Mississippi Bend AEA

LITERACY LEARNING LETRS - Do you have a small team of teachers that you want to be trained in LETRS? Maybe even someone new to your district that needs to be onboarded with ...

Reading Rockets - Parents, visit this Content Finder page on Reading Rockets to get some good ideas of ways to engage in literacy activities with your kiddos while at home! Bo...

Are you thinking about engaging in a curriculum adoption? The Reading League has a great Curriculum Evaluation Tool ! Even if you are not adopting, consider using this tool ...

With the intention of increasing efforts to establish an environment where everyone feels safe and supported, the Mississippi Bend AEA (MBAEA) formed a Wellbeing Team. The primary...

by Aaron Maurer STEM Lead for MBAEA This month is a computer science focus as many districts are continuing to update and work through their computer science K-12 plan to pr...

Speech-Language Pathologists (SLP), unlike many classroom teachers, have the unique benefit of getting to “keep” a student for years at a time. This leads to wonderful relationshi...

This virtual conference held on February 15, 2023 (8:00 am - 4:00 pm) will feature sessions and strategies to help educators utilize individualized instruction that empowers e...

Work-based learning includes a continuum of structured activities utilizing the partnership between industry and education to engage student learning. Through experiences with ind...

Mississippi Bend AEA Professional Learning department would like to share some upcoming courses. View a complete list on our Professional Learning Opportunities document, updated...

In collaboration with the Mississippi Bend AEA Math team, we invite you to learn more about your role in MTSS and the use of The Numeracy Project materials to guide instruction fo...

Due to increased usage and requests, the media department is excited to offer 73 new set books for K-8 students. Each set includes ten books with additional titles also available...

There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. ...

This documentary by Nick Nanton, the film’s superstar Emmy award-winning director and producer, is actually coming to Waukee, Iowa on March 26th, from 1-4 at The Palms Theatres ...

Signed into legislation in 2018, the Future Ready Iowa Act is a workforce policy initiative that strives to ensure that 70 percent of Iowans achieve training or education beyond h...

Looking for curriculum options? These resource documents were just released from the Iowa AEA consultants. They provide a curated list of options for various grade levels. K-2...

The MBAEA Challenging Behavior Team (CBT) provides a variety of support and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services to our internal support staff as well as district teams, staff...

Registration is open for the June training Teaching for Impact to be held June 13-14 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. Sponsored by the Iowa Department of Education an...

Please see our May issue of the AT Newsletter for updates on High Incidence Disabilities, Access, AAC, and more! We encourage you to share this with those who may also benefit fr...

There might not be another word that is more integral to the enactment of Iowa’s Science Standards than “phenomena”. Across their kindergarten through twelfth-grade science career...

Carter has been working on his speech skills since he was in kindergarten. He gets excited about learning new things and enjoys doing research. Currently, Carter is using his Chro...