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Brad Hasskamp (to All - Entire Audience): 9:50 AM: Welcome, everyone! Before we start, we would like to hear how your summer ABE programming is going! Please share in the chat!
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 9:51 AM: Welcome, everyone!  Let's check in as people are arriving.  How is your summer programming going?
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 9:53 AM: WEST ABE - 2/3 jails are operating as normal, however jail populations in general are down.  1 in-person class with precautions, the rest on Zoom through July. More distance learning hours than ever.
Tracy Chase (to All - Entire Audience): 9:53 AM: AEOA's ABE programming is completely virtual as our agency has not approved anyone going back to the classroom.  We are hoping to have some in-person programming by mid-July.  
Jodi Versaw (to All - Entire Audience): 9:54 AM: Thanks, Jill and Tracy. Interesting to hear what's going on around the state.
Sue Vogelsang (to All - Entire Audience): 9:55 AM: Faribault County ABE is only doing virtual programming for the summer.
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 9:55 AM: For those of you doing virtual programming, are students continuing to engage?
Deb Cox-Johnson (to All - Entire Audience): 9:56 AM: not much
Deb Cox-Johnson (to All - Entire Audience): 9:56 AM: but then it is not formal class time at my school
Jason Sellars (to All - Entire Audience): 9:56 AM: We are trying to continue DL in a synchronous manner but we will likely have to stop as consistent student attendance is not strong.
Tracy Chase (to All - Entire Audience): 9:56 AM: To a degree, yes.  
Caroline Nerhus (to All - Entire Audience): 9:57 AM: This is Caroline in Central MN-East. We started hybrid programming 2 weeks ago. We are seeing extremely low participation
Jodi Versaw (to All - Entire Audience): 9:57 AM: Interesting, Caroline. Do you think students are reluctant to attend in person?
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 9:58 AM: Can you define hybrid programming?
Caroline Nerhus (to All - Entire Audience): 9:58 AM: Some who are at high risk are choosing to not attend. For the others, they have gotten jobs or got "used to" no classes
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 9:58 AM: Hybrid = some in-person programming + some distance learning
Jodi Versaw (to All - Entire Audience): 9:58 AM: Hybrid = combined distance learning and in-person programming (students participate in both)
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 9:59 AM: Cass Lake is all virtual.  Attendance is very low.  I am working on contacting everyone one every other week.  Usually only receive a few responses   Two are completing their ADP this month. One finished his hs diploma.  Several will need to retake GED REady  since its been over two months since their last practice test
Jodi Versaw (to All - Entire Audience): 9:59 AM: Makes sense, Caroline
Britt Gulstrand (to All - Entire Audience): 9:59 AM: Britt from Ramsey County/RCCF - hoping to safely open classrooms out here early August. No hybrid option for us - just safe distancing, masks, etc...
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 9:59 AM: Okay, thought maybe you had a new version/idea to share.
Mag PATRIDGE (to All - Entire Audience): 10:00 AM: We're on break, but have students who want to continue DL. And we've had a number of new student inquiries. For some students, not having GED testing centers has been troublesome.
Alex Ehrenreich (to All - Entire Audience): 10:00 AM: I have been teaching distance learning through Zoom. Students for the most part are able to attend, however, at times that can fluctuate depending on their work schedules. 
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 10:00 AM: So, Britt, are you doing packet or other paper-based distance ed with students?
Karen Hatlestad (to All - Entire Audience): 10:00 AM: This is Karen from Vietnamese Social Services in St. Paul. I was very happy to have 2 students yesterday online.  I used to have 20.  We are looking into hybrid class. 
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 10:00 AM: WEST ABE GED-testing Center has been full all of June.  
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 10:00 AM: Great tp hear that West ABE is doing well
John Ashby (to All - Entire Audience): 10:01 AM: John from Neighborhood House here. We're all online still. On July 6th we're going to start once a week drop-in times for people to get help signing up for DL
Jaine King (to All - Entire Audience): 10:01 AM: We have inconsistent attendance for online learning, there is just too much happening in our students lives. We are hoping to move to a hybrid option soon but I think the attendance will remain low until the Fall
Todd Wagner (to All - Entire Audience): 10:01 AM: yes
Julie Fietek (to All - Entire Audience): 10:01 AM: Alexandria ABE...Same as Caroline in Central MN-East. We started hybrid programming 2 weeks ago. We are seeing extremely low participation.
Erica Lehner (to All - Entire Audience): 10:01 AM: Metro South is all online still. It's generally going alright. Varies by level.  Google Meets especially with the low levels are an exercise in extreme patience. :)
Kelli Woelfel (to All - Entire Audience): 10:01 AM: Same here Jaine King!
