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Family, School, and Community Partnerships�Coffee Chat

Please Rename Yourself:

  • Name, District

April 17, 2026

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Office of Family, School, and Community Partnerships

Systemic

Support

Structure

Office of FSCP

Coordinate family engagement across the Colorado Department of Education

Work with district-level staff to support their unique needs

Staff the State Advisory Council for Parent Involvement in Education (SACPIE)

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FSCP Coffee Chats

Coffee Chats:

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  • 11 years and counting!
  • Specific for district points of contact
  • Opportunity to learn from each other
  • Highlights promising practices
  • Creates a community of collaboration

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Logistics:

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  • Meets monthly August-May
  • Third Friday of the month (mostly)
  • Most virtual, some hybrid
  • Problem of Practice during virtual chats

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Small Group Introductions

Name

District

Share one recent partnership activity that felt like a 'win.'

How did you know it was successful—was it a feeling, a number, or a specific outcome?"

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Office of FSCP 2025-2026 Theme

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FSCP Trail Map

FSCP Trail Map for Schools

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Back to the Framework…

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Step 4: Evaluate the Outcomes

  • Schools with strong FSCP programs use the goals they set in their annual plan as an anchor for their evaluation practices.
  • FSCP teams assess the quality and progress of:
    • Program development;
    • Outreach to families and the community;
    • Impact on and outcomes for families;
    • Impact on and outcomes for schools; and most importantly,
    • Impact on and outcomes for students.
  • They do this by…
    • Debriefing and reflecting on the quality of practices;
    • Discussing the quality of their teamwork and collaborations; and
    • Reviewing the cumulative record of partnership practices to decide what to keep, what to improve, what to stop, and what to start in the next year.

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Panel

Kristin Schmitt

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Director of Family Partnerships and Service

Carlos Lopez

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Director of Technology Services

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Promising Partnership Practices

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Questions

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2025-2026 Coffee Chat Evaluation

Summative Evaluation

  • Asks the question, “How did we do?”
  • Assesses program efficacy by examining the whole structure, overall goals, and collective impact.
  • Informs organizational decision-making.
  • Validates systemic success.
  • Uses aggregate data, cost-benefit analyses, broad surveys of target populations.

Coffee Chat Evaluation Link

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Thank you!�Office of FSCP Website