Project Information
Project Phase (Pre-concept, Concept, Plan, Develop, Available, Archive)
Plan
Phase
Impacts
PlanScape Impacts :
Level 1:
Children & Youth, Computer Literacy, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, OpenBeam, Technology Enablement
Level 2:
Education, Education, C2C: Prenatal-K Development, C2C: Kindergarten Readiness, C2C: 3rd Grade Reading, C2C: 8th Grade Math
DMC Impacts:
Community Health Impacts:
Collaborators
Contact:
Brooke Carlson
; Email:
TBD
; Phone:
TBD
Lead Organization:
Rochester Area Nonprofit Consortium
Known/Likely Collaborators:
County of Olmsted, MN
;
Diversity Council
;
Families First (Fomerly: Child Care Resource and Referral)
;
IMAA
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OpenBeam
;
Rochester Area Foundation
;
Rochester Area Nonprofit Consortium
;
Rochester Public Library
;
Rochester's Adult Literacy Program (Hawthorne Education Center)
Potential Collaborators:
Ability Building Center
;
Collider Foundation
;
ROCHESTER AREA YOUTH TECH FOUNDATION
;
Rochester Community & Technical College
;
Winona State Rochester
Related Projects
Collider Inclusion Open Entrepreneur Ecosystem Navigator
;
Cradle to Career
;
Diversity Council Education Equity Plan
;
Non-profit Consortium Buildout
BACKGROUND
Key Program Components:
■ Initial Participants: Immigrant and refugee families or other families receiving public benefits with young children. Quickly expand to older adults as funding is secured through FSR.
■ Centralized Help Desk and Training: To streamline the delivery of tech support as residents build their computer literacy, RPL will be the centralized “help desk” for program participants. RPL will also work with RAFL staff as well as IMAA’s cultural consultants to provide training to partner organization staff to support consistent program delivery.
■ Community ”Hubs”: The hubs, which include RAFL, IMAA, Families First, FSR and 125 Live, will initially be virtual and become physical locations throughout the community. Each will: leverage their trusted relationships to reach people experiencing barriers, manage and loan out devices, ensure recipients are connected to appropriate educational opportunities, and be the first line of tech support for inquiring participants before directing to RPL for additional support.
■ Multiple Internet Solutions: There is an immediate need for creative solutions to increase internet access, such as connecting to existing hotspots or
deploying new ones throughout the community (e.g. County, City, Rochester Public School, and hub buildings). Discussions are already underway regarding longer-term solutions which will require partnerships with internet service or wireless providers, the City, and Rochester Public Utilities
Theory of Change
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Technology Enablement Related Events => LINK
Key Beam Reports on:
Children & Youth, Computer Literacy, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, OpenBeam, Technology Enablement
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In the last month we have seen an influx of challenges and barriers affecting our API communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the challenges we are hearing from our communities is the closure of schools and the implementation of distance learning.
As of this current school year, Asian American students make up 6.9% of students enrolled in Minnesota. In the last month, we have heard that language access, technology challenges, and financial burdens have presented barriers not only for students to be successful in the classroom, but also for parents who wish to be involved in their children’s education. This has led our communities to face unique barriers to full and equal participation in learning and instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In response to this issue, the Council has created a community survey to identify ongoing barriers experienced by API families during distance learning. The purpose of this survey is to collect data collect to inform the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) on areas for improvement and best practices with API students during the distance learning period.
With this in mind, we ask for your participation in helping us to widely distribute this survey to community members to ensure that their voices are heard by MDE officials. The survey will be open for community response between Monday, April 27th – Friday, May 8th.
During this time of COVID-19, we understand that many organizations have limited capacity, and greatly appreciate any support you can provide in getting this survey out to families. Our simple ask to you is your help in sending out the survey to community members using email and social media. If you can make this small commitment, please confirm by responding to this email. Once we receive your confirmation we will follow-up with language templates and guidance to send out the surveys. Thank you all and we all wish your loved ones well.
Please if you have any questions you can contact me, or our Research Assistant Daniel Yang, at daniel.y.yang@state.mn.us.
Sincerely,
Anjuli Cameron
Anjuli Mishra Cameron, M.S. | Research Director
Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans | 658 Cedar Street, Suite 160 | St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
(651) 757-1742 | (507) 649-1157 | anjuli.cameron@state.mn.us |mn.gov/capm
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