What We Do
The Wisconsin Resource Center for Charter Schools - WRCCS (“works”) - is a statewide center housed within CESA 9. WRCCS is the state technical assistance center funded through part of a $95 million, five-year federal grant awarded to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to strengthen the charter school system in the state and improve student learning. The majority of the federal grant primarily seeks to build, expand, and replicate charter schools through subgrants of the Wisconsin Charter Schools Program at DPI. (2018 Press Release)
Our new office serves as the point of contact to provide technical assistance to individuals or organizations around charter school development. We are creating and compiling resources which are available to all charter and non-charter schools.
Our intention is to especially support schools whose students are at an educational disadvantage, focusing attention on priorities such as:
- English language learners
- special education
- economically disadvantaged
- racial/ethnic minorities
- school climate
- discipline
- family/community engagement
- rural
- online & blended learning
- mental health
Our programs focus on three primary categories:
- governance board development
- authorizer development
- charter school development
US Department of Education Charter Schools Grant Award Information
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