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2025 Iowa Teacher of the Year

2025 Iowa Regional Teachers of the Year

STEM Day at the State Fair 2024

GEAR UP 2024 kick off

Community STEM Event

Build My Future 2024

Iowa Classrooms + Workplaces Summit 2024

2024 Outstanding Iowa Teachers Recognition Luncheon

IESBVI Artwork Presentation

2024 Iowa ProStart Invitational

2024 Milken Educator Award

Career and Technical Education Day at the Capitol 2024

2024 Iowa Teacher of the Year

Construction Camp for Girls 2023

Cedar Falls

2023 CTSO COOL Training

This district knows how to ‘build’ great breakfasts

Build My Future 2023

School district, chef and farmer unite to feed a healthy future

2023 Outstanding Iowa Teachers Recognition Luncheon

2023 ProStart Invitational

Social-Emotional Engagement - Knowledge and Skills, Washington Elementary, Mount Vernon

Career and Technical Education Day 2023

Art created by Eagle Grove students is on display in President’s Park in Washington, D.C.

5-2-1-0 Healthy ChoicesCount! subgrants

2023 Iowa Teacher of the Year

United Fall Leadership Conference

'Dream classrooms'

Iowa BEST Summit 2022: Photos from the University of Iowa

Iowa BEST Summit 2022: Photos from the Iowa Department of Education

In Decorah, every day is Local Food Day

Summer meal site dishes out wisdom, nutrition

Kirkwood Interactive Camps for Kids (KICK)

Iowa e-Learning Central Workshop

What's cooking? These school chefs can tell you.

Career and Technical Student Organization’s COOL training

Putting it all together: Blending education, child care for young kids

Build My Future 2022

Celebrating CACFP Week 2022 at Kid's World Daycare and Preschool in Centerville

Iowa ProStart Invitational 2022

2022 Outstanding Iowa Teachers Recognition Luncheon

2021 Iowa Best Summit

Iowa Falls-Alden High School Farm

2022 Iowa Teacher of the Year

Girl Power!

Indianola Middle School Career Day 2020

2020 Outstanding Iowa Teacher Recognition Luncheon

Preschool Specially Designed Instruction

2020 Iowa Teacher of the Year

National Apprenticeship Week 2019

Northstar Mileage Club, Northstar Elementary School, Knoxville CSD

Second Chance Breakfast Program at East Union CSD

Back to school, Iowa!

Getting a jump-start for entering middle school

2019 Camp Invention: Supercharged

Food on the Fly, Sioux City CSD summer meal program

Iowa Pupil Transportation Association Conference 2019

Construction Camp for Girls 2019

Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) student officer training

5th grade promotion ceremony

Computer Science, Emerson Elementary School, Indianola

Cowboy Cafe Coffee Shop

Students get hands-on experience at ‘Build My Future’ event

History Mystery

2019 Outstanding Iowa Teacher Recognition Luncheon

Social-emotional program teaches preschoolers: ‘Bee’ your best

2019 Iowa Teacher of the Year

5-2-1-0 Healthy Choices Count Summit

2018-10-3 Annual Healthiest State Walk

Back to school, Iowa!

