• please contact Molly Toney for more information: (859) 233-9849 ext. 226 mtoney@prichardcommittee.org

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The Center for Parent Leadership (CPL) is a consulting effort of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence.  It is an outgrowth of the Committee's Kentucky-based Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership, which has trained over 1,500 parents since 1997 in school leadership and advocacy skills.

The Center for Parent Leadership bases its work on a set of beliefs and knowledge of current research about parent engagement.  CPL knows that when parents are involved at home and at school, children do better in school, and the schools improve.  We also know that in order for parents and schools to work best together, both need support.  Through our parent leadership work, CPL helps parents gain the information and skills they need to help their children succeed in school in partnership with other parents and school professionals. 

The CPL's primary product is capacity-building consulting leading to replication of its parent leadership institute. Also available are customized training, workshops, and seminars. Click here to learn more.

This video further explains the Center for Parent Leadership and the available training institutes. It includes testimonials from parents, educators, and adminstrators.

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Announcing: Authentic Parent Engagement

(A Training-of-Trainers for your group of identified parent professionals)

On July 27-28, 2010, in Lexington, Kentucky, The Center for Parent Leadership will hold its first training of: PIRC staff, GEAR UP staff, foundation/program officers, LEAs, school district personnel, federal program directors, and anyone else who works with parents to improve student achievement!

This two-day training includes a comprehensive look at:

• linking parent involvement to student achievement
• educator attitudes and practices relating to parent involvement
• developing productive personal relationships between families and educators
• recognizing cultural differences/barriers between families and school personnel
• building families' capacities to be positively involved in schools
• tips, examples, successes and evidence that family engagement is working

The fee is $1,750 per participant, which includes: lodging (newly-renovated downtown Hilton hotel in Lexington), meals, and all materials.  For teams of 3 or more from one organization, the fee drops to $1,600 per person.  (For federal grant recipients, The Center for Parent Leadership will provide a notification on letterhead providing specifics about this discounted rate, which acts as a grant match).

Please contact Molly Toney: mtoney@prichardcommittee.org or

(859) 233-9849 ext 226 for more information or to register

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parent Leadership 101 is a new, 2-day workshop targeted to parents who want to learn more about standards-based education and how to analyze school data.  For more information, contact Molly Toney, mtoney@prichardcommittee.org.

Starting Strong Institute is a downward extension of the Parent Leadership Institute for Pre-K partners, implemented in daycare or preschool settings, with teams of teachers, directors and parents.