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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

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    Think, 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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    Light 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

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    鶹 Recognized as an Iowa Top Work Place for the Eighth Consecutive Year

    鶹 Recognized as an Iowa Top Workplace for the Eighth Consecutive Year We are pleased to share that the Des Moines Register has… Read More

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    Advanced Behavioral Assessments: Preference Assessments

    Advanced Behavioral Assessments: Preference Assessments This workshop provides information on the direct assessment measure of preference assessments. Assessing student preferences assists in developing behavior intervention… Read More