Stacy Abraham (to All - Entire Audience): 10:02 AM: Stacy from Marshall ABE: my attendance has been low the last couple week. All online right now.
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 10:02 AM: We are now speaking. If you're having audio issues, please chat to Karla Vien for assistance.
Alex Ehrenreich (to All - Entire Audience): 10:02 AM: Would anyone be willing to share what has worked well while teaching online through Zoom or another platform? 
Tracie Kreighbaum (to All - Entire Audience): 10:02 AM: We are only doing DL this summer. Skype tutoring is going well. Worth giving that a try if you don't already. 
Alison Shank (to All - Entire Audience): 10:02 AM: I'm not teaching this summer.  I taught a flipped classroom that combined Zoom meetings with assignments on online-learning platforms.  SPPS switched to Google Meet which was far inferior to Zoom.  I'm not sure what the fall is going to bring. I am hoping to continue teaching online.
Emily  Watts (to All - Entire Audience): 10:02 AM: Osseo ABE has its last day of classes today.  We are feeling good about the VERT draft plan for the three scenarios for fall.  We are seeing some really well-attended Google Meets and some really small numbers - it seems to vary :)
Nadine Holthaus (to All - Entire Audience): 10:02 AM: Rochester is doing Hybrid programming for our low ESL classes and all other classes are on-line
Annessia Swann (to All - Entire Audience): 10:03 AM: AIOIC is open and we are using a hybrid model.  Student numbers are extremely low!
Penny Jahnke (to All - Entire Audience): 10:03 AM: Albert Lea is running no summer classes but are working on fall plans.
Susie Evans (to All - Entire Audience): 10:03 AM: All DL in Sowashco and Hastings. We have about 150 ESL students, nearly 60 working on GED and high school diploma and 20 people working on bridge type classes. 
Lucy Hart (to All - Entire Audience): 10:03 AM: At MCF-Togo we are still continuing classes with distancing and seperation of those in different living quarters
Bryan Tollefson (to All - Entire Audience): 10:03 AM: Central MN - North we are starting back cautiously and using a hybrid as we go.  I do have a "hot spot" in the community.  That is presenting challenges. 
Susie Evans (to All - Entire Audience): 10:03 AM: the GED testing center in Hastings is booked solid.  
Sandy Opheim (to All - Entire Audience): 10:04 AM: My students' mental health plays a role in their participation.  I am seeing improvements as we restart classes.
Eric Lind (to All - Entire Audience): 10:05 AM: We are doing a 3-week dl summer session in July for ELL, GED and diploma.
sherry Smith (to All - Entire Audience): 10:05 AM: In Elk River, summer attendance is low under normal circumstances and even more so now. We are seeing some former students reaching out and re-entering and have seen interest from new GED and accuplacer students. We are able to have onsite classes (with distancing, etc.) but not much interest. However, we can do some appointments to work with students or assess.
Karen Wolters (to All - Entire Audience): 10:05 AM: Mankato ABE is completely online this summer.  We are using our F2Fopportunities to do some basic computer trainings - email, google classroom, google meets.  To provide EQUITY to those who are having a difficilt time connecting.
Jill Rivard (to All - Entire Audience): 10:05 AM: We have some students working online, numbers are low.
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 10:06 AM: Astrid, I was just tying that suggestion.  :)  POst the chat
Anthony Williams (to All - Entire Audience): 10:06 AM: Minneapolis AE is completely online this summer. We offered a limited schedule, and are seeing mixed results based on level. 
Chris Dahlke (to All - Entire Audience): 10:06 AM: Winona is all online right now.  Poor participation with our GED/ABE students, but ESL attendance has been surprisingly solid--all things considered.
Elizabeth Gedatus Garcia (to All - Entire Audience): 10:06 AM: We are continuing remote learning, our numbers are significantly less than summer.  However it is getting better as our processes improve.  We still have to work on our intake process. We are shifting to offer more options for training parents on DL learning.
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 10:07 AM: Literacy Minnesota is still completely online. We are launching a new Chromebook lending program to help more learners connect to DL.
Erin Cary (to All - Entire Audience): 10:07 AM: LNA is working with students remotely over the phone and Whatsapp
Shawnn Martin (to All - Entire Audience): 10:08 AM: Rural classrooms.  Hybrid with focus on creating capacity for our students to transition to distance learning.
Randall Bergman (to All - Entire Audience): 10:08 AM: MCF-Lino Lakes has been able to continue to offer in-person classes with blended learning. We do have significantly smaller class sizes for social distancing.
