What’s NEW?
TLC Year 1 Selection Process and Results, March 3, 2014
Council Bluffs and East Union applications were approved for 2014-2015. Click here to view the following reports on the DE website.- Iowa TLC Statistics 2014
- Iowa Teacher Leadership and Compensation System 2014 School District Application Scores
- Teacher Leadership and Compensation – Accepted School Districts – March 3, 2014
- Iowa’s Teacher Leadership and Compensation System – Local Plan Highlights – 2014
- Teacher Leadership and Compensation Applications – District List – February 3, 2014
- 2014-02-28 Letter to Superintendents on TLC Process
- Commission on Educator Leadership and Compensation Members – 2013-2014
Here are some facts we know about those plans that were submitted. 139 applications representing 146 school districts were submitted which involves 323,892 students. That represents just over 40% of the school districts and about 67% of the students in Iowa. The majority of the plans are Option 3. The 9 GHAEA districts submitting applications include: CAM, Central Decatur, Clarinda, Council Bluffs, Diagonal, East Union, Harlan, Lenox, and Underwood.
"There's a new legislative session underway in Iowa..." Dr. Buck shares the Department of Education's prioritized Iowa focus including: TLC, Early Literacy (MTSS), Iowa Core, STEM, and Competency-Based Education in this video.
Eli's comin' ...this summer! ELI - Early Literacy Implementation The Iowa Department of Education, in conjunction with Collaborating for Iowa’s Kids (C4K), will provide training and technology support to implement state-purchased universal screening and progress monitoring assessments for K-3 students for any district that wants it (FAST and IGDIs). More information will be provided about the training dates.
The Iowa School Counseling Program Framework provides a model to guide and assist Iowa's school counselors in the implementation of a comprehensive and accountable school counseling program. The sequential K-12 program is comprehensive in scope, preventive in design, developmental in nature, driven by data and integral to a school district's curricula and instructional program.
The Fine Arts Alignment with the Iowa Core Universal Constructs is available. These Iowa documents demonstrate how fine arts support the implementation of Iowa Core. Fine arts are particularly well-suited in supporting student success with the 21st Century skills.
What’s DUE?
March 15, 2014 is the last date to certify APR, CSIP, DDSDP, Iowa Core and SINA/DINA plans within C-Plan for the 2013-2014 school year. Thank you to the majority of districts and schools who certified their plans by the original September 15, 2013, due date.
Plans that have not been certified by the district/school and the state or AEA by March 15, 2014, will no longer be accessible for editing or certifying, and the state will consider the plans unfinished for 2012-2013. This may result in a non-compliance citation or a delay in funding from the Department, so please be sure to complete and certify all of your plans.
Also, it's time to DIG IN and reflect using the Iowa Professional Development Model Steps and Tools available to assist your leadership teams as you analyze student acheivement and teacher implementation data, determine needs, and start incubating plans for professional learning in 2014-15.
