Northwest AEA Preschool Newsletter
January 2022
Joyce Vermeer
Brenda Jenkins
Shelley Conover
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Happy New Year! No matter what your thoughts are about New Year's Resolutions, the beginning of a new year always brings a bit of excitement with it. What will we change? What will we keep? What new skills do I want to learn this year? Many times the new year is accompanied with a fresh layer of snow. Snow can be symbolic of freshness, renewal, and even a sense of cleansing.
As you read through this newsletter, we hope it finds you in a place of renewal, of freshness, and if needed, a cleansing.
EnJOY! ~Joyce, Brenda & Shelley
Take advantage of grant & award opportunities!!
- Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher Supplement Grant: application deadline JAN. 9, 2022.
- STEM Scale-Up Program: application opens January 10th and closes February 28, 2022.
Celebrate the small wins
Upcoming training opportunities
The Power of GOLD
The Why, What, and How of the Science of Reading
Register for SECTION 2:
January 6, 13, 20 (Thursdays)
4:00pm-6:00pm
Registration cutoff: Dec. 22
Observation & Assessment of Young Children
Substitute Authorization Classes
Centering on Centers
3 SEL Practices that EC Educators can use everyday- from Edutopia
Do you do all three? Find out more by clicking HERE!
- Welcoming Inclusion Activity
- Engaging Strategies
- Optimistic Closure
Teaching With Conscience in an imperfect world
My Teaching Strategies
Literacy Tip of the Month- Introducing Rare Vocabulary with "What's Inside A Flower"
Click on the image to the right to hear the author read the book!
ECSE Supports
Click here to access the Iowa Department of Education page for teachers and staff working with children who receive early childhood special education supports.
Northwest AEA has a website page designed to assist you as you support students with special education needs. Here is a link to that page.
ACHIEVE Iowa IDEA
Northwest AEA Support for Health Plan Development
Council for Exceptional Children 2022 Convention
Autism Help Desk
Division for Early Childhood
Northwest AEA Early Childhood Consultants
Joyce, Brenda & Shelley
Email: bjenkins@nwaea.org
Website: https://www.nwaea.org/
Location: 1520 Morningside Avenue, Sioux City, IA, USA
Phone: 712.222.6122