One-room country school at the Iowa State Fair 2018

2018 Construction Camp for Girls

Director Ryan Wise statewide district visits

Tiny office, big opportunity

2018 Akita puppy reading program

2018 Iowa ProStart Invitational

2018 Outstanding Iowa Teacher Recognition Luncheon

2017 Breaking Barriers Awards Ceremony

Emerging Educators Conference 2018

2017 Year in review

2018 Iowa Teacher of the Year

School bus inspections

Gilmore City-Bradgate Elementary school garden

Council Bluffs CSD Summer School

Summer Food Service Program, Legion Park, West Des Moines CSD

Connecting to the Classroom

Computer Science press conference, student projects, 2017-5-1

JA BizTown, Central Elementary, North Polk CSD, Financial Literacy 2017

Director Ryan Wise visits Lakewood Elementary School in Norwalk 3-31-17

Early Literacy Press Conference 3-9-17

2016 Breaking Barriers Awards Ceremony

2016 Year in review

2017 Outstanding Iowa Teacher Recognition Luncheon

2017 Iowa Teacher of the Year

Safe Schools Week 2016

GEAR UP Iowa Student Summit

Iowa Science Standards Summer Institute 6-15-2016

Iowa Special Education Summer Symposium, June 13-14, 2016

Culinary Arts

Launching Teacher Leadership: Operationalizing The TLC Plan

Farewell to State Board of Education members

2016 Outstanding Iowa Teachers Recognition Luncheon

2015 Breaking Barriers Awards Ceremony

Celebrating Iowa's Success

2016 Teacher of the Year

2015 Super-Power Summit

School Administrators of Iowa Conference, 2015

One Room Schoolhouses

2015 Financial Literacy Summit

College Decision Day at Council Bluffs’ Abraham Lincoln High School

Teacher Leadership & Compensation at Southeast Polk

Yearlong student teaching pilot

Broadband Matters Education Roundtable Forum 4-9-15

2015 College and Career Readiness Exemplars

2015 Civil Rights Training

2015 Outstanding Iowa Teachers Recognition Luncheon

2015 Teacher of the Year

Benton Community School District thrives with teacher leadership program

2014 Iowa Association of School Boards Convention

2014 Breaking Barriers Awards Ceremony

Iowa Teacher & Principal Leadership Symposium

Social studies institute, 6-24-14

Collaboration for Iowa’s Kids: Focusing on early childhood literacy, 5-15-14

Learning Supports Conference, 4-23-14

Teacher leadership systems, 4-16-14

Iowa Competency-Based Education Collaborative, 4-15-14

Distance Mentoring Model, 3-31-14

Check and Connect training, 3-20-14

2014 Iowa College and Career Readiness Exemplar Awards

School Wellness Policy Workshop, 2-26-14

Seeking Solutions

Bondurant-Farrar site visit, 2-4-14

Fall 2013 ISU College of Human Sciences graduation

2013 Breaking Barriers Awards Ceremony

2013 Outstanding Iowa Teachers Recognition Luncheon

Governor's Bullying Prevention Summit

2014 Teacher of the Year Announcement

HealthierUS School Challenge, Silver Award 2013

Super Power Summit 2013

Distance Mentoring Model Peer Partner Training

RtI Workshop

Response to Intervention

SAI Conference

Oak Ridge Middle School, Marion, Iowa

Cognitively Guided Instruction conference

Student Learning Council meets with Governor Branstad

2013 Iowa College and Career Readiness Exemplar Awards

HealthierUS Challenge Gold with Distinction Award Ceremony

Next Generation Science Standards awareness session

Iowa Association of Alternative Education spring conference

Governor’s Bullying Prevention Summit

Breaking Barriers Awards Ceremony 2012

Overcoming the Achievement Divide Press Conference 11-13-2012

2012 Outstanding Iowa Teachers Recognition Luncheon

Super-power Summit, 10-3-2012

The Learning Council

2013 Iowa Teacher of the Year Announcement

Fine Arts in Iowa Core, 6-25-12

Pursuing the Promise: 2012 Statewide Special Education Conference

Physical Literacy

SAI 2012 Awards Ceremony

Secretary Duncan releases CTE blueprint in Iowa

Director Jason Glass takes the ACT college entrance exam.

First Learning Council Meeting

NCLB Waiver Press Conference

Fuel Up to Play 60

Recommendations for World-Class Schools Press Conference

Research to Action Forum on Competency-Based Education

2011 Breaking Barriers Awards

2011 Outstanding Iowa Teachers Recognition Luncheon

October 3, 2011 press conference unveiling the blueprint for transforming Iowa’s education system

Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds announces twenty Iowa high schools to receive federal support through the Safe and Supportive Schools grant.

2012 Iowa Teacher of the Year Announcement

Iowa Education Summit

March 31 State Board of Education Meeting

Graduation Rate Press Conference

2011 State Board Legislative Reception

Board of Education members

2010 Breaking Barriers Award

2011 Iowa Teachers of the Year Luncheon

2011 Iowa Teacher of the Year