Monthly Archives: December 2021

Congratulations and happy retirement to Roberta Kraft-Abrahamson, former Director District 1! During her time at Central Rivers AEA (CRAEA), Roberta served 19 years on the board and 25 years at CRAEA in various roles including: Speech-Language-Pathologist (SLP) Parent Educator Coordinator … Continue reading →

The Central Rivers AEA Board of Directors met Wednesday, December 8 in Cedar Falls for the annual organizational meeting. Three district representatives were up for re-election this year and one new candidate filed for election.  Congratulations to those re-elected to … Continue reading →

As part of the spectrum of health and wellbeing support the agency is offering staff, a cadre of administrators with advanced training in the INspired Leadership model have agreed to serve as coaches to agency staff. Coaching is available to … Continue reading →

The Equity Committee met on November 4 and December 6 to continue with our equity audit work. Prior to the meetings, committee members completed a survey to identify potential priority areas for our audit.  The committee reviewed the survey results … Continue reading →

It is that time of year to remind staff of the procedures for office closures due to inclement weather.  This FAQ document provides a lot of information and specific examples for your reference.  However, in the interest of hitting the … Continue reading →

We want to share an important update about your Employee Assistance Program (EAP). The EAP can help you with your day-to-day concerns or provide guidance through a challenging situation. The EAP includes no-cost confidential help, referrals, and resources for issues … Continue reading →

Holiday giving opportunity for the shelters If you would like to donate funds to purchase holiday stockings filled with goodies for each student and a special catered holiday meal at each shelter location (Four Oaks, Woodhaven & Francis Lauer Youth … Continue reading →

Iowa public money can’t pay for rooms at non-certified hotels We recently learned that any hotels we reserve for staff, beginning next month, need to have their employees trained in recognizing human trafficking. Below is the information received from the … Continue reading →

As we reported last month, the Information Technology (IT) department sent out “fake” emails to staff in an attempt to collect data on what specific phishing emails trip staff up the most so that we can develop future training.  The … Continue reading →