The DPI Community Learning and Partnerships team brings together staff and programs that focus on helping to build strong communities. The core team includes staff in community education, early childhood education, nutrition education, service-learning, and family-school-community partnerships. Over time, the team has significantly increased interdepartmental and other state connections on partnerships.
Our Team's Vision
All children will grow up in nurturing, healthy, and safe learning environments in which all families are fully supported in their roles and responsibilities.
Our Team's Mission
Work with communities to ensure learner success and stronger communities through family - school - community partnerships.
Publications
The team develops and produces publications related to partnerships, including family involvement, service-learning, early childhood collaboration, and team nutrition.
The State Superintendent's
PK-16 Institute for Service-Learning and Citizenship
In partnership with the
Wisconsin Campus Compact
February 12, 2009
8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Concourse Hotel, Madison, Wisconsin
Register Now for the
Annual Parent Leadership Conference
Building Partnerships for Student Success
April 29, 2009
Monona Terrace
Madison
Keynote Speaker: Karen Mapp, Harvard Graduate School of Education lecturer and co-author of Beyond the Bake Sale
Workshops include
Family involvement in school health and nutrition
Parents and Teachers Talking Together (PT3)
The Role of Parents in School Leadership
Accessing Community Assets for Families
How Community Learning Centers Promote Family Involvement
What Parents Should Know about Response to Intervention
Reaching Out to Under-Served Families
Promoting reading and math achievement at home, and More!
Learn how to
Develop and sustain child-centered partnerships
Build positive relationships among families and school staff
Enhance learning at home and in the community
Build awareness of resources to help children succeed.
Who should attend?
Parents, Teachers, Administrators, other School Staff,
Community Members from any District or School seeking to improve through Family-Community Partnerships
Title I schools
National Network of Partnership School members
REACh (Responsive Education for All Children) teams
VISTA schools
Bring a team of three or more (at least one parent) and receive a free book!
Registration fee: $20 per person!
For more information contact Jane Grinde or Shirley Moutry!
DPI AmeriCorps members help schools throughout Wisconsin establish high-quality service-learning, tutor children, and make connections between schools and community volunteers. This site contains detailed information about DPI's AmeriCorps program.
DPI's AmeriCorps*VISTAs (Volunteers in Service to America) develop family, school, and community partnership practices in low-income schools to help close the achievement gap. This site allows you to learn about the types of practices our VISTAs implement and how you can apply to host a VISTA or become a VISTA member yourself!
Community education is an educational process which seeks to involve citizens by identifying local needs and meeting those needs by using existing resources in thoughtful and engaging partnerships. This site guides you to information, resources, links, organizations, and people to support your efforts to strengthen an existing program or begin a new community education program.
This section addresses a wide variety of early childhood issues including but not limited to: guiding practices, four- and five- year old kindergarten, early childhood special education, professional development, and links to collaborative partners including Head Start and the Wisconsin Early Childhood Collaborating Partners.
Service-learning is a method of teaching and learning that combines academic work with service to the community. Students learn by doing while helping meet needs in the school or greater community. This section offers information, suggestions, research, grant information, and links to other resources.
Team Nutrition promotes the nutritional health of the Nation's school children. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Services developed Team Nutrition to assist schools in improving the nutritional quality of meals served in schools and the school nutrition environment.
Nutrition education is an important component of healthy childcare and school environments. School and childcare success stories and nutrition education tools are shared to assist the implementation of wellness policies and nutrition education.
State Superintendent Burmaster appointed a panel of parents and educators to seek out successful practices of family-school-community partnerships within the state and nation, share information on positive programs and resources, and help parents network with each other to initiate school-wide student achievement projects.
The Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) is a U.S. Department of Education program that distributes funds to rural school districts. Eligibility for this program is determined by federal criteria, and all eligible districts are automatically notified by the Department of Education.
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