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As the evidence regarding the importance of wearing face coverings continues to mount, Central Rivers AEA staff members will be asking all students and LEA staff to wear a face covering during service interactions. For those students...
Please Pass the Love, a Des Moines-based organization which focuses on mental health and wellbeing resource center, is offering free, weekly virtual support groups to educators. Support groups offer an opportunity to connect with others and decrease...
The Iowa Department of Education is pleased to bring myIGDIs to preschool in Iowa at no cost. As an optional screening tool, myIGDIs for preschool literacy complements the required GOLD assessment. Screening with myIGDIs is part of...
Coaching for Equity contains an updated Transformational Coaching framework and the tools and rubrics that are necessary to implement this model of coaching. In addition, personal narratives demonstrate what coaching for equity looks like and help us...
Central Rivers AEA is excited to launch a new website that will offer resources for educators, parents and students in the area of wellbeing. This website offers resources in the areas of autism, COVID-19, challenging behavior, mental...
The Central Rivers AEA Superintendents met via Zoom for their first monthly business meeting of the 2020-21 year on Wednesday, September 2. The following resources and information were shared during the meeting. Sam Miller, Chief Administrator Superintendents...
Pear Deck is an interactive presentation tool used to actively engage students in individual and social learning. Teachers create presentations using their Google Drive account. Students log into the presentation with unique access codes and interact with...
The Central Rivers AEA School Counseling Advisory Team has set up an opportunity for counselors join each other virtually to share and support one another as we work through the fluidity of the moments we are experiencing....
An additional section for Inspired Mentorship has been added on Sept. 8 & 11, 2020 from 9-noon each day. The dates were added given district requests. Day 1 will be “broken up” eliminate being on a Zoom...