
Welcome to Central Rivers AEA Professional Development! We are committed to providing high-quality professional learning for educators in Iowa. Join us and enhance your knowledge and skills to serve your students better.
Access Learning Opportunities
Contact Us
- Email: ProfessionalLearning@centralriversaea.org
- Phone: (319)-273-8200
- Chat: ZenDesk
Reach out to Kay Schmalen for…
- Approve & Train Instructors
- Communications to Regional Administrators (RAs)
- Develops/Updates for Instructor Guides
- Course proposal development
- Approves new courses & sessions
- Oversees Professional Learning (PL) budget
- Oversees the Paraeducator process
- Central Rivers AEA Paraeducator Certifying Official
Reach out to Jessica Dally for…
- AEA Statewide Registration System Administration
- Contract Support
- Participant and instructor initial point of contact for CRAEA Courses, Workshops, & Trainings
- EDMA submissions for graduate partners’ approval
- District billing and staff billing
- Process Late Registrations, Change of Credits, and Late Withdrawal requests, including payments and refunds.
- Update Professional Learning Website
- User help guides, application instructions, procedure manuals, FAQs, etc.
- Onboarding/offboarding of new staff within the professional learning system.
Reach out to Corlene Collum for…
- Conference Center Coordinator
- Oversees room reservations
- Manages catering for events
- Orders course materials & office supplies
- Communicates with the Tech Department
- Instructor contact for tech needs
- Front Desk & phone support






