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The Missing Piece

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 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, 11 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.


	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.


	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. We appreciate your interest, however the deadline for the Institutes below has passed. Please check back in January for new Institutes. 2008 CIPL Institute with a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Focus Holiday Inn University Plaza, Bowling Green August 14-15, 2008 September 11-12, 2008 October 9-10, 2008 Funding provided by the AT&T Foundation and in partnership with Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky and The Center for Gifted Studies Western Kentucky University. 2008 Northern Kentucky CIPL Institute Commonwealth Hilton, Florence September 19-20, 2008 October 17-18, 2008 November 14-15, 2008 Funding provided by the Scripps Howard Foundation, Carol and Ralph V. Haile Jr. Foundation, US Bank and Toyota. Additional Trainings Parents and Teachers as Arts Partners Institute: a two-day "graduate" CIPL training with a focus on the arts, thanks to the Lucille Caudill Little Foundation. May 13-14, 2008 Performing Arts Center, Elliott County July 21-22, 2008 Bryan Station High School, Lexington