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	News CIPL Honored by Harvard's Family Research Project CIPL is listed as one of 12 examples of leading innovations in the family involvement field to enhance student achievement in a new report from the National Family, School, and Community Engagement Working Group. Read the press release here. 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.


	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! Your school or district may need to spend their Title I funds in a meaningful way before the end of the fiscal year ... ask how this training may fit into your schools' plan to engage parents and sustain involvement! 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


	Customized Leadership Training 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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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 or for more information on how to make this happen in your school or district, call Molly Toney: (859) 233-9849 ext 226

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!