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The Educational Support Professionals Network is an opportunity for any adult who serves in an educational support role to connect with their peers. This year we are focusing on resilience and workplace wellbeing.

Educational support work is incredibly important. It’s often one-on-one with vulnerable students who have the highest needs. Added to this is the ability to adapt to working with different teachers’ expectations, behavior management styles, and classroom culture. These requirements can make the workplace stressful. It’s not about avoiding stress. It’s about learning to navigate one’s way through challenging situations.

These strengths-based sessions equip individuals with a set of practical skills that can be applied in everyday life to navigate adversity and thrive in challenging environments. Together, through seven sessions during the school year we will explore the following:

How do I boost my individual resilience, improve my well being, and avoid burnout?
What can we do to build relationships and to support each other?
How do I model resilience for others?

Meeting Dates and Fees: TBD

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The cost of this network has been reduced due to a partnership with MDH.

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For more information, please contact Michelle Wang, Education Director, Resource Training & Solutions

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We offer members a wide range of high-quality products and services at discounted rates.

By combining the purchasing power of all Members, we can achieve volume pricing on quality products and services from reputable vendors. We work with the vendors but FOR the Members.

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Our Cooperative Purchasing Program offers members a wide range of high-quality products and services at discounted rates. By combining the purchasing power of all Members, we can achieve volume pricing on quality products and services from reputable vendors. We work with the vendors but FOR the Members.

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Membership is open to:

Schools
Cities, Counties, Governmental Agencies
Nonprofit organizations and other partnership agencies.
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Satisfying Minnesota competitive bidding requirements.

Vendors we provide are the result of either formal bids (identified as State Bid or SB) or negotiated contracts (identified as Preferred Vendors or PV).

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The contracted vendors we have known as State Bid or SB vendors are established through formal bids and purchasing from them satisfies Minnesota competitive bidding requirements - regardless of the amount of the purchase. The ability to do so is outlined in Minnesota Statutes123A.2 and 471.345.

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The combination of these two statutes gives members the ability to purchase from contracted vendors while remaining in compliance with the Minnesota competitive bidding requirements.

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View our Cooperative Purchasing Vendor Directory.

Express Purchasing Connection

Express brings you the ease and convenience of ordering from multiple vendors on one site while knowing that the contracts you are purchasing from have been chosen according to state purchasing regulations.

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Search for products in the following categories:

Building & Grounds
Classroom Supplies
Office Supplies
Technology
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The easiest way to sign up at the Cooperative Purchasing Express website:

Go to cpcexpress.org
On the left side of the page and 2/3rd down is a blue "register now" button. Click it.
Fill out the form - There are six parts of the form you must complete. They all have asterisks on them. The rest of the parts are optional. Notice that when you put down your school or CCOGA name a drop down list comes up of all the eligible organizations. You can use this to finish your organization name.
You will get a confirmation email shortly. Click on the verification link and then you can jump right in and start shopping!
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Any questions?

Please contact us at express@purchasingconnection.org or by phone at (888) 739-3289.

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Educational Support Professionals Network

The Educational Support Professionals Network is an opportunity for any adult who serves in an educational support role to connect with their peers. This year we are focusing on resilience and workplace wellbeing.

Educational support work is incredibly important. It’s often one-on-one with vulnerable students who have the highest needs. Added to this is the ability to adapt to working with different teachers’ expectations, behavior management styles, and classroom culture. These requirements can make the workplace stressful. It’s not about avoiding stress. It’s about learning to navigate one’s way through challenging situations.

These strengths-based sessions equip individuals with a set of practical skills that can be applied in everyday life to navigate adversity and thrive in challenging environments. Together, through seven sessions during the school year we will explore the following:

How do I boost my individual resilience, improve my well being, and avoid burnout?
What can we do to build relationships and to support each other?
How do I model resilience for others?

Meeting Dates and Fees: TBD

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The cost of this network has been reduced due to a partnership with MDH.

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For more information, please contact Michelle Wang, Education Director, Resource Training & Solutions

Contact This Department

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