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Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Refugee Transitions, Oakland, CA, for the latter 1) to recruit, train, manage and stipend bilingual refugee community navigators (CNs) to help with the educational communications for the following refugee and newcomers student population who have limited English skills and language minorities in the District: Bhutanese (Nepali speakers), Burmese, Karen, Karenni, and Mam; provide translation at monthly meetings, doing. Parent -teacher conference, for summer school outreach and on an as needed basis for school sites; 2) provide an afterschool program at Roosevelt Middle School, with lead teacher coordinating with the ELL/Newcomer teachers at Roosevelt; oversee student recruitment and retention, and conduct program implementation and record-keeping; 3) provide targeted case management for high-need newcomer students from the Burmese refugee community including home visits, translation, support during parent meetings, community meetings and IEPs and other highly sensitive situations, for the period December 15, 2012 through August 15, 2013 in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00
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