What's New at the Southwest Iowa REGENTS Resource Center?

Shakespeare Set Free Workshop

Take the stress out of Shakespeare. What can you do to make Shakespeare matter to your students? The study of Shakespeare can be a daunting task for teachers and students. The University of Northern Iowa, in partnership with Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., will be presenting Shakespeare Set Free workshops for teachers this summer.

Earn one graduate credit hour for attending the one-day workshop and submitting a collaborative lesson planning assignment within two weeks of the workshop.

Literacy Education Master's Degree Program

A new Literacy Education master's degree cohort will begin in the fall of 2008. Courses are tentatively planned Tuesday evenings during the fall and spring semesters with limited on-campus coursework during the summers.

The Literacy Education specialty area is designed to develop and extend the expertise of educators in both leadership and classroom positions who wish to specialize in the area of literacy education. Students examine theories, programs and practices in the teaching of literacy, the evaluation of literacy development and the integration of literacy across curricular areas. The program can assist in meeting the State of Iowa professional development plan requirement.

Graduate Early Childhood Education Endorsement Program

The UNI Department of Curriculum and Instruction is proposing to a GECEEP to interested education professionals, designed for infant through Grade 3 teachers. Coursework will be completed online and/or via the Iowa Communications Network on Tuesday evenings with the exception of the final course and second practicum which may be offered face-to-face at the UNI Child Development Center for the Infant/Toddler practicum.

Professional development opportunities for community college and secondary educators

Courses are used for teacher updates, recertification credits or endorsement requirements. Courses can be taken for undergraduate or graduate credit. Learn more about these courses and other professional development opportunities and/or enroll at www.uni.edu/continuinged/programs/career/

CIVIL ENGINEERING MASTER

Iowa State University’s 100% online Construction Engineering and Management Masters Degree provides a unique blend of technical and managerial education that will help you solve problems and compete in the ever-changing construction environment. Iowa State’s Construction Engineering and Management program has been recognized by The Associated General Contractors of America; one of only four schools in the U.S. to receive such an honor and be promoted by the AGC.

CERTIFICATE IN FOOD SAFETY AND DEFENSE

The online Food Safety and Security Certificate program provides graduate students and food-related professionals advanced education in food safety and bio-security issues. The Certificate emphasizes the effective control of food borne hazards from accidental or deliberate contamination with pathogenic microbes and/or toxicants.

Iowa State University, Kansas State University, University of Nebraska (Lincoln), and the University of Missouri (Columbia) have established a multi-state agricultural consortium to develop and deliver high-priority collaborative distance education programs in the food and agricultural sciences. Further information about GPIDEA can be found at: www.gpidea.org/.

MASTER OF EDUCATION OR SCIENCE PREPARATION FOR LEADERSHIP

(PreLEAD-School Principal Certification)

A master's program of 36 credits, called PREparation for LEADership, or PreLEAD, leads to licensing as a school administrator. Courses are structured to build leadership skills in organizational processes, scope and framework of schools, and interpersonal dimensions.

PreLEAD participants attend a two-year program of night and Saturday classes offered Statewide to selected Area Education Association sites, or commit to three summers of intensive preparation.  

   The Bachelor of Applied Studies (BAS) degree at The University of Iowa is designed for graduates of community college technical programs who wish to complete a bachelor's degree, but who, due to family and/or employment responsibilities, cannot engage in traditional,on-campus study.

   The external BAS degree provides alternatives to traditional majors. Because the program does not have departmental major requirements, students work with an adviser to plan their own areas of emphasis.

   Professional development courses previously only available to UI students, faculty and staff, are now available online to all Iowans. For $125 per person subscribers have unlimited access for one year to 300 courses and hundreds of job aids including leadership and management, workplace effectiveness, computer skills, and training in a variety of popular computer programs. For more information visit www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/skillsoft/ or call the UI Division of Continuing Education at 319-335-2755.

How to contact us for more information:

Southwest Iowa Regents Resource Center
3501 Harry Langdon Boulevard
ISD Campus, Careers Building
Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503
Phone: 712-366-3647
Fax: 712-366-1723
E-mail: swirrc@iastate.edu