AEA Learning Online - Curriculum Network Update - April 2022

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New "Renew" Report Available on Training System

Your district system administrators in the Training System have a new report at their fingertips.

By request of several districts, we have added a Renew Student Certificate report. From your reports tab, click the button for the renew certificate tool. On the next screen, select the training you would like, as well as the cutoff date. Default will be today, but you can select a different date in the future (say, June 30 for an annual training).

Then select the segments of your district that you would like, including all staff, buildings, subject areas, grade level, or position. Clicking the search button brings up a listing of all the individuals who do not have a valid certificate as of that cut off date, whether they have a certificate expiring before or haven't taken the training at all.

You can export that list if you want a report, or click the button to assign them the training. The next page will allow you to set your own deadline for finishing that training.

Keep in mind that the ACES training and Suicide Prevention/Postvention training are annual requirements that staff need to complete by June 30 each year. This tool will be a quick way to cover those staff that are not finished yet.

Iowa College Aid: Common College Curriculum

AEA Learning Online is partnering with Iowa College Aid to bring Interested in Going to College, a 3-part module series outlining the steps current Iowa high school students need to take in order to prepare for going to college.

Elementary Newsletter

(Excerpt from this month's Elementary Blended Resources newsletter from Melissa Wicklund. Click the image below to see the interactive version of the newsletter.)

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Authentic Learning Update: 2nd Annual Student Expo

Good Morning #Changeagents!

We would like to invite you to our 2nd Annual Iowa ALN Statewide Virtual Student Expo on Tuesday, April 26th. We will have live events during the day and flexible on-demand sessions that feature students across the state and their passion and creativity on real authentic projects to watch at your convenience. Be inspired and leave with ready-to-go ideas and supports for your students! Here is our tentative schedule and program guide for the day! The official SCHED schedule will go live next week! Be sure to register to stay in the know as updates are available!

Register here! This is a free event for students, educators, and community/business partners.

We also invite you to share this invitation with your students! We would love to have student participants in the zoom rooms networking and asking questions to our student presenters. Join for a class period or whatever is most convenient! We want this to be a professional & authentic networking event for students!

Have an authentic project to share? Please have students submit here by the end of the day tomorrow, April 1st. Students may submit a live session proposal OR plan on creating an on-demand, pre-recorded video sharing their authentic project work!

Need License Renewal Credit? Register for the event and then sign-up in the registration system to indicate you will be attending (live or self-paced) for License Renewal Credit!

Be sure to join our AM Session to hear from our student featured speakers! Charles, our kick-off speaker, will share his story starting at 8:45 am on the 26th!

Check out his GMA video here!

Computer Science E-Curriculum: So much available to your teachers!

Computer Science is a hot topic in education today and AEA Learning Online has you covered. New courses have been added to the Student Personalized Learning System that can help you plan for your Computer Science needs for the rest of this year or for the 2022-2023 school year. There will also be a computer science year long course, The Art of Computer Science: High School Students Sem 1 & 2 with an instructor (provided) for your students. For more information contact Denise Krefting. Check out below what we have to offer you NOW with more being built for next school year! 🎉

These computer science courses are new to the catalog, along with other modules coming soon! Start planning for next year by checking them out today.

To find this content log in to the Student Personalized Learning System, click on the TOPIC: Computer Science or you can search for the content.

If you have any questions please contact Denise Krefting or Melissa Wicklund.

AEA Scout PD Module

One login. One search. One interface.
This module takes you through the AEA Scout functions and classroom applications. The module is meant for teacher librarians and teachers. Click here.

It features:

standards correlations
ideas for research
ways to create text sets
how to use AEA Scout to support the inquiry process
how science teachers use it
ELA supports
accessibility features
folders and curating resources
persistent links and LMS
sharing folder resources
and more.

After you complete the module, you'll also be added to a Google Group. Members are encouraged to share lessons and activities. Members will also get information first about AEA Scout enhancements, folders of curated resources, and more.