Monthly Archives: May 2014

Join us for any or all of the upcoming retirement open houses which will be held on May 12 (Clear Lake Office); May 13 (Cedar Falls Conference Center); and May 14 (Marshalltown Office) from 3:30-5 p.m. at all locations. In … Continue reading →

AEA 267 board members spend hundreds of hours each year analyzing budgets, monitoring student achievement data, adopting effective policies, and making key decisions to ensure that each Iowa student, family and educator served by our agency receives excellent service. You … Continue reading →

All AEA 267 staff members will have an opportunity to hear the opening presentation used to kick off the accreditation site visit. The presentation will be delivered prior to each of the upcoming retirement open houses, which will be held … Continue reading →

The results of the 2014 AEA/DE Customer Feedback Survey (CFS) are in. This year, over 1,300 educators participated in the survey which provides us with snapshot in time regarding how educators feel about AEA 267 services. Overall, satisfaction rates remained … Continue reading →

Enrollment for annual benefits is now open and will close May 31, 2014. All current staff should have received an informational email with instructions on how to enroll through iVisions. You must verify your benefit information in the system even … Continue reading →

Just a friendly reminder about dates for the August kick-off meetings. Please be sure these dates are on your calendar and you are planning to attend your sector’s meeting. We are planning a great day of learning and connecting with … Continue reading →

As noted in the “May Board Recap” story this month, the AEA 267 Board of Directors approved the sale of the Forest City Office to the Forest City Economic Development Corporation effective June 1. In recent years only a handful … Continue reading →

(Thanks to Bryan Knecht for sharing this informative article.) Heartbleed is a code flaw in OpenSSL’s hearbeat function that lets hackers trick a server into handing over its private encryption keys. With those keys in hand, hackers can decrypt information … Continue reading →

Just a friendly reminder that summer hours will begin on June 9 and run through August 8. Official office hours will be 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. during that period.

Two government agencies have pooled their purchasing power to provide low-cost distance communication tools. Each of Iowa’s Area Education Agencies and the Department of Education has purchased Zoom licenses for their employees. Zoom is a cloud-based, video conferencing service that … Continue reading →

Requests for AEA 267 video production services are on the increase as video continues to expand in popularity both as an instructional tool as well as to promote agency services. New sections of both the public and staff websites have … Continue reading →

The AEA 267 Board of Directors met Wednesday, May 7 at 5:45 p.m. in the Garner-Hayfield High School Media Center for a public hearing regarding the sale of the Forest City Office property. No objections to the sale were noted. … Continue reading →