Through professional learning, collaboration, and coaching, we aim to improve student learning using highly effective instructional practices. Additionally, we are here to support our LEA partners with building and sustaining healthy systems and language instruction education programs to serve their English learners (ELs) and families. Currently, Central Rivers AEA has over 4,000 ELs who speak more than 60 languages! As the number of ELs increase in our classrooms and districts, Central Rivers AEA is here to serve you!
Guidance and Resources
- English Learner Tool Kit (Office of English Language Acquisition)
- Dear Colleague Letter (US Department of Education and US Department of Justice)
- Schools’ Civil Rights Obligations to English Learners (Office of Civil Rights)
- Developing Programs for ELs: Plan Development (OCR)
- Iowa Department of Education, EL website
Professional Organizations
- Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
- Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
- National Clearinghouse of English Language Acquisition (NCELA)
- National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE)
Additional Resources
- Iowa Core English Learner Resources
- Multilingual Learning Toolkit
- High Priority Milestones for K-3 Literacy Development. (EL notes in footnotes.)
- What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide: Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to ELs in Elementary and Middle School
- Immigrant Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff
Contact Us
Have a question? Want to know more? Reach out to your Consultant for English Learners
| Regions | Name | Office | |
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | Annalisa Miner | Clear Lake | aminer@centralriversaea.org |
| 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | Lisa Wymore | Marshalltown | lwymore@centralriversaea.org |