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Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 1:24 PM: How is everyone doing?  What's one thing you are doing to take care of yourself and those around you?
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 1:25 PM: I went camping last week.  Getting out into nature was so helpful!
Andy Albee (to All - Entire Audience): 1:25 PM: Headed camping with BSA this weekend!  Walking the dog too.
Mag Patridge (to All - Entire Audience): 1:25 PM: Mag Patridge here, Sauk Rapids. My husband and I take a morning paddle boat ride to the island to track the progress of the twin baby loons and the new osprey nest . . . and ocassionally catch a fish. Nature is nurture is recreation!
Patricia Ross (to All - Entire Audience): 1:26 PM: Hiking by Minnehaha trails. 
Sarah Pradt (to All - Entire Audience): 1:26 PM: Sarah from St Paul. Took a full day of PTO yesterday and went biking with my daughter. She showed me bike paths in Mpls I hadn't known about, and it was a wonderful day.
Julie Fietek (to All - Entire Audience): 1:26 PM: Julie Fietek, Alexandria ABE   Remembering to have some FUN each day!
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 1:26 PM: Yes, walking the dog!  Gets me away from the computer screen!
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 1:26 PM: Oh, wow, Mag!  That sounds amazing!
Patricia Ross (to All - Entire Audience): 1:27 PM: Patricia from Farmington-Walking the dog is exercise for all!
Lydia Yahnke (to All - Entire Audience): 1:27 PM: Lydia Yahnke from Owatonna. I've found the best practice for me right now is to ask "What can I do to help?" THEN, my colleagues reciprocate. It's great to keep those support lines open. Also, ice cream. 
Tracy Chase (to All - Entire Audience): 1:27 PM: Tracy Chase-AEOA- calling my 89-year-old dad!
Brad Hasskamp (to All - Entire Audience): 1:27 PM: Having some enjoyable time outside has been so important for me! Whether it is a simple walk to the park at the end of the work day or going out on a pontoon ride (like I did this past weekend at my mom's cabin), being surrounded by nature has been so helpful
Nadine Holthaus (to All - Entire Audience): 1:28 PM: Nadine Holthaus - checking out our beautfiul mn state parks
Julie Fietek (to All - Entire Audience): 1:28 PM: YESSSSS to ice cream!!!  :)
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 1:29 PM: Ditto on the ice cream! :)
Mag Patridge (to All - Entire Audience): 1:29 PM: I'll give a fourth shout out to ice cream!
Susan Ault (to All - Entire Audience): 1:29 PM: Susan Ault  HOPKINS  set up zoom with my 92 yr old mom
Sarah Hoggard (to All - Entire Audience): 1:29 PM: Sarah Hoggard from ThinkSelf here. My 3yo and I bake cookies once a week to hand out to friends and neighbors
Lori Yurick (to All - Entire Audience): 1:29 PM: I'm loving working in my garden!  
Mark Erickson (to All - Entire Audience): 1:29 PM: Mark from Dakota Prairie - Doing facetime with our grandson in Portland,OR helps a lot !!
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 1:29 PM: Finally taking some time to relax outside, laugh at the hummingbirds antics, and my dogs goofiness, reading a book and ???  Narrative is done.  Now to focus back on students and fall.
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 1:29 PM: Zoom and FaceTime have been essential for staying in touch with family.
Marty Olsen (to All - Entire Audience): 1:30 PM: Marty Olsen, SW ABE-South - Finally made a trip to see our kids and grandkids this past weekend. Hadn't seen them for over 5 months!
Julie Fietek (to All - Entire Audience): 1:30 PM: Love the baking and sharing of cookies!  Who doesn't love cookies?!!
Hue Pham (to All - Entire Audience): 1:30 PM: Hue Pham, VSS. Walking the dog with my neighbors along Boom Island and helped a few homeless - and delivered masks 
Julie Dincau (to All - Entire Audience): 1:30 PM: I think our dogs and cats and other animals are helping all of us through COVID.
Karen Hatlestad (to All - Entire Audience): 1:30 PM: Karen from VSS.  Talk with my parents, relax after work.
Keith Lewis (to All - Entire Audience): 1:30 PM: Daily texts to a group of seven life long friends around the country.
Kaija Bergen (to All - Entire Audience): 1:31 PM: Kaija from Neighborhood House - so much baking
Carol Nelson (to All - Entire Audience): 1:31 PM: Time with grandkids :)
Susan Ault (to All - Entire Audience): 1:31 PM: writimg devotionals for church
Linda Jacobs-Buse (to All - Entire Audience): 1:31 PM: Time with family
Penny Brown (to All - Entire Audience): 1:31 PM: Penny Brown from SouthWest Metro Intermediate District (Shakopee)
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 1:31 PM: Brad was just speaking.  If you couldn't hear him, please chat to Karla Vien for tech help.
