Meet Kedibonye Carpenter the Wisconsin Statewide Parent Educator Initiative (WSPEI) Family
Engagement Coordinator who provides additional
support for African American families. Kedibonye is an employee of Cooperative Educational Service Agency #4.
Kedibonye is the mother of a student who has special
educational needs due to hearing loss. She has experience working with schools
as a parent through her son’s IEP process. She uses that experience to assist others in building
meaningful partnerships with educators to help their own children.
Her Role:
- Help build strong partnerships between educators and African American families and to promote the success of students with special needs.
- Make sure that all the great services that WSPEI provides to families of students with special needs are relevant and equally accessible to African American families.
- Provide guidance on cultural responsiveness and diverse perspective to trainings and materials.
- Improve collaborative partnerships and technical assistance between WSPEI, educators and African American community groups and individual families.
- Collaborate with WSPEI grant staff and other DPI discretionary grant staff to provide technical assistance, resources and trainings for families and educators statewide.
CESA 4
Kedibonye Carpenter
923 East Garland Street
West Salem, WI 54669
Phone: (608) 786-4895
E-mail: kcarpenter@cesa4.k12.wi.us
