Hiawatha Valley Ed. District

HVED provides special education services to 14 member school districts and two charter schools in southeast Minnesota, with a total enrollment of approximately 12,000 students. The Education District employs approx. 75 full and part-time staff working in offices in Houston, Wabasha, and Winona Counties. It has been our primary purpose to supply our member school districts with administrative/managerial and study personnel (including related services) in Special Education. Other programs are developed through collective input from its member districts, including teachers, parents, students, and school administrators. Our goal is to provide opportunity for learners with disabilities or at risk for underachievement so that they can be successful participants in society both now and in their adult lives. To accomplish its mission, we provide support and leadership: by promoting meaningful participation in educational programs by promoting the achievement of the students' individual educational goals by promoting best practices that result in quality programs by implementing new mandates

Hiawatha Valley Education District, in partnership with member districts, will be a progressive educational agency that embraces modern technology and effective data driven research-based methodologies and resources to provide a high quality education to all students so that they may reach their full potential.

It is the policy of the Hiawatha Valley Education District to provide equal employment opportunity for all, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, sexual orientation, or age.