Literacy
Welcome to the Central Rivers AEA Literacy website! Here you will find information, resources, and tools to improve literacy education for all students.
FREE Virtual Webinar Series
Held the second Tuesday of each month @ 4:00 p.m.
Join us via Zoom for our FREE Virtual Webinar Series titled What Matters Most: Mindframes for Teaching and Leading hosted by CRAEA literacy consultants on the second Tuesday of each month at 4:00 p.m. In their book, 10 Mindframes for Visible Learning: Teaching for Success, Hattie and Zierer (2018) define ten mindframes that teachers and leaders must adopt in order to maximize impact on student learning. Each month, we’ll unpack a mindframe and provide highly practical strategies for implementing the research in your setting. The 10 mindframes will change the way you look at teaching, coaching, and leading schools.
Registration information available here
Literacy Blog
Check out our blog to learn more about current happenings in literacy within and beyond our agency!
Iowa Core ELA Standards
“The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (“the standards”) represent the next generation of K–12 standards designed to prepare all students for success in college, career, and life by the time they graduate from high school.” (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010)
Standards can be accessed through the Iowa Core.gov website. Additionally, Iowa Core Standards-Based Rubrics and ELA Learning Progressions can be found in the Assessment tab of the CRAEA website.
Helpful Literacy Sites
- Iowa Core.gov
- Common Core
- Iowa Reading Research Center
- International Literacy Association
- U.S. Department of Education
- Colorin Colorado
- Read Write Think
- Achieve the Core
- UFLI Virtual Teaching Resource Hub
- Barksdale Reading Institute
Contact Us
Have a Question? Want to Know More? Contact a Literacy Consultant!
| Region | Name | Office | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrea Raber | Clear Lake | Consultant for Reading/Language Arts | araber@centralriversaea.org |
| 2 | Ashley Bultje | Clear Lake | Consultant for Reading/Language Arts | abultje@centralriversaea.org |
| 3 | Kelly Westley | Cedar Falls | Consultant for Reading/Language Arts | kwestley@centralriversaea.org |
| 4 | Sue Longcor | Clear Lake | Consultant for Reading/Language Arts | slongcor@centralriversaea.org |
| 5 | Tina Graven | Cedar Falls | Consultant for Reading/Language Arts | tgraven@centralriversaea.org |
| 6 | Teri Boezinger | Cedar Falls | Consultant for Reading/Language Arts | tboezinger@centralriversaea.org |
| 7 | Kelsey Bowers | Cedar Falls | Consultant for Reading/Language Arts | kbowers@centralriversaea.org |
| 8 | Holly Ritter | Cedar Falls | Consultant for Reading/Language Arts | hritter@centralriversaea.org |
| 9 | Danielle Hakeman | Cedar Falls | Consultant for School Improvement | dhakeman@centralriversaea.org |
| 10 | Melissa Blohm | Cedar Falls | Consultant for Reading/Language Arts | mblohm@centralriversaea.org |
| 11 | Janelle Pirkl | Marshalltown | Consultant for Reading/Language Arts | jpirkl@centralriversaea.org |