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Our Team – Julia (Julie) Pile

 

Julia (Julie) Pile is a business women, small entrepreneur, community connector and education advocate.

She has been married to her husband John for 21 years and has a daughter, Sophia, who is a Freshman at University of Kentucky and a son, Joseph, who is in Junior at Boone County High School. Her children have attended Boone County Schools their entire lives.

Julie has a passion to bring families, schools and the community together for the success of all of our students.  She goes by the philosophy that we are all better when we work together. Building relationships, supporting each other and sharing our experiences to help one another.  Julie is a firm believer in transparency, which is why during her current term as chair of the Board of Education, she made it a priority to revamp, document and open up the the committee process.  Due to this work, additional stakeholders now have a voice on committees – students, families, community members, teachers and staff.

Working full time as an administrator at a medium sized law firm and a new parent of a kindergartner, started Julie down the path of becoming involved in the schools.  She began volunteering her time building the PTA’s website.  Eventually she moved into the role as Treasurer and served as the school’s PTA President for two years.

She was invited by another parent to participate in the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence‘s Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership in 2012 and her passion for parent engagement was ignited. She has served on numerous school and district committees along with being on the Camp Ernst Middle School’s SBDM Council for the 2017-2018 academic year.

In 2016, along with educators and other parents from across the United States, Julie started the non-profit ParentCamp, Inc.  ParentCamp brings parents, guardians, mentors, grandparents, teachers, administration, staff, and community members together in facilitated conversations to encourage all parties have a voice and learn from each other.  ParentCamp is a partner with the United States Department of Education where six ParentCamps have been held.  Julie and her collogue Laura Gilchrist travel across the country training school teams in the transformational family-school-community engagement model which they developed.

Julie served on the Boone County School Board from 2018 to 2022.   She constantly provides opportunities for parents in Northern Kentucky to connect to resources and build relationships with each other.  When the GROWNKY Collaborative reached out to her to assist in helping parents learn of opportunities available for students, she jumped at the opportunity to provide it ParentCamp style.  Over 100 families participated in the ParentCampNKY – College and Career edition virtual event in September of 2021 that a second one was offered in January of 2022.  Julie was selected to be an inaugural recipient of the Ed Trust Fund’s Family Fellowship program which focuses on advocating for educational equity. In 2017, Julie was selected by the Prichard Committee for her ongoing and tireless work in the family and community engagement arena to receive the inaugural Beverly Nickels Raimondo Parent Leadership Award, named in honor of the found of the Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership program.

In 2020, ParentCamp was approached by the US Department of Health & Human Services – Association for Children and Families to help them think of ways to “radicalize” family engagement.  The work culminated in a week long event which engaged various stakeholders through a series of week long events.  Julie and ParentCamp were honored to be asked to kick off the week ParentCamp style.  Over 200 participants in multiple languages engaged in over 20 rooms with various topics in facilitated dialogue.  The work of the week was highlighted in Radical Family Engagement Journey Map published by ACF.

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Summary

  • Wife, mother of a freshman at University of Kentucky and junior at Boone County High School
  • Passionate about family and community engagement in all of our schools – it is by all of us working together that we will help our children and schools be successful
  • Passionate about student and families’ mental wellness and building support systems
  • With background in community colleges, strongly believes in not only college but career readiness and lifelong learning
  • Committed to safe schools with a positive learning environment with deeper learning and work based experiences
  • Experience in industries outside education so I can pull upon many experiences and perspectives in decision making
  • Through my work with ParentCamp, I have been vetted by the current and past two Presidential administrations to work with the United States Department of Education.  We have been an official partner with a MOU with the USDOE.  