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 10:08 AM: You are amazing, MN ABE! 
Chelsea  Ritland (to All - Entire Audience): 10:08 AM: Adult Options is fully online through June 30 and GED testing is open. Significantly lower enrollment but solid ESL attendance all things considered and lower GED attendance. We have a Chromebook lending program and are setting up a Mobile Hotspot lending program through Digital Wish for the fall. 
Tracie Kreighbaum (to All - Entire Audience): 10:08 AM: We have amazing support!
Brad Hasskamp (to All - Entire Audience): 10:09 AM: Thank you all for your work in adapting to serve students and your communities! And I really appreciate your collaborative attitude!
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 10:10 AM: Who are the members of the Contact Hour Reporting Working Group?
Karen Wolters (to All - Entire Audience): 10:11 AM: Are you sure you can make a decision this early?  Do you think you might need more time to see how the year goes? 
Brad Hasskamp (to All - Entire Audience): 10:12 AM: Good question, Karen! The group is planning to come up with an initial response or recommendation by mid-August. If it needs to be adapted later due to further developments, they will reconvene
Margo HernandezRainwater (to All - Entire Audience): 10:14 AM: and Margo :)
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 10:14 AM: Thank you.
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 10:15 AM: We had a pretty large number of applicants. It was a hard decision!
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 10:15 AM: Is there a way we can follow along with the progress of the working group and perhaps just give input to Todd for discussion?
Jason Sellars (to All - Entire Audience): 10:16 AM: I agree with Jill's question.
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 10:17 AM: Jill, you can definitely contact me for input to share with the group. We have a collaborative Google Doc for conversation between meetings. I can post input from the field through that if people send me things.
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 10:18 AM: At the first meeting we mostly spent time hearing everyone's concerns. At the July meeting we'll really tackle "what to do about it."
Todd Wagner (to All - Entire Audience): 10:19 AM: Penny, we'll look for your email and reply. Thank you
Tom Cytron-Hysom (to All - Entire Audience): 10:19 AM: Thanks to Rep. Davnie for getting us a 3% increase in our funding!
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 10:20 AM: Thanks Susan. Ongoing updates and shared minutes of the meetings would be helpful to share so we can give more pointed input. Thanks again.
Brad Hasskamp (to All - Entire Audience): 10:21 AM: Is anyone connecting with their district to potentially receive any CARES Act funding?
Mag PATRIDGE (to All - Entire Audience): 10:22 AM: Too soon, but we're going to see if we can get more $ for credit recovery.
Theresa Zingery (to All - Entire Audience): 10:22 AM: Hadn't thought of it.
Nadine Holthaus (to All - Entire Audience): 10:23 AM: My Community Ed Director just talked to me about this.
Patricia Fleege (to All - Entire Audience): 10:23 AM: Will take a look at it!
Tom Cytron-Hysom (to All - Entire Audience): 10:23 AM: There is also significant CARES funding going through workforce at the County level - I believe $15 M in Ramsey County, for instance. It's worth programs exploring this for items such as career training classes...
Terrisa Fisher (to All - Entire Audience): 10:24 AM: Could your team draft some talking points that we consortium teachers could share with CE directors to take to the district?
Todd Wagner (to All - Entire Audience): 10:25 AM: Mag, consistent with your ask, I'm sure many districts will have an increased number of students who will be short credits for graduation and then reaching out to credit completion programming to complete the requirments to receive a diploma.
Jodi Versaw (to All - Entire Audience): 10:26 AM: Terrisa - yes, we can think about that. I also think others on this webinar could have good ideas about this, so I invite others to chime in in the chat here!

Susie Evans (to All - Entire Audience): 10:30 AM: RE: Tom - I believe money to the Counties will be at the discretion of county boards, within the rules of the law.  Much funding will help small businesses bounce back. 
Chelsea  Ritland (to All - Entire Audience): 10:32 AM: What information do we have about potential level gain target requirement changes based on what our delivery models may end up being?
Todd Wagner (to All - Entire Audience): 10:33 AM: Terrisa - perahps a good way to approach K-12 folks regarding the CARES funding is from a "what can ABE do to support all learning in the district" perspective. For example, as Mag notes above, there will likely be an increased number of students who will need credit completion programming in order to graduate. Another area where ABE programs can help is in supporting parents in supporting their kids in participating in distance learning. As Jodi notes, I hope others will share ideas as well.
Tom Cytron-Hysom (to All - Entire Audience): 10:33 AM: Susie, At least in Ramsey County, they seem to be pretty broad in their thinking, funding such items as computers, digital navigation, etc. Lots of emphasis on communities of color.I don't know about elsewhere.
