PIQE (Parent Institute for Quality Education) Session #6
- What
- PIQE (Parent Institute for Quality Education) Session #6
- When
- 11/15/2007, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
- Where
- Auditorium (Child care will be provided)
Mission Statement:
To bring schools, parents, and community together as equal partners in the education of every child to provide all students with the option and access of a postsecondary education.
Vision Statement:
PIQE is working to create a community in which parents and teachers collaborate to transform each child's educational environment, both at home and at school, so that all children can achieve their greatest academic potential. During the past 19 years, PIQE has graduated more than 375,000 parents from the basic nine-week parent involvement program and impacted more than 1,000,000 students.
Philosophy:
PIQE’s philosophy is based on the simple premise that 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, and parents and teachers must work together to ensure the educational success of every child. For children, learning is a natural process that parents and teachers can facilitate.
Objectives:
To encourage and support low-income ethnically-diverse parents of elementary, middle and high school children to take a participatory role in assisting their children to:
Create a home learning environment
Navigate the school system
Collaborate with teachers, counselors and principals
Encourage college attendance
Support a child's emotional and social development
PIQE’s Nine-Week Parent Involvement Education Program & Pre-K Curriculums:
The courses are offered in morning sessions and repeated in the evening. Parents choose to when they can attend (see attached parent’s testimony and a copy of the certificates parents receive upon graduation). PIQE classes have been taught in sixteen different languages. Classes are taught by credential teachers and professionals trained by PIQE. The initial planning session asks parents what they would like to include in the course. Topics include:
Adolescence: A time of Change and Growth
Positive Communication Enhances Self-esteem
How to Motivate Teenagers to Read
Obstacles that Get in the Way of Success in School
How the School System Functions
The Road to the University