Author Archives: Beth Strike

Social media video celebrates 40th anniversary

Many thanks to Dennis Sinclair who narrated a special video designed to remind legislators and other key audiences about the important contributions of the AEA system over the past 40 years. Have a few minutes? Turn up the volume, sit … Continue reading

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Planning a meeting via Zoom? Joining as a participant? Check out these Zoom etiquette guidelines

Before your meeting: Dress professionally. Dress for your video conference the way you would for an in-person meeting. Practice hosting. Zoom is easy to use, but you do not want to explore it’s features during a live conference. Practice scheduling … Continue reading

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We Are AEA!

Enjoy these photos of your teammates showing off their AEA pride as part of the 40th anniversary #iowaaea campaign on Twitter. Want to get in on the fun? Snap a photo of your team or yourself with one of the … Continue reading

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If you don’t “like” AEA 267 on Facebook, you may be missing stories like these!

Are you on Facebook? Please “like” the AEA 267 Facebook page so you can keep up with daily news regarding the agency. Here are two stories we recently shared that you may have missed. “Education vs. Domestic Violence” event deemed … Continue reading

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Planning to retire this year?

If you are considering retirement at the end of the 2014-15 year, please let the Human Resources office know as soon as possible. This will help to ensure that plans can be made for future staffing and also to celebrate … Continue reading

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March Board recap

The AEA 267 Board of Directors met on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 6 p.m. in the Cedar Falls Conference Center. During the meeting, the board: Heard a program review from Dr. Jerry Schnabel and Michelle Cowell on Robots in … Continue reading

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Rod Ball (aka “wing man”) to represent AEA 267 in “education vs. domestic violence” event

Not doing anything on Friday, February 27 at 8 p.m.? Make a trip to Beck’s Sports Grill in Cedar Falls to support our very own Rod Ball who will represent AEA 267 in the first annual “education vs. domestic violence” fundraiser to support … Continue reading

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Search for new Chief Administrator begins

As part of their February board meeting, the AEA 267 Board of Directors engaged the services of G. Tryon & Associates, a professional search firm based out of Des Moines, to lead the search for a replacement for Dr. Horn. The … Continue reading

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Impacting lives since ‘75!

In the spring of 1974, the Iowa Legislature passed House File 1163 establishing Iowa’s 15 area education agencies with the same service areas as the merged area schools (community colleges). The AEAs, as they came to be called, began operating … Continue reading

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Weight Watchers at Work…are you interested?

AEA 267 is looking at bringing Weight Watchers to our workplace. Weight Watchers at Work gives you access to weekly meetings at your workplace or in your local community and includes the Weight Watchers suite of digital and mobile tools … Continue reading

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