Gilmore City-Bradgate
Prairie Lakes AEA Staff Assignments
Building Coordinator-Jill Siefken
A Building Coordinator will serve as the point of contact for your buildings in all of your school improvement/MTSS/ESSA work. A Building Coordinator will work with your leadership teams to help carry out ESSA plans, PD plans, analyze data, examine healthy indicators, or secure additional resources needed to ensure all students are learning at high levels. This position will assist with building and systems considerations while meeting regularly with your leadership teams and monthly with the AEA staff serving your buildings.
Email: jsiefken@plaea.org
Phone: 515-705-7180
Special Education Consultant-Tammy McKimmey
Special Education Consultants are essential team members in the child find process and play an important role during evaluations in determining eligibility for special education services. They collaborate with team members to complete evaluations such as diagnostic academic assessments. In addition, they analyze data to assist teams in the development of Individualized Education Plans (IEP) and appropriate goals.
Email: tmckimmey@plaea.org
Phone: 712-335-6048
Behavior Strategist-Kristy Liechti
Email: kliechti@plaea.org
Phone: 712-458-7022
Regional Administrator-Molly Elston
Regional Administrators provide leadership to AEA staff to enable them to work effectively in support of local district improvement planning and implementation efforts. They serve as a resource to AEA staff, school administrators and school district staff on the collaborative problem solving process and AEA service delivery initiative. In addition, they provide guidance and best practice to meet the needs of districts, families, and students.
Email: melston@plaea.org
Phone: 712-458-7017
Your PLAEA Partners
Each school is served by a team of specialists from Prairie Lakes AEA that support Special Education, Early Childhood, Media, Technology, and areas including gifted/talented, literacy, math, social studies, and science. Click here to discover the PLAEA staff members who work with your school.