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🚨Tackling Chronic Absenteeism🚨
Today, leaders from West Fork, Forest City, Central Springs, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura, Lake Mills and Osage joined us in Clear Lake to take on the challenge of chronic absenteeism.
Thank you to Central Rivers AEA consultants Dusty Reese, Tina ...Halverson and Kara Shannon for guiding today’s workshop!
Couldn’t make it today? Don’t worry – there’s still time to join us in Cedar Falls on January 21 or Marshalltown on January 23! Register online for the next sessions.
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Starting the new year strong at East Marshall CSD! Teachers have been busy with curriculum planning, diving into science and math standards, exploring social studies techniques, and integrating AI in special education.
Special thanks to our Central Rivers AEA consultants for their ...invaluable support:
•Melissa Blohm – Curriculum
•Keith Halverson – Social Studies
•Chelsie Byram – Science
•Theresa Smith – Math
•Delann Soenksen – Special Education
•Kay Schmalen – Media/Professional Learning
•Carrie Downs – Team Representative
Cheers to an outstanding beginning in 2025! 🌟
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Danielle Seehusen, Central Rivers AEA Work Experience Coordinator, teamed up with Maddie and the @charlescitycsd staff to tackle a festive gift-wrapping project! 🎁✨
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🌟 Supporting educators, supporting students!
Preschool teachers from several districts gathered at our Clear Lake office for a Preschool Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) training led by Early Childhood Consultants Allyssa Pape and Michelle Haberman. 🙌
We're proud to... empower teachers with tools and strategies to help young learners thrive! 👶 👏
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Recently, over 80 educators from across the region joined us for an impactful workshop focused on enhancing students' executive functioning skills. Together, we explored practical strategies to strengthen these critical life skills and empower students to achieve their full potential! 👏
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Participants gained:
✨ Insights into the core components of executive function and their role in academic and life success.
✨ Ready-to-use techniques to seamlessly integrate executive function training into their classrooms.
✨ Tools to identify and support struggling learners and engage parents in the process.
Thank you to all who attended and are now taking these transformative ideas back to their schools! Your dedication to student success inspires us every day.
Let’s continue fostering environments where every learner can thrive! 🙌🌟
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We had a great time partnering with @charlescitycsd during their recent professional development day! 🌟
Joe Kremer focused on helping secondary staff with student assessments, Tina Halverson shared strategies for social-emotional learning with elementary teachers, and Bridget Ross &... Emily Byrnes covered behavior tips with special education teachers and paraeducators.
We love supporting/collaborating with our educators and students! 👏🙌
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What we are proud of
"The AEA staff members who work with my district have been extremely helpful across the board...answering questions specific to content areas, helping with technology implementation, analyzing and using student data, and implementing Social and Emotional Learning structures."