WISE Membership Includes:
NETWORKING & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Monthly Meetings: Professional development topics and networking opportunities.
Exclusive Events:
National School Choice Week
K-12 Innovative Education Fair
Workshops: Boosting enrollment, Community buy-in and more!
MEMBERSHIP PERKS
- Expo Access: Free table at our yearly K-12 Innovative Education Expo.
- Advertising: Access to the WISE website for advertising, including newsletter features, blog posts, school directory listings, and event promotions.
DISCOUNTED SERVICES AND RESOURCES
- Learning Lab: 10% discount on membership.
- Online Launch Lab: 20% Special Discount for WISE Paid Members
- MicroschoolWebsites.com: 10% special Discount for WISE Paid Members on done-for-you website packages
- Spark Learning Management System: Discounted rate
WISE Paid Membership (Up to 2 members per organization/school)
Definition of Innovative: creative methods and/or models of education that allow students to learn outside of the traditional M-F schedule and or traditional classroom setting
Membership Requirements: Anyone who is the creator, founder or director of one of these innovative programs or resources. (Not limited to founders only.)
*Excluding the public school district and their own district initiatives. (or any other virtual public school program that is a division of a district, basically, any group that has USD 259 or another district as it’s email address.)
*Not excluding programs that partner with a public school district for curriculum or funding sources, or other programs that want to tap into the public school district without being an official division of the district. They must be their own initiative.
Expo Restrictions:
- vendors must fit the definition of innovative and meet membership qualifications, even if they are not a paid member
- sponsors other programs that did not qualify as a member, *excluding public school districts, (but up to board discretion to decide)