a Difference: Northwest AEA challenging behaviors team to present at national conference
- Hands-on workshop to focus on technology in a learning community
- Follow the AEAs on Twitter and Facebook
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
November 2010
Issued November 1, 2010
- Connecting for kids
- Directory of services and staff listings available online
- Principal preparation program accepting applicants
- Making a Difference: Juvenile home program is your school's ally to increase proficiency, grade prom
- Follow Northwest AEA on Facebook and Twitter
- You have a 'friend request' from Iowa's AEAs
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
October 2010
Issued October 1, 2010
- Making connections to help kids
- Bookmark these Instructional Coach blogs
- Google Apps webinars planned for educators
- Follow Northwest AEA on Facebook and Twitter
- Directory of services and staff listings available online
- Making a Difference: Physical therapists assist students in educational settings
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
September 2010
Issued September 1, 2010
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school district success: Occupational therapy makes big impact on boy's ability to lea
- Northwest AEA programs and services listings
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Year two of the instructional coach service model
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
May 2010
Issued May 1, 2010
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school district success: Authentic Intellectual Work at Sioux Center Middle School
- Speak out: How can Northwest AEA improve 'Connections' or what can we offer to better assist you in
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Instructional coach service model training
- AEA summer online courses
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
April 2010
Issued April 1, 2010
- Welcome to Connections!
- Northwest AEA/school district success: Joey's story
- New Northwest AEA brochure highlights services
- Speak out: Are 'community schools' possible in Iowa?
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Save the date: Ziggurat training for autism interventions conference
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
March 2010
Issued March 1, 2010
- Iowa's AEAs: Connecting and collaborating for 35 years
- Northwest AEA/school district success: School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
- Speak out: What are life habits schools can teach?
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog
- Self-paced professional development courses available
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
February 2010
Issued February 1, 2010
- Let's 'connect' to help students
- School district success: Iowa AEA Online helps Denison student
- Speak out: Iowa Core Curriculum outcomes
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog recent additions
- IEC 2010 Catalog of Services now available online
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
January 2010
Issued January 4, 2010
- Make a point to 'connect' in 2010!
- School district success: Whiting school earns U.S. News honor
- Speak out: How are you using social networking in your classrooms/schools?
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog recent additions
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
December 2009
Issued December 1, 2009
- Welcome to Connections!
- School district/Northwest AEA success: Denison CSD
- Speak out: How are you staying focused on student achievement during these economic conditions?
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog recent additions
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
November 2009
Issued November 2, 2009
- Welcome to Connections!
- School district/Northwest AEA success: Le Mars Public and Gehlen Catholic
- Share out: Name your topic
- Making Classrooms and Schools Safe for LGBT students
- Northwest Iowa AEA Online Media Catalog recent additions
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
October 2009
Issued October 1, 2009
- Welcome to Connections!
- AEA Customer Survey results are catalyst for new model
- School district/Northwest AEA success: Reading Recovery
- Share out: What steps are you taking to engage families?
- Dr. Randy Sprick to present comprehensive behavior support and discipline strategies
- ITEC annual conference to feature Daniel Pink
- Northwest Iowa AEA online media catalog recent additions
- Upcoming professional development opportunities
- Headlines in education
- Northwest AEA leaders want your feedback and suggestions
