IDRA’s Education CAFE model is an innovation for school-family-community collaboration. Below are some resources about the model and its growth over the years. (Note: Some resources refer to PTA Comunitario, which was renamed Education CAFE in 2017)
Resources
Education CAFE – Community Action Forums for Excellence (webpage)
Steps on How to Start an Education CAFE
This IDRA EAC-South‘s Family Engagement Online Technical Assistance Package includes five chapters, each with a video and supporting resources.
Video: Education CAFE Families Convince School District to Keep Biliteracy Program
IDRA’s Family Leadership Principles, by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed., September 2007
Background: Family Leadership in the Field- Lasting Community Leadership in Education, by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed., June-July 2011
Liderazgo Familiar Intergeneracional: Intergenerational Family Leadership as a New Paradigm of Family Engagement – Comunitario projects in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley offer a community-based alternative to the traditional PTA model, fostering the participation and collective leadership of youth, by Aurelio M. Montemayor and Nancy Chavkin
Articles
Family Leadership in Education Projects… and the Data that Drives Them, by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed., IDRA Newsletter, January 2019
Texas Graduation Requirements and Opportunities – IDRA’s New Parent Involvement Tool for School Districts, by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed., IDRA Newsletter, April 2018
Latest IDRA Parent Involvement Tool Focuses on Keeping Public Money in Public Schools, by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed., IDRA Newsletter, March 2018
Second Installment of IDRA’s New Parent Involvement Tools for School Districts, by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed., IDRA Newsletter, February 2018
ESSA Requirements for Schools and Parent Involvement – New Tool for School Districts, by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed., IDRA Newsletter, January 2018
IDRA Education CAFE – A Structure for Families Transforming Schools in their Communities, by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed., May 2017
Co-Leading and Co-Transforming Schools – School Administrators and Family Leaders in Education, by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed., September 2016
Our Mesa Comunitaria – One Year Later, 2016
¿Y Ahora Qué? And Now What? – Community Groups in South Texas Work Together to Improve Education, by Josie D. Cortez, June-July 2015
Armed with Data, PTA Comunitarios Work with Schools for College Preparation – An IDRA OurSchool Portal Story, by Hector Bojorquez and Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed., June-July 2014
Hosting Superintendents, Quizzing Candidates and Marking Maps – A Fully Engaged PTA Comunitario, by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed., February 2012
Community Leaders Discuss How PTA Comunitarios Give Voice to Parents in their Children’s Education, June-July 2011
ARISE South Tower PTA Comunitario – A New Model of Parent Engagement, by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed., April 2010
Videos
IDRA EAC-South‘s Family Engagement Online Technical Assistance Package
Education CAFE Families Convince School District to Keep Biliteracy Program
Community Advocacy Training on School Funding in Texas (Español), March 2022
Podcast Episodes
Stronger Parent Involvement through Family Leadership in Education Projects – Podcast Episode 185
Authentic Family Engagement through Education CAFEs – Podcast Episode 174
Intergenerational Family Leadership for Schools – Podcast Episode 167
Community Expects College Prep for All – Podcast Episode 156
PTA Comunitarios Focus on Strengthening their Schools – Podcast Episode 148
Building Parent Voice for Action – Episode 146
PTA Comunitarios are Born in their Communities – Podcast Episode 144
How to Start a PTA Comunitario – Podcast Episode 131
Promotora Model for Family Leadership in Education – Podcast Episode 118
Community PTAs Growing in South Texas – Podcast Episode 99
A New Model for Community Engagement in Education – Podcast Episode 91
Parent Leaders in Education – Podcast Episode 72
Education CAFE Brochure
5 Steps on How to Start an Education CAFE