Households will
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improve abilities to support students’ literacy.
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understand how education systems operate and their rights to advocate.
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foster and trust improved communication with school staff.
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create meaningful collaboration with the school to identify opportunities or concerns.
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understand grade-level expectations and monitoring progress.
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gain equitable access to resources and learning opportunities.
Schools will
develop infrastructure for strong family-school partnerships
employ collaboration leadership with families.
create a peer community to build and strengthen family-school partnerships.
have the capacity to continue delivering training after the cohort has ended.
develop a clear and comprehensive set of expectations for FSCP
implement high-impact FSCP strategies and structures.
School Districts will
develop and implement policies, structures, and practices across units.
develop and implement guidance and best practices for FSCP policies, structures, and practices.
participate in peer community to strengthen tools and strategies.
The State will
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ensure that the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) has a clear and comprehensive set of expectations in place to guide internal offices as well as districts/LEAs for foundational FSCP practices and structures.
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experience how CDE staff will demonstrate their belief in and capacity to integrate and deliver high-impact FSCP strategies and structures across the department and to district partners throughout the state.
What We Believe
We believe that for Family-School-Community Partnership (FSCP) strategies to realize their full potential, we must create shared responsibility across all levels of leadership. Our levers of support are:
Where We Belong
We belong to the national network of Statewide Family Engagement Centers (SFEC) through the Department of Education. SFEC enhances collaboration and communication between schools, families, and communities.
How We Gather
We gather and organize family, school, district, and state leaders in Colorado around 4 key levers:
FSCP Resources will
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be available and include print materials, web-based content, federal grant funding, foundation support, in-kind contributions, and research-based Family-School-Community Partnership (FSCP) resources.
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ensure educators across Colorado can access tools and strategies to foster robust family-school partnerships at the school level.
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resources will provide families spanning pre-kindergarten through 12th grade throughout Colorado with equitable access to resources and learning opportunities. These resources aim to enhance their knowledge, skills, and confidence for engaging with their students' schools and districts at the household level.
Training will
inform educators on high-impact Family-School-Community Partnership (FSCP) strategies.
provide district and state-level training on the foundational aspects of FSCP, such as research-based approaches and reframing strategies.
implement trainer-of-trainers programs for district leaders to disseminate high-impact FSCP strategies, along with training systems for relationship-based home visits at the district level.
conduct three training sessions for teachers at the school level focused on welcoming all families, equitable and effective communication, and supporting student success.
Coaching will
involve working with FSCP leadership teams to advance policies for elevating and integrating FSCP across units at the state level.
provide district leaders with monthly individualized sessions to support their development at the district level.
offer school leaders monthly individualized sessions to assist in building infrastructure for FSCP at the school level.
Collaborative Network will
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involve school administrators and educators employing collaborative leadership with families to identify and address opportunities and concerns at the school level as well as provide facilitated learning networks.
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entail families are meaningfully collaborating and sharing leadership with school staff and administrators to identify and address opportunities and concerns at the household level.
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see Colorado families being active and collaborative partners in decision-making at the school building and district level within their households.
Project Goals
The overarching goals of this project are to:
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Develop clear expectations and guidance around implementing evidence-based FSCP practices and structures at the state, district, and school building level.
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Increase implementation of FSCP practices and structures at each of these levels by cultivating the mindsets and skills of leadership and staff.
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Equip families with the self-belief, knowledge, and skills to fully realize their potential as academic partners and active collaborators in decision-making.