Education Related Events

 

The following are education related events. Education related projects will find value to link up with these education related events in our community. 

List of Beam aware projects:  

Cradle to Career 

Diversity Council's Education Equity project

 

 

Start Date Title Tags
Aug 18, 2022 08:00 PM The Neuroscience of Leadership: How Emotion and Stress Influence Leadership Decisions — Aug 18 PEN Webinar ('education',)
Aug 11, 2022 05:30 PM CAAL: From Stories to Action: Fostering inclusion for Asian Minnesotans in Schools ('diversity', 'community', 'Asian', 'Diversity', 'Education')
Aug 02, 2022 05:30 PM RPS Board Meeting: School Continous Improvement Plan Goals (SCIP) ('youth', 'RPS', 'Education', 'diversity')
Jul 25, 2022 09:00 AM RISE for Youth Career Fair (By Invitation) ('education', 'diversity', 'community', 'youth', 'openbeam', 'Education')
Jul 19, 2022 05:00 PM RPS School Board Study Session - Data Baseline ('RPS', 'community', 'dashboard', 'education', 'data')
May 24, 2022 08:00 AM United Way President's Roundtable ('RPS', 'Education', 'community engagement', 'united way')
May 19, 2022 07:30 PM Cradle 2 Career Meeting Julie Ruzek ('youth', 'C2C', 'Education')
May 10, 2022 10:00 AM RPS: District Family Engagement ('RPS', 'Education', 'rps')
Apr 19, 2022 05:00 PM UMR and Mayo Clinic: Health disparities within Native & Indigenous Communities ('diversity', 'Education', 'Health', 'community')
Apr 12, 2022 10:00 AM RPS: April 2022 Monthly District Family Engagement Meeting ('youth', 'Education')
Mar 08, 2022 10:00 AM RPS: March 2022 Monthly District Family Engagement Meeting ('youth', 'mental health', 'Education')
Feb 25, 2022 01:00 PM Rochester -- The Time is Now to Minnesota Children First ('youth', 'Education', 'Diversity')
Feb 08, 2022 10:00 AM RPS: February 2022 Monthly District Family Engagement Meeting ('rps', 'education', 'diversity', 'youth', 'Education', 'cmrc')
Jan 20, 2022 07:00 PM RPS School Board Listening Session ('youth', 'RPS', 'education', 'CMRC')
Jan 15, 2022 10:00 AM Technovation[MN] 2021-22 Season Launchappalooza! ('Diversity', 'workforce', 'youth', 'tech', 'openbeam', 'Education', 'women')
Jan 11, 2022 10:00 AM RPS: January 2022 Monthly District Family Engagement Meeting ('rps', 'education', 'diversity', 'youth', 'Education', 'cmrc')
Dec 07, 2021 01:30 PM DMC/City of Rochester DBE Winter 2022 Workshop Planning ('Education', 'Diversity', 'workforce', 'Entrepreneurship')
Nov 20, 2021 10:00 AM Barbershop Talk and NAACP: How we RISE Up Together in the Community ('Diversity', 'Diversity Council', 'youth', 'Education', 'NAACP')
Nov 18, 2021 07:00 PM P-Tech 535 Information Meeting ('RPS', 'Education', 'Diversity', 'STEM')
Nov 17, 2021 06:30 PM RISING Beyond Barriers: Challenges and Opportunities in Education and the Workforce ('Diversity', 'Diversity Council', 'youth', 'Education', 'NAACP')
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