Wildfire Resources and Disaster Preparedness

The devastating wildfires burning in California are an important topic of conversation as the unbelievable headlines continue to pour in.


If you have students affected or interested, be aware that iSOSY's Disaster Preparedness Lesson Collection includes an entire section about Wildfire Safety. There is also a recording available of last summer's Live Lesson focused on Wildfire Safety that is available in our Student Portal collection of recorded lessons.

 

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More Opportunities for Training and Materials

Have you heard about the Midwest Migrant Educational Resource Center (MMERC)? They reached out recently asking that we share this exciting resource with all iSOSY friends.


Operated by Tri-Valley Opportunity Council, Inc., MMERC is a lending library with a mission to offer supplemental instructional resources to support educators in meeting the needs of student eligible for the Migrant Education Program. The lending library offers an extensive collection of over 11,000 resources for early childhood through 12th-grade students and Out-of-School Youth, along with access to a monthly online services collaboration meeting with MMERC members throughout the U.S.

Additional benefits include:

  • No need to store materials
  • Monthly MMERC Newsletter
  • A wide variety of engaging materials to rotate through as needed
  • Large group reading kits
  • Bilingual resources
  • STEM resources
  • And much more!

Here’s how it works:

  1. Fill out the MMERC Membership & Contact Form.
  2. Choose your membership and mail in your payment.
  3. Schedule a statewide MMERC training date(s).
  4. Start utilizing over 11,000 resources! Staff can order as many resources as they want with no limit. 
  5. Return the resources after 5 weeks using the provided return shipping label and order more.

For more information, contact Cris Young, Deputy Director of Migrant Education Services at 218-281-0584 or Christine.Young@tvoc.org.


www.osymigrant.org