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EVERY PARENT A CHANGEMAKER
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Engaging low-income & low-education Hispanic parents at the children’s schools has a positive and immediate impact on the parents, their children, and the schools. OUR CORE BELIEF
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OUR STRATEGY Our strategy focuses on the mothers because they are the most important factor in their children’s education.
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Every Parent A Changemaker A 3-step approach at the schools
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Changemaker: Individuals who, through their own or someone else’s idea, take initiative and cause positive change for the greater good.
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32-hour program in Spanish Digital Learning Financial Literacy
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During school year 2012-2013 we offered 56 classes at 30 public schools in Harris County. Total parents: 735 Graduation: 80% 25 percent of the classes reached 100% graduation We employed 18 paid facilitators, all of them parents
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PARENT CENTER Eliot Elementary School, Houston ISD Sponsor: BBVA Compass Bank
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World-class Educational Portal in Spanish
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Parents receive a diploma with GPA = 3.13
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PARENT CONNECTION Service provided by school districts to allow parents to monitor their children’s academic performance: Course grades Assignments & Scores Due Dates Missing Assignments Attendance Visits to Parent Connect Before PACTAfter PACTFactor± Change Never57.50%8.40%-6.85-85% Less than 1 per month15.60%12.80%-1.22-18% 1 per month14.00%20.10%+1.4444% More than 1 per month12.90%58.70%+4.55355% From Exit Questionnaire that PACT Program students fill out
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FacilitatorPrincipal Parent Counselor a a Parents Pasadena ISD Richey E.S. 93% graduation rate
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2. Leadership Workshops
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Parents enroll in 12-hour workshops at the schools to learn about: empathy teamwork problem solving planning leadership. $30 fee Smartphone required
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3. Changemakers ® Fellowship After the Leadership Workshops each participating group will identify a need or opportunity for change and a plan to make it happen. In collaboration with other organizations we will select the best proposals. All parents from these groups will become Changemakers Fellows and the schools will be able to become Ashoka’s Youth Venture’s Partners.
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LITERACY INITIATIVE Avian Kingdom: Feathered Tales is an outreach program that fosters literacy, foundational character building, and environmental stewardship through its mentorship initiative, interactive games, and inspiring bilingual serie,.
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CREATING A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE AEM contributes, with its work, to the development of the place we live in, providing a benefit to the community. Parents Alliance will become an integral part of AEM’s Educational Programs. As of September 1 st, 2014 our name will change to Supérate y Triunfa.
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