Carolyn Potter (to All - Entire Audience): 1:32 PM: outside visits with a homebound student
Linda Keller (to All - Entire Audience): 1:32 PM: Linda Keller - Metro North ABE.  Both me and my puppy  are loving the extra bonding time together with me working from home :-)
Mellisa Grosz (to All - Entire Audience): 1:32 PM: Mellisa from Moorhead, enjoying the outdoors.
Carolyn Oleson (to All - Entire Audience): 1:32 PM: Carolyn from SSABE - trying to keep our sense of humor
Carol Coriolan  (to All - Entire Audience): 1:32 PM: Carol Coriolan, SW Minnesota ABE
Theresa Zingery (to All - Entire Audience): 1:32 PM: Theresa Zingery Metro North ABE. Doing yoga!
Staci Landsem (to All - Entire Audience): 1:33 PM: Staci from Detroit Lakes, I've been playing with my dogs or going to the lake with my family. 
Jeanne Zehnder (to All - Entire Audience): 1:33 PM: Jeanne Zehnder SSABE-
Terrisa Fisher (to All - Entire Audience): 1:33 PM: Terrisa Fisher - WEST ABE - Buffalo site.
Caroline Nerhus (to All - Entire Audience): 1:33 PM: jogging and protesting (not simultaneously)
Jill  Rivard (to All - Entire Audience): 1:33 PM: Jill Rivard, Hiawatha Valley Adult Ed
Susanne Kimber (to All - Entire Audience): 1:33 PM: Susanne Kimber, Forest Lake ABE
Amanda Tall (to All - Entire Audience): 1:33 PM: Amanda Tall, Mounds View ABE. Lots of yoga and meditation and jogging
Patricia Fleege (to All - Entire Audience): 1:33 PM: Social Distance floatie day with the book club!  Read Unsheltered by Kingsolver....good read!  Mesabi Trail bike ride as well!
Amy Trettel (to All - Entire Audience): 1:33 PM: Amy Trettel - SSABE, spending time with my daughter.
Eric Lind (to All - Entire Audience): 1:33 PM: Eric Lind from Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan ABE.  I've been taking many long bike rides.
Lydia Yahnke (to All - Entire Audience): 1:33 PM: Unsheltered is a darn good book
Faye Blough (to All - Entire Audience): 1:33 PM: Faye from Minneapolis, the Pathways program at Minneapolis College...one thing I am doing is gardening and making lots of pickles for everyone on my block :)
John Ashby (to All - Entire Audience): 1:34 PM: This is John from Neighborhood House. I take a lot of walk with my family. I just walk and walk and walk
Stacy Everding (to All - Entire Audience): 1:34 PM: Stacy Everding, Southwest ABE South I've been riding bicycle and going for walks.
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 1:34 PM: So good to see all of you chiming in.  I sure miss seeing you all in person!
See Moua-Leske (to All - Entire Audience): 1:34 PM: See Moua-Leske from SW ABE- Marshall. I love bike riding!
Ann Trochlil (to All - Entire Audience): 1:35 PM: Ann at Glacial Lakes ABE- walks and bike rides!
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 1:35 PM: Susan from Literacy Minnesota. I've been listenting to a lot of music and taking walks around my neighborhood.
Nadine Holthaus (to All - Entire Audience): 1:35 PM: I can't hear anything
Nadine Holthaus (to All - Entire Audience): 1:36 PM: I'm going out and coming back in 
Amanda Tall (to All - Entire Audience): 1:37 PM: Is that my internet, or is the feed going in and out for everyone else too?
Andy Albee (to All - Entire Audience): 1:38 PM: stable for me
Carolyn Potter (to All - Entire Audience): 1:38 PM: mine is steady
Susan Evans (to All - Entire Audience): 1:39 PM: Did you say our corrected award letters were coming out this week? 
Amanda Tall (to All - Entire Audience): 1:39 PM: Thanks for the feedback! 
Brad Hasskamp (to All - Entire Audience): 1:40 PM: Yes, Susie, the plan is that award letters should be out by the end of this week
Susan Evans (to All - Entire Audience): 1:40 PM: Thanks Brad! 
Karen Hatlestad (to All - Entire Audience): 1:49 PM: Hybrid or DL.   We are doing hybrid for August, then will do DL in September.
