Saint Paul Public Schools
Interdistrict Classroom Partnership Initiative
Welcome to the St. Paul Public Schools Partnerships Program
St. Paul Public School's
Office of Educational Equity
in collaboration with
East Metro Integration Districts 6067 (EMID)

MISSION

"Create inclusive learning environments by infusing instructional strategies with cross-cultural experiences that will enable students, parents, teachers and other stakeholders to develop a broader cross-cultural understanding and appreciation"
"Providing all stakeholders
increased opportunities for
inter-cultural understanding
and growth"

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The Inter-district Classroom Partnership Initiative is a collaborative effort of East Metro Integration District 6067 (EMID) and its member-districts, funded by EMID and based in the Saint Paul Public Schools Office of Educational Equity and located in the Multi cultural Resource Center at Arlington Senior High School.


PURPOSE

  • The Minnesota Desegregation Rule, requires schools and communities to work together to design effective voluntary strategies for creating inclusive learning environments.
  • The eleven district EMID Collaborative works to increase voluntary integration efforts between the students in Saint Paul and the surrounding eastern suburbs.


    • GOALS

  • The development of culturally inclusive learning experiences for students, parents, and community that build lasting relationships, create collaborations and bridge member districts with Saint Paul Schools.
  • The use of methods and practices that support standards and high achievement for all students.
  • Learning activities that seek to dismantle a precondition for low expectations for any identified groups of students.

    • The eleven EMID-member school districts are:
  • Inver Grove Heights
  • Mahtomedi
  • North St. Paul, Maplewood & Oakdale
  • White Bear Lake
  • Roseville
  • St. Paul
  • South St. Paul
  • South Washington County
  • Stillwater
  • West St. Paul & Mendota Heights
  • Spring Lake Park

    • A true partnership has the added components of:
  • Cultural Enrichment 
  • Academic Rigor
  • Mutually beneficial outcomes
  • Increased classroom performance
  • Planning time
  • Transportation provided free
    •

    EMID works to increase voluntary, inter-racial contact between the students of Saint Paul and the suburban EMID-member districts.

    The Mission of the Inter-District Classroom Partnership Initiative is to help infuse academic and cross cultural learning experiences that help support connectedness between students, teachers, school districts, and communities. The SPPS/EMID Classroom Partnership Coach/Facilitator's role is to match up classrooms and support/facilitate partnerships, ensuring the inclusion of effective academic and cultural strategies in the partnerships.

    For further information, or to explore a classroom partnership, contact:

    Inter-district Classroom Partnerships
    Coach/Facilitator: Steve Severance
    Arlington Senior High School, Multicultural Resource Center
    1495 Rice Street (at Nebraska)
    Saint Paul, MN 55117
    Phone: (651) 487-7363
    Fax: (651) 487-7330
    stephen.severance@spps.org
    or
    Office of Educational Equity
    Director: Yusef Mgeni,
    360 Colborne Street
    4th Floor
    St. Paul, MN  55102
    Phone: (651) 767-8338
    Fax: (651) 291-1488
    yusef.mgeni@spps.org