Wisconsin Statewide Parent Educator Initiative Services and Supports (WSPEI)

Description

WISPEI MISSION: WSPEI is all about partnerships. Its goal is to help families and school districts find or create the resources that will help them build positive working relationships that lead to shared decision making and better outcomes for students who receive special education through an Individualized Education Program (IEP).

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Sara Nerenhausen

WSPEI Family Engagement Coordinator

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Wisconsin Statewide Parent-Educator Initiative (WSPEI) is funded through federal IDEA dollars that help families and educators build positive working relationships that lead to shared decision-making and increased outcomes for students with IEPs and whose success and opportunities have been historically predicted by race, ability, language, or economic status. Through developed structures and in implementing strategies that can become systemic, integrated, and sustained so that educators can build the necessary relationships to work collaboratively to create a welcoming, respectful, and supportive culture within the school.

WSPEI Vision: Each and every family and school community will have the beliefs, capabilities, connections, and confidence to communicate effectively, meaningfully engage, and partner to improve systems that ensure student success in all aspects of their lives.

WSPEI Mission: Develop Strong Relationships - Build Effective Partnerships

Universal supports

Accessible to all districts

Available to all families and districts in each CESA region to increase the skills of families and school personnel to communicate positively and effectively about student education and improve LEAs structures of engaging families in culturally responsive family engagement practices which broaden the scope and depth of families engaged in the education of students with disabilities.

Targeted & Intensive Supports
Accessible to all districts

In addition to the universal supports listed above, the following are available to districts with federal identifications under ESSA and/or IDEA that support continuous improvement requirements related to family/community stakeholder engagement.