Mark Erickson (to All - Entire Audience): 1:49 PM: Dakota Prairie ABE - Hybrid and DL
See Moua-Leske (to All - Entire Audience): 1:49 PM: Undecided
Linda Jacobs-Buse (to All - Entire Audience): 1:49 PM: SSABE- Will start with DL and move into Hybrid in two-three weeks
Carol Nelson (to All - Entire Audience): 1:49 PM: Hybrid
Julie Fietek (to All - Entire Audience): 1:49 PM: 3 Options: In-Person, Distance Learning, and Hybrid
Theresa Zingery (to All - Entire Audience): 1:49 PM: How do I answer with multipe sites doing different things
Susan Evans (to All - Entire Audience): 1:50 PM: DL for all minus our business partnership which requires in-person learning 
Elizabeth Gedatus Garcia (to All - Entire Audience): 1:51 PM: We will have limited in-person DL or computer training and support.
Eric Lind (to All - Entire Audience): 1:51 PM: Online classes with on-site support for individuals or small groups.  Also on-site registration.  I checked hybrid, but it will mostly be online.
Terrisa Fisher (to All - Entire Audience): 1:51 PM: I put hybrid and in person; however, my family literacy class will probably be distance only.
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 1:52 PM: We are doing device distribution in person, with technology orientations planned for students who need them (not happening yet, but should be this fall).
Brad Hasskamp (to All - Entire Audience): 1:52 PM: Issue:  Face masks/shields and COVID tests
Susan Evans (to All - Entire Audience): 1:54 PM: Susan - do you have contracts with students or insurance? No way can we distribute devices for all program participants. 
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 1:54 PM: We purchased one fabric mask, 4 face shields and 2 plexiglass dividers per teachers.
Caroline Nerhus (to All - Entire Audience): 1:54 PM: My HR director said he "believes" ABE students/staff should get masks. But had no specifics beyond that on how they would get to me
scott helland (to All - Entire Audience): 1:54 PM: Most folks have their own masks, we have some through donations and the district for those who forget or need
Marty Olsen (to All - Entire Audience): 1:54 PM: Our district is providing some face masks for staff and students.
Deb Hall (to All - Entire Audience): 1:54 PM: We have received some face masks even though doing DL. 
Jill  Rivard (to All - Entire Audience): 1:54 PM: We have some masks available through community education.
Amanda Tall (to All - Entire Audience): 1:54 PM: We're in the middle of figuring all of this out. I didn't know that ABE wasn't included in the count :(
Mag Patridge (to All - Entire Audience): 1:54 PM: Our K12 included us in the mask and shield order for staff.
Sarah Hoggard (to All - Entire Audience): 1:54 PM: We had a community member donate 200 homemade masks for our program, then we purchased clear masks for teachers and students
See Moua-Leske (to All - Entire Audience): 1:54 PM: Our school district is allotting 10 reusable masks per person.
Mag Patridge (to All - Entire Audience): 1:54 PM: A volunteer made masks for our students!
Terrisa Fisher (to All - Entire Audience): 1:54 PM: My CE director says that I can have some masks for students.
Patricia Fleege (to All - Entire Audience): 1:55 PM: At this point we have been able to get face masks for students that have been attending for the school district.  We will purchase masks if necessary. 
Sue Vogelsang (to All - Entire Audience): 1:55 PM: Faribault County is receiving face masks and shields throughout school district. we purchased masks in case students don’t bring them to class
Staci Landsem (to All - Entire Audience): 1:55 PM: We require students to wear a mask. If they do not have one, they can purchase one from us for $1.
Tracy Chase (to All - Entire Audience): 1:55 PM: Most staff have their own cloth masks, but we have received disposable masks, hand sanitizer, etc. through AEOA
Lydia Yahnke (to All - Entire Audience): 1:55 PM: Shields and masks for staff depending on what they prefer. Our students have been great at bringing their own masks. Not an issue at all. 
Eric Lind (to All - Entire Audience): 1:56 PM: We've received some masks and front desk plexiglass shields from our district.  We are also looking into getting some face shields from the district.
Mag Patridge (to All - Entire Audience): 1:56 PM: My boss is checking on testing . . . and the turnaround is so slow, I don't know how it will be helpful.
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 1:56 PM: CLBW ABE is being provided staff masks, faceshield, and gloves and some masks for students. We are encouraging students to wear their own. LLTC will help as well
Caroline Nerhus (to All - Entire Audience): 1:56 PM: haven't inquired yet about tests
Terrisa Fisher (to All - Entire Audience): 1:56 PM: I have not asked this question of my district... yet.
