The Peoria Public School system is kicking off a family engagement pilot program this week.
Bob Hoffman is the consultant working with School District 150 to get more parents involved in their child’s school. Hoffman says the parent workshops, that start today, aim to give parents some tools to offer support and partnership in their community schools.
Hoffman says “They’re going to do some vision work, around if I were to come back a year from now and visit their schools. What do they want to see have achieved a year from now? So that they’re involved with thinking through the future of the individual school that their students are attending.”
Eight schools are participating in the program. The workshops this week are at Manual and Central, as well as Lincoln, Harrison, Roosevelt, Trewyn, Von Steuben and Sterling schools.
Hoffman says one of the lasting effects of the workshops is often an involved parent pipeline. “What I hope also will happen is that those eight schools we bring in initially are going to network with each other. So there is there’s a support network of parents from elementary to middle to high school.”
Peoria Parent & Community Engagement Initiative Workshop Schedule
School, Date, Time
Lincoln K-8, October 25, 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Harrison K-6, October 25, 1:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Manual Academy, October 26, 1:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Peoria HS & Manual, October 26, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Roosevelt K-8, October 27, 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Von Steuben Middle, October 27, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Trewyn K-6, October 28, 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Sterling Middle, October 28, 1:00 - 3:30 p.m.