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The Rocky Mountain Family Engagement Collective (RMFEC) is a statewide initiative in Colorado dedicated to strengthening meaningful partnerships among families, schools, and communities to support student success and promote sustainable family engagement practices. The Collective offers tailored resources, training, coaching, and collaborative networks that empower families, educators, and education leaders to build trust, listen deeply, and work together toward better outcomes for students.
RMFEC’s mission is to elevate family engagement as a key driver of student achievement, ensuring families feel supported and valued as essential partners in education. Through high-impact strategies and activities, the Collective enhances communication, builds leadership capacity, and catalyzes systemic shifts that create stronger family-school partnerships across Colorado.
Keystone’s Leadership and Management
Keystone Policy Center serves as the managing organization for the RMFEC, guiding the Collective’s strategic direction and collaborative processes. In 2023, Keystone was selected by the U.S. Department of Education to lead the new Statewide Family Engagement Center in Colorado, building on Keystone’s decades of experience in multi-stakeholder collaboration and education leadership. In this role, Keystone partners with state and local education agencies, national engagement experts, and community organizations to design and implement evidence-based family engagement practices statewide.
Through our facilitation and strategic support, Keystone helps ensure the RMFEC:
- Develops shared expectations and best practices for family-school-community partnerships across multiple levels of the education system.
- Holds structured training and coaching programs that prepare educators and leaders to engage families more effectively.
- Supports collaborative learning networks that bring educators, families, and district leaders together for sustained professional growth.
Keystone’s role elevates RMFEC’s impact by integrating family voices into systems-level change and strengthening the capacity of schools and districts to meaningfully partner with families as co-creators of student success.
What You’ll Find Through The Collective
RMFEC provides:
- Resources and tools for educators and families focused on building trusting relationships, effective communication, and collaborative problem-solving.
- Training and professional development opportunities designed around research-based engagement strategies.
- Structured cohort programs and professional learning communities that help teams implement sustained engagement work in their local contexts.
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