School Leader Update, February 2011

Monthly newsletter produced by Iowa Department of Education

School Leader Update, January 2011

Monthly newsletter produced by Iowa Department of Education

Report to the Governor and General Assembly on the Status of Out-of School Arts Programming for Youth, December 2006

In the 2006 Iowa General Assembly, House File 2797 called for a study on the status of afterschool arts programs and appropriated $5,000 for the study. In accordance with the legislation, the Iowa Arts Council, who received the charge, contracted with the Iowa Afterschool Alliance to form a Resource Group of out-of-school arts providers and experts to develop and oversee the study, review its results, and make recommendations for the expansion of arts programs that operate outside the normal school day. As a part of its charge in HF 2797, the Iowa Arts Council also documented a sampling of out-of-school arts programs statewide. Five are featured in this report.

School Leader Update, April 2011

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School Leader Update, March 2011

Monthly newsletter produced by Iowa Department of Education

School Leader Update, May 2011

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School Leader Update, June 2011

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Audit report on Mid-Iowa School Improvement Consortium, Carlisle, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2010

Audit report on Mid-Iowa School Improvement Consortium, Carlisle, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2010

Report on a special investigation of the Lake Mills Community School District for the period July 1, 2005 through December 31, 2010

Report on a special investigation of the Lake Mills Community School District for the period July 1, 2005 through December 31, 2010

Report on the Iowa School for the Deaf, Council Bluffs, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2010

Report on the Iowa School for the Deaf, Council Bluffs, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2010

Reaudit report on the Johnston Community School District for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010

Reaudit report on the Johnston Community School District for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010

Report on a special investigation of the Clay Central-Everly Community School District for the period July 1, 2005 through November 30, 2010

Report on a special investigation of the Clay Central-Everly Community School District for the period July 1, 2005 through November 30, 2010

Electronic Construction Collaboration System – Phase III, December 2011

This phase of the electronic collaboration project involved two major efforts: 1) implementation of AEC Sync (formerly known as Attolist), a web-based project management system (WPMS), on the Broadway Viaduct Bridge Project and the Iowa Falls Arch Bridge Project and 2) development of a web-based project management system for bridge and highway construction projects with less than $10 million in contract value. During the previous phase of this project (fiscal year 2010), the research team helped with the implementation process for AEC Sync and collected feedback from the Broadway Viaduct project team members before the start of the project. During the 2011 fiscal year, the research team collected the post-project surveys from the Broadway Viaduct project members and compared them to the pre-project survey results. The results of the AEC Sync implementation on the Broadway project were positive. The project members were satisfied with the performance of the AEC Sync software and how it facilitated document management and its transparency. In addition, the research team distributed, collected, and analyzed the pre-project surveys for the Iowa Falls Arch Bridge Project. The implementation of AEC Sync for the Iowa Falls Arch Bridge Project appears to also be positive, based on the pre-project surveys. The fourth phase of this electronic collaboration project involves the identification and implementation of a WPMS solution for smaller bridge and highway projects. The workflow for the shop drawing approval process for sign truss projects was documented and used to identify possible WPMS solutions. After testing and evaluating several WPMS solutions, Microsoft SharePoint Foundation’s site pages were selected to be pilot-tested on sign truss projects. Due to the limitation on the SharePoint license that the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) has, a file transfer protocol (FTP) site will be developed alongside this site to allow contractors to upload shop drawings to the Iowa DOT. The SharePoint site pages are expected to be ready for implementation during the 2012 calendar year.

Audit report on Clarke Community School District in Osceola, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2011

Audit report on Clarke Community School District in Osceola, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2011

Audit report on Sheldon Community School District in Sheldon, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2011

Audit report on Sheldon Community School District in Sheldon, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2011