Deb Hall (to All - Entire Audience): 1:56 PM: Haven't heard a word about face shields or testing.  Still waiting on a protocol if someone does get sick.
scott helland (to All - Entire Audience): 1:57 PM: no school district testing , we got face shields for staff from district
Staci Landsem (to All - Entire Audience): 1:57 PM: Unsure on testing through our district yet. 
scott helland (to All - Entire Audience): 1:58 PM: i stole masks from donation box at district for the abe community shhh, dont tell anyone
Tracy Chase (to All - Entire Audience): 1:58 PM: Will all districts have access to testing?
Amanda Tall (to All - Entire Audience): 1:58 PM: Haha, Scott!
Susan Evans (to All - Entire Audience): 1:58 PM: omg Scott - I approve that message. 
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 1:58 PM: Can you explain the Teacher COVID testing expectation? I hadn't heard this was part of the expectation???
Lydia Yahnke (to All - Entire Audience): 1:58 PM: That's some good trouble right there, Scott.
Jennifer S (to All - Entire Audience): 1:59 PM: Agree about the good trouble!
scott helland (to All - Entire Audience): 1:59 PM: good trouble, thats half of my childhood nickname
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 2:01 PM: Site by site within the consortium.
Tracy Chase (to All - Entire Audience): 2:02 PM: I will probably go site by site.
Marty Olsen (to All - Entire Audience): 2:02 PM: Site-by-site depending on county the site is in.
Patricia Ross (to All - Entire Audience): 2:02 PM: Site by site within Dakota Prairie
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 2:02 PM: site by site
Staci Landsem (to All - Entire Audience): 2:02 PM: Site by site
Ann Trochlil (to All - Entire Audience): 2:02 PM: We will probably go site by site
Terrisa Fisher (to All - Entire Audience): 2:03 PM: My consortium works within 17 school districts; each site will work with their district CE director.... as far as I know.
Brad Hasskamp (to All - Entire Audience): 2:05 PM: Issue:  Shared ABE Space
Mag Patridge (to All - Entire Audience): 2:05 PM: We're probably going to let our school district use some of our space for essential worker childcare.
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 2:06 PM: We have three classrooms co-located w/i MN State campuses.  They are now requiring statewide that anyone coming on campus has to go through an online screening and the results will determine whether or not they are allowed on campus that day.  This must happen every time they come to class.
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 2:06 PM: We will follow LLTC protocol  since we are their "guests" and will also adhere to Cass Lake School's guuidance.
Karen Hatlestad (to All - Entire Audience): 2:07 PM: We have Students turn left and get screened by teachers and take attendance.  Clients turn right and sign in and get screened.  VSS handles both.
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 2:07 PM: And they must submit their name and email information
Patrick Hobot (to All - Entire Audience): 2:07 PM: At our partner colleges, the schools are doing the screening themselves at the entryways. We, obviously, are planning to adhere to the building expectations, but ARCC and ATC are not welcoming us back in the buildings at this time, and likely through at least first semester
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 2:08 PM: All ABE and LLTC students will be screened in Oak Hall before they can be admitted to any class.  
scott helland (to All - Entire Audience): 2:08 PM: how about a tablet that you can set up for students 
Julie Fietek (to All - Entire Audience): 2:08 PM: Yes, here at ATCC as well.
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 2:08 PM: Yes, their name and email address and answer 10 quetions
scott helland (to All - Entire Audience): 2:08 PM: most students will have a phone
Andy Albee (to All - Entire Audience): 2:08 PM: Same Kirsten at Anoka Tech
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 2:08 PM: If they don't have that ability, there will be a paper version for them
Lydia Yahnke (to All - Entire Audience): 2:09 PM: Are the online screening questions in multiple languages?
See Moua-Leske (to All - Entire Audience): 2:09 PM: https://minnstate.edu/CV19-SMSU Here's the link to the  self-assessment.
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 2:09 PM: Nope, only English
Patrick Hobot (to All - Entire Audience): 2:09 PM: ATC/ARCC have a tablet at the tables in the entryway check-in point
Mag Patridge (to All - Entire Audience): 2:09 PM: They would 'borrow' our space
Elizabeth Gedatus Garcia (to All - Entire Audience): 2:10 PM: Roseville is also lending space to school-aged care programming in the district.
Eric Lind (to All - Entire Audience): 2:11 PM: Pre-school may also be using some of our space while we are mostly online. Once school is back to in-person we would get our space back.
scott helland (to All - Entire Audience): 2:14 PM: we collect the information from the students and turn it into the state
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 2:15 PM: What kind of app is it that they are installing on phones?
Jill  Rivard (to All - Entire Audience): 2:16 PM: The students would need a qr code reader.  
