Iowa ASCD - Advocacy and Influence for Learning
Iowa ASCD - Advocacy and Influence for Learning
Iowa ASCD - Advocating for Learning with Your Stories
Welcome to the Iowa ASCD webpage for Advocating for Learning with Your Stories.
Iowa ASCD views educational legislation and policy through a lens that asks, “Is it good for our kids?”
Through the unified voice of an influential organization, we provide the tools and information for you to actively participate in shaping the education landscape for teaching, learning, and leadership.
Maximize your efforts in influencing policy decisions that affect Iowa's schools, your jobs, our kids. Building on the legislative training provided by ASCD governmental experts, be a part of this powerful influence team to advocate for smart statewide education policy.
Making Meetings Meaningful – Personalizing Your Message
Preparation for “On the Hill”
- Tool: Letter and Phone Transcript for Request for Meeting with Legislator
- Tool: Message Development
- Tool: Message
Meetings with Your Legislators: We have attached a phone/email transcript for your convenience. Legislators usually will allocate about 20 minutes for a meeting.
- Find your legislator – and his/her contact information.
- Emails and phone messages are ideal ways to contact your legislators. See transcript on this web page.
Please note that you must go through security when you enter the Capitol so it is wise to keep jewelry to a minimum and to wear comfortable shoes. If you have business cards, take them – they are always a nice touch to leave with your representative.
Please check out below for tools for your advocacy. You will find . . .
- Rubric for Advocacy – to check your own level of advocacy
- ASCD access to ASCD Advocacy and Government Relations
- Sample letter and phone transcript to contact your legislator to make an appointment with your legislator
- Find Your Legislator(s)
Tools for Advocacy:
- ASCD Advocacy and Government Relations:
- Centered on the Whole Child
- 2021 ASCD Legislative Agenda
- Government Relations in Action
- Contact Government Relations Team
- Iowa ASCD Legislative Agendas
- Iowa ASCD Legislative Agenda 2022
- Iowa ASCD Legislative Agenda 2020
- Iowa ASCD Legislative Agenda 2017
- Iowa ASCD Message Development Sheet: This sheet allows you to use the legislative agenda to develop your own message for the legislator(s). The Final Message Sheet allows you to transfer your initial thinking to your final version.
- Iowa ASCD Podcasts for Advocacy
- Iowa ASCD PowerPoints
- Iowa ASCD Rubric for Advocacy: This rubric allows you to identify your level of skill and knowledge as well as practices in advocacy.
- Iowa ASCD Webinars for Advocacy
- Iowa Legislature:
- Bill Tracking Tools
- Education Committees
- Find Your Legislator(s)
- Legislative Processes
- Rule Making Guide
- Live Chamber - Audio and Video: Streaming audio and video of Senate and House proceedings is available whenever the chambers are in session
- U.S. Department of Education: Laws and Guidance
- Thank you Samples
This page was updated on January 13, 2022.