Resources

The CFEC develops and shares resources to support families and school districts to partner effectively.

Audience: School Staff, Audience: Teacher, Audience: Parent, Audience: Family Liaison or Advocate, Resource Type: Downloadable Resource, Topic: Family Engagement Planning, Age Group: Early Childhood Brielle Killip Audience: School Staff, Audience: Teacher, Audience: Parent, Audience: Family Liaison or Advocate, Resource Type: Downloadable Resource, Topic: Family Engagement Planning, Age Group: Early Childhood Brielle Killip

Equity in Family Engagement

This resource provides educators with tools and strategies that promote equity and inclusion and allow all students to be seen, visible, and valued in their classrooms and schools.

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Audience: School Staff, Audience: District Staff, Audience: Teacher, Audience: Assistant Principal, Audience: Community Partner, Audience: Counselor, Audience: District Staff-Family-School-Community Partnership, Audience: District Staff-MTSS, Audience: District Staff-Principal Coach, Audience: Family Liaison or Advocate, Audience: Front Office Personnel, Audience: Grandparent, Audience: Kin-relationship, Audience: Other, Audience: Parent, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Principal, Audience: Social Worker, Audience: Student, Resource Type: Other, Topic: Technology, Age Group: Adult Learning, Age Group: Early Childhood, Age Group: Elementary School (K-5), Age Group: High School (9-12), Age Group: Higher Education, Age Group: K-12, Age Group: Middle School (6-8), Age Group: Prek-12 Brielle Killip Audience: School Staff, Audience: District Staff, Audience: Teacher, Audience: Assistant Principal, Audience: Community Partner, Audience: Counselor, Audience: District Staff-Family-School-Community Partnership, Audience: District Staff-MTSS, Audience: District Staff-Principal Coach, Audience: Family Liaison or Advocate, Audience: Front Office Personnel, Audience: Grandparent, Audience: Kin-relationship, Audience: Other, Audience: Parent, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Principal, Audience: Social Worker, Audience: Student, Resource Type: Other, Topic: Technology, Age Group: Adult Learning, Age Group: Early Childhood, Age Group: Elementary School (K-5), Age Group: High School (9-12), Age Group: Higher Education, Age Group: K-12, Age Group: Middle School (6-8), Age Group: Prek-12 Brielle Killip

Digital Equity, Literacy, and Inclusion Initiative

by Digital Equity Team

The Office of the Future of Work, Colorado Broadband Office, and Office of eHealth Innovation make up the Digital Equity Team which works with partners to ensure all Coloradans have the digital skills, devices, and affordable access to the internet needed for full participation in our society, democracy, and economy.

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Audience: School Staff, Audience: District Staff, Audience: Teacher, Audience: Assistant Principal, Audience: Community Partner, Audience: Counselor, Audience: District Staff-Family-School-Community Partnership, Audience: District Staff-MTSS, Audience: District Staff-Principal Coach, Audience: Family Liaison or Advocate, Audience: Front Office Personnel, Audience: Grandparent, Audience: Kin-relationship, Audience: Other, Audience: Parent, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Principal, Audience: Social Worker, Audience: Student, Resource Type: Other, Resource Type: Training Brielle Killip Audience: School Staff, Audience: District Staff, Audience: Teacher, Audience: Assistant Principal, Audience: Community Partner, Audience: Counselor, Audience: District Staff-Family-School-Community Partnership, Audience: District Staff-MTSS, Audience: District Staff-Principal Coach, Audience: Family Liaison or Advocate, Audience: Front Office Personnel, Audience: Grandparent, Audience: Kin-relationship, Audience: Other, Audience: Parent, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Principal, Audience: Social Worker, Audience: Student, Resource Type: Other, Resource Type: Training Brielle Killip

CEI’s Social Emotional Development Ecosystem

by Colorado Education Initiative

CEI developed this Social Emotional Development Ecosystem to represent the interwoven components of creating a thriving environment for students, staff, families, and community members. The four rings of the ecosytem include: learning enviornments, systems of support, empowered students, and open partnerships.

