Renee Martinez, Colorado Department of Education, Office of Blended and Online Learning

Melissa Watts D49 Family Community Liaison

Hi Ari!! Nice to see you!

Good to see you Kim!!

Jessica Gutierrez- Family Engagement Specialist/Thompson School District- Loveland, Co.

Good Morning! Clarice Fortunato-Englewood Schools, District Family, School and Community Liaison

Hi @Kim Seefried! Nice to see you!

Alicia Munoz - AmeriCorp Member working in Englewood District

We found that with our SEAC. Virtual SEAC has allowed so many families to engage who otherwise have not been able attend

Hi Becky! Please tell Rex I said hi. I hope the kids are well.

Lauren Stuart D49 Community Liaison :)

Happy Friday! Tracie Apel, Communications Specialist, Jeffco Public Schools

@Kim. Will do! They are doing well.

I remember the first one!

Allesha Beaulieu - Educational Stability Program Specialist, Thompson School District

I registered. Super excited!

https://www.cde.state.co.us/uip/fscp-fillable-rubric

Darcy we are going to show it to our SACs at our SAC training this month.

Hello! Susie Kirvin from Jeffco Title I - Community and Family Connections

In district 49 we all work together on a regular basis!

Yes!

Yes for Greeley

Yes in Adams 12 we all work with Lisle Reeds team at some evel

We work with liaisons, community care representatives, CLDE families, and military liaison

Yes for Jeffco

I am the McKinney and Family Engagement person so I work pretty well with myself. :)

Glad to hear that, Leslie!!! :)

I have the opportunity to partner with the school nurse in Platte Valley RE-7. As the school social worker, I'm also the Family Engagement person.

At Thompson our federal programs FSCP team all works together to identify and support HM students! Many of our team joined this call!

We have a family liaison making calls to students and parents, coordinating with Luis Chavez and school counselors

So important Keya!

Thank you, Keya!

Really good points Keya!

Keep the ideas coming in the chat!!!

Home visits, Boulder!

One of my schools is starting a mentorship program.

Hi everyone - SO sorry I am late;) I am Jamie Skaronea MKV Service Coordinator with Westminster Public Schools

We recently engaged building principals to raise their awareness about HM students and overall student disengagement, and to collect information about the different strategies and tracking processes they have in place for identifying and re-engaging students. We also asked them to identify the barriers they see to re-engagement and what supports they need from us. The data is really rich and we are acting on it now!

Doria, how does the mentorship program work?

Cheryl, that's awesome!!! I want to hear more. We must catch up

We haven't started yet. Instructional staff and admin has a group of about 7 kids with whom they will meet every Monday. We are starting with doing restorative justice circles and slowly building to where we can talk about issues bothering kids and address attendance and grades. We will be the assigned contact person for the family as well.

Doria, I love that idea! Please keep us posted about how it goes.

Sorry I have to sign off...I have another meeting. Thanks for the information!

https://www.cde.state.co.us/cdereval/pupilcurrent

Thanks, Renee!!! Hooray for team work

Thanks Renee!

A little off topic but speaking of social media…In a recent SAC meeting I attended a parent came up with a great suggestion. When talking about getting communication out about social media and webpages that are not getting much use, the parent suggested that on those awesome yard signs you see around town (i.e. My child is a proud 5th grade student at ____) add something that says something like…do not forget to check out our social media/website page @ _____. Very visible.

That's a great idea Clarice! Thanks for sharing

love that!!!

So cool! And keeps admin leadership connected to students and families.

Thanks, Kerry…so many good examples…I’m from KC originally…appreciate the reference. :-)

@Kim Watchorn … you should see the PBS Newshour featuring Kerry from 2017. Good stuff!

I'll send the zoom fatigue info in a follow-up email. The info that Clarice is sharing now

Looks like we have 2,662 fewer CO MV students identified this year (10,999) vs last year (13,661) based on the Oct. count snapshot

I will be there Darcy.

Thank you so much!

Thanks!

To everyone- please let me know if I can be additional support- Wrenick_k@cde.state.us

Thank you everyone! Looking forward to the ReFraming Institute and our SAC/DAC training!

Yay for MLK https://www.education.com/worksheet/article/mlk-wish-tags/