Amanda Trautt

TA Network Coordinator/EMLSS

The Technical Assistance Network Team at CESA 12 consists of team members representing Special Education, Teaching and Learning, Data, Literacy, Math, Early Childhood, English Learners, High Quality Instructional Materials, Educator Effectiveness, Research to Practice Inclusive Classrooms, EMLSS and Family Engagement. This comprehensive team works with Federal IDEA- and ESSA- identified schools and districts to partner in the process of continuous improvement. 

For information regarding continuous improvement efforts, click here.

Megan Peterson

Regional Special Education Network Coordinator

The purpose of the Regional Special Education Network (RSN) is to support Wisconsin local educational agencies (LEAs) in advancing educational equity for students with disabilities by providing coordinated technical assistance that promotes continuous systems improvement, fosters collaboration and develops educational leadership capacity.

For more information on IDEA notifications, click here

For information on Disproportionality notifications, click here

For more information on the Regional Special Education Network, click here

Amanda Popovich

Data Specialist

WISExplore provides processes and resources supporting data-informed decision-making for school and district leaders. The WISExplore data inquiry process is central to this work. Professional learning resources are provided to support data leadership, data literacy and the inquiry process for educators statewide.

For more information on WISExplore and data-informed decision making, click here

Melissa Fiamoncini

ESSA/Title I

Title I of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA/ESEA) is a federal funding program designed to close achievement gaps and ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education. Part A, the largest part of the program, allocates funding to districts and other local educational agencies (LEAs) according to a formula based on numbers/percentages of children from low-income families. LEAs distribute much of the funding directly to individual public schools and use the rest to support other efforts within the LEA that benefit students needing additional academic support.

For information regarding ESSA identifications, click here.

For information regarding Title I, click here

Diamond Gulick

Math/EMLSS

The EMLSS Project (the Project) is an IDEA funded contract to improve outcomes for students with disabilities and eliminate race as a predictor of disability status through the use of an equitable MLSS.

For information on the EMLSS Project, click here

Sue Erickson

Early Learning Technical Assistance and Implementation (EL-TAI)

The Early Learning Technical Assistance and Implementation (EL-TAI) grant supports school districts, community partners and families to improve outcomes for preschool children with disabilities in Wisconsin, through evidenced‐based and meaningful inclusive practices.

For more information on the EL-TAI project, click here.

Stephanie Lulich

Wisconsin Statewide Parent Educator Initiative (WSPEI)

The Wisconsin Statewide Parent-Educator Initiative (WSPEI) is a service for families, educators, and others interested in parent-educator partnerships for children with disabilities.

WSPEI is all about partnerships. Its goal is to help parents and school districts find or create the resources that will help them build positive working relationships that lead to shared decision making and children's learning. It supports increased sharing of information among parents, schools, projects, organizations and agencies through networking meetings, conferences, person-to-person contact, and media.

For more information on WSPEI, click here.