Our Partners

Education Connection could not be where it is today without the following key partnerships.

We thank each one of you wholeheartedly with our most sincere appreciation! Your generosity, whether financially and/or by providing volunteers, helps Education Connection be positioned to focus on addressing the systemic problem of 3rd grade illiteracy in the greater Austin Texas area. Thank you for helping us toward our mission of seeing "...every child reading by the end of 3rd grade."

Church Partnerships

Churches that are partnering with a school and are providing a Literacy Partner Coordinator for that school:

A - E

Acts Church Leander
Agape Christian Ministries
Austin Baptist Church
Austin Christian Fellowship (3)
Bee Creek United Methodist Church
Belton Church of Christ
Calvary Chapel Leander
Central Baptist Church
Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church
Christ Redeemer Fellowship
Church of the Cross Episcopal
CityView
Connect Church
Cottonwood Baptist Church
Cross Tracks United Methodist Church
Crossroads Church Austin
Eastside Community Church

F - J
K - O
P - T
U - Z

Business/Community Organization Partnerships

Organizations that have volunteers reading and/or have given resources to Education Connection:

A - E

3M Company
4-H Capital
Absolute Tax, Inc.
Accenture
AlertMedia
All Web Leads
Any Baby Can
Apple Leasing
Ascension Seton
Austin Bridge Builders Alliance
Austin Community College
Austin Disaster Relief Network (ADRN)
Austin ISD
Austin Partners in Education (APIE)
Burriss Management, Inc.
Capgemini
Cedar Park Chamber of Commerce
Celadon Properties, Inc.
Charles Schwab
Circuit of the Americas
CISCO
City of Round Rock
Clinical Pathology Laboratories
Collaboration-Unlimited
Covenant Management Systems (Austin Regional Clinics)
Cushman & Wakefield
Del Valle ISD
Delaware North Companies
Dell
Dell Children’s Council
Durio Communications
Emerson
ETS Lindgren

F - J
K - O
P - T
U - Z

Business Partners

Businesses that are partnering with a school and are providing a Literacy Partner Coordinator for that school:

Chamber of Commerce Memberships

Austin Chamber
Burnet CoC
Cedar Park Chamber of Commerce
Leander Chamber of Commerce
Round Rock CoC

Education Connection Core Teams

Austin ISD:
District Director – Amy Wilke
District Pastor – Jim Harrington, St. James’ Episcopal Church
District Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Belton, Del Valle, Hays, Jarrell, & Manor ISDs:
District Director – Amy Wilke
District Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Burnet CISD:
District Director – Kendall Collier
District Pastor – Michael Barnard, Hill Country Fellowship
District Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Georgetown ISD:
District Director – Lynette Dahmer
District Pastor – Dave Roberts, Grace Bible Church
District Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Lago Vista ISD:
District Director – Keri Schooler
District Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Lake Travis ISD:
District Director – Joan Mims
District Pastor – Craig Paczkowski, Lakeway Church
District Admin & Coach – Margie Neuenschwander
District Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Leander ISD:
District Director – Vicki Larkin
District Pastor – Doug James, Hill County Bible Church Austin
Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Liberty Hill ISD:
District Director – Amy Wilke
District Pastor – Michele Lott, Cross Tracks United Methodist Church
District Pastor – Leighton Forshee, Connect Church
District Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Llano ISD:
District Director – Kerrie Miksch
Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Marble Falls ISD:
District Director – Jessica Cornelison
District Pastor – Jackie English, Christ Redeemer Fellowship
District Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Pflugerville ISD:
District Director – Amy Wilke
District Pastor – Mark Canada, Parkway Bible Church
District Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz

Round Rock ISD:
District Director – Cathy Laws
District Pastor – Nancy Brieger, Restoration Covenant Church
Database Coordinator – Erik Wirtz