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The Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership offers a variety of programs aimed at bringing together parents, teachers, community members, and school administrators for training, information, and experiences that help them work as partners to raise student achievement. The program was developed by the Prichard Committee in 1997 as a way to support informed, skilled, and parents as effective advocates who are passionate about improving Kentucky public schools.

Since its inception, 13 years ago, CIPL has trained an army of more than 1,500 Kentucky parents on how to effectively advocate for high-quality schools. More than three dozen CIPL fellows have served on school boards, and hundreds more are involved daily in education advocacy. The program has been so successful that eight other states and Washington, D.C., have adopted it to help improve their schools, too.

Below is a video that explains CIPL and the Center for Parent Leadership in greater detail. The clip includes testimonials from parents, educators, and administrators.


	Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership (CIPL) The Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership offers multiple opportunities for parents to develop their school leadership and advocacy skills. Generous corporate and foundation underwriting allows us to offer our six-day institutes in three, two-day sessions, free of charge. For more information including application and deadline details, contact Lou Ann Cavenee-Ramos at lramos@prichardcommittee.org. Click on NKY CIPL Registration* in the horizontal navigation bar under "CIPL" at the top of this page to learn more about our 2009 and 2010 Northern Kentucky CIPL Institutes.* Click on STEM Institute Registration in the horizontal navigation bar under "CIPL" at the top of this page to learn more about our 2009 and 2010 CIPL institutes focused on Science, Technology and Math.


	Parent Leadership News The Evaluation Exchange (publication of the Harvard Family Research Project) supports the new evaluation of the Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership (CIPL). Read about it in the May edition.


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In June 2007, the Commissioner's Parents Advisory Council submitted its final report to the Kentucky Department of Education. Their work consolidates a body of research and includes recommendations for involving families and community in improving student achievement. CIPL graduates spearheaded the effort, and several are listed as authors.

The report is entitled The Missing Piece of the Proficiency Puzzle and can be found here.

The Center for Parent Leadership has created a training for schools and districts to complement the report, and reviews have been extremely positive -- this is an opportunity for schools to evaluate their parent involvement efforts on a meaningful level, and take steps to make it the best it can be. Find out more here.