• Grant award helps make virtual reality a reality

    Prairie Lakes AEA was recently awarded the Create with VR grant from Unity and Meta Immersive Learning! Virtual reality (VR) is a rapidly growing industry… Read More

  • Meet Our New PLAEA Team Members

    Please join us in extending a warm welcome to our newest members of the PLAEA family! Kate Besch - Assistive Technology, Significant… Read More

  • 2022-23 Directory of Services

    The 2022-23 Prairie Lakes AEA Directory of Services features agency details, highlights our programs and services, and provides contact information for those… Read More

  • We are so grateful to have the support of Fort Dodge Noon Sertoma!

    Fort Dodge Noon Sertoma donated $2,200 to Prairie Lakes AEA in support of purchasing Diagnostic Auditory Brainstem Response Testing equipment. This equipment is used to… Read More

  • Offerman earns scholarship in Special Education Leadership 

    The Iowa Council of Administrators of Special Education (I-CASE) has awarded Haley Offerman  the Scholarship in Special Education Leadership. Of… Read More

  •  Iowa organization honors Julie Meyer for Distinguished Service

    Congratulations to Julie Meyer, a Special Education Consultant with Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency on being awarded for Distinguished Service by the… Read More

  • Accelerating Learning to Fill the Gaps: a summer workshop with Suzy Pepper Rollins

    Join us for a summer workshop with Suzy Pepper Rollins, whose mission is to create academic success in ALL learners by embedding instructional practices that… Read More

  • Last training session for ELPA21 is May 23 & 24

    The final training session in our ELPA21 workshop series, Differentiating Instruction for English Learners (Level 2), will be held from 4-7:15 p.m. on May 23… Read More

  • Early Bird registration extended for FOCUS Conference

  • Winners named in News-O-Matic Winter Reading Contest

    Drum roll please! We're pleased to announce the three winners in the News-O-Matic Winter Reading Contest.   1st Place: Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Elementary with… Read More