Author Archives: Beth Strike

The Central Rivers AEA Board of Directors wishes to thank everyone who went above and beyond to help the staff of Lowell Elementary transition to their temporary home in our former location. As a board, we were extremely proud of … Continue reading →

What are you grateful for? Staff and visitors to our Clear Lake office shared their thoughts on the bathroom mirror via sticky note! How is your office “owning it” these days? Send your pictures to Beth Strike or Karl Kurt. … Continue reading →

The purpose of the Central Rivers AEA website is to provide a dynamic forum of communication designed to educate and inform the communities and school districts about AEA programs, services, events, and other general information relating to the AEA or … Continue reading →

The Climate & Culture Committee is once again having the March Madness Yahoo Tourney Pick’em Pool. The link to create your account, if you do not have one from last year will be in the Portal next week.  You can … Continue reading →

Back in December, you were asked to create a New Year’s resolution and keep it until after Valentine’s Day.  If you completed the resolution you would be able to select a $5 gift card. If you didn’t complete the resolution … Continue reading →

Just a friendly reminder that representatives from the Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS) will be stationed at the Cedar Falls office in the Central Perk area, on Monday, March 25 through Thursday, March 28 for individual IPERS counseling sessions. … Continue reading →

The Central Rivers AEA Board of Directors met on Wednesday, February 27. This meeting took the place of their regular March meeting that had been scheduled for March 6, 2019. Board agendas and minutes can be found online.

The agency will be seeking an Executive Director of Media/Technology to begin July 1, 2019. This position will oversee media services including the lending library and van delivery along with technology integration and infrastructure. (The Creative Services department is not … Continue reading →

The Human Resources and Business offices are currently reviewing our health insurance program (including this year’s redesign) and seeking employee input to plan for next year. Your input is very important in this process! Please take a few minutes to … Continue reading →

By now you should have received your W2 and 1095 forms which were mailed on January 31. There have been a few questions on Part III of the 1095 form that may need clarification. Please note that the lower portion … Continue reading →

As a service to staff, representatives from the Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS) will be stationed at the Cedar Falls office, 1521 Technology Pkwy, Central Perk area, on Monday, March 25 through Thursday, March 28 for individual IPERS counseling … Continue reading →

With the unusual number of recent school closings due to weather, this is a good time to review the inclement weather and emergency closing information, which can be found on the staff website under Resources. Be sure to read through … Continue reading →