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"
Click image to link to EMID	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 Forest Lake Schools Spring Lake Park White Bear Lake Roseville St. Paul South St. Paul South Washington County Stillwater West St. Paul & Mendota Heights	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

Partnership Coordinator: Gayle Smaller
Saint Paul Public Schools

Office of Family Engagement and Community Partnerships
360 Colborne Street
Saint Paul, MN 55102

Phone: 651-767-8308

Cell: 651-338-7825

Fax: 651-221-1488

Email: gayle.smaller@spps.org