Julie Fietek (to All - Entire Audience): 2:16 PM: Kirstin, That is unreal!!
Caroline Nerhus (to All - Entire Audience): 2:18 PM: What's "strange" (?) to me is that our two districts do not want us to collect or hold on to the health screening questionnaire given to students. 
Caroline Nerhus (to All - Entire Audience): 2:19 PM: ^sorry, not pertinent to shared space
Julie Fietek (to All - Entire Audience): 2:19 PM: Please check your phones, as this 'health' app already has been installed on many new phones, but you can turn it on or off.  Check your security settings for this app.
Tracy Chase (to All - Entire Audience): 2:19 PM: What app is it?
Mag Patridge (to All - Entire Audience): 2:19 PM: Caroline, it is pertinent.  Why would they not want you to gather info? We're not on campus, but we are concerned about being able to contact trace our students:  they move frequently, change phone numbers, hard to reach if they 'disappear.'
Brad Hasskamp (to All - Entire Audience): 2:20 PM: Issue:  Hybrid Programming Models
scott helland (to All - Entire Audience): 2:22 PM: you may need to have a  staff positioned at entrance to help smooth it
this is why I took over my building's entrance as I didn't trust them to run our students through smoothly.
one abe program in states k12 school used to force their students to show id and run it through background check daily.   

I argue for controls that are never beyond that of a k12 student entering a building kirsten which doesn't help much in this case
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 2:23 PM: Thank you, Scott
Staci Landsem (to All - Entire Audience): 2:23 PM: Classroom instruction will resume with limited class size. All instruction will be connected to specific distance learning instructional activities. We will try to engage more effectively with distance learning. 
Nadine Holthaus (to All - Entire Audience): 2:24 PM: Sorry I am listening on my phone
scott helland (to All - Entire Audience): 2:24 PM: kirsten can you get your own entrance where you follow the procedures with your staff?
Mag Patridge (to All - Entire Audience): 2:25 PM: Similarly, if we're allowed hybrid we will bring them in to get them uptospeed on devices, then move onto part DL platform, part Zoom and/or Schoology.
Terrisa Fisher (to All - Entire Audience): 2:25 PM: I have lots of ideas... but not too clear... Still working on it.
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 2:25 PM: We are doing DL only right now...
Andy Albee (to All - Entire Audience): 2:25 PM: Don't know yet
Jill  Rivard (to All - Entire Audience): 2:26 PM: Still figuring it out. 
Staci Landsem (to All - Entire Audience): 2:26 PM: With hybrid, all of our students will arrive at a scheduled time, we will have staff at the door to screen students.
Patricia Ross (to All - Entire Audience): 2:26 PM: Unsure at this point.
Linda Keller (to All - Entire Audience): 2:26 PM: Kathleen M (CHF) has hybrid classes that began two weeks ago, but she is out this week to share fully, sorry I don't have all of the details.
Tracy Chase (to All - Entire Audience): 2:26 PM: I was hoping people had a plan and would share with me!
Denise Rude (to All - Entire Audience): 2:26 PM: We are planning to use Read Theory and Mobymax with bi-weekly in person check-ins. Still figuring out Mobymax as we haven't used it before 
scott helland (to All - Entire Audience): 2:27 PM: hybrid is what it is
couple days in person
couple distance 
nothing fancy but the in person won't look like it did in February  which is the complicated factor as well
Elizabeth Gedatus Garcia (to All - Entire Audience): 2:27 PM: We are still working on it but we hope to bring our Apprentice and Manufacturing Ready students in for small group hands-on work.  We also hope to open computer labs for one-on-one and small-group Digital Literacy support.
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 2:27 PM: Scott, they are limiting the doors that students can access, but the point is that they are gathering data about our students and preventing them from attending our program if they don't wish to disclose that data.
Staci Landsem (to All - Entire Audience): 2:27 PM: We have a plan, but my dogs are barking like crazy right now. I will share what I can through the chat!
Susanne Kimber (to All - Entire Audience): 2:27 PM: Can you review again what role volunteers can play with distance learning? Can they do a zoom meeting from home or do they have to come into our classroom to have a zoom meeting?
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 2:28 PM: We were asked to have students make appointments for the days we are open.  We are still working on the exact plan and schedules.  The f2f will be focused on DL learning, testing, etc for those who do not have any tech devices etc. Our district might insist on staff working on-site.
