1. When will we know what the Governor is planning on doing with the state budget? Evers will give a State of the State address on January 22, which will be televised live by Wisconsin Public Television. Governors typically use the speech to signal the top priorities that will be pursued in the two-year state [...]
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Current Events
A library of WCRIS weekly E-letters that keeps you updated on issues of concern to private schools
Get Your Trauma Informed Care/ Trauma Sensitive Schools Training Guide
January 07, 2019
If you received a school safety grant from the State of Wisconsin, you are required to provide all of your staff with three hours of training by the end of the school year. WCRIS worked with veteran educators to create a guide that helps private school administrators use the DPI free online training modules to [...]
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Personal Computing Device Grant Application Information Available
January 04, 2019
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released a PowerPoint guide for the Personal Electronic Computing Device Grant. The grant provides matching funds to schools, based on their ninth grade enrollment count, for the purchase of mobile computing devices. The PowerPoint includes information about the application process, eligible devices and important deadlines. Please note that [...]
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Meet the Speaker: Meghan Cox Gurdon
December 07, 2018
The 2019 WCRIS Leadership Conference Keynote is Meghan Cox Gurdon. Meghan is an essayist, book critic, and former foreign correspondent who has been the Wall Street Journal’s children’s book reviewer since 2005. Her work has appeared widely, in publications such as the Washington Examiner, the Daily Telegraph, the Christian Science Monitor, the Washington Post, the [...]
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How to Submit Your School Safety Plans
December 07, 2018
The Department of Justice’s Office of School Safety released instructions on how to submit your school safety plans and other needed documentation by the January 1, 2019 deadline. You can find the instructions here.
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Safety Plans Due For All WCRIS Schools Jan. 1
November 30, 2018
State law requires all schools to submit a safety plan by January 1, 2019, to the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of School Safety. This requirement includes schools that submitted a plan with a safety grant application in July 2018. The school safety plan must include the following information: An individualized safety plan for [...]
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Kohl Online Application Tips
November 20, 2018
By Tuesday, November 27 at 5 pm, the Kohl Teacher and Student Award applications must be completed online using the Foundation’s new application portal. The Principal Leadership Award applications are due Tuesday, December 4 at 5 pm. Nominated teachers and principals receive login credentials once their nomination has been received. Student applicants must create an [...]
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Mapping the future
November 09, 2018
Here are some frequent questions from WCRIS school leaders from around the state, as they assess the winds of change swirling around the capitol. What does a Gov. Evers mean for WCRIS and its schools? As a nonpartisan organization that does not engage in campaign finance or electioneering, WCRIS has no baggage against a new [...]
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What Gov. Evers May Mean to Private Schools
November 07, 2018
As the dust settles from a very close race for Governor, there are some bread crumbs to follow from the campaign trail that provide clues about what a new Governor could mean for private K-12 schools in Wisconsin. But of course, whomever the next Governor is, it’s wise to remember what the Good Book advises [...]
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Mental Health Update: Shortage of Psychiatrists Affecting Children and Schools
November 02, 2018
While Wisconsin has a higher prevalence of mental illness than 40 other states and schools scramble to address children’s mental health needs, a new study identifies a growing shortage of Psychiatrists in three quarters of Wisconsin Counties. “That shortage is also a serious problem in the state’s largest metro areas,” according to the Wisconsin Policy [...]
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