Family, School, and Community Partnerships

Component Definition: 

Families, early-childhood programs, schools, and communities actively partnering to develop, implement, and evaluate effective and equitable practices to improve educational outcomes for children and youth.

• 3.1: The COMTSS District Implementation Team guides FSCP implementation by completing the FSCP Self-Assessment Rubric User’s Guide and includes high impact FSCP strategies in the district’s Unified Improvement Plan or strategic plan.

• 3.2: The COMTSS District Implementation Team provides guidance to schools about resources for high-quality professional learning in effective FSCP practices. 

• 3.3: The COMTSS district decision-making teams utilize multiple means for two-way communication with families to create an inclusive culture.

• 3.4: The COMTSS District Implementation Team designs capacity-building opportunities for families to lead and participate in district planning, school improvement strategies, academic, social, and community events to inform the district’s family engagement policy.

• 3.5: The COMTSS District Implementation Team has a process to inform learners and families about assessments and their purposes, frequencies, dates, and outcomes, and how to interpret results.

• 3.1: The COMTSS School Implementation Team includes high impact FSCP strategies in the school’s Unified Improvement Plan or strategic plan.
   

• 3.2: The COMTSS School Implementation Team provides dedicated time and resources for high-quality professional learning in effective FSCP practices.

• 3.3: The COMTSS school decision-making teams practice high impact strategies for staff to build trusting relationships with learners and families and embed family voice and shared leadership throughout the system.

• 3.4: The COMTSS School Implementation Team designates a family engagement lead that provides capacity-building opportunities for families to be active partners in school.

• 3.5: The COMTSS School Implementation Team prioritizes shared responsibility with families in data-based problem-solving and decision-making at all levels.

Practice profile - district (PDF)

Practice profile - school (PDF)

Practice profile - district and school (PDF)

Practice profile - regional (PDF)

Practice profile - regional & district (PDF)

Articles:

• Engaging Families in Early Childhood Education
• Partnering with Families in an RtI Framework: Colorado Department of Education
• Powerful Parents
• Schools, Families, and Response to Intervention
• Working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families

Websites:

• CDE Parent and Family Resources page
• Parents Encouraging Parents (PEP)
• State Advisory Council on Parent Involvement in Education (SACPIE)
• Colorado Special Education Advisory Committee (CSEAC)
• Global Family Research Project
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
• National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement (NAFSCE)
• National Parent Teacher Association
• School Community Network - Just Connect