Spark At-Home Learning for Every Wisconsin Child
Free Family Engagement Program for Wisconsin Education Providers serving birth to 8th grade
Families are your greatest allies in the development and education of children. With the Wisconsin DCF sponsored ParentPowered program, your organization can deliver evidence-based support directly to families with no added work for your team and at NO COST.
Available in multiple languages, including English, Spanish, and Hmong, ParentPowered is the easiest, most effective way to support families. And the ParentPowered approach has been shown result in 2–3 months of additional learning growth over the course of a year.
Get Started with Low-Lift, High-Impact Family Support — at No Cost!
Fill out the form to schedule a call and personalized tour of ParentPowered. If you’re ready to enroll your families, we can help you get started right away!
Highly Accessible, Evidence Based, Hands Off — and Proven to Positively Impact Outcomes for Children
More than 95% of families use text messaging, which is why ParentPowered uses text to deliver information, tips, and strategies directly to families each week. Once you’ve enrolled your families (in one simple step), sit back and let ParentPowered do the rest.
Each message supports healthy child development with actionable insights, research-based activities, and learning extensions that are:
- Fast and fun to do for kids and their grownups
- Accessible to everyone — no extra materials required
- Strengths based and easily integrated with existing family routines
- Tailored to each child’s age, from birth to 8th grade
- Available in multiple languages
Watch an Overview of the Wisconsin ParentPowered Family Engagement Program
Tune in to self-guided tour of ParentPowered. You’ll learn what low-lift, high-impact family support looks like and the impact of the program on family engagement and student learning.
Parents found Ready4K* texts helpful in engaging children in early math skill building.
%
Learned New Math Tips
Source: Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital study
Parents report that ParentPowered helps make learning a part of their daily lives.
%
Made Learning a Part of Every Day
Source: ParentPowered national longitudinal family survey
The Ready4K* approach outperformed other digital family engagement tools in a head–to–head study.
%
Found Activities Easy To Do
Source: Minnesota early education study
* The Ready4K approach is the basis for all ParentPowered programs. Visit our Research page for more details.
Support Families & Healthy Child Development with ParentPowered
The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families covers the cost of ParentPowered evidence-based family support programs.
ParentPowered Core
Developed by educational researchers, ParentPowered Core is aligned to Wisconsin state learning standards and the Head Start Early Learning Framework.
Families receive three text messages per week that support whole child development. Explore the age-appropriate content:
Ages 0-3
- Social Emotional Learning
- Approaches to Learning
- Language & Literacy
- STEAM & Play
- Physical Development
PK3 & PK4
- Social Emotional Learning & Health
- Language & Literacy
- Math & Science
- Technology and Engineering & the Arts
- Play
- Approaches to Parenting
- Home & School Connections
Kindergarten-5th grade
- Social Emotional Learning
- English Language Arts
- Math & Science
- Approaches to Parenting
- Home & School Connections
6th–8th grade
- Social Emotional Learning & Health
- Academic Supports
- Home & School Partnerships
- Approaches to Parenting
Available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Hmong, Russian, Polish, and Burmese.
ParentPowered Trauma-Informed
Purposefully designed to support families impacted by trauma, ParentPowered Trauma-Informed provides tools and insights to help families buffer the effects of trauma and navigate challenge and adversity.
Just like ParentPowered Core, families will receive information and easy tips each week via text message to strengthen the Protective Factors — the five characteristics or strengths that can prevent or reverse the damaging effects of trauma.
The content has been vetted by mental health experts, community health workers, and families impacted by trauma to ensure activities:
- Avoid potential triggers
- Map to different lived experiences
- Are doable even during challenging times
Available in English, Spanish, and Polish.
Local Resources Just for Wisconsin Families
Specially curated for Wisconsin families, the program also delivers a series of messages with local resources, including:
- Parental support and self-care
- Department of Children and Families resources
- Childcare resources
- Basic needs assistance
Ready to Learn More? Join an Information Session.
Held weekly | Pick the day that works best for you.
Get a closer look at ParentPowered programs and ask your questions to a Wisconsin Program Manager.
Families Across Wisconsin Are Helping Their Children Learn and Grow with Support from ParentPowered
Preview Messages
Each message is strengths-based, easy to understand, and gives families that “I can do it!” feeling. All while sparking a Wisconsin standards-aligned learning moment.
No wonder over 91% of families report increased confidence in their ability to support their child’s learning as a result of support from ParentPowered’s evidence-based programs.
Core | Baby
Trauma-Informed | PK
Core | PK
Trauma-Informed | Elementary
Core | Elementary
Trauma-Informed | Middle School
Core | Middle School
Getting Started Is Simple.
And ParentPowered Keeps It That Way Year-Round.
The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families sponsored ParentPowered family engagement program is available at no cost to school districts, individual schools, childcare providers, and Head Start programs.
Start providing your families evidence-based support now.
Enroll families with one click.
Sit back and let ParentPowered do the rest!
In addition to the weekly text messages sent to families, your organization will receive:
- Advanced data & analytics tools
- Quarterly family engagement surveys, delivered by text
- End-of-Year impact reports
- Teacher supports, including newsletters
All of these features and more are available on the ParentPowered Dashboard. Check it out.
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