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CRAEA Connecting the Dots: June 15 & 16, 2020
In schools where the achievement gap is being closed, what roles, structures, supports, policies and mindsets allow for that? It’s time that we connect the dots between School Improvement, Teacher Leadership, and teams to complete the picture...
Creating safety and trust for children who have experienced trauma: A parent’s view
The reality is that experiencing some type of trauma is real and very common. Trauma doesn’t discriminate. It happens across all communities and all cultures. However, it affects everyone, including children, differently. Did you know that severe...
A Closer Look at Assessment in Science
In a commencement address at Western New England University in 2012, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson provided this parable…students are asked to give the correct spelling of the word “cat.” One student spells it correctly as “C-A-T”. The...
Preschool program grant opportunity
The Shared Visions Preschool Program Grant is an upcoming grant opportunity that, if awarded, can provide funding for programs that serve children ages 3-5 who are considered at risk per: 281–Iowa Administrative Code 64. The new Shared...
Science is all about figuring things out and literacy is how we communicate it out!
MackinVIA offers students and teachers fiction and non-fiction books in a wide range of topics. Within your school’s MackinVIA, books are organized to support the Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs) of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in...
November reports & upcoming Superintendents’ Meeting dates
The Mini-Summit was cancelled due to low enrollment; therefore, there will not be a Superintendents’ Meeting in November. The next meeting will be Wednesday, December 4, 2019, with Matt Beaudreau presenting from 9-11 on Crossing the Generational...
Subs in short supply? Let your community know about this upcoming course!
Many school districts are facing a critical shortage of substitute teachers making it difficult to release classroom teachers for needed professional learning. Central Rivers Area Education Agency (CRAEA) will offer a substitute authorization course (#3405) consisting of two...
October Superintendent Meeting materials
October’s Superintendents’ Meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 2 in the Central Rivers AEA Conference Center. Dr. Clayton Cook will be presenting to the superintendents on Nurturing & Responsive Environments that Promote Social & Emotional Well-Being...
Reading Recovery: CRAEA Site Report 2018-2019
Reading Recovery® is a short-term intervention that was developed by New Zealand educator Dr. Marie M. Clay. This intervention is designed for students who have the lowest achievement in literacy learning in the first grade. Students meet...