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Delia Montecinos

Community School Coordinator

United Community hosted at Whitman

Middle School

Dvmontecino1@fcps.edu

(571) 268-3070

www.unitedcommunity.org/programs

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Connect with me on Linkedln

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Engagement events with feeder pattern schools

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Engagement events with feeder pattern schools

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FACE team in the school wirking on deeper engagement with families

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Engaging our schools in professional development around family engagement best practices so that schools embed family engagement is everything they do.

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Family Engagement is doing WITH Family Support is doing FOR finding a balance to bring both and work with parents as co creators. Giving them food and wrap around services without a voice is not engagement.

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Family Engagement is doing WITH Family Support is doing FOR finding a balance to bring both and work with parents as co creators. Giving them food and wrap around services without a voice is not engagement.

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families are more open because they are in their comfort zone

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Family Engagement Cohort with strategically selected schools

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Reach out to more parents more frequently and encourage them to volunteer/participate in school events 

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Reach out to more parents more frequently and encourage them to volunteer/participate in school events 

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Use available title funding to enhance and build equitable practices

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Work collaboratively with the SPARK office to build business and community partnerships.

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That all people understand they are responsible for family engagement: teachers, administrators, families and students. 

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That all people understand they are responsible for family engagement: teachers, administrators, families and students. 

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Engaging our schools in professional development around family engagement best practices so that schools embed family engagement is everything they do.

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Enhance access to available resources

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Intententionally do less but high quality things for pay

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Holding parent focus groups to better understand needs

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Adult English Classes and Child Enrichment 

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Adult English Classes and Child Enrichment 

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Family night at the diamond (baseball)

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Family and parent academies:  learning opportunities for families 

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Family and parent academies:  learning opportunities for families 

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Practice: reaching out to parents or families through different means 

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Practice: reaching out to parents or families through different means 

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Providing family education programming in a family’s home language. This builds trust and safety for families.

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Virginia Community School Framework | Virginia Department of Education

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News & Announcements

Community Schools Grant Application

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is providing a funding opportunity for Virginia school divisions to support the development and implementation of community schools.

To apply for funding under this opportunity, school divisions are required to submit the completed application no later than December 9, 2022. Applications must be submitted electronically by email to Alexandra.Javna@doe.virginia.gov.

Virginia Community School Framework

The Virginia Community School Framework (VCSF) (Word) seeks to remove nonacademic barriers to learning as a means to enhance student academic success.

Schools or divisions embedding this framework address these barriers and open doors for student success.

Community schools vigorously pursue equity by creating opportunities, empowering communities, providing wrap-around services, and meeting students where they are, every day.

VCSF Branches of Support

The four categories below represent the branches of supports a school provides to students through the VCSF.

Basic Needs;

Emotional and Mental Health Needs;

Student Engagement and Motivation; and

Family and Community Engagement.

VCSF Key Elements

The VCSF aligns with the Virginia Department of Education's commitment to maximizing the potential of all learners through the following key elements:

Rich data sources to determine the root cause of problems and identify student/community needs;

Shared leadership of school goals and outcomes;

Supportive of basic needs and emotional/mental health needs;

Engagement of students and families in authentic, supportive ways;

Comprehensive school plans that are the result of collaboration between school staff, community stakeholders, families, and students; and

Unifying partnerships with community organizations and businesses.

National Models

Framework Tools

Basic Need Resources

Emotional/Mental Health Resources

Student Engagement and Motivation Resources

Family Engagement Resources

Additional Community Schools Guides and Models

Data Collection Resources

Data Sources

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Virginia Community School Framework | Virginia Department of Education

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The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is providing a funding opportunity for Virginia school divisions to support the development and implementation of community schools. To apply for funding under this opportunity, school divisions are required to submit the completed application no later than December 9, 2022.

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A community form to bring together stakeholders and community organizations to learn of one another’s efforts and build partnerships and collaborations

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How to start a community school?

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Supporting families who speak various languages 

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Supporting families who speak various languages 

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Deeper connection with students and families who participate 

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Deeper connection with students and families who participate 

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Things shouldn't be done for free all the time - this empowers professionals

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Want to learn more

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Bridging among diverse families communities and complex issues around their needs/wants. Whose voice do we hear.

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Not enough academic supports to help children catch up.  

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Not enough academic supports to help children catch up.  

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Grandparents unexpectedly raising grandchildren

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Financial Limitations
Educational Barriers
Language Barriers
Transportation Limitations
Time Constraints

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Mental health counseling in school setting

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Lack of resources

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Grandparents becoming parents to grandchildren

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Grandparents becoming parents to grandchildren

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Trauma

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Lack of connection

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Olivia Funnye

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Behavior issues

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Academics and pressure to meet SOLs and force kids to be on a certain level are leaving little room for meeting trauma and SEL needs.

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Separation/ relocation

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Limited resources

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Access to supports and services for families in their home languages.

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Violence in school

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Mental health

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Early childhood for ALL

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Gun violence

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Poverty
Trauma
Parental instability

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Arlington Public Schoold

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Meaningful family engagement

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Addiction & Poverty

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Losing parents and caregivers

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Julie Freeman-Moore

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Emily Underwood

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By completing this form, you are consenting to sharing your information with other participants in your state meeting.

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https://padlet.com/thefcenetwork/2023-csxfe-virginia-f3f7npi4nxdjgrvi

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This year’s conference theme is Spreading Love & Supporting All Children.
- 11:45: Welcome & Overview - Participants will enter contact information into survey
- 12:00: Think of ONE issue children & families are facing in our state that can use some love.
-12:05: Go around the room introducing yourself and sharing your issue, and STAY with others as a TEAM that share your SAME issue.
-12:10: Have TEAMS share their issue on the Padlet and announce out loud, “Children & families in my state can use some more love in…”
- 12:15: Open your QR codes and individually think through the first 2 Questions
- 12:20: Take 5 minutes to read through everyone’s comments.
- 12:25: Talk at your tables about the opportunities to advance community schools & family engagement.
- 12:35: Type your BEST opportunities in Q3
- 12:40: Individually read through all the opportunities and put a “Heart” for the ONE you can get behind.
- 12:45: If a big group, divide into tables based on TOP ideas. If small group, choose one idea.
- 12:50: Brainstorm and place in the “Comments” of the “Opportunity”
- 1:05: Share Outs
- 1:15: Adjourn