Family Engagement Workshops
PIQE offers its evidence-based programs in-person, online or hybrid. All programs integrate enhancement supports to respond to school and family needs. Families are also invited to join PIQE via Mobile APP to receive ongoing resources and support during the workshops and beyond. Below is a list of PIQE’s evidence-based parent engagement workshops:
SIGNATURE PARENT ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM (K-12)
Curriculum specialized to respond and support parents with students in each school level: elementary, middle school and high school.
ELEMENTARY WORKSHOPS: Parents gain new skills, tools, and resources to help their student(s) succeed in school today and into the future. Educates, empowers, and inspires families to take an active role in their child’s education while building community and a peer-to-peer network.
- Eight-week program | Once a week, 75 minute-sessions
- Integrates Social-Emotional Learning and Digital Literacy Components
- Strategies to build student’s positive self-esteem
- Tools to navigate the school system
- Prepare a college-going plan
- Learn about online security
- Expand digital skills for today’s online world
- Gain new family resources and academic supports
- AND MORE
MIDDLE SCHOOL WORKSHOPS: Parents gain new skills, tools, and resources to help guide their student(s) through middle school and prepare for high school.
- Eight-week program | Once a week, 75 minute-sessions
- Integrates Social-Emotional Learning and Digital Literacy Components
- Parents learn about:
- GPA
- College Requirements
- Student workload and expectations
- Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
- Working with the school counselor
- Tools and Resources
- Expanding digital skills for today’s online world
- And More!
HIGH SCHOOL WORKSHOPS: Parents are provided support, tools, and skills to help their students prepare for the future and stay on track for a career.
- Eight-week program | Once a week, 75 minute-sessions
- Integrates Social-Emotional Learning and Digital Literacy Components
- Parents learn about:
- College-going planning
- GPA
- College Financial Aid
- Tools and Resources
- Preparing for College Admission Requirements
- Strategies to build positive self-esteem
- Online support and digital skill training
- And More!
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ages 0-5)
Family Engagement curriculum for families with children 0-5 years of age on how to provide a stimulating home environment that encourages and facilitates early success in school for their Pre-K and Kindergarten age children. The goal of the program is to help parents positively influence their child’s early success in school.
- Nine-week program | Once a week, 60 minute-sessions
- Includes effective strategies for creating a stimulating home environment and understanding of brain and language development
- Parents better understand how to incorporate early math literacy skills and the importance of STEM
FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAM (Preschool to 3rd Grade)
Developed in partnership with the California Reading and Literature Project, the Family Literacy Program introduces the five elements of literacy equipping families with strategies to support literacy at home. Families are introduced to Dr. Shefelbine’s Literacy Framework of Skills with fun, interactive and purposeful reading strategies. Reading development is emphasized with a direct connection to student’s overall academic success.
- Nine-week program | Once a week, 60 minute-sessions
- Includes strategies on supporting literacy through narrative (fiction) and expository (non-fiction) text aligned with the intent of the CA Common Core Standards
- Parents will learn various activities to help students including:
- recognize and decode words
- hear and use sounds
- learn new words and how to apply
- develop fluency and reading comprehension
- practice writing
- study and complete homework
- AND MORE!