Terrisa Fisher (to All - Entire Audience): 2:29 PM: - I'm hoping to have office hours to build capacity for distance learning, and make appointments to control numbers in my room. -- Hope that teachers around the consortium can offer virtual classes in a variety of areas (become an expert) versus one-room current model. -- 
Heather Williams (to All - Entire Audience): 2:29 PM: For now, we were only approved for DL so we are sticking with online registration but throwing around a potential online Zoom orientation for new learners with our counselor (he normally does those in person)
Heather Williams (to All - Entire Audience): 2:30 PM: I feel like we are relying heavily on our teachers to do the orientation sessions now (which they are already so busy, that's rough!)
Caroline Nerhus (to All - Entire Audience): 2:30 PM: Thanks Heather. I didn't think about a Zoom orientation 
Staci Landsem (to All - Entire Audience): 2:30 PM: We will be doing our orientation very differently this year. We have done two scheduled per month. I think this year, we will have orientation based on need. We will offer it through zoom for students who cannot come in as well as limited in-person orientations.
Nicki Olalde (to All - Entire Audience): 2:30 PM: We plan to manage who will be attending.  And at this point, in-person will be limited to those who need to receive orientation to MobyMax and those who wish to use our site's wifi
Andy Albee (to All - Entire Audience): 2:31 PM: Barb Beystrom from AAP has had GREAT success with using her volunteers at distance
Patricia Fleege (to All - Entire Audience): 2:31 PM: We are teaching hybrid.  Classes are being held through google meets, google classroom, Zoom, D2L, etc.  We have this somewhat under control for our ABE/GED folks and LSC Dev Ed.  Our customized training Career Pathway in CDL, CNA and IT is being supported face to face, but is also being done through distance platforms.
Jill  Rivard (to All - Entire Audience): 2:32 PM: Limited tech access is the biggest issue for planning
Amy Van Steenwyk (to All - Entire Audience): 2:33 PM: At Cedar Riverside (Mpls) we are testing and orienting (typically downloading Zoom to phones) in person with office staff present. Teachers are free to make 1:1 appointments for more orientation/onboarding/skills practice to make it easier for students to engage in their Zoom classes. We have one plexiglass area for prolonged conversations with plans to add one more plexiglass station to work with students and their technology.
Brad Hasskamp (to All - Entire Audience): 2:33 PM: Issue:  Tech
Amy Van Steenwyk (to All - Entire Audience): 2:34 PM: A primary issue for us (Cedar Riverside, Mpls) is affording wifi hotspots to be able to include more learners who do not have unlimited data plans or internet access.
Susan Evans (to All - Entire Audience): 2:35 PM: I had asked Susan WB about how she is able to distribute devices to students - do you have insurance on them or do students need to give a down payment? 
Tracy Chase (to All - Entire Audience): 2:35 PM: We received a grant to purchase Chromebooks.  Once we receive them, I will divy them out to the teachers to give to students who are tech short.  
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 2:35 PM: We just got approved to be a distribution partner for Hennepin County Libraries' hotspot lending program (6 weeks at a time with library card checkout).
Mag Patridge (to All - Entire Audience): 2:35 PM: Our District installed lots of hot spots around the area, so we will give our students access to all those locations. (School parking lots, etc.) We ordered some individual hot spots but they are WAY back ordered. And our Workforce partner can BUY tech for Out Of School Youth co-enrolled clients.  We bought limited iPads for our ACP students to use.
Andy Albee (to All - Entire Audience): 2:35 PM: Is our plan out?
Elizabeth Gedatus Garcia (to All - Entire Audience): 2:36 PM: That is what we are hoping to do as well!
Heather Williams (to All - Entire Audience): 2:36 PM: Not quite yet Andy! They were working on it all day yesterday and I think it's waiting for approval!!
Susan Evans (to All - Entire Audience): 2:36 PM: Thanks Susan 
Burgen Young (to All - Entire Audience): 2:39 PM: In the Twin Cities, at least Comcast has $10 a month Internet for households with low income: https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/comcast-broadband-opportunity-program
Patricia Fleege (to All - Entire Audience): 2:39 PM: We are partners in a CDBG grant that is allowing us to conduct a tech type bridge with partners that will be conducting an IT training that will result in community wide tech navigator positions.  The bridge will include reading improvement, digital literacy, employment skills, etc. One of our partners in the grant had an additiional grant that allows them to distribute 150 computer laptops and hot spots.   For GED students we are purchasing some additional chrome books
Deb Hall (to All - Entire Audience): 2:40 PM: We engaged in packet pick up last spring and plan on doing that again.
Eric Lind (to All - Entire Audience): 2:40 PM: We plan to lend students technology if they need.  We will have them sign a contract, but have expectations we won't get them all back.  I also heard that Dakota County Libraries will begin lending devices and hotspots sometime this fall.
