Strong Family and Community Partnerships: Dropout Prevention Framework

Overview

Foundational practices are focused on proactive systems-level efforts to engage students fully in learning. Foundational practices provide the groundwork for the implementation of the four dropout prevention strategies and are important structures to engage students. They are built off of and align to school improvement and student success efforts in Colorado including Colorado’s Four Domains of Rapid School Improvement; Multi-Tiered System of Supports; Landscape of Well-Being (coming soon); and Family, School, and Community Partnerships.

Strong Family and Community Partnerships:

Building family, school, and community partnerships can increase engagement and prevent students from dropping out of school. When families are involved in their child’s education, particularly in high school, students are more likely to have higher attendance, a positive attitude about school, and improved academic achievement. Partnering with community groups (e.g., community-based organizations, neighborhood associations) can support the academic success and well-being of students, especially in the upper grades when opportunities for career-connected learning can increase.

Documents

Dropout Prevention Framework: This document includes the full framework, with foundational practices, prioritized strategies, and research citations.

Implementation Spotlight

This section will be updated during the 2023-24 school year.

Implementation Guides

CDE Resources:

Measuring Parent Engagement and Family Involvement in Schools includes a list of scales that can be used with parents/guardians to measure their involvement and ability to support the learning of their child(ren).
School-Family-Community Partnership Survey is a tool that districts and schools can use to assess perceptions around family partnerships and outreach.
CDE’s Family-School-Community Partnerships Framework supports the development of active family partnerships and includes implementation resources such as a user’s guide with self-assessment rubrics for schools and parents.
Collaborating With Community. CDE’s Promising Partnership Practices are aligned with the National Standards for Family-School Partnerships and offer district and school leaders practice they can utilize.
Colorado Multi-tiered System of Supports [MTSS] Online Academy provides training resources for each topic in MTSS.