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Central Rivers AEA will be offering both Early Childhood and K-12 LETRS training opportunities for 2023-24. If you haven’t had the opportunity to explore these trainings, more information is available in this 2023-24 LETRS training document. Please...
Professional learning is a requirement for districts participating in Statewide Voluntary Preschool Programs and Community Partners under the Iowa Quality Preschool Program Standards. Check out the list of upcoming learning opportunities to meet the needs of early...
Iowa is a partner state with the open resource OpenSciEd. As a partner state, Iowa is able to take advantage of field testing units for the now-released middle school units, as well as the upcoming release of...
The statewide orientation is essential to a new preschool teacher’s introduction to the Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program (SWVPP). This opportunity will include four to six coaching sessions to engage new teachers in the various required components of...
Early childhood teachers can stay connected through the early childhood collaborative learning network! Teachers will have the opportunity to reflect on current instructional strategies and assessment practices in a variety of content areas with other early childhood...
As the 21-22 school year comes to an end, please ensure that the correct steps have been taken for enabling myIGDI data to be displayed in Panorama Student Success. The following two checklists are intended for program...
Mass archiving of the GOLD assessment will take place on August 15. Program staff will need to reactivate records for children returning for the 2022-23 school year. Please send inquiries and/or questions to Mary Breyfogle at the...
“Play is the highest form of research.” ~ Albert Einstein Preschool and kindergarten have changed since the days when we built things with blocks. We see an academic push into those early childhood classrooms that didn’t exist...
Iowa’s Area Education Agencies have partnered with Hanover Research to administer and analyze a survey regarding your perceptions of your AEA’s services. Your responses and the results of this survey will help your AEA better understand and...
