Heartland AEA

As Chief Administrator, Dr. Jon Sheldahl oversees special education services, instructional services, professional learning, library and digital resources and technology support provided by Heartland Area Education Agency (AEA) to over 147,000 students and 10,700 educators in Greater Des Moines (DSM).

As Director of Resources and Library Services at Heartland AEA, Susan Schrader provides support to K-12 educators and teacher librarians in the Heartland AEA service area, including selection and purchase of instructional materials, coordination of instructional resource sharing among Iowa schools, training on 20 online reference databases, development of a discovery search tool, copyright compliance education and writing various publications.  

As Regional/Instructional Services Director at Heartland AEA, Amy Wichman works closely with local schools to collaborate around the delivery of quality services, including special education programs. She provides instructional leadership around curricular initiatives focused on student achievement, including Multi-tiered Systems of Support, ESSA Iowa and Standards-Based Learning.