CPEO is a free program designed for parents that brings schools, parents, and the community together as equal partners in education so that all students can achieve their greatest academic potential. CPEO helps parents understand children’s social and emotional development, develop skills for navigating the school system and collaborating with staff, create home learning environments and learn about post-secondary and college options.
CPEO offers two different types of programs for parents who have students in the elementary, middle, and high school age ranges. In the fall, the traditional model is available, and, in the spring, we provide the seminar model. CPEO programs provide free dinner, transportation, and childcare. In addition, program instruction is available in English, Hmong, Spanish, and Somali. Parents are taught in the language of their choice and the facilitators of the program are ethnic and language specific.
The program runs for a total of 5 weeks with classes occurring one evening each week. The curriculum for the program was adopted from the Parent Institute of Quality Education (PIQE). Topics in this model help parents with the following:
We highly encourage the traditional model for high schools for the following reasons:
Seminars run for a total of 3 weeks with presentations occurring one evening each week. The seminars are aligned with Minneapolis Public School (MPS) best practices and priorities, specifically, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Special Ed. / District Support, and Technology & Cyberbullying. The seminars teach parents the following:
We highly encourage the new seminar model for Elementary and Middle Schools and/or schools that have already had the traditional CPEO Model for the following reasons:
If you are interested in having CPEO at your school, click here for more information
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