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  • Central Rivers AEA math consultants partner with Denver, Nashua-Plainfield & Tripoli Community School Districts to secure incredible results for students with SOAR

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🚀 The Cedar Valley Family STEM Festival lit up @wartburgcollege's "The W" this week, bringing hands-on STEM fun for PreK-8th graders and families! Over 50 interactive exhibits – like robot car driving with Sphero Indi and live science experiments – made for an unforgettable ...(and free!) experience for all ages. 👏

Central Rivers AEA wowed the crowd with Starlab, a portable planetarium where families journeyed through the stars and constellations. ✨

Thanks to the Northeast Iowa STEM Region and @northern_iowa for making this fantastic event happen! 🙌

#EveryDayAtAEA #CRAEA #iaedchat #STEM

Jena Hardy, a Central Rivers AEA special education consultant, partners with Central Springs CSD to support special education teachers. 👏

She coaches them in implementing evidence-based, high-leverage instructional practices.

This collaboration offers a great opportunity to ...help close the achievement gap and ensure every student succeeds! 🙌👏

#EveryDayAtAEA #CRAEA #iaedchat #collaboration

Exciting day at River Hills School!
We were thrilled to welcome @wcfcourier reporter Maria Kuiper, who stopped by to learn more about the upcoming adaptive library unveiling on November 6! 📚✨

This special space has been designed to meet the needs of the school's incredible ...students with an emphasis on their diverse learning styles and abilities.

Stay tuned for more details on this exciting project with an aim to empower every student to thrive and love literacy! 🙌

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Last week, the School Administrators of Iowa (SAI) announced Darwin Lehmann as 2024-25 Iowa Superintendent of the Year!

Very well deserved. Congratulations, Darwin!

#congrats #CRAEA #iaedchat

(Photo credit: Forest City/Central Springs CSD)

@cf_caps high school students “got their teach on” last week at River Hills School! 🙌

Learning, modeling and growing – these students have bright futures ahead of them! 👏⭐

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We had our first Supporting Ongoing Achievement Responsively (SOAR) training last week at our Cedar Falls office! 👏

Attention to our school districts… Are your math teachers interested in an intervention curriculum? 🤔💡🧠

Explore the SOAR trainings we are offering this... year and sign up today! You can find the full list of our math offerings for the 2024-25 school year on our website.

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Top Iowa Workplace

We were a Des Moines Register Top Workplace two years in a row.

90%

of local educators say Central Rivers AEA special education services are "meeting or exceeding" expectations.

96%

of local educators say that Central Rivers AEA Future Ready supports are "meeting or exceeding" expectations.

98%

of local educators say that Central Rivers AEA Media and Creative Services are "meeting or exceeding" expectations.

"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."