Our Programs
IntellectPath offers a full continuum of services from family-facing community programs to professional development for educators and district-wide systems coaching. Every program is grounded in equity, designed with community input, and delivered in culturally and linguistically responsive ways.
Customizable for your school or district | Virtual and in-person delivery options
Empowering Families to Engage, Advocate, and Thrive
Our family-facing programs are designed to meet multilingual, immigrant, and refugee families where they are building confidence, community, and the practical knowledge needed to be full partners in their children’s education. All sessions are offered at times and locations that work for families.
Family Learning Circles
Community-Centered Learning
Family Learning Circles are guided, small-group sessions designed to bring multilingual and immigrant families together in a welcoming, low-barrier environment. Facilitated in participants’ home languages whenever possible, these sessions help families build peer connections, develop shared vocabulary around education, and explore practical strategies for supporting student learning at home. Topics include understanding report cards and assessments, building reading routines, navigating homework challenges, and communicating effectively with teachers. Each circle is structured around family voice where participants can shape the agenda, share lived experiences, and leave with tools they can use immediately. Circles are available as a 4-session series or as standalone community events, and can be co-facilitated with school staff as well as a community advocate to strengthen the school-family relationship.
Parent Advocacy Workshops
Rights, Voice & Self-Advocacy
These plain-language workshops equip families with the knowledge and confidence to advocate for their children within the school system. Sessions cover families’ legal rights under IDEA, Section 504, and Title I; how to read and respond to school communications; what to expect at parent-teacher conferences and IEP meetings; and how to raise concerns constructively with school staff and administrators. Workshops also address the rights of English Learner families under Title III and Minnesota Statute 123B.32, including the right to receive translated documents and access to qualified interpreters. Families leave with a personalized advocacy toolkit including key questions to ask, contact scripts, and a glossary of education terms in their home language.
Navigating the School System
Orientation for New-to-Country Families
Designed specifically for newly arrived immigrant and refugee families, this orientation series demystifies the U.S. public school system from the ground up. Sessions cover the structure of the K-12 system (elementary, middle, and high school), the roles of teachers, counselors, principals, and district staff, how school schedules and grading systems work, the enrollment and registration process, and what families can expect during the first weeks of school. The series also addresses cultural differences in school expectations including homework norms, parent involvement expectations, and discipline practices helping families navigate these systems with confidence rather than confusion. Available as a 3-session series or a single comprehensive orientation event, with multilingual facilitators and translated materials.
Navigating the School System
Orientation for New-to-Country Families
Designed specifically for newly arrived immigrant and refugee families, this orientation series demystifies the U.S. public school system from the ground up. Sessions cover the structure of the K-12 system (elementary, middle, and high school), the roles of teachers, counselors, principals, and district staff, how school schedules and grading systems work, the enrollment and registration process, and what families can expect during the first weeks of school. The series also addresses cultural differences in school expectations including homework norms, parent engagement expectations, and discipline practices helping families navigate these systems with confidence rather than confusion. Available as a 3-session series or a single comprehensive orientation event, with multilingual facilitators and translated materials.
Building Equitable Systems from the Inside Out
Our school and district programs build the capacity of educators, administrators, and systems to create genuinely inclusive environments where multilingual and immigrant families are not just welcomed but centered. From compliance support to transformative professional learning, IntellectPath meets your team where you are and helps you build toward where you need to be.
Culturally Responsive Teaching & Engagement Training
Professional Learning for Educators
This professional development series equips educators at all levels — classroom teachers, instructional coaches, school counselors, and administrators — with the frameworks, tools, and reflective practices needed to build genuinely inclusive classrooms and school cultures. Grounded in equity frameworks including the FACE Model, Zaretta Hammond’s Culturally Responsive Teaching, and the MN Family and Community Engagement Stages of Development Tool, sessions explore how implicit bias, cultural mismatch, and systemic barriers affect family engagement and student outcomes. Educators examine their own assumptions, learn concrete strategies for building trust with multilingual and immigrant families, and develop action plans for applying culturally responsive practices in their specific context. Available as a full-day workshop, a 6-session coaching series, or embedded professional learning communities (PLCs).
Language Access Compliance & Best Practices
Legal Compliance & Systems Support
IntellectPath provides comprehensive support to help schools and districts meet their obligations under Minnesota Statute 123B.32 and federal Title VI, Title III, and IDEA language access requirements. Services include a full language access audit of current district practices, policies, and communications; development or revision of a written Language Access Plan; staff training on when and how to use qualified interpreters and translators; guidance on building a vetted interpreter roster; and support for documenting language access services in student records. We also provide training on the distinction between bilingual staff and qualified interpreters, the risks of using students or untrained family members as interpreters, and best practices for remote interpreting (OPI/VRI). Districts receive a compliance checklist, policy templates, and ongoing coaching to sustain improvements over time.
Building Inclusive Family Engagement Plans
Coaching & Co-Creation
Many schools have family engagement plans that look good on paper but fail to reach the families who need them most. IntellectPath works alongside school and district teams to design equity-centered family engagement plans that are built with families, not just for them. Our co-creation process begins with a listening campaign — structured conversations with multilingual families, community liaisons, and frontline staff to identify barriers, assets, and priorities. From there, we facilitate a collaborative planning process that results in a multi-year Family Engagement Action Plan aligned with the FACE Model’s seven essential elements: welcoming environment, communication, learning at home, volunteering, decision-making, community collaboration, and advocacy. Schools receive a completed plan, an implementation roadmap, and a set of measurable indicators to track progress over time.
Supporting Multilingual Learners with Disabilities
EL & Special Education Intersection
Students who are both English Learners and eligible for special education services — often called ‘dually identified’ or ‘dually served’ students — are among the most underserved in our school systems. This workshop series addresses the unique legal, linguistic, and instructional considerations that arise when EL identification, IEP development, and language access obligations intersect. Topics include the legal requirements for EL identification and re-designation, how to distinguish a language difference from a learning disability, the rights of EL families in the IEP process (including the right to a qualified interpreter at all IEP meetings), how to write IEP goals that account for language acquisition, and how to ensure that accommodations and services are meaningful — not just compliant. Sessions are designed for special education teachers, EL specialists, school psychologists, and IEP team members, and can be delivered as a standalone workshop or a multi-session series with case study practice.
Not sure which program is right for you?
Every school and community is different. We offer free 30-minute discovery calls to help you identify the right combination of services for your context, budget, and goals.