Mission Vision Guiding Principles Beliefs - Green Hills AEA

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Health Advisory Team (HAT)
The Health Advisory Team (HAT) provides assistance
and resources to educational settings where individuals
are in need of an individual health care plan. The
resource team consists of persons with expertise in
school nursing, special education nursing, special
education administration, parenting and early childhood.
HAT members are available to consult with teams who
are developing educational health care plans for students
in need of special health services.
Call any GHAEA regional office
Hearing
• See Audiology
• See Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Hearing Conservation/Education
• See Audiology
HEART Database
HEART (Heartland Educational Resource Toolbox) is a
large-scale student assessment data system developed as
a free service by Heartland Area Education Agency.
HEART is designed to hold district-wide assessment
data, imported directly from a variety of formats,
including ITBS/ITED, Iowa Collaborative Assessment
Modules (ICAM) and Northwest Evaluation
Association’s measures of Academic Progress (NWEA
MAP). There is an additional behavior module designed
to store student behavior referral information which can
be analyzed and used for decision-making.
Sherry Huffman, Glenwood Regional Office
Homebound Program
This program is designed to serve students who are
confined to their homes or to a hospital because of a
temporary or long-term physical problem who are
projected to be out of school three or more weeks. The
objective is to provide continued instructional services to
keep students from falling behind in their academic
endeavors.
Call any GHAEA regional office
Home Schooling
• See Competent Private Instruction
Homeless Youth
• See At-Risk
Hospital Program (Psychiatric Unit)
The AEA provides on-site classroom instruction to
students who are hospitalized and receive treatment on
an outpatient basis at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs.
Becky Zorn, Council Bluffs ESC
Human Relations
A human relations course is offered to educators who
need recertification or graduate credit. The course is
approved by the Green Hills Human Relations
Committee, the Department of Education, and the State
Board of Education. This course is an independent
study.
Michelle Lidgett, Glenwood Regional Office
• See License Renewal/Graduate Credit
Human Resources
Human Resources is responsible for maintaining
employee records and may be contacted for matters
related to employment, insurance coverage and other
fringe benefits, personnel files, etc. This office assists in
recruitment, arrangement of interviews and employment
contracts.
Lori Kinyon, Creston Regional Office
Cindy Wohlenhaus, Halverson Center
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Induction and Mentoring
Training is available for teachers who will serve as
mentors for teachers new to the profession.
Connie Richardson, Red Oak Regional Office
Dawn Witt, Creston Regional Office
Instructional Coaching
Services are available that support a partnership
approach to improving instruction.
Kerry Aistrope, Red Oak Regional Office
Terri Bush, Peterson Regional Office
Instructional Decision Making (IDM) Model
The Instructional Decision Making Model is supported
through the Iowa Department of Education’s
Instructional Decision Making initiative. IDM supports a
unified school-wide or district-wide system of
assessment, curriculum and instruction addressing the
needs of high, average and low-performing learners.
Kerry Aistrope, Red Oak Regional Office
Dawn Witt, Creston Regional Office
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