Meeting Name: Teaching and Learning Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/18/2011 5:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room, Paul Robeson Building, 1025 2nd Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606-2212
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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11-0110 1 Minutes - Teaching and Learning Committee - January 3, 2011Minutes, CommitteeApproval by Teaching and Learning Committee of its Meeting Minutes of January 3, 2011.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
10-2224 1 Professional Service Contract - Burke Educational Consulting - Programs for Exceptional ChildrenAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Service Contract between District and Burke Educational Consulting, Martinez, CA, for the latter to provide a psychoeducational assessment of a pupil enrolled in Programs for Exceptional Children, for the period of August 23, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in the amount not to exceed $2,500.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-2419 1 Agreement - American Logistics Company - Programs for Exceptional ChildrenAgreement or ContractRatification of a Professional Services Contract for services between District and American Logistics Company, for the latter to provide transportation services to and from school and/or other transportation services during the school day as requested by District, for pupils enrolled in Programs for Exceptional Children, for the period of July 27, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $40,000.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-2753 1 Professional Service Contract - UNHC-CH Teach Division - Programs for Exceptional ChildrenAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Service Contract between District and UNHC-CH Teach Division, Concord, NC, for the latter to provide 21 hours, or a three day workshop, including how to use Structured Teaching methods for students with autism spectrum disorders who vary in age and level of functioning, including specific and practical examples of setting up the classroom, enhancing communication, teaching independence, structuring social and leisure activities, and addressing challenging behavior, for teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, speech therapists, behaviorists, psychologists, and other professionals, who work with individuals with autism, for the period of September 18, 2010 to June 30, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $3,300.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-2848 1 Professional Services Contract - Rochelle Weintraub - Leadership, Curriculum & InstructionAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Rochelle Weintraub of Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 40 hours of service collaborating with the coordinators of District's History/Social Studies Department in the design, implementation, and analysis of the District-wide history writing assessments and accompanying instructional support materials; collaborate in the design of professional development for teachers to assist them in their efforts to integrate historical thinking, enhanced content knowledge and academic literacy skills into lessons that support student success of the District's writing assessment, for the period of November 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in the amount of $3,000.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-2862 1 Professional Services Contract - Rolanda Taylor - Reach AcademyAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Rolanda Taylor, Oakland, CA, for the latter to work directly with 100 students in grades one through five teaching conflict resolution and restorative justice practices during the After School Program at Reach Academy, for the period of October 25, 2010 through June 16, 2011, in the amount of $4,000.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-2876 1 Professional Services Contract - WestEd - Leadership, Curriculum & InstructionAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of Professional Services Contract between the District and WestEd, San Francisco, CA, for the latter to provide a five-day Principals' Institute for approximately 100 participants to support the needs of language learners in grades 4-8, for the period November 15, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $62,000.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-2965 1 Professional Services Contract - East Bay Foreign Language Project- Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction OfficeAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and East Bay Foreign Language Project, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide fifty-four (54) hours of service, including two full days of differentiated (Tier 1 and Tier 2) professional development for World Language teachers and follow-up sessions, as described in Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, for the period January 28, 2011 through May 30, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $5,400.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-2966 1 Professional Services Contract - Ira Sachnoff - Leadership, Curriculum & InstructionAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Ira Sachnoff, San Francisco, CA, for the latter to provide 15 hours of technical assistance in reviewing and revising Tobacco Policy Implementation and providing support for the prevention, reduction, and elimination of tobacco and marijuana use through health education strategies designed to support sites in efforts to improve attendance rates, reduce dropout rates and truancy and support ongoing college culture, for the period November 4, 2010 through June 3, 2011, in an amount no to exceed $2,250.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-2968 1 Professional Services Contract - Lincoln Child Center - Metwest High SchoolAgreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Lincoln Child Center, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide school-based mental health interventions to pupils, who demonstrate disruptive or other behaviors that put them at high risk for dismissal from class or suspension from school, including, but not limited to, individual, group and family therapy, in class behavioral and academic support, assistance in obtaining community-based services, crisis intervention and a therapeutic summer program at Metwest High School, for the period of November 30, 2010 through June 30, 2011 in the amount of $10,000.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-2972 1 Amendment No. 1, Professional Services Contract - Jason Richard - Chabot Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Professional Services Contract between District and Jason Richard, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide an additional 1,000 hours of intervention strategies for K-2 students as described in the original Scope of Work, at Chabot Elementary School, for the period October 5, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in an additional amount of $30,000.00, increasing contract not to exceed amount from $9,990.00 to $39,990.00 at Chabot Elementary School. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect. Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-2983 1 Professional Services Contract - Mona Chitkara - Acorn Woodland Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Mona Chitkara, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 103 hours of service as an Art Consultant Coach, including professional development and collaboration with teachers in August Retreat and throughout school year; support arts integrated lesson planning three hours per month; support materials management up to three hours per week; assist pupils and teachers in creating and planning, respectively, arts integrated projects during the school year at Acorn Woodland Elementary School, for the period November 11, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in a not to exceed amount of $12,500.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-2995 1 Professional Services Contract - Project Re-Connect - Leadership Curriculum & InstructionAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Project Re-Connect, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 379 hours of parent workshops, referral services, and project corrdination to support the Office of Alternative Education with Measure Y Gang Intervention Grant, for the period of November 15, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $18,946.00Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-3003 1 Professional Services Contract - Oakland East Bay Symphony - Leadership Curriculum & InstructionAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Oakland East Bay Symphony, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide a two-day workshop on beginning and advanced instrumental techniques on orchestra and band instruments to District music teachers and to provide five professional symphony mentors to the District's Secondary Orchestra Festival and a guest conductor, for the period January 14, 2011 through June 30, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $1,500.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-3006 1 Amendment No. 1 - Professional Services Contract Amendment - Connie DavidsonAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of Professional Services Contract between the District and Connie Davidson, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide an additional 20 hours of support in Classroom Management to additional teachers, as described in the original Scope of Work, for the period of September 1, 2010 hrough June 30, 2011, in an additional amount of $800.00, increasing the not to exceed amount of the contract from $4,000.00 to $4,800.00. All other terms and condtions of Contract remain in full force and effect.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-3007 1 Amendment No. 1 - Professional Services Contract - Gregory Bailey - Leadership, Curriculum & InstructionAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Professional Services Contract between the District and Gregory Bailey, Castro Valley, CA, for the latter to provide 82 hours of additional service implementing the TUPE Program in middle schools, include alternative schools, by recruiting 10 to 15 peer educators and providing 10 peer education classroom presentations and 2 school-wide presentations, in the amount of $950.00, increasing contract from a not to exceed amount of $17,550.00 to $18,500.00, for the period August 25, 2010 through June 17, 2010. All other terms and conditions of the contract remain in full force and effect.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-3009 1 Professiional Services Contract - Lori Onderwyzer - Leadership, Curriculum, and InstructionAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Lori Onderwyzer, Oakland, CA , for the latter to provide 18 hours of classroom management courses or workshops offering teachers specific strategies and techniques to build positive relationships with students, including emphasis on increasing knowledge of the urban classroom setting, the diversity of the student population in Oakland and principles of classroom teaching and management, for the period January 02, 2011 through June 30, 2011, in the amount of $3,600.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-3013 1 Professional Services Contract - Katharine Scarlett - Edna Brewer Middle SchoolAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Katharine Scarlett, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 825 hours for clinical management services to students; implement intervention plan with students and families; coordinate referrals to relevant county and community agencies and service providers; and provide follow-up support to schools; screen and assesses psychosocial needs of students identified through site-based referral process; act as an advocate/liaison between high-risk students, families, and various community program services, at Edna Brewer Middle School, for the period November 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $33,000.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-3014 1 Professional Services Contract - Zerita N. Dotson - West Oakland Middle SchoolAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between Zerita N. Dotson and West Oakland Middle School, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 200 hours of service to create lessons and design related activities in small group settings to maximize students who have Limited English Proficiency skills to better understand, improve, enhance and empower students to achieve higher skills levels and test better; provide grammar, writing and communication activities that enhance student learning abilities to students who have mastered basic English Language Learning but need attention to broaden their cognitive skills, enabling them to further improve their English Language Arts; maintain a safe learning environment, support core teaching staff and collect data relevant to student accomplishments; meet with students in small groups of 3 to 5 or one-on-one per 30 minute sessions, five hours per day during school, two days a week for 10 hours per week, at West Oakland Middle School, for the period November 1, 2010 through May 7, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $6,000.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
11-0023 1 Teaching and Learning Committee 2011 Work PlanReportAdoption by the Teaching and Learning Committee Work Plan for Calendar Year 2011, as specified herein, and incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth. Discussed  Action details Video Video
10-2994 1 Amendment No. 1 - ISA to Master Memorandum of Understanding - East Bay Asian Youth Center - Oakland High SchoolAgreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of the Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding (MMOU) between the District and East Bay Asian Youth Center, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide additional hours of service to augment their current unit of service offering to serve more students and enhance their current comprehensive after school program by increasing their Option E, of the Menu of Service, Core and Family Literacy allocation at Oakland High School for the period of July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in an additional amount of $37,052.41, increasing the agreement from a not to exceed amount of $248,879.00 to $285,931.41, pursuant to the terms and conditions as specified in the MMOU.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Video Video