KSMQ | AUSTIN, MN KSMQ & Legacy funding expand educational outreach
Since starting at KSMQ this past spring, our Administrative Assistant was tasked with expanding the educational outreach for the station and worked to share PBS LearningMedia resources with local schools. Resources include state and national curriculum standards so teachers can meet their teaching requirements in each subject area. Our Admin Assistant met with teachers, principals, and the Austin Public School’s district office, as well as Austin Aspires. She was asked to curate lists of PBS LearningMedia resources that align with the district’s new elementary literacy curriculum “Benchmark Advance” and carefully selected PBS materials that support 70 teaching topics from science and technology, to economics, history and government for students grades K-6.
The Principal of the Austin Online Academy requested financial literacy and career exploration videos to share with students. KSMQ was able to provide dozens of online games and short 5-10 minute video clips for grades 6-8 and 9-12. Attention was brought to a need for social emotional learning resources to support K-8 students in our post-Covid world. KSMQ was able to provide educator resources covering anxiety, emotional self-awareness, empathy, honesty and forgiveness to help our local students with social emotional support.
“The tour was great! So fun for them to see things in action, and see that real professionals use Final Cut Pro. I’m hoping we can do some partnership in the future, I have some students who are really into it. Thanks again for the great morning, wish we would’ve had more time. The building is beautiful!” 8
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