Prairie Lakes AEA

Professional Development Calendar

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  • Log into the Avatar online registration system using the first initial of your first name, your whole last name and the last 2 digits of your social security number. The password is the last 6 digits of your social security number without the hyphen.
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Summer 2013

Jun 5 - Jun 7 Initial Investigations of the English Language Arts (ELA) Iowa Core with a focus on writing
Location: Barnum, Manson NW Webster Elementary, 303 Pierce Street
Time: 9:00 AM ~ 3:00 PM
Jun 10 Hey - What's the Big Idea: Developing and Teaching Iowa Core Math and ELA Conceptual Units
Location: Pocahontas AEA Office
Time: For K - 2nd Grade Teachers
Jun 10 - Jun 11 Google Apps: Increasing Collaboration for Effective Teaching
Location: Jefferson, Greene County High School, Room 130
Time: 8:00 AM ~ 4:00 PM
Jun 10 - Nov 1 Supporting Students with Autism
Location: Storm Lake, AEA Office, 824 Flindt Drive, Lakes Conference Room
Time: 9:00 AM ~ 3:00 PM
Jun 10 - Jun 12 Technology Integration Using Web 2.0 Tools
Location: Stratford Elementary, 1000 Shakespeare, Stratford
Time: 10:00 AM ~ 3:30 PM
Jun 11 - Feb 1 Second Chance Reading
Location: Pocahontas Conservation Center, (702 NW 7th St., Pocahontas, IA)
Time: 9:00 AM ~ 3:00 PM
Jun 12 Hey - What's the Big Idea: Developing and Teaching Iowa Core Math and ELA Conceptual Units
Location: Pocahontas AEA Office
Time: For 3rd to 5th Grade Teachers
Jun 17 Hey - What's the Big Idea: Developing and Teaching Iowa Core Math and ELA Conceptual Units
Location: Pocahontas AEA Office
Time: For 6th to 8th Grade Teachers
Jun 17 - Jun 19 Behavior in the Elementary Classroom
Location: Schaller-Crestland Elementary School, Schaller
Time: 9:00 AM ~ 3:00 PM
Jun 17 - Jun 21 Our Creative Potential: A Creativity Enhancement Class
Location: Okoboji, Lakes Art Center
Time: 10:00 AM ~ 4:00 PM
Jun 18 - Jun 19 Techniques in Colored Pencil Creations
Location: Iowa Central Community College - Fort Dodge
Time: 9:30 - 3:30 for ea day
Jun 25 - Jun 26 Using Outdoor Skills to Integrate Math, Science and History
Location: Ruthven, Lost Island Prairie Wetland Nature Center
Jun 25 - Jun 28 Project Archaeology Teacher Workshop
Location: Milford, Lakeside Lab
Time: 9:00 AM ~ 4:00 PM
Jun 26 - Jun 27 Learning Styles the Power of Diversity
Location: Estherville, Iowa Lakes Comm. College
Time: 8:00 AM ~ 4:30 AM
Jun 26 - Jun 27 Using Project Based Learning to Achieve Characteristics
Location: Fort Dodge, AEA Office, 1235 5th Avenue South, Board Room
Time: 8:00 AM ~ 4:30 PM
Jun 26 - Jun 28 Teaching Literacy to Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
Location: Pocahontas, AEA Office
Time: 9:00 AM ~ 3:00 PM
Jul 15 Hey - What's the Big Idea: Developing and Teaching Iowa Core Math and ELA Conceptual Units
Location: Pocahontas AEA Office
Time: For 9th to 12th Grade Teachers
Jul 16 - Jul 17 Reaching Children from High Stress Environments
Location: Emmetsburg, Iowa Lakes Community College Entrance 1 Room 120/130
Time: 8:30 AM ~ 4:30 PM (Registration begins at 8:15 on the first day.)
Jul 18 - Jul 19 Prime for Life: Teachers Addressing Alcohol and Drugs with Students
Location: Emmetsburg Iowa Lakes Community College Entrance 1 Room 120/130
Time: 8:30 AM ~ 4:30 PM (Registration begins at 8:15 on the first day.)
Aug 5 - Nov 1 Supporting Students with Autism
Location: Algona, AEA Office, Conference Room
Time: 9:00 AM ~ 3:00 PM
Aug 12 - Aug 13 Google Apps: Increasing Collaboration for Effective Teaching
Location: Jefferson, Greene County High School, Room 130
Time: 8:00 AM ~ 4:00 PM
Aug 12 - Aug 14 Technology Integration Using Web 2.0 Tools
Location: Stratford Elementary, 1000 Shakespeare, Stratford
Time: 10:00 AM ~ 3:30 PM
 
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