Nicki Olalde (to All - Entire Audience): 2:41 PM: Lyndale is having a lot of success w/packets and phone calls. Our volunteers are reporting increased confidence in using English and more finely tuned Listening (when practicing Listening and Speaking).
Caroline Nerhus (to All - Entire Audience): 2:41 PM: If we purchase hot spots right now, even though they are on backorder, will the expense still go against our quarter 5 carry-over funding, even if they aren't delivered on time?
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 2:41 PM: Since we opened on site classes, requests for and participation in online classes has gone down significantly.  We will continue to do what we can, but we don't have the means to support technology for all, so that, along with purchase of masks for personal safety, will be our students responsibility.
Eric Lind (to All - Entire Audience): 2:42 PM: We have successfully used packets in coordination with Zoom lessons for our level 1 EL classes.
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 2:42 PM: We have a very limited number of iPads we can check out, and they are managed with an MDM, so we can find them and lock them down if they go missing.
Bobette Beckford (to All - Entire Audience): 2:42 PM: We have great successful with packet drop off and phone conservation with our learners who have no internet access.
Caroline Nerhus (to All - Entire Audience): 2:43 PM: Kristen, what's MDM?
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 2:44 PM: Mobile Device Management software
Brad Hasskamp (to All - Entire Audience): 2:44 PM: Issue:  Staffing
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 2:44 PM: Costs about $5 per iPad.  We mitigate risk up front and don't carry insurance on the units.
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 2:45 PM: We are looking into new hot spots or refurbished devices with CL or LLTC.  A few of our students were able to purchase a laptop recently.  :) Our f2f time will be used for those who have no access.  
Patricia Ross (to All - Entire Audience): 2:45 PM: PCsforpeople.org
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 2:47 PM: Also everyoneon.org 
Theresa Zingery (to All - Entire Audience): 2:47 PM: Wonderful plan, Deb Hall
Deb Hall (to All - Entire Audience): 2:48 PM: Wonderful teachers working for the best for their students!!
Brad Hasskamp (to All - Entire Audience): 2:51 PM: What burning questions do you have?

Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 2:51 PM: Here's a link to a recent newsletter article about volunteers tutoring remotely (includes a link to a webinar recording on the same topic): https://atlasabe.org/news/using-remote-volunteer-tutors-in-the-classroom/
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 2:52 PM: Article about 1-1 volunteer tutoring: https://atlasabe.org/news/remote-one-to-one-tutoring-keeps-learning-going-at-open-door-learning-center/
Theresa Zingery (to All - Entire Audience): 2:52 PM: We had the screener from the state translated to more than the two languages that were available.
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 2:52 PM: One more:): https://atlasabe.org/news/remote-tutoring-using-volunteers-at-the-franklin-learning-center/
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 2:54 PM: Screening protocol is one entry into buildings , sign-in. Once the college and school district finalizes the structured plan, we will have the ABE program follow suit.  We want to give the same message.   Communication is via site web pages, FaceBook, emails, texts, etc. 
scott helland (to All - Entire Audience): 2:55 PM: horrible plan by teachers
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 2:55 PM: None of our K-12 host sites are requiring documented screening of students, either.  Only our college partners. 
Terrisa Fisher (to All - Entire Audience): 2:55 PM: A coworker of mine worries that some of our immigrant students will avoid attending in-person classes when they learn that CDC will gather personal information IF a covid tracing becomes necessary. Anyone address this fear? Is it founded? 
Patricia Fleege (to All - Entire Audience): 2:55 PM: I forgot my mic doesn't work:  of course your teachers should keep track of that!!
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 2:55 PM: I agree with Scott.
scott helland (to All - Entire Audience): 2:55 PM: the district is afraid you will miss 1 of the people health screen and thereby be held responsible 
Deb Hall (to All - Entire Audience): 2:55 PM: i think our staff is more concerned that it doesn't seem like our policy has a policy about that yet and we hope to have one soon.  
scott helland (to All - Entire Audience): 2:56 PM: teachers are wrong
Lydia Yahnke (to All - Entire Audience): 2:56 PM: It seems to make more staff nervous if figure-heads aren't on the same page regarding guidelines. We're encountering folks that do/don't want to post common "wear your mask" signs. Seems like a simple task but there's so much controversy by leadership...makes things complicated
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 2:56 PM: Sounds like they don't trust the system.