Brad Hasskamp (to All - Entire Audience): 10:33 AM: Chelsea, reagarding NRS targets on measurable skill gain, we do have targets but the federal government has said that they are acknowledging  states likely will not meet their targets due to COVID-related closures
Chelsea  Ritland (to All - Entire Audience): 10:34 AM: Thanks, Brad.
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 10:35 AM: Many of our districts will be fluctuating between all three scenarios as data changes
Tracie Kreighbaum (to All - Entire Audience): 10:37 AM: A focus on digital literacy when meeting in person and keeping most academic work to DL may be a great option. So glad for that recommendation. 
Theresa Zingery (to All - Entire Audience): 10:38 AM: What about staff who are at risk?
Brad Hasskamp (to All - Entire Audience): 10:38 AM: Theresa, we will talka about staff at-risk in a later slide
Alison Shank (to All - Entire Audience): 10:40 AM: I would like to echo Theresa's question regarding staff and in-person teaching.  Since we're not exactly sure who is at risk at this point, has there been any discussion about teachers being allowed to choose if they'd prefer to continue teaching online in the fall? Thank you.
Theresa Zingery (to All - Entire Audience): 10:46 AM: Any problem with requiring masks?
Brad Hasskamp (to All - Entire Audience): 10:46 AM: Theresa, a local program definitely could be more strict than the MDH guidance and require masks and/or face shields
Theresa Zingery (to All - Entire Audience): 10:47 AM: How about staff whose family includes a high risk person
Annessia Swann (to All - Entire Audience): 10:47 AM: If a student attending reports that they have been tested and are positive for COVID.  What is our responsibility to our other students.  Do we alert other students that their has been a positive case?
Tom Cytron-Hysom (to All - Entire Audience): 10:47 AM: I would think many of our students are high-risk - refugees and immigrants with a history of trauma, POC, etc.
Theresa Zingery (to All - Entire Audience): 10:47 AM: Are we then required to have an alternative assignment?
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 10:48 AM: Has there been a template created for self-reporting?
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 10:50 AM: Have any programs created a letter to send to students covering expectations and requirement changes for programming?
Caroline Nerhus (to All - Entire Audience): 10:51 AM: clarification: temp screening is required?
Caroline Nerhus (to All - Entire Audience): 10:51 AM: how do we verify they do it before they arrive?
Erin Cary (to All - Entire Audience): 10:51 AM: We hold classes at community sites, so we'll need to observe whatever protocols they have in place as well.
Shari Brunes (to All - Entire Audience): 10:51 AM: Honestly? Ugh. Sounds like a nightmare to me. I am not a healthcare worker!
Annessia Swann (to All - Entire Audience): 10:52 AM: We take temps of all staff and students at the door.  We then ask that they wash hands or sanitize hands.
Penny Jahnke (to All - Entire Audience): 10:52 AM: For GED testing, we have a screening sheet that they must look over. 
sherry Smith (to All - Entire Audience): 10:52 AM: We meet students at the building's  door and take temp and ask screening questions and then walk them up to our rooms. 
Alison Shank (to All - Entire Audience): 10:52 AM: My understanding is that people are contagious prior to showing symptoms. If that is true, I don't feel that temperature screening will protect students and staff from being in the presence of someone else who may unknowingly have the virus.
Lucy Hart (to All - Entire Audience): 10:52 AM: At MCF-Togo we have one door for people to come in, they wash hands, get a temperature check, sign a form. Then they get materials for work
Tammy Schatz (to All - Entire Audience): 10:53 AM: We meet them at the door, ask the screening questions, take their temp, and require masks.
Wendy Sweeney (to All - Entire Audience): 10:53 AM: Masks should be required to protect everyone.  Programs could provide masks for those who do not have them
Renada Rutmanis (to All - Entire Audience): 10:53 AM: We opened GED testing at Hubbs and the district is not requiring us to do temp checks - -we have a list of questions that our security guard asks at the door before entering.
Chelsea  Ritland (to All - Entire Audience): 10:53 AM: Here is our current screening procedure for our test center: Staff asks 2 Check-In Assessment Questions (per CDC) to ensure tester is well and safe to enter the building:
	Check-In Assessment questions at entry of ECC: 
▪ Are you feeling sick or have you experienced any new symptoms in the last 10 days? If the answer is YES, the individual should be denied entry. 
▪ Have you had close contact with someone who was diagnosed or suspected to have COVID-19 within the last 14 days? If the answer is YES, the individual should be denied entry. Staff members who answer yes should stay home for 14 days before returning to work. 
