Welcome to the
 Office of
  Community Engagement

Deepening Engagement with Families and the Community

 

Instructional Core:

  Office of Community Engagement Alignment with the 2010 Denver Plan:

 

Families, as well as the larger Denver community, are essential partners in helping our students achieve at dramatically higher levels and graduate from high school ready for college or career.

 

 

 

 

 To ensure family and community engagement effectively supports the instructional core, we will:

  • Deepen and strengthen parent and family engagement classroom by classroom, school by school.
  • Engage and inform DPS students, families, and the community about DPS strategies and initiatives.
  • Foster dialogue and input from stakeholders to promote civic engagement and ownership of public schools.
  • Partner with nonprofits, faith communities, philanthropic groups, and others to support Denver’s students with streamlined services that are focused on improving student achievement.
  • Leverage partnerships with the City and County of Denver and other governmental agencies.
  • Forge formal partnerships and secure additional resources promoting college entry and success.

View the Denver Plan Executive Summary

View Community Engagement Calendar and Events

 

 We are always seeking opportunities to strengthen our engagement efforts.  If you would like to get involved in Community and Parent Engagement, find out more about our work, or have solution-driven ideas, thoughts and perspective, we want to hear from you!  Please contact us:

DeVita Bruce
720-423-2026
Project Manager
Department of Regional Community Engagement
(Regions: Far Northeast, Central Northeast, Near Northeast, Southeast)

Diane Gomez
720-423-3350
Executive Secretary, Office of Community Engagement
(Department-wide Administrative Support)

Maria Irivarren
720-423-2070
Regional Community Engagement Coordinator
(Supports Regional Community Engagement Processes)

Gia Irlando
720-287-9907
Project Manager
Department of Regional Community Engagement
(Regions: Northwest, West High School Reform, Southwest)

Yvonne Miranda
720-423-3613
Bi-lingual Outreach Coordinator
Office of Community Engagement
(Outreach & Inclusion for Non-English Speakers)

Roxanne Nice
720-839-2473
Director, Program Services
Department of Parent & Community Outreach
(DPS-City Collaborative, School-Based Parent & Community Engagement Specialists, AmeriCorps)

Patsy Roybal
720-423-3585
Director, Research & Training
Department of Parent & Community Outreach
(Parent Leadership Institute, Superintendent Parent Forum, Constituency Services)

Ken Santistevan
720-423-3491
Director, Community Affairs
(Education Advisory Councils, School Partnerships)

Yana Smith
720-423-3575
Chief Community Engagement Officer
(Advisor to Superintendent for All Community & Parent Engagement Efforts, Projects & Initiatives)

Phillip Stonecipher
720-423-1109
Regional Community Engagement Coordinator
(Supports Regional Community Engagement Processes)