Deb Hall (to All - Entire Audience): 2:56 PM: Oops - that our district has a policy
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 2:56 PM: Questions and concerns for sure.  Our school district post-poned final decisions about fall programming until next week.  They have created detailed plans for all three potential learning plans
scott helland (to All - Entire Audience): 2:56 PM: nope they are given clear direction by admin
Mag Patridge (to All - Entire Audience): 2:56 PM: Anyone coming into any of our Distict buildings is required to be screened. My teachers are really worried about being co-housed with ECFE and the difficulties of contact tracing with our student population.
Caroline Nerhus (to All - Entire Audience): 2:58 PM: That makes sense Scott
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 2:59 PM: Exactly!  That likely isn't even legal.
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 2:59 PM: Last week Todd mentioned that this week they would share with us outcomes/options from the Contact Hour Study group and their suggestions.  Can we get an update or can the minutes from the group be shared?
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 3:00 PM: Jill, yes the group has a recommendation. The plan is to announce it at SI. Brad, how do you feel about announcing today instead?
Carol Nelson (to All - Entire Audience): 3:01 PM: Thank you very much!
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 3:01 PM: Today would be great! 
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 3:01 PM: Thank you for helping us keep our focus when our minds are getting loopy.  Well, some of our minds.  LOL  :)
Lydia Yahnke (to All - Entire Audience): 3:02 PM: Keep on Keepin' on, everyone!
Andy Albee (to All - Entire Audience): 3:02 PM: Go to Summer Institute!
Patricia Ross (to All - Entire Audience): 3:02 PM: Thank you!
Marn Frank (to All - Entire Audience): 3:02 PM: Thank you MDE and ABE practitioners for your support, insights, and efforts!
Andy Albee (to All - Entire Audience): 3:02 PM: Sign up for Bingo cards for SI Wednesday August 19
Linda Keller (to All - Entire Audience): 3:02 PM: Thank you, everyone!  I'm with Andy - go to Summer Institute :-)
Shelley Mattson (to All - Entire Audience): 3:02 PM: Thanks everyone! 
Tracy Chase (to All - Entire Audience): 3:02 PM: Thanks!
Staci Landsem (to All - Entire Audience): 3:03 PM: Thank you!
Nancy Meisinger (to All - Entire Audience): 3:04 PM: thank you!
Heather Williams (to All - Entire Audience): 3:04 PM: Thank you!
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 3:04 PM: Other final questions?
Caroline Nerhus (to All - Entire Audience): 3:04 PM: I'm assuming it's you all, the state team, who will make final decision?
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 3:05 PM: Thank you for the preview!  Hopefully this will alleviate some anxiety around funding. Looking forward to the full reveal.
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 3:05 PM: SI registration is closed now, though.
Ann Trochlil (to All - Entire Audience): 3:05 PM: Sounds great! 
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 3:05 PM: Susan, how are numbers for a virtual SI looking?
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 3:05 PM: The LAN Board will vote on it as a recommendation from LAN to MDE.
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 3:05 PM: Now go outside and soak up some vitamin D and listen to the birds.  Some of you will need to block out the  other city noises.
Caroline Nerhus (to All - Entire Audience): 3:06 PM: Oh, don't take it otherwise! You all rock and I know you have our best interest at heart!
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 3:06 PM: Kirsten, pretty good numbers for SI - around 250 I think. Not sure of the last count.
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 3:06 PM: Thanks^^^
Jill  Rivard (to All - Entire Audience): 3:06 PM: Thank you!!
Terrisa Fisher (to All - Entire Audience): 3:06 PM: Thank you All.
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 3:06 PM: Hugs and smiles  and unmeasurable laughs
Ann Trochlil (to All - Entire Audience): 3:06 PM: Thanks!
Karla Vien (to All - Entire Audience): 3:07 PM: 385 for SI!
Andy Albee (to All - Entire Audience): 3:07 PM: YEA SI 2020!
Jodi Versaw (to All - Entire Audience): 3:07 PM: Yes, thanks, Laura!!
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 3:07 PM: Oh wow, Karla the last day registrations were huge!
Andy Albee (to All - Entire Audience): 3:07 PM: We have 5 people signed up for bingo.  Sign up soon
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 3:07 PM: Andy, can you send a message out via Sched?
Andy Albee (to All - Entire Audience): 3:08 PM: Will do Susan
Julie Fietek (to All - Entire Audience): 3:08 PM: Thanks All!  Much to do!!!
Kirsten Fuglseth (to All - Entire Audience): 3:08 PM: Thanks, state team.  You have a big job and we appreciate you!
Caroline Nerhus (to All - Entire Audience): 3:08 PM: I actually get more hopeful about everything after these chats. So thanks for doing this!
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 3:08 PM: See you all at SI!