Iowa's Area Education Agencies have partnered with Hanover Research to administer and analyze a survey regarding your perceptions of your AEA's services. Your responses and the results of this survey will help your AEA better understand and shape service offerings.

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October is Augmentative & Alternative Awareness (AAC) Month and we'd like to acknowledge the hard work of GPAEA's Assistive Technology Specialist, Speech-Language Pathologists, SLPAs, and Early ACCESS teams who do so much to help make sure that kids have a way to access communication! International AAC Awareness Month is celebrated around the world each October....

October is National Physical Therapy Month, and an opportunity for Great Prairie AEA to celebrate and recognize our physical therapists and physical therapy assistants for the work they do with children birth to 21 in our area. Great Prairie AEA's Physical Therapy program provides therapeutic services to maximize children's functional motor abilities through assessment, intervention,...

Laura WIlliams, 21C Learning Specialist

This month's future ready spotlight lands on the Iowa Clearinghouse for Work-based Learning! Did you know that there is an Iowa-based project board where business partners can post authentic and relevant projects to support student learning in a variety of career fields and these projects have the potential to meet...

The deadline to complete nominations is Sunday, October 10. Every day, exceptional STEM educators across the state are helping prepare students for exciting, high-demand careers. Their passion for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics is shaping the future through generations of Iowans. Does that sound like a teacher you know?

House File 2629, signed into law in 2020 by Gov. Kim Reynolds, built on Senate File 274 by requiring, for the first time, that K-12 schools provide computer science instruction. Schools and the state also must develop K-12 computer science plans by July 1, 2022.

Multiple workshop dates available.

Training for AAIMS progress monitoring measures is available to Great Prairie AEA educators and AEA staff. For use with students who have goals related to pre-algebra or Algebra 1 content.

Are you interested in becoming a substitute teacher? Register today! #190031 GP - Substitute Authorization Grades Pk -12 (Virtual) #309079 Video Conference Oct 18 2021 (Use this link to register) This 20 hour virtual course is designed to enable participants to become competent in the skills necessary to successfully substitute in Iowa's elementary and secondary classrooms. ...

Register for Social Studies: Supporting Inquiry within the Unit Planning Process on November 10 in Ottumwa. #308825

This course is primarily for 6-12 Social Studies teachers and instructional coaches. If elementary teachers would like to attend, please reach out for additional...

Paraeducators are integral partners in the education setting so they need top-notch skills to provide the best academic and emotional support to students. GPAEA Paraeducator Certification Courses will be starting on October 7th. The classes may be attended in person at the Ottumwa AEA or virtually and it will be held in the evenings.