Connecticut State Department of Education
Middletown, Connecticut
The goal of making School/Family/Community Partnerships (SFCP) stable and effective at every school in the state led the Connecticut State Department of Education (SDE) to embark on a pilot project to develop and study a district-level approach to forming such partnerships and tying their work to student learning and success. State education officials undertook this project based on research that showed that partnership programs at individual schools may disintegrate without committed district leaders and school staffs that can withstand leadership lapses and turnover of key staff or parent leaders. More...
Judy Carson, Education Consultant
860-807-2122 judy.carson@ct.gov
State-Level Leadership
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Madison, Wisconsin
Welcoming parents as respected partners in their children’s education and opening communications between home and school are the goals of “What Parents Want School Staff to Know,” a project of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI). The project is actually a presentation with the same title that is beginning to make the rounds of conferences and teacher education classes in the state to help teachers and other school staff members understand parents better, and vice versa. “Clearly, relationships need to be developed before content can be addressed,” said the DPI director, one of two staffers heading up the project. More...
Jane Grinde, Director, Community Learning and Partnerships Team
608-266-9356 jane.grinde@dpi.state.wi.us
State-Level Leadership