 ▪ Close contact is defined as: Having been within 6 feet of a person who has COVID-19 or might have COVID-19 for a prolonged period of time. Close contact can occur while caring for, living with, or having a prolonged visit with someone with COVID-19. 
▪ Individuals with scheduled appointments should be directed to reschedule after symptoms resolve.
Verify that they have appropriate ID.
If tester does not have PPE, offer a mask and gloves. 

Emily  Watts (to All - Entire Audience): 10:54 AM: We are looking for screening sheets in multiple languages.  Does anyone have them done or is working on them?
Angela Schak (to All - Entire Audience): 10:54 AM: For GED test center the building is still closed to the public but open for GED. They have to call when they arrive. We do covid questionnaire, take temp, make them wash hands before checking in.  We do require masks while in building.
Karen Wolters (to All - Entire Audience): 10:54 AM: we were taking temps, but a couple weeks ago we were told we no longer have to take temps as part of the screening
Penny Jahnke (to All - Entire Audience): 10:54 AM: We also require masks and hand washing.  Our district is looking at applying for a grant to buy a screening machine that would identify a temperature. 
Lucy Hart (to All - Entire Audience): 10:54 AM: The people we have screener are behind a plastic barrier, wear gloves and mask
Shawnn Martin (to All - Entire Audience): 10:55 AM: Emily we have one that is English/Spanish
Abby Roza (to All - Entire Audience): 10:55 AM: The Ramsey county correctional facility has a procedure for us to take our own temps as we come in - there are multiple stations at the door, at the station we put on gloves, put on a mask, take our own temperature, record temp and answer questions on a 1 page written screener, throw out the gloves and leave the station.
Jill Rivard (to All - Entire Audience): 10:55 AM: Screener, masks and hand sanitizer at the door.  They wear masks while meeting and not required when working over 6 feet apart.
Karen Wolters (to All - Entire Audience): 10:55 AM: our district decided this week that masks are Required 
Gloria  Cazanacli  (to All - Entire Audience): 10:55 AM: On top of the form we offer masks and gloves and sanitize testing tools after use. 
Karen Wolters (to All - Entire Audience): 10:56 AM: previously they were strongly recommended
Jill Rivard (to All - Entire Audience): 10:56 AM: We have to submit a plan for the college.  Have not heard anything back from jail as far as allowing us back in.
Hue Pham (to All - Entire Audience): 10:57 AM: From MDHhttps://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/facilityhlthscreen.pdf
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 10:58 AM: PANDA has some excellent resources around mental health: https://pandamn.org/
Tom Cytron-Hysom (to All - Entire Audience): 10:58 AM: There is a chronic shortage of mental healthy resources that are culturally relevant for various racial/ethnic groups. Can create quite a barrier in referring appropriately.
Caroline Nerhus (to All - Entire Audience): 10:59 AM: Tom-- absolutely. Thanks for bringing this up
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 10:59 AM: Yes, Tom. In fact there's a chronic shortage of mental health care, period. But especially culturally competent resources.
Wendy Sweeney (to All - Entire Audience): 11:01 AM: https://pandamn.org/mental-health/resources-6/   There are lots of mental health resources including cultural resources and low cost/free resources on PANDA's website at the above link.
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 11:01 AM: I asked if there is there a way we can follow along with the progress of the Contact Hour Working Group and perhaps give input to Todd for discussion? Also can we get a list of who they are and who they represent to those of us on the chat?
Sara Sundberg (to All - Entire Audience): 11:02 AM: Thank you, Wendy
Penny Jahnke (to All - Entire Audience): 11:02 AM: As district employees, I am guessing we will have to follow district policy.  What about educational assistants or child care workers where it would be very hard to give alternative assignments.
Annessia Swann (to All - Entire Audience): 11:02 AM: What information are other sites sharing if a student tests positive?  Do we alert other students of their potential exposure?
Theresa Zingery (to All - Entire Audience): 11:02 AM: So we have to consider the request but not necessairly have to do it?
Annessia Swann (to All - Entire Audience): 11:04 AM: OK, great
Brad Hasskamp (to All - Entire Audience): 11:04 AM: Members of the Contact Hour Working Group:  Anthony Williams, Margo Hernandez-Rainwater, Eric Nesheim, Eric Lind, Amber Delliger, Tracy Chase, Kirsten Fuglseth, Deb McDermitt-Johnson, Heather Williams
Caroline Nerhus (to All - Entire Audience): 11:04 AM: Not to get too far into the weeds, and I can bring this to the Schoology group, but my staff is very concerned that our district is not having our participants sign a waiver regarding COVID, and we have actually been told we CANNOT make our own. As a program manager, I am not protected by a union in the worst case scenario
Megan LeLay (to All - Entire Audience): 11:04 AM: We notify all staff and students if someone has tested postive.
