Report to Community 2023

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TPT Learn

Focused on serving our local community and inspiring life-long learning: In partnership with our community, TPT Learn provides media-enriched and standards-aligned educational resources, training, and programming.

Hype has given me opportunities I wouldn’t usually be exposed to in my day-to- day life. It’s given me a sense of clarity in who I am and what I’m fully capable of. – HYPE CREW MEMBER To meet the needs of Minnesota’s educators, TPT Learn also produced standards-based activities and resources that align with TPT-produced content, including Jim Crow of the North , Bring Her Home , STAGE , and more. These assets reach a national audience of 2.5 million educators on PBS LearningMedia, including more than 7,500 local teachers.

You make media less about watching

and more about doing.

TPT Learn aims to address systemic barriers and educational inequities through community-based programming and initiatives, including: TPT Little Learners (pre-K-2): Little Learners provides training and resources to early childhood educators to help them integrate enriching PBS Kids content into preschools, daycares, and community-based programs across Minnesota. TPT Learn Academies (Grades 3-8): Embedded into Beacon’s Clubs, YMCAs, Boys and Girls Clubs, and Saint Paul Public Schools, TPT Learn Academies provides resources around science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), media-making, music, and social emotional learning. Learn Academies engaged educators, children, and families with PBS resources and doubled the number of afterschool spaces served to 26 sites across the Twin Cities metro area.

– CAREGIVER SURVEY RESPONSE

Surveys of program participants found: • Over 90% of youth increased knowledge acquisition, self-efficacy, and appetite for further learning around STEM. • Over 95% of adults increased knowledge acquisition, self-efficacy, and appetite for further learning around STEM instruction.

Hype : Informed by TPT’s 1992-2002 Don’t Believe the Hype youth media program, Hype is a youth-centered initiative that uses media-making as a pathway to civic engagement, leadership development, post- secondary education, and employment. Hype creates a space where historically underrepresented youth feel empowered to discuss issues impacting them and their communities. This year’s crew examined school violence, mental health, and representation in the arts in their capstone projects. • 90% of students came away with “a lot” or “some” knowledge of how to tell effective stories using media. • 90% learned about key issues and resources in

Code.org: With the goal of preparing and expanding Minnesota’s technology workforce, TPT trained formal K-12 educators to integrate computer science learning into their classrooms. TPT Family Fun: To prevent summer learning loss, TPT partnered with MELSA libraries and Saint Paul Parks and Recreation to provide educational experiences within the community.

their community and feel they are a positive role model for their peers because of Hype .

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