What is the Portage Project?
Since 1969, The Portage Project has been a leader in the development of educational assessment, curriculum, and support materials for young children and their families. Through CESA 5 in Portage, Wisconsin, we provide professional support and expertise to hundreds of state-wide, national, and international agencies like yours to better serve the needs of children aged birth to six and their families. This includes, but is not limited to, Head Start/Early Head Start, family and group childcare, school-based early childhood programs, and Birth to Three Early Intervention Programs.
Our Core Values
Our goal is simple, to partner with you to solve your educational challenges and to help meet your most important outcomes. By sharing our knowledge and experience from our work with agencies like yours, we aim to support you in your work with children and families to help them grow, thrive, and succeed.
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Relationship Based Focus
Learning occurs within the context of relationships. We pay attention to the relationships surrounding the child and family, and place primary importance on building relationships as a basis for our work. The path to our most effective work is through relationships, which sustain us both professionally and personally.
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Ecological Approach
Considering and exploring the larger environmental context in which children, families, staff, and programs exist. Recognizing that these elements influence what we see and hear as we observe interactions. There is a continuous adjustment between the developing person and the characteristics of their immediate environment and life context.
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Strengths and Assets Based
Focusing on the strengths or assets of children, families and staff to build relationships and guide intervention. Individualized services build on the strengths and resources of each child and family member.
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Reflective Thinking
Taking the time to think individually and collectively about our work enhances the quality of what we do and how we feel. This reflective process influences our interactions and relationships.
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Family Centered
Viewing families as equal partners with staff and administrators. Families guide the work we do and are the primary decision makers.
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