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Audience: School Staff, Audience: District Staff, Audience: Teacher, Resource Type: Video, Topic: Parent-Teacher Conference, Age Group: Prek-12 Brielle Killip Audience: School Staff, Audience: District Staff, Audience: Teacher, Resource Type: Video, Topic: Parent-Teacher Conference, Age Group: Prek-12 Brielle Killip

Academic Parent Teacher Teams

by Maria Paredes

This is a video of an Academic Parent Teacher Team (APTT) meeting at Stanton Elementary school in Southeast Washington, D.C.. APTT is a family engagement strategy that aims to provide parents the information they need to be effective partners in supporting their childrens' education. The APTT model was developed in the Creighton school district in Phoenix, Arizona by Maria Paredes.

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Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Parent, Resource Type: Article, Topic: Artificial Intelligence, Age Group: K-12, Age Group: High School (9-12) Brielle Killip Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Parent, Resource Type: Article, Topic: Artificial Intelligence, Age Group: K-12, Age Group: High School (9-12) Brielle Killip

Guide to ChatGPT for Parents and Caregivers

by Raisa Masood, Common Sense Media

Find out how the artificial intelligence (AI) tool works and how to talk with kids about it.

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Resource Type: Book, Age Group: Prek-12, Audience: Student, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: School Staff, Audience: District Staff, Audience: Community Partner, Resource Type: Article, Topic: Academics, Age Group: Early Childhood, Age Group: Elementary School (K-5), Age Group: Middle School (6-8), Age Group: High School (9-12), Age Group: K-12, Age Group: Higher Education, Age Group: Adult Learning Brielle Killip Resource Type: Book, Age Group: Prek-12, Audience: Student, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: School Staff, Audience: District Staff, Audience: Community Partner, Resource Type: Article, Topic: Academics, Age Group: Early Childhood, Age Group: Elementary School (K-5), Age Group: Middle School (6-8), Age Group: High School (9-12), Age Group: K-12, Age Group: Higher Education, Age Group: Adult Learning Brielle Killip

American Parents Have No Idea How Their Kids Are Doing in School

by Jenny Anderson

Many American parents would be shocked to know where their kids were actually achieving. Nationally, 90% of parents think their children are reading and doing math at or above grade level. In fact, 26% of eighth graders are proficient or above in math and 31% are proficient or above in English, according to Learning Heroes, an organization that collects data and creates resources to improve parent-teacher relationships.

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Resource Type: Book, Age Group: Prek-12, Topic: School Climate and Culture Brielle Killip Resource Type: Book, Age Group: Prek-12, Topic: School Climate and Culture Brielle Killip

Belonging Through a Culture of Dignity: The Keys to Successful Equity Implementation

by Floyd Cobb (Author), John Krownapple (Author), Brenda CampbellJones (Foreword) 

Even with access to compelling theories and approaches such as multicultural education, culturally responsive teaching, culturally relevant instruction, culturally sustaining pedagogy, schools still struggle to implement equitable change that reshapes the academic experiences of students marginalized by the prevailing history, culture, and traditions in public education. Through their work, the authors aim to equip educators with the tools necessary to deliver the promise of democracy through schools by breaking the cycle of equity dysfunction once and for all.

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Resource Type: Book, Age Group: Prek-12, Topic: Family Engagement Planning Brielle Killip Resource Type: Book, Age Group: Prek-12, Topic: Family Engagement Planning Brielle Killip

Equity Partnerships: A Culturally Proficient Guide to Family, School, and Community Engagement 1st Edition

by Angela R. Clark-Louque (Author), Randall B. Lindsey (Author), Reyes L. Quezada (Author), Cynthia L. Jew (Author)

Discover new concepts and strategies to engage families and communities―and reduce, if not eliminate, barriers--through four essential principles: communication, connection, collaboration, and community.

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