Greetings, Everyone.

Are there some common barriers encountered each year when presenting the proposed legislation?

Is there anywhere you can point to for me to help those teachers of color who were the last ones in the district and because of cuts, are the first ones out of the district? Seniority/years in. People of Color and Amer. Indian staff are unable to get tenure due to them just being hired.

what are the statistics for attrition for 2 year programs versus transfer and 4 year programs? where are we "losing" the teacher candidates of TOCAIT?

At two-year institutions, full-time students are statistically likely to complete and transfer. Percentages at Normandale continue to improve.

I can give a bit of insight into the ethnic studies pd and ethnic studies group if you want

Yes, Paul.

Can you give info on how to join Ethnic Studies coalition?

How do we access the social studies draft?

Is that the Education Liberation Network doing their Ethnic Studies work?

Yes, Ed Lib is one network that are doing ethnic studies work

Here is the Social Studies draft @betty: https://education.mn.gov/mdeprod/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dDocName=PROD034380&RevisionSelectionMethod=latestReleased&Rendition=primary

Hi Paul - up here in Grand Rapids we're wondering who in the house and senate are caring the bill and which professional teacher organizations are supporting the bill? Thank you!

Here's the survey to submit your responses about the draft. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/28NVS33

The Achievement and Integration statue requires that districts who receive A and I funding are required to provide students access to a diverse teaching staff. Is there a way to enforce what this since it is already a statute?

Lots of those integration plans are SOOOO week.

The survey includes jargon that is specific to social studies and/or standards work. I highly recommend to email Doug (doug.paulson@state.mn.us) and Filiz (filiz.yargici@state.mn.us) from MDE directly to support having Ethnic Studies reflected throughout the SS standards as well as having it as a 5th strand. Here are some talking points created by Navigate/Unidos that can help. We appreciate everyone's support in this. A quick email will help as public comments close on Jan 4th and the standards review committee will be meeting on Jan 11th: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11-mZ5B10G12Bb903vBZIm7LNG4gnupm8/view

How many TOCAIT graduates are there a year vs how many of those graduates find a job in schools in Minnesota? How many stay in teaching after 1- 3 years?

Thank you, Paul.

Congrats on all of these great steps and thanks! I have to head to a bi-coastal Solstice party . . . the light is returning!

For those interested in research regarding BIPOC educators and their experiences and what is supportive, I recommend Dr. Rita Kohli. Her qualitative research is the best out there.

It sounds as if Minneapolis College has Education Prep classes. Do we know if the Tribal Colleges have anY?

Which professional education organizations are supporting the bill? MSBA, ED MN, Supers etc

Itasca Community College received funding to do concurrent intro to teaching courses in area high schools with an Ojibwe cultural focus.

Is the previous slide on your website?

How are we going to know if state is making progress if no one gathers information on how many TOCAITs get jobs in MN, or what the retention rate is for TOCAITs?

Could an Education Support Professional get the grow your own $ and the scholarship a the same time?

I should know this but I don't - wondering if you've connected with the Understand Native Minnesota Initiative, supported by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community.

I have heard through the years from so many BIPOC educators as to why they left. When I ask the school or district, I hear a different story. This is a consistent practice.

Would this powerpoint be shared after the session? This is so helpful

Thank you so much!

TOCAIT complete 86 credits prior to student teaching. We need these candidates to begin their teaching journey early on.

Please talk to your legislators, your friends, community members, family members and everyone else!

I have to leave at 5:30 but will participate until then.

I must leave now. Thank you!

The removal of the exams

Removal of the exams. But we need more principals and superintendents of color.

Thank you, I have to go!

Getting systems to collaborate and work together is challenging but necessary. Higher Ed, PK-12, MDE, PELSB, legislature - there is a lot we don't know about each other's work

Gen’l sense in our group that it is the totality … maybe not one piece over another.

I like the pressure being put on to remove the barriers of exams. I also am excited about the prospects of the support to recruit and onboard/induct new TOCAIT into schools.

Agree, Paul - we ALL need to be good at this work, and have the capacity to do so

agreed

100%

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And more accessible to students as well. Cuz this will impact them the most

Our small group also talked about the importance of creating a letter/script that people can work from when contacting legislators

I’d love to help work on this: gloria.narabrook@gmail.com

^^ If this is helpful to anyone, our PR coordinator at South High School, Minneapolis Public Schools, Lisa Ramirez put this together

Thanks Irene! Lovely to see you ;)

You too ;)

I can help to translate the script in Amharic.

This is Daniel, danielsahille@gmail.com

Here's the website version too from South High's BIPOC group created from Paul's slides. Great to share with students and families. Bullet point format :-): https://south.mpls.k12.mn.us/uploads/toca_summary_final.pdf

Daniel, could you share

Daniel that’s a great idea

YES! Concrete!

Another thing in regards to contacting leglisators,etc.that our group discussed is creating a prescript email or prescript for an insta post that people can easily utilize

can you share the chat when you share the ppt please?

Roberta and anyone else interested in the Ethnic Studies bill. Elementary language are in lines 2.9 and 4.14 in the bill (in short, it would be the ES board that would put those details together - but yes elementary is included in the bill!) Rep Fue Lee is the author and it is still being updated by the Coalition. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF4663&type=bill&version=0&session_year=2020&session_number=0

I have to go. Thank you so much . This was very informative. Looking forward to working together to get this done.

Anyone else who is interested in helping creating messaging, please share your email in the chat

Thanks, Angelica!

tiffany.williamsrice@gmail.com-Please send me a copy of the talking points to share

Thank you!

Yes, thanks for doing all this work to inform us. It helps us inform our networks!

Thank you so much!

Thank you to everyone who has done work on this proposed bill! We appreciate all the work you have done to get it to this point.

Thanks!

Reach out state to community education etc. leaders in Worthington, Willmar, i.e. Outstate communities with persons of color and American Indians. I heard/saw no one from those outstate areas except Grand Rapids.

Thank you, Great Information

Thanks really - what a great group here tonight!

Thanks.

Thank you all!

Thank you everyone!

Thank you!

Thank you, Regina, Remi, and Paul.... et al.

Thank you Paul, Regina and everyone who coordinated this forum. Nice to see everyone!

Goodnight, everyone!

Thank you!

thanks all!