April 1996
- Wisconsin hosts 1996 Region III CEA
Conference in Madison.
April 1997 - CEA-W sponsors Lincoln
Hills
School
teachers Maggie Peterson and Sheri Woodall
to present workshop at Region III
Conference in Cleveland.
These sponsorships evolve into
the annual Showcase Awards which
continue to date.
June 1997 - CEA-W begins co-sponsoring of the DOC Teacher Training
Day with the
Corrections
Training
Center
and Teacher Training Advisory Committee. Other Teacher Training Days are
held in 1998, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
May 1999
- Jerry Bednarowski receives first Region III President’s Special
Recognition Award.
May 2000
- CEA-W awards first scholarship. Annual scholarships are awarded each year
with
two scholarships being awarded
beginning in 2007.
October 2000 - CEA-W website is created. A new website format is
designed in 2008.
November 2000 - CEA-W sponsors publishing of first inmate creative
writing and art anthology,
“Words of Conviction”. Creativity
booklets are published each year to date.
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August 2002
- KMCI teacher Sue Ciske, KMCI Education Director Dave Picard, and RCI
Education Director Jean Thieme are
awarded scholarships by the CEA International office
to present workshops at the
International CEA conference in
Portland, OR.
February 2003 - Three-State Recidivism Study commissioned and
endorsed by the US Department
of Education in conjunction with the
International CEA showing the impact of education on
recidivism is published.
June 2004 - Parenting Special
Interest Group established by CEA-W.
October 2004 - CEA-W co-sponsors Wisconsin GED/HSED & Adult Literacy
Conference with
Wisconsin Department of Public
Instruction and Wisconsin Technical College System. Co-
sponsoring of the conference
continues each year to date.
November 2004 - First issue of Parenting Connection newsletter
published. Bi-monthly issues
continue to be published to date.
November 2004 - Guide to Successful Parenting Programs in
Corrections published. Guide is
updated in 2008.
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July 2005 - Parenting Special Interest Group approved to expand to
national group.
May 2006
- Wisconsin hosts 2006 Region III & IV CEA
Conference in Wisconsin Dells.
May 2007 -
CEA-W holds first CEA-Wisconsin State Conference. Other
state conferences are
held in 2008 and 2010.
July 2007 - CEA-Wisconsin chapter receives
Founder’ Day Membership Award for gaining the
most new members in the past year.
Peggy Meyers is honored as top recruiter.
March
2008
-
CEA-W and Parenting SIG sponsors Effective Black Parenting Seminar.
April 2008 - CEA-W partners
w/Wisconsin Technical College System to sponsor Jail Training Day.
Another
Jail Training Day was held in 2009.
July 2009
- Wisconsin hosts the 64th Annual National CEA conference in Madison.
September 2010 -
CEA-W and Parenting SIG sponsors Helping Offenders Become Better Parents
Workshop.
May 2011 -
Wisconsin hosts 2011 Region III & IV CEA Conference in Elkhart Lake.
May 2012 - CEA-W and Parenting SIG publish Reaching Out: A
Handbook for Parents Incarcerated in Wisconsin
and Reaching In: A Handbook for the
Families of Parents Incarcerated in Wisconsin.
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