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About the program (ADA)
American Dream Academy: Education
The ADA Parent Education Program is based on curriculum developed by the Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE) in California, which uses an intense, one-on-one contact model to create a community in which parents and teachers collaborate to transform each child’s educational environment at home and at school.
The ADA’s educational focus starts with the beginning of life, helping parents to instill the value of education within themselves and their children. Through ADA, parents are given the tools to guide their children through K-12th grades and into higher education. This type of school based intervention empowers and trains parents to become effective advocates and partners in their children’s education.
School District/ADA partnerships
Since the inception of the education program in Fall of 2006 ADA has partnered with Phx area school districts/nonprofits and worked with 41 schools within the Phoenix area. The ADA education training program services 12-15 schools per semester. Schools and districts are calling on ADA to work with them in parent education and due to a large demand ADA now has a wait list for districts wishing to bring the ADA PIQE curriculum to their schools.
In the last two years, the ADA program has graduated over 5,000 parents
If your school or district could benefit from the ADA program please call Maria Luisa Ramos at 602.496.0673
Click here to see districts served to date
Nonprofit partnerships
The ADA program is committed to fostering partenrships with other agencies with a focus on family empowerment. Partnerships include special parent engagement programs as well as targetted efforts to recruit potential facilitators. To date the ADA program has successfully partnered with the following nonprofit organizations:
GEAR Up
Arizona Quest for Kids
Phoenix Day
Chicanos Por La Causa
Valle del Sol
Friendly House
What people are saying about the American Dream Academy’s Parent Involvement program utilizing the PIQE curriculum:
- “These classes taught us the importance of our children’s education, how we can plan for their future, and to become our children’s best friends. Personally, this course was vital to my life. …I found out more about financial aid, scholarships, loans, the steps to go to university, and how to motivate my children to achieve their goals.”
Ismelda Canales, parent, Tolleson High School (Tolleson Unified High School
District)
- “We have many more parents working with our staff as a result of [the ADA] PIQE [program].
Russell Sanders,
Principal, Capitol
Elementary (Phx Elem
School District)
- “We have had parents on campus asking questions and participating, which is great!”
Cindy Campton, Principal Wilson Elementary (Wilson School District)
- “We have seen an increase of parental involvement. We are very satisfied with the program.…all Isaac [District] schools need this.”
Chad Geston, Principal, Smith Middle School (Isaac School District)
- “The program has taught us about the different resources we have available and our rights to know about how our children are learning in school. Our children are excited about their future at ASU because we as parents are motivated and educated on how to get them there.”
Jill King, parent, Evans Elementary (Tempe Schools District)
- There, they talked to us about [the ADA] PIQE [program]… whose only purpose is to offer us the necessary information that will help us support our children in their education. And the final objective is for our children to graduate from the university and in turn help improve the quality of life. Believe me I have never before had in my hands such an important tool for the education of our children that PIQE offers. It is essential for our children’s education because of all the moral, emotional and financial information it provides, especially since we are families with few economic resources.”
Adolfo Baldivia, parent, Mitchell Elementary (Isaac School District)