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 11:05 AM: Thanks so much!
Elizabeth Gedatus Garcia (to All - Entire Audience): 11:06 AM: That may also be a union issue.
Alison Shank (to All - Entire Audience): 11:07 AM: Megan, I'm curious to know how your district determines if a student has tested positive forCOVID-19. Are you relying on students and staff self-reporting?
Erin Cary (to All - Entire Audience): 11:07 AM: yes on follow-up session, maybe later in July?
Brad Hasskamp (to All - Entire Audience): 11:08 AM: Do you want a webinar to share your planning ideas?
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 11:08 AM: Yes, follow-up and share what is and isn't working, resources
Tom Cytron-Hysom (to All - Entire Audience): 11:08 AM: Does an entire consortium make decisions re. COVID 10 issues for all members, or does each member provider make their own decisions?
Gloria  Cazanacli  (to All - Entire Audience): 11:08 AM: yes
Patricia Fleege (to All - Entire Audience): 11:08 AM: a good idea!
Jeanne Zehnder (to All - Entire Audience): 11:08 AM: Yes!
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 11:08 AM: And what would be an ideal time to schedule that?
Tammy Schatz (to All - Entire Audience): 11:08 AM: yes
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 11:08 AM: Maybe after the July 27 announcement from MDE about fall?
Elizabeth Gedatus Garcia (to All - Entire Audience): 11:08 AM: We are working on collaborative efforts around teaching English language learner parents on Seesaw and Google classroom platforms.  
Laura Ott (to All - Entire Audience): 11:08 AM: yes-
Burgen Young (to All - Entire Audience): 11:08 AM: Yes; in about 3 weeks-ish?
Chelsea  Ritland (to All - Entire Audience): 11:08 AM: Yes, interested. Right after July 27
Elizabeth Gedatus Garcia (to All - Entire Audience): 11:08 AM: Yes!
Renada Rutmanis (to All - Entire Audience): 11:08 AM: I would be most interested after July 27
Jaine King (to All - Entire Audience): 11:08 AM: Yes! Following the July announcement
Karen Wolters (to All - Entire Audience): 11:08 AM: yes!  for sure
Jennifer  S (to All - Entire Audience): 11:08 AM: yes to follow up session
Penny Jahnke (to All - Entire Audience): 11:08 AM: Yes - after July 27.
Renada Rutmanis (to All - Entire Audience): 11:09 AM: Got it, thanks
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 11:09 AM: I would like to see continued updates, topics, discussions or minutes of the Contact Hour Working Group. It will be helpful when we give input to actually know what is discussed.  This is important for future funding.
Kathleen  Moriarty (to All - Entire Audience): 11:09 AM: Yes - always helpful to hear what other sites are doing
Christian Preston (to All - Entire Audience): 11:09 AM: 10:52 AM: My understanding is that people are contagious prior to showing symptoms. If that is true, I don't feel that temperature screening will protect students and staff from being in the presence of someone else who may unknowingly have the virus
Christian Preston (to All - Entire Audience): 11:10 AM: Just bumping Alisons comment above, which I agree with. I don't think we can 100% rely on checking for symptoms
Jodi Versaw (to All - Entire Audience): 11:11 AM: Christian - yes, absolutely true. Temp screening will not prevent all potenial exposure. But it is still an important tool for minimizing risk.
Julie Fietek (to All - Entire Audience): 11:11 AM: Hurray!!!!!!!
Julie Fietek (to All - Entire Audience): 11:11 AM: ...for online testing!
Nadine Holthaus (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: Rochester is opne
Annessia Swann (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: We are open at AIOIC
Chelsea  Ritland (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: Adult Options - open 
Jennifer Hennes (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: SouthWest Metro in Shakopee
Renada Rutmanis (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: Hubbs Center is open
Tammy Schatz (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: Moorhead is open
Elizabeth Gedatus Garcia (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: Roseville is currently closed
Julie Fietek (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: Alexandria GED Testing Site Open
Patricia Fleege (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: Duluth is open T and Th 10 - 1
Deb McDermott-Johnson (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: SE ABE-Owatonna is open for GED Testing
Penny Jahnke (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: Albert Lea is open.
Tracy Chase (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: Hibbing Community College is open.
