PIQE: The

Power of
Collaboration
EMID update on PIQE
implementation from
Stillwater and Inver Grove
Heights

PIQE MISSION
PIQEs mission is to connect
families, schools and community
as partners to advance the
education of every child through
parent engagement.
Home

GUIDING PRINCIPLES
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.

HISTORY: EMID and PIQE

In

the fall of 2013, EMID provided funding to

facilitate member districts in the purchase of
the PIQE program.

In

November of 2013 three districts were

trained in the curriculum: Stillwater, Inver
Grove Heights and Spring Lake Park. Training
was conducted in Spanish and English.

Spring

of 2014 training took place for

Roseville, West St. Paul-Mendota HeightsEagan #197, Stillwater, and South Washington
County, Inver Grove Heights, & St. Paul.

Inver Grove Heights

Academy of Powerful Parents (A.P.P.)
Spring

2014 = 4 groups

Preschool
3 Kindergarten (2 English and 1 Spanish)
94

parents participated

With

66 total graduates (Attended 4 of the 6

sessions)

Parent Feedback
APP opened my eyes to how
important it is to be engaged in
the inner workings of the
school.
This was very helpful in
understanding how our school
system works.
The class taught me new tools
and ideas to start NOW and be
more involved as a parent.
I learned that if parents get
more involved in our kids
education the better our kids
would do at school.

Our experience
What went well:
Provided

food and
childcare
Facilitated by teachers
and support staff
Equitable: open to all
families
Personally invited families
Followed the curriculum
with fidelity
Chose foundational agegroups

What we learned:
Dedicated

staff is
needed to sustain
A.P.P. is an investment
Timing is important
Curriculum needed
revision from California
Parents wanted more
after graduation
First graduation for some
families

Inver Grove Heights

2014

2015 = 7 groups

Preschool (English and Spanish)

4 Elementary K/1 (3 English and 1 Spanish)
6th grade
First

session began on September 18th for

Kindergarten and First Grade Families

108 parents and 106 children participated

Winter

2015 we will begin Middle School (6th Grade)

and Spring 2015 Preschool

Collaboration Between Districts

This

partnership has provided districts with the

opportunity to work toward a common goal:
Inver

Grove Heights and Stillwater planned together last

winter
Inver Grove Heights, Stillwater and South Washington
County collaborated with EMID staff and PIQE
consultant to discuss new ways to partner
Plans

for future collaboration:

Evaluation

ideas
Materials/resources
Curriculum
Bilingual staff

QUESTIONS?