Qualifications & Experiences (School & Parent/Community Engagement Related)

  • President and Co-Founder of ParentCamp
  • Inaugural United We Learn Council Member (1 of 67 from across the state of Kentucky)
  • Co-hosted a tv show on the e360tv network – Thriving Women Channel – Every Child Can Learn
  • 2022 Chair of the Boone County Board of Education
  • 2022 Recipient of the Northern Kentucky Education Council Robert J. Storer Business/Education Champion Award
  • Accepted into the 2023 Leadership Northern Kentucky Class
  • Board Member, RefugeeConnect
  • Founding member of the Kentucky Collaborative for Families and Schools
  • Founding member of a Federal Think Tank with the US Department of Health and Services – Association for Children and Families, Early Childhood Catalyst and US Department of Education to provide parent lens PRIOR to legislation being written
  • KHSAA Swim & Dive Official, NKSL Swim & Dive Official
  • Donates many, many hours of graphic design, social media, carpooling, fundraising and communications services for numerous schools and teams
  • Frequent presenter at conferences local, state and nationally on the topic of family, school and community engagement – creating a school ecosystem
  • Coach of Stephens Elementary and/or Camp Ernst Middle School Quick Recall teams for five years
  • Former Kentucky State PTA Board Member
  • 2018 Inaugural Fellowship Class for the Ed Trust Fund Parent Leadership Fellowship
  • 2017 Inaugural Recipient of the Beverly Raimondo Kentucky Parent Leadership Award
  • 2017 Recipient of both House & Senate Citations from the Kentucky General Assembly for leading parent engagement initiatives in Boone County and throughout the state and country
  • Member of the Enquirer’s Education and Family Life Roundtable panel
  • 2017 Served on Principal Selection Committee for Ignite Institute
  • First Boone County Schools Parent Ambassador
  • Coordinated and lead Parent Led Parent Tours at Camp Ernst Middle School
  • Facilitator and speaker at Prichard Committee for Educational Excellence Parent Leadership events
  • Camp Ernst Middle School SBDM Parent Representative for the 2017-2018 Academic Year
  • 2016 Boone County Schools Calendar Committee
  • 2015 Bammy Educator Voice Award for Parent Leadership
  • 2015 Boone County Schools Capital Construction Planning Committee
  • Former board member for the Boone County Education Foundation, had to resign to due meeting time conflict with coaching of Academic Team matches
  • 2014 Boone County School Strategic Plan Committee
  • Northern Kentucky Education Council Parent Engagement Team Founding Member
  • Past President and many officer roles of Stephens Elementary PTA
  • Two time recipient of the Boone County School’s Parent Power Award for service to Stephens Elementary and Camp Ernst Middle School
  • 2012 Fellow of the Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership
  • Worked at Camp Ernst Middle School during the 2016-2017 academic year leading their marketing and social media initiatives, this also gave me a good understanding of the inside of working in a school in our district
  • Substitute teacher 2014-2016, since I had to be a certified substitute for coaching the Quick Recall teams, I periodically substituted in various elementary grade levels.  I learned a lot by this experience, experiencing a day in the life of a teacher.  Every parent should spend a day as a teacher.

Qualifications & Experiences (Business and Community Related, even though it all really ties back to providing opportunities for our kids and families)

  • Founder/President of Stinger Media, LLC
    • In the third year of providing work based learning experiences for high school students in the areas of journalism, websites and social media
  • President-Elect for 2023-2024 club year and active member of the Rotary Club of Florence, Kentucky
  • Through Rotary Club of Florence, Kentucky have participated in Senior Exit Interviews at Boone, Cooper and Ryle high schools for the past four years
  • Written and awarded three grants through Rotary District 6740 for projects at Jones Middle School, Boone County High School and Stephens Elementary School
  • Creator/moderator of the NKy Regional Calendar which is housed at the NKy Tribune.
  • In conjunction with the World Maker Expo, coordinates NKY Camps & Activities Fest to help families connect to resources and activities in the area
  • Created and moderate various community groups on Facebook to build community such as:
  •  PSR Religious Education teacher for eight years for grades 1-6 at St Timothy Church
  • Fiscal Officer and Treasurer for Terra Community College prior to moving to Kentucky in 2001, managed a budget of $65 million
  • Analyst for Budgets & Systems for Owens Community College, managed a budget of $128 million

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