Kelli Woelfel (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: Mankato is open!
Bryan Tollefson (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: CLC - Brainerd
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: LLTC is unknown when opening  We would like to start in fall only scheduled
Jessica Turner (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: CLC in Brainerd has been open for over a month, but with limited openings.  Already all booked up for July testing.
Julie Kleve (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: Adult Academic Program - Robbinsdale Area Schools is OPEN
Gloria  Cazanacli  (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: Adult Education-MPS open
Amy  Fish  (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: opening as of July 1 for Detroit Lakes area mobile tesy
Anthony Williams (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: 800 West Broadway Open. 2015 East Lake St. Closed (no open date scheduled)
Chris Dahlke (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: Winona is currently closed.  We are hoping to be back open after the 4th of July.
Suzanne Bishop (to All - Entire Audience): 11:13 AM: We are open in White Earth. First test was yesterday since Covid shutdown...
Annessia Swann (to All - Entire Audience): 11:14 AM: AIOIC Open T/TH 9-3
Susie Evans (to All - Entire Audience): 11:14 AM: Great Rivers Adult Ed is open - location in Hastings 
Stacy Everding (to All - Entire Audience): 11:14 AM: Southwest ABE Worthington - MN West open
Randall Bergman (to All - Entire Audience): 11:14 AM: MCF-Lino Lakes continues to be open and testing.
Theresa Zingery (to All - Entire Audience): 11:14 AM: Metro North test centers are closed unitl the buildings we are in can open
Erin Cary (to All - Entire Audience): 11:14 AM: round of applause for those graduates, wow!
Shari Brunes (to All - Entire Audience): 11:14 AM: Ridgewater College has not re-opened their GED testing centers (Hutchinson and Willmar campuses) and are considering permanent closure.
Margo HernandezRainwater (to All - Entire Audience): 11:14 AM: DOC Open but students not always available to test
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 11:14 AM: WEST ABE is open, I'll send the hours via email.
Eric Lind (to All - Entire Audience): 11:14 AM: RAVE Cedar Valley GED testing center will be open from July 6 - 23 this summer.
sherry Smith (to All - Entire Audience): 11:14 AM: Interesting note on online OP GED testing: a student's age waiver was processed on Monday and he scheduled an online test and took it Monday night.
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 11:15 AM: We had one student take the OP  HE passed and will now be an ADP graduate.  
Abby Roza (to All - Entire Audience): 11:15 AM: Test center within Ramsey CCF is closed. We hope to open (with RCCF staff proctoring for now)  in August. As always, limited to RCCF inmates for testing.
Jodi Versaw (to All - Entire Audience): 11:15 AM: Excellent to hear some success with OP!
Kelli Woelfel (to All - Entire Audience): 11:15 AM: OP is sounding interesting!
Caroline Nerhus (to All - Entire Audience): 11:16 AM: How does a learner find out about the OP option?
Angela Schak (to All - Entire Audience): 11:17 AM: Hastings Test center is open
Megan LeLay (to All - Entire Audience): 11:17 AM: If we provide testing vouchers, are we still able to do that with OP testing?
Chelsea  Ritland (to All - Entire Audience): 11:18 AM: Curious to know if anyone else had GED testing glitches this week? There has been an issue which has not allowed testers to complete their exams, it's not on our IT end or Pearson VUE's end and we haven't heard back from GED Testing Services yet. 
Mag PATRIDGE (to All - Entire Audience): 11:19 AM: Is there a new GED discount code starting July 1?
Kelli Woelfel (to All - Entire Audience): 11:21 AM: Chelsea, We had some issues on Tuesday.
Eric Lind (to All - Entire Audience): 11:21 AM: Do we expect the MNGED30 code to be extended beyond Sept. 30?
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 11:22 AM: We have had glitches with the RLA.  If you turn off the computer completely and open the test on another computer, the students were able to continue.
Brad Hasskamp (to All - Entire Audience): 11:22 AM: Eric, yes, the code should extend beyond Sept 30. However, MN Management and Budget did not want to extend beyond until the competetion results are official
Susie Evans (to All - Entire Audience): 11:22 AM: can you please post the registration link? 
Brad Hasskamp (to All - Entire Audience): 11:23 AM: Registration link can also be found by downloading the slides (PDF version)
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 11:23 AM: 11:23 AM: Healthcare webinar: <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GttcAxSDQNKZRrf42PFbiw>
11:23 AM: Healthcare webinar: <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GttcAxSDQNKZRrf42PFbiw>

Susie Evans (to All - Entire Audience): 11:25 AM: Thanks Astrid. 
