Parent Institute for Quality Education www'piqe'org

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Parent Institute for Quality Educationwww.piqe.o
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MISSION

• To bring schools,
• parents, and business
• community together as equal
• partners in the education of every child

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VISION

• A community in which parents and teachers
  collaborate to transform each childs educational
  environment, both at home and at school, so that
  all children can achieve their greatest academic
  potential.

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PHILOSOPHY

• All parents love their children and want a better
  future for them
• Every child can learn and deserves the
  opportunity to attend and complete a college
  education
• Parents and teachers need to work together to
  ensure the educational success of every child
• For children, learning is a natural process that
  parents and teachers facilitate.

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OBJECTIVES

• To encourage and support parents of elementary,
  middle and high school children to take a
  participatory role in assisting their children
  to

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IMPORTANT FACTS
College Graduates by Age 24 High Income
Families 48 Low Income Families 7 Source Tom
Mortenson, Research Seminar on Public Policy
Analysis of Opportunity for Post Secondary, 1997.

• California UC-CSU Eligible 2001
• White 49.0
• Latino/Hispanic 17.2
• African American 16.0
• Asian/IndoChinese/Islander 74.4
• Source County Office of Education

• National Population Growth by 2025
• 61 of the nations growth by 2025
• will be Latinos/Hispanics and Asians
• Significant percentage of these
• students will enter our schools
• speaking another language.
• Source Harold Hodgkinson Secondary Schools in a
  New Millennium

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California Department of EducationLow-income
Latino StudentsProjected Results for 20001988 -
2000
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The 4 Elements of PIQE
Buy-in and Support by the School System
Detailed Implementation of Program Stages
SUCCESS!
Sound Fiscal Management Systems
Community Model vs. Institutional Approach
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PROGRAM COMPONENTS

• Nine-Week Program
• Elementary Level
• Middle/High Level
• Follow-Up Program
• Teacher Workshop

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PIQE Nine-Week Program
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Based on their grades and test scores, students
are directed either towards a college bound or
basic/ remedial classes.
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Curriculum Middle/High Level
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STAR
Steps to College
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Teacher Workshop
Designed by PIQE and Stanford Research Institute
Provide techniques for working with ethnically
diverse and immigrant parents.
Action research work with teachers to design
parent involvement strategies
Problem solving engage teachers in reflection
and dialogue.
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PIQE Offices
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Parent Institutes FIVE Step Model for Parent
Empowerment
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A New Wave of Evidence
The Impact of School, Family and Community
Connections on Student Achievement
By Anne T. Henderson and Karen L. Mapp
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Effective Practices to Engage Diverse Families

• Focus on building relationships
• Recognize and address barriers
• Embrace partnership and share power
• Openly deal with class and cultural differences

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Parents are more likely to become involved when
they

• Understand that they SHOULD be involved
• Feel CAPABLE of making a contribution
• Feel INVITED by the school and their children

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Bridge Class and Cultural Differences

• Understand your own cultural context
• Ask families to share their cultural traditions
• Create small, friendly settings
• Invite families to tell their education stories
• Ask families about their expectations for their
  children

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Develop Families Efficacy

• Plan how families want to be engaged
• Consult all families about policies
• Involve families in action research
• Provide access to principal and staff
• Facilitate connections to community groups

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Building Social and Political Connections

• Support families to be involved in
  decision-making
• Promote families connections with each other,
  school staff and community groups
• Invite officials to school to respond to
  families concerns
• Give families information about how the system
  works

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Benefits to Schools, Communities and Society
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Results
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Extensive Program Evaluation
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Parent Institute Proven Strategies

• Marketing Parents recruiting parents
• Culturally Relevant Facilitators reflect the
  parents culture background
• Quality Control Detail implementation of Program
• Follow up, follow up, follow up..

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PIQE Program Success Factors
Summary of strengths identified by Mosaica
through an organizational assessment completed
for PIQE in 2001
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Summary of strengths identified by Mosaica
through an organizational assessment completed
for PIQE in 2001
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• The ultimate goal of PIQE is to bring business,
  community, families and schools together to
  promote a quality education for all children
• SI SE PUEDE!!!

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The Millan Factor
Tell your children their family history and give
them pride in their culture and language!
Give your children chores at home to teach them
discipline and teamwork!
Visit the teacher of your child at least once a
month, so your children will know you care!
Make time for your children and keep them close
to you! Have dinner together!
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Parent Institute for Quality Education thanks all
its Partners / Donors for their generous
contribution, to making education a reality for
everyone!
Mil Gracias!!!
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Illustrations S Guevara. Book MI HIJA, MI
HIJO, EL AGUILA, LA PALOMA Author Ana
Castillo Dutton Books, New York.
Elaborated by David Valladolid Emilia Alvarez
2002