Welcome to Iowa's Area Education Agencies! Iowa's Area Education Agencies (AEAs) work together as a system to ensure all Iowa children have equal opportunity for an exceptional education. Advocates including teachers, school administrators, parents, community members, and AEA staff can support the AEA's mission.
Research has shown that students academically achieve better when they receive social-emotional and mental health support. Good mental health is more than the absence of mental illness but also includes the areas of social-emotional-behavioral well-being and the developing coping skills to better handle life’s challenges. When schools develop mental health programming it also improves classroom behaviors, creates a more positive school climate, students feel more connected to school/staff and overall student well-being.
Welcome to Iowa's Area Education Agencies! Iowa's Area Education Agencies (AEAs) work together as a system to ensure all Iowa children have equal opportunity for an exceptional education. Advocates including teachers, school administrators, parents, community members, and AEA staff can support the AEA's mission.
Research has shown that students academically achieve better when they receive social-emotional and mental health support. Good mental health is more than the absence of mental illness but also includes the areas of social-emotional-behavioral well-being and the developing coping skills to better handle life’s challenges. When schools develop mental health programming it also improves classroom behaviors, creates a more positive school climate, students feel more connected to school/staff and overall student well-being.
Educators satisfied with audiology/hearing and vision services
99%
Educators satisfied with school library personnel program support
99%
Educators satisfied with AEA graphic design, specialty print and audio/video production services.
$11.3 million
Estimated amount that schools saved in 2017 as a result of AEA Purchasing's programs
We believe that the importance of collective responsibility and the belief that no school or system will succeed based on the leadership of a single person. To make change within our system, we work collaborative with our "collective responsibility" AEA partner. Together, we work together to build capacity within our systems and our people.
Jo Prusha, Director of Curriculum & Instructional Services