““CREATING A COLLEGE CREATING A COLLEGE GOING CULTURE”GOING CULTURE”

““CREATING A COLLEGE CREATING A COLLEGE GOING CULTURE”GOING CULTURE”

PIQE Affiliate Timeline

1987SanDiego

1992El Monte

1994Riverside

SanBernardinoCoachella

2000Oakland

SanFranciscoHayward

2005Montana

Minnesota

2006Phoenix

SantaAnaLosAngeles

1991

SanJoseSanFrancisco

SalinasRedwoodCity

1993Dallas2002

Bakersf i el

d

2006Virginia

2008

ModestoMerced/ Stockton

FresnoSacramento

1997

2010Houston

SantaMaria2012

PIQE California & National Coverage

PIQE MISSION

We are committed to connect parents, schools

and community as partners to advance the education of every child through parent

engagement.

PIQE VISIONPIQE VISION

PIQE is working to create a community in which parents and educators collaborate to

transform every child’s educational environment, both at home and at school, so

that all children can achieve their greatest academic potential.

PIQE PHILOSOPHYPIQE PHILOSOPHY

All parents love their children and want a better future for them! Every child can learn and deserves the option of a college education! 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 facilitate!

PIQE PROGRAMPIQE PROGRAM• During the past 25 years, PIQE has graduated more than 550,000 parents from the basic nine-week parent involvement program and has impacted more than 1,500,000 students.

• We are committed to: Advance the education of every child Making connections between educators and parents Diversity/Serve the community (16 languages) Improving lives of the under-served Building and strengthening communities

PIQE Serving the Community PIQE Serving the Community in 16 Languagesin 16 Languages

1. English 9. Armenian2. Spanish 10. Arabic3. Cambodian 11. Punjabi4. Vietnamese 12. Hmong5. Mandarin 13. Tagalog6. Cantonese 14. Somali7. Russian 15. Kenyan8. Korean 16. Kaldean

DIVERSITYDIVERSITY

To encourage and support parents

of pre-k, elementary, middle and high school children

to take a participatory role in their children’s education by:

PIQE OBJECTIVESPIQE OBJECTIVES

Collaborating with teachers, counselors and principals.

Learning how to navigate the school system.

Creating a supportivehome learning environment.

Encouraging college attendance beginning in

Kindergarten

Supporting their child’s emotional & social

development.

PIQE PROGRAM COMPONENTS PIQE PROGRAM COMPONENTS Pre-K -12 Parent Engagement in Education

Program

Follow-Up Program

Teacher Workshop

Family Financial Literacy Program

Parent Leadership Development Program

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Program

K-3 Parent Literacy Program

PIQE Parent Engagement in Education ProgramPIQE Parent Engagement in Education Program

Planning SessionPlanning Session 6 Core Weekly Classes6 Core Weekly Classes Principal’s DialoguePrincipal’s Dialogue

Parents’ Graduation!Parents’ Graduation!

Based on their grades and test scores; students are directed either towards college bound or remedial classes.

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PIQE contends that parents must know the grade level performance of their children to ensure their academic success!

PIQE PIQE Elementary Elementary

School School CurriculumCurriculum

Fostering Self-esteem Fostering Self-esteem and Academic and Academic AchievementAchievement

Relating Positive Relating Positive Discipline with Discipline with

Academic Academic AchievementAchievement

Reviewing Academic Reviewing Academic Standards and Standards and

Preparing for the Preparing for the Teacher ConferenceTeacher Conference

Acquiring a Better Acquiring a Better Understanding of the Understanding of the

School SystemSchool SystemBecoming Becoming

Familiar with Familiar with College College

RequirementsRequirements

Establishing the Establishing the Collaboration Between Collaboration Between

Home, School, and Home, School, and CommunityCommunity

PIQE PIQE Middle School Middle School Curriculum Curriculum

Preparing to Meet the Preparing to Meet the University Admission University Admission

