Theme: Strengthening Partnerships to Achieve Student Success
Wed., April 29, 2009 at Monona Terrace, Madison

Keynote speaker is Karen Mapp, a writer, researcher, and lecturer on family-school-community partnerships at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is co-author of Beyond the Bake Sale and A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family and Community Connections on Student Achievement.

Featured Workshops

• Putting the Findings into Action with Karen Mapp
• Making Your Child a Reader with Patricia Ellis, Cardinal Stritch University
• Parents and Teachers Talking Together: Strategies for Building Strong, Positive Relationships
• The Role of Parents in School Leadership

Join us for a day spent exploring issues and successful practices for using family-school-community partnerships to improve student learning and schools. For parents, teachers, administrators, other school staff, community members from any district or school seeking to grow their partnerships. School and district teams are encouraged to attend. Registration Fee $20. See more details and register at http://www.dpi.wi.gov/fscp/index.html.