While we say farewell to Executive Director of Educational Services, Jen Sigrist, and Executive Director of Special Education, Amy Knupp, we want to welcome Tesha Moser and Annette Hyde from Keystone AEA, who will be stepping in as interim directors in Jen and Amy’s roles, beginning July 1.
Tesha Moser has served as the Director of Educational Services at Keystone AEA since 2016 and also serves as Keystone’s Associate Administrator. In this role she provides leadership for the fiscal work of Iowa’s Association of AEAs. Prior to her work at Keystone, Tesha was an elementary principal between two buildings and served as the district EL Program Coordinator in the Western Dubuque CSD. She also served as a School Administrative Manager and teacher in the Linn-Mar Community Schools. Tesha started her educational career as a teacher at Edgewood-Colesburg Community Schools. She is a UNI Panther who earned her principalship and superintendency degrees. She is actively writing her dissertation to complete her doctorate. Tesha is also a Mount Mercy Mustang where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Education.
Annette Hyde has served as the Director of Special Education at Keystone AEA since 2016. She has worked for Keystone for 23 years and served in multiple roles including Early Childhood Special Education Teacher/Consultant, Special Education Consultant, and Regional Administrator. Annette started her career at AEA 7 as an ECSE teacher and also taught in Oelwein Community Schools. She is currently the President of Iowa’s Council for Administrators in Special Ed (I-CASE) and the chair of Iowa’s Early ACCESS Council. She is a UNI alumni and lives in Fairbank with her husband Tom and has three adult children attending college.
Annette and Tesha have worked closely together the past eight years and look forward to working with colleagues at Central Rivers AEA to continue the great work!