RequirementsRequirements

Understanding the Understanding the Importance of Middle Importance of Middle School as a Bridge to School as a Bridge to

High SchoolHigh School

Supporting the Supporting the Academic Academic

Achievement of Achievement of Adolescents Through Adolescents Through

their Changestheir Changes

Connecting Connecting Academic Success Academic Success and Positive Self-and Positive Self-

EsteemEsteem

Overcoming Overcoming Obstacles to Obstacles to

Academic SuccessAcademic Success

Motivating Motivating Teenagers to ReadTeenagers to Read

PIQE PIQE High School High School CurriculumCurriculum

Identifying the Identifying the Different Different

Financial Aid Financial Aid OptionsOptions

Discussing Higher Discussing Higher Education OptionsEducation Options

Understanding the Understanding the High School High School

SystemSystem

Identifying the Identifying the Classes that Form Classes that Form Part of the A-G Part of the A-G RequirementsRequirements

Recognizing the Recognizing the Importance of the Importance of the

Grade Point Average Grade Point Average (GPA)(GPA)

Reviewing Other Reviewing Other Important Requirements Important Requirements

and Programsand Programs

PIQE STAR: Steps to College

Your Child’s Name

Decision: Choose College

A-G RequirementsFinancial Aid and Applications

G.P.A.Tests: PSAT,

SAT, ACT

Source: Choy, Susan P., National Center for Educational Statistics, June 2001, “Essay”

Connecting parents to the child

Connecting the parent to the school & university community

Connecting parents to the decision making school

committees

Conducting action research by parents to impact policy

Electing parents to Boards of Education

PIQE FIVE Step Model for PIQE FIVE Step Model for Parent EmpowermentParent Empowerment

93%

7%

High School Grads Dropouts

• Findings indicate that 93% of PIQE Latino students graduated from high school versus the current graduation rate of 50%.

Source: San Diego State University - College of Business Administration Marketing Department: (Students of PIQE Graduates 1997, 1998, and 1999)

PIQE 1st Longitudinal Study-2004

I. Percent High School Graduate / Dropout

9%

51%

28%

4% 8%

Working Only Community College University Military NA

• 79.2% of the Latino high school graduates enrolled in college versus the current 46%.

II. College Enrollment

PIQE’s 2nd Longitudinal StudySanger High School 2007-2008 Findings

One year after parents completed the program, their students out-performed the control group:

• Enrolled in 50% more A-G college prep classes.

• Had higher rates of passing (C or better) English and math A-G required classes.

• Had 40% less absenteeism.

• PIQE male students had greater GPA gains than control group.

Source: First Year Evaluation Report, Final Destination: University, July 2008

• When schools promote involvement they increase involvement and student success

• High performing schools – Invest in the development of involvement– Offer parents more opportunities to build skills– Actively organize and mobilize their community to

increase benefits for students

• These results are statistically significant• PIQE provides school with capacity and

know-how

PIQE Helps Schools Build Student Success

Source: Martin, J. D. (2009). How school practices to promote parental involvement influence student success. (Doctoral Dissertation, Claremont Graduate University, 2009)

CSU - PIQE Agreement

• On Feb. 7, 2006, PIQE signed a historic agreement with the California State University (CSU) system.

• CSU Chancellor pledged $575,000 for 7 years ($ 4 million dollars)-PIQE agreed to match these funds with other private contributions.

• Nine-Week classes implemented in 35 schools in each of the 23 campus regions.

• Each child of a PIQE graduate will receive a “College Invitation Certificate.”

CSU - PIQE CERTIFICATE

CSU – PIQE STUDENT ID

PIQE ResultsPIQE Results

More than 550,000 parent graduated nationally since October 1987 from 2,794 K-12 Schools. The PIQE

Program has been taught in 16 languages by facilitators from each of the diverse communities!

PIQE Thanks all its Partners / Donors for their Generous Contribution, to Making Education a Reality for Everyone!

And many more…And many more…

Thank You - Mil Gracias!!!

Presented by:David Valladolid

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