Author Archives: Beth Strike

At roughly the half-way point, a preliminary report has been generated and to date, the agency will be paying out over $40,000 to staff who have completed challenges through December 29, 2019. Anyone who has earned incentive dollars will automatically … Continue reading →

Fiducius provides relief to agency employees to improve their student loan situation. Click on this flyer for additional information to learn more about your potential savings options! 

Please change your voicemail greeting and set an away message to your email during the holiday breaks so that callers and/or e-mailers will know when they can expect to hear from you. Voicemail example: “Hello, this is (your name). Our … Continue reading →

Are you involved in a Navigate wellness initiative such as Charmed by Charity? The Channel is the place to share what you are doing and invite others to help! Check out what Rhonda Gleason in Creative Services was able to … Continue reading →

Do you have four minutes? Check out the latest edition of Agency Update to learn more about a new challenge being launched through Navigate as well as agency supports for mental health.   Resource: Employee Assistance Program details  

Do you ever wonder how your other Central Rivers AEA co-workers spend their work life? On the Job @ Central Rivers AEA is a monthly series we’ve just launched to give you a peek into the work of others in … Continue reading →

American Education Week is a great time to celebrate the amazing work that each and every one of you do for the children, families, and educators that our agency serves. Simply put, you make a tremendous positive difference! On November … Continue reading →

Are you a veteran? Please get in touch with Human Resources so that we can honor you for your service on Veteran’s Day! Contact Robin Billerbeck.

The Business Office is excited to announce that Pam Morrissey has accepted the accounting manager position.  Pam has over 25 years of school finance experience, most recently as the school business official for Van Buren County Community School.  Prior to … Continue reading →

Iowa’s Area Education Agencies (AEAs) have solidified their commitment to all of Iowa’s 500,000 K-12 students, 327 public school districts, 182 accredited, non-public schools and thousands of children birth to age 3 with its updated strategic plan. The plan, which … Continue reading →

The Iowa Public Employees Retirement System (IPERS) will offer a lunch and learn on November 19 from 11:30 -12:30 via Zoom. Join the meeting if you would like to learn more at https://zoom.us/j/374789348.

The FAQs for Inclement Weather Procedures were revisited and revised due to the multiple office closed days in 2018-19.  The changes reflect the following:  1) For 260 day full-time staff, if the office is closed or has an early out … Continue reading →

The 2019-20 Educational Directory is available online and can be accessed on the staff website under Communications and also on the main agency website under About. If you need a printed copy, please speak to your region’s administrative assistant.