CCP Links
Community-Based Scholarship and Nonprofit Development
Community Dialogues
Professional and Continuing Education
Board Source
Provides practical information, tools and best practices, training, and leadership development for board members of nonprofit organizations.
Enables nonprofit board directors to overcome challenges through training, consultation, podcasts, networking and access to resources.
GuideStar
Connecting people with nonprofit information since 1994, GuideStar offers basic, in-depth, and customized data services on more than 1 million U.S. nonprofits. (Includes 990s).
The Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management
Enhances the management, leadership, and governance of nonprofit organizations in the Greater Milwaukee area and beyond through education, research, and other services.
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
Minnesota's professional association of nonprofit organizations. Continually working to inform, involve, strengthen, and increase the capacity and effectiveness of nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.
Resources and good practices to assist nonprofit organizations in fulfilling their missions and developing professionally. Good practices are provided for advocacy, evaluation, fundraising, governance, human resources, information management, legal policies, marketing, and organizational development.
Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee
The Center provides the tools and training nonprofits need to successfully fulfill their missions and, in turn, improve the lives of people in the community.
Nonprofit Management Fund
The goals of the Nonprofit Management Fund are to improve the management effectiveness and efficiency of nonprofit organizations and to increase the resources for nonprofit management in the greater Milwaukee area.
Techsoup
They offer newsletters, discussion boards, technology products, and nonprofit stories about uses and issues around technology.
UW Extension's Nonprofit Management Educational Resources
This site has several links to excellent fundraising and grant opportunities. It also has links to statistical data that could be useful when writing grants.
UW Madison Grants Information Center
Wisconsin focused funding opportunities
UWM Nonprofit Portal of Greater Milwaukee
Their goal is to strengthen the knowledge and skills of nonprofit organizations in this community through the collaborative development and use of online technologies.
Wisconsin Campus Compact
The mission of the Wisconsin Campus Compact is to help Wisconsin postsecondary institutions to strengthen their partnerships with organizations in their communities.
Young Professionals of Racine
Helping professionals in Racine to network, make connections in the community and promote an enthusiasm for the city of Racine.
Study Circles Resource Center
The Study Circles Resource Center is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that brings communities together to develop their own ability to solve problems through dialogue across divides of race, income, age, and political viewpoints.
World Café
World Café is a flexible, easy-to-use process for fostering collaborative dialogue, sharing collective knowledge, and discovering new opportunities for action. The World Café approach can be adapted to many different settings and cultures.
Open Space Technology
Open Space Technology is a simple way to run productive meetings, for five to 2000+ people, and a powerful way to lead any kind of organization, in everyday practice and ongoing change.
Online Gerontology Certificate Program
Adventures in Lifelong Learning
General
American Federation of Teachers
A variety of print and online resources for mentors and their beginning teachers
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards What Teachers Should Know and Be Able to Do
National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality Resource to which the regional comprehensive assistance centers, states, and other education stakeholders turn for strengthening the quality of teaching—especially in high-poverty, low-performing, and hard-to-staff schools—and for finding guidance in addressing specific needs, thereby ensuring highly qualified teachers are serving students with special needs.
National Education Association
A variety of resources and current research on teaching and induction, including A Better Beginning, Helping New Teachers Survive and Thrive – A Guide for Creating Support Systems for New Teachers
National Staff Development Council National opportunities for professional development and school improvement
No Child Left Behind-Federal Act of 2001
Teachers and Families Working Together
Study resources, theme based activities, web links for teachers and parents
UW-Extension Quality Educator Interactive
Wisconsin Academy Staff Development Initiative
The Wisconsin Academy Staff Development Initiative (WASDI) provides state-of-the-art professional development for teachers throughout Wisconsin , primarily in the areas of mathematics and science.
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Teacher created organization that includes resources, an “Ask Our Mentor a Question” section, “Tips for New Teachers”, and message boards.
Core Subjects
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education –
A rich array of ideas and free information, including lesson plans, curriculum unit, software, professional development opportunities, and web links
SENCER-Science Education for the New Civic Engagement
Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers
Special Topics
The Wisconsin Council on Children and Families (WCCF), the Wisconsin Head Start Association and the Wisconsin Community Action Program Association (WISCAP) have joined forces for one common mission, one shared hope: the end of child poverty by 2020.
Wisconsin Community Action Program Association
WISCAP is the voluntary association of Wisconsin 's 16 Community Action Agencies (CAAs) and 3 special purpose agencies that have state-wide anti-poverty missions.
E-Mentoring: An Investigation of Electronic Mentoring Practice
Mentor Kenosha & Racine on Education Matters 12/08/07
Racine Workforce Development Educational Attainment Report
Racine Workforce Development Educational Attainment Report - PowerPoint Presentation
JoEllen Gonder-Spacek Executive Director Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota 4//14/08
http://mentoring.org/find_resources/elements_of_effective_practice/
Presentations
Steps for Starting/Builidng a New Mentoring Program
Culturally Intelligent Relationships
Energizing and Retaining Mentors
Creating and Sustaining a Mentoring Culture
A Roles for Mentoring in Racine, WI: Serving Pregnant Parenting Teens
What is Cultural Intelligence?
Tools for Mentoring Adolescents
UW-Parkside
UW-Parkside Teacher Education Program
