Parent University strives to provide inclusive family learning opportunities districtwide. Through the support of our community partnerships, we offer year-round family engagement opportunities in English, Spanish, Hmong, Mixteco, Punjabi, Khmer, and Lao.
Get to know our active community partnerships.
Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative (CVIIC)
Success Together, Inc.
Elementary Schools, Fall:
How to Help Your Kids with Their Schoolwork (Even if you’re stuck, too!)
Join a parent-friendly class for those navigating school challenges with their children. Get practical strategies and FREE resources to support learning. Become your child’s ally in overcoming academic hurdles!
Family Reading Adventures: Fly Guy’s Big Family Storytime
Enjoy an engaging story time experience that enhances children’s reading skills, followed by an interactive comic book creation project as a family. Combine learning and fun for a memorable family experience!
Elementary Schools, Spring:
Highly Effective Ways to Raise a Successful Reader for Life
Unleash reading triumphs! For kids struggling or seeking reading inspiration – learn parent-friendly strategies to boost skills and ignite a family-wide love for reading. Master fluency, tackle new words, and enhance comprehension on this path to reading success!
Family Science Lab: Discovering the Secrets of Plants!
Dive into the fascinating world of how plants grow and adapt while creating plant projects! From creating your own awesomely adapting plant to crafting mini greenhouses, join us for this hands-on journey of discovery and family fun.
Middle Schools, Fall:
Understanding & Connecting with Today’s Teens – A Practical Guide for Parents
This class caters specifically to parents of tweens and teens, offering insights into the modern teenage mindset. Gain valuable strategies to maintain a close connection with your teenager, even during challenging phases when they may seem distant.
How to Help Your Kids with Their Schoolwork (Even if you’re stuck, too!)
Join a parent-friendly class for those navigating school challenges with their children. Get practical strategies and FREE resources to support learning. Become your child’s ally in overcoming academic hurdles!
Middle Schools, Spring:
How to Set (& Keep) Healthy Boundaries for a Happier Family
Empower your family and gain the tools needed to express you and your family’s needs clearly, stand up to pushy people, and empower your kids to confidently set and maintain their own boundaries in this essential class.
Parenting the App Generation: A guide to the top 3 most popular teen apps + safety tips
Join this must-take class that will bring a true understanding of your teens’ online world! Explore how they use Snapchat, TikTok, and Instagram. Equip yourself with safety features, pros & cons insight tips to guide them to safer online adventures.
Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE)
Family Engagement in Education/Intended Outcome:
Parents will participate in a variety of hands-on workshops, seminars, and ongoing support that offer families the tools to advocate for their children and know their rights as well as the know-how, responsibility, and opportunity to partner with schools, community, and civic leaders.
The Fresno Center
Fall Cohort 2023 Family Learning Course Overview
Motivation in Education
This course is designed to equip families with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to support their children’s success and to be effective advocates on behalf of their children. The curriculum consists of topics that range from early childhood development to school readiness, good health, social and emotional well-being, economic well-being, parenting styles, and leadership and advocacy.
Raising Awareness to Healthy Eating
This course is designed to raise awareness, educate, and empower our Southeast Asian (SEA) community along with the greater community of Fresno about healthy eating and controlling portion eating. Motivating and actively encouraging families to take time to bond together and participate in small activities daily is important.
Cultural Learning and Celebration
The objective is for families to learn about different cultures in all forms such as analyzing and understanding the social context in which culture manifests itself. Families will learn some background history of the development of the focused countries, what is popular within the culture as well as learn about the traditional clothing, music, and important holidays.
Embracing Diversity and Food Experience
These lessons will teach about the culture element of food to help families get familiarized with unfamiliar tools. Families will have the opportunity to learn the origin of population traditional foods as well as get the opportunity to taste various dishes.