Author Archives: Beth Strike

Issues addressed with Iowa School Alerts email notices

Are you signed up to receive email alerts for agency weather announcements from Iowa School Alerts? If so, you may have experienced some delays last month in receiving your messages. Agency IT staff worked closely with technicians from Iowa School … Continue reading

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February board recap

The Board met February 9 at 6 p.m. in the Cedar Falls Conference Center for a Public Hearing on the proposed 2011-12 AEA 267 budget. After adjourning the Public Hearing they returned to the regular board meeting agenda. During the … Continue reading

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Changes in IT support for personal “smartphones”

With more and more agency staff members purchasing so called “smartphones” (Droids, iPhones, etc.) for their own personal use, an increased expectation has been placed on our Information Technology staff to configure the devices to receive agency email. In a … Continue reading

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New IEC products and services for 2011

Check out the new Iowa Educators Consortium products and services for 2011 . 

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Iowa AEA Taskforce submits final report to legislature

As you may be aware, a statewide taskforce has been meeting since August to review the present mission, structure, governance, and funding of the Area Education Agency system to ensure that our system’s current model is meeting the challenges and … Continue reading

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Do you make a difference?

Did that headline grab your attention? Of course you make a difference! Every day, AEA 267 staff members are doing incredible things to improve the lives of children and families and/or positively impact teaching and learning where they work. Beth … Continue reading

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Glass named Department of Education Director

Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov.-elect Kim Reynolds have named Jason E. Glass as the new director of the Iowa Department of Education. Glass, 39, is currently the senior director for human capital strategy at Battelle for Kids, where he … Continue reading

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A special note from the Professional Development office

Approval for participation in an AEA 267 professional development offering or for request reimbursement for materials will be done electronically through the following process: Open up an Internet browser on your computer (Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc.). Go to:   www.aea267.k12.ia.us Under … Continue reading

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January board recap

The AEA 267 Board met January 5, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. in the Cedar Falls Conference Center for their regular meeting. During the meeting, the board: Heard a review by Dr. Mary Stevens on the AEA Taskforce committee recommendations that … Continue reading

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Planning to retire?

Are you planning to retire? Please let the Personnel/HR office know as soon as possible so that we can begin making plans to recognize your service and plan for future programming. Contact Shirley Horak, AEA 267 Personnel Coordinator.

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