Alison Shank (to All - Entire Audience): 11:27 AM: Great news about new contracts with MobyMax and EdReady!
Laura Malott (to All - Entire Audience): 11:29 AM: Everyone has worked so hard to benefit all our programs.  Thanks
Tom Cytron-Hysom (to All - Entire Audience): 11:30 AM: We are planning a great SI!
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 11:31 AM: And registration is open!
Mag PATRIDGE (to All - Entire Audience): 11:31 AM: It might make sense to keep things regional in order to share region specific ideas and info?
Alison Shank (to All - Entire Audience): 11:32 AM: Thank you!
Abby Roza (to All - Entire Audience): 11:32 AM: Thank you. 
Patricia Fleege (to All - Entire Audience): 11:33 AM: thank you!!
Tracy Chase (to All - Entire Audience): 11:33 AM: Thanks!
Anthony Williams (to All - Entire Audience): 11:33 AM: Thank you
Liv	 Musel-Staloch (to All - Entire Audience): 11:33 AM: thank you so
Tammy Schatz (to All - Entire Audience): 11:33 AM: Thank you!
Kelli Woelfel (to All - Entire Audience): 11:33 AM: Thank you & everyone stay safe & healthy!
Stacy Abraham (to All - Entire Audience): 11:33 AM: Where is the ABE Foundations online training located?
Christian Preston (to All - Entire Audience): 11:33 AM: Thanks eveyone
Elizabeth  Harner  (to All - Entire Audience): 11:33 AM: Thank you!
Gloria  Cazanacli  (to All - Entire Audience): 11:33 AM: Thanks!
Alex Ehrenreich (to All - Entire Audience): 11:34 AM: Thank you everyone for presenting today. 
Chelsea  Ritland (to All - Entire Audience): 11:34 AM: So to clarify Astird - if we had a hybrid model and teachers prepared lessons on Canvas for the online days of our ESL classes, that is not currently open for DL proxy hour approval, correct?
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 11:34 AM: https://atlasabe.org/key-activities/abe-foundations/abe-foundations-online-course/
Linda Keller (to All - Entire Audience): 11:34 AM: Thanks MDE for presenting great info, and thanks MN ABE for all your contributions to the field 
Margo HernandezRainwater (to All - Entire Audience): 11:34 AM: Clarification on using teacher created materials as DL that is not approved.  We may not count these hours as proxy in SiD, correct?
Stacy Abraham (to All - Entire Audience): 11:34 AM: Thank you Astrid.
Chelsea  Ritland (to All - Entire Audience): 11:35 AM: Got it, thanks.
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 11:35 AM: One way to think about it is - is there a syllabus for this class?
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 11:35 AM: You should say that to everyone.
Terrisa Fisher (to All - Entire Audience): 11:36 AM: Maybe regionals could be streamlined to fewer online options with a rural, suburban and rural perspectives/topics? There's a lot of similar sessions across regions.
Maybe regionals could be streamlined to fewer online options with a rural, suburban and rural perspectives/topics? There's a lot of similar sessions across regions.

Susie Evans (to All - Entire Audience): 11:36 AM: Susan - could you provide a template for this? 
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 11:37 AM: And we understand there is some gray area here. 
Margo HernandezRainwater (to All - Entire Audience): 11:37 AM: Thank you!!
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 11:37 AM: Susie - what kind of template would be useful?
Marylynn Dvorak (to All - Entire Audience): 11:37 AM:    
Astrid Liden (to All - Entire Audience): 11:39 AM: Guidance doc for teacher created courses: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13VQ3H64iLtC8DNuMlAQ1c1C5ub8XwTGLk7rGUNOB0oY/edit?usp=sharing
Julie Fietek (to All - Entire Audience): 11:42 AM: Gracias, All!
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 11:42 AM: This went so fast.  How long before it's uploaded.
Terrisa Fisher (to All - Entire Audience): 11:42 AM: Thank you All.
Gloria  Cazanacli  (to All - Entire Audience): 11:42 AM: Sí, gracias!
Susie Evans (to All - Entire Audience): 11:42 AM: Thanks all! 
Seyou Nurie (to All - Entire Audience): 11:42 AM: Thank you!
Jill Dechaine (to All - Entire Audience): 11:42 AM: Thanks.
Linda Keller (to All - Entire Audience): 11:42 AM: Thank you, all!
Alison Shank (to All - Entire Audience): 11:42 AM: Bye, and thanks again!
Jennifer  S (to All - Entire Audience): 11:42 AM: Thanks!
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt (to All - Entire Audience): 11:43 AM: Bye everyone!