• Update on Iowa’s Mandatory Reporter Training: What you need to know

    New legislation has driven a change in Mandatory Reporter training in Iowa. Effective July 1, 2024, all staff licensed through… Read More

  • Enrich Your Literacy Toolbox: Central Rivers AEA’s 2024-2025 Course Offerings

    Central Rivers AEA is excited to unveil our lineup of literacy professional development courses designed to empower educators like you… Read More

  • Coaching, Professional Development, and Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS)

    Coaching, Professional Learning, and MTSS: MTSS is also a critical framework for systems, using continuous improvement processes to identify system-level… Read More

  • Update for school districts: changes in assessment coverage begins now

    Starting now and moving forward, the state’s AEA system will no longer cover the cost of extra FAST measures in… Read More

  • Supplemental and Intensive Tiers and Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS)

    Supplemental & Intensive Tiers and MTSS: Supplemental and Intensive Tiers are focused on ensuring learners who need additional resources, services,… Read More

  • Mastering the Art of Crafting High-Quality Text-Dependent Questions

    In the realm of education, the importance of asking the right questions cannot be overstated. Text-dependent questions (TDQs) serve as… Read More

  • The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) is offering summer programs

    The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) in Iowa is offering summer programs for children and teens who stutter;… Read More

  • Strengthening SEL foundations with new titles added to the Media library

    Including books on social-emotional learning (SEL) in instruction supports students’ emotional development, fosters empathy, and promotes mental health awareness. These… Read More

  • Experience immersive learning with the Digital Starlab

    The Digital StarLab is a compact, manually operated, user-friendly planetarium projection system designed to produce the best quality images while… Read More

  • Universal Tier and Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS)

    Universal Tier and MTSS: Universal Tier is the evidence-based curriculum, instruction, and assessment critical for learner success. Universal instruction in… Read More