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Meeting date/time:
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2/16/2010
5:00 PM
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Minutes status:
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Final
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Meeting location:
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Board Room, Paul Robeson Building, 1025 2nd Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606-2212
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10-0253
| 1 | | Minutes - Teaching and Learning Committee - February 1, 2010 | Minutes, Committee | Approval by Teaching and Learning Committee of Its Minutes of January 19, 2010. | Adopted | Pass |
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09-3003
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract Amendment - Susan Andrien - High School Network - Summer Algebra Academy | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Professional Services Contract between District and Susan Andrien, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 8 hours additional service to support the advancement of at-risk middle school students; be responsible for recruiting students, hiring staff, and otherwise providing leadership of the Summer Algebra Academy at Edna Brewer Middle School, at an additional cost of $350.00, increasing the Contract not to exceed amount from $7,200.00 to $7,550.00, for the period June 23, 2009 through July 31, 2009. All other terms and conditions of the contract remain in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3316
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Nikao Youth Enrichment Services - Westlake Middle School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Nikao Youth Enrichment Services, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 440 hours of oversight and implementation of a comprehensive intervention and enrichment program during lunchtime and adjacent periods for 50-100 students at Westlake Middle School, for the period September 28, 2009 through June 17, 2010, in an amount not to exeed $30,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3336
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Patricia Williams-Myrick - Street Academy | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Service Contract between District and Patricia Williams-Myrick, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 112 hours of supervision and coordination of Street Academy's Summer Intervention Academy serving approximately 50 students, helping them achieve academic goals and evaluation of teachers and staff of the Street Academy Summer Intervention Program, for the period of June 29, 2009 through July 23, 2009 in an amount not to exceed $9,937.24. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3397
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Sheldeen Osborne - East Oakland PRIDE Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Sheldeen Osborne, Lafayette, CA, for the latter to provide 620 hours to selected low achieving students who would be well served by individual and small group instruction in literacy skills, as described in the Scope of Service, at East Oakland PRIDE Elementary School, for the period September 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $31,000.00 | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3495
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Cambridge Education LLC - Office of Charter Schools | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Cambridge Education, LLC, Westwood, MA., for the latter to provide 288 hours of preparation and review of seven Charter Schools - Cox Academy, World Academy, Berkley Maynard Academy, Civicorps Academy, North Oakland Community Charter School, Lighthouse Community Charter High School, and the Oakland School for the Arts - for purposes of establishing additional evidence base to be considered by staff in its evaluation of charter schools for the purposes of re-authorization, for the period of October 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $56,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0014
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Zerita N. Dotson - West Oakland Middle School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Zerita N. Dotson, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 205.92 hours as Intervention Coach 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 skill levels and test better, and, for those students who have mastered basic English Language Learning but need attention to broaden their cognitive skills, provide grammar, writing and communication activities that will enhance students learning abilities enabling them to further improve their English Learning Arts, and also maintain a safe learning environment, support core teaching staff, and collect data relevant to student accomplishments, meet with students in small groups of 3-5 students or one-to-one per 40 minutes sessions, 6 hours per day during the school for 3 days a week for a total of 18 hours per week, for the period December 8, 2009 through June 14, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $7,207.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0015
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Zerita N. Dotson - West Oakland Middle School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Zerita N. Dotson, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 85.72 hours as Intervention Coach to conference with core teachers to target areas of student needs, design activities that chart individualized assistance needed to improve skills and work one-on-one or in small group settings that further maximize student learning abilities, work with students 3 hours a day, once a week for 40 minute sessions, at West Oakland Middle School, for the period December 8, 2009 through June 14, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $3,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0016
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1 - Professional Services Contract - Christopher Lee - James Madison Middle School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Professional Services Contract between District and Christopher Lee, Richmond, CA, for the latter to provide 864 additional hours of study skills for selected students in a small group setting one hour before school and one hour after school every day to improve student skills and behavior at James Madison Middle School and extending the contract period of September 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009 to June 17, 2010, for an additional $20,000.00, increasing the contract not to exceed amount from $10,000.00 to $30,000.00. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0050
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1 - Memorandum of Understanding - Oakland Leaf - Urban Promise Academy | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Memorandum of Understanding between District and Oakland Leaf, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide additional academic support and enrichment programs to Urban Promise Academy students during the extended day and after school program for the period of July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in the additional amount of $19,863.23, increasing the MOU from a not to exceed amount of $127,211.00 to $147,074.23. All other terms and conditions of the MOU remaining in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0052
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1, Professional Services Contract - San Francisco Study Center dba Brothers On The Rise - Edna Brewer Middle School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of a Professional Services Contract between District and San Francisco Study Center dba Brothers On The Rise, San Francisco, CA, for the latter to add Mediation Services Program to train and supervise a cadre of approximately 24 6th-8th grade peer mediators, provide on-going training and support to the group which will further build their skills; perform on-going outreach and coordinate projects to impact their peers at the school at weekly meetings led by the Mediation Coordinator; in mediations work toward a signed youth created agreement designed to prevent conflicts from occurring again and escalating for an estimated 75 student conflicts between January and June, 2010; provide leadership role in Violence Prevention Week during the Spring, as well as organizing other projects for the school, such as public and peer education, for Edna Brewer Middle School, for the period August 31, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an additional amount of $15,000.00, increasing the Contract not to exceed amount from $45,004.00 to $60,004.00. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0061
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Elaine Armour-Word - Grass Valley Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Elaine Armour-Word, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide 94 hours of support for new teachers to learn to teach to the California teaching standards and insure that all students master grade level standards and insure that teachers are engaging students in the learning process and engaging students in problem solving critical thinking and mastery of all grade level matter at Grass Valley Elementary School, for the period September 21, 2009 through June 17, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $4,700.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0079
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Philip Williams - Oakland Technical High School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Philip Williams, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 700 hours of technical assisstance with Windows and Apple MacIntosh Computers, as required by school, including initial set-up, maintenance, scheduled upgrades of instructional computers and software, troubleshooting software implementation issues, and advice on the configuration of the "teacher" computers, laptops, and projection and printing capability, and other services as described in the Scope of Work, at Oakland Technical High School, for the period January 20, 2010 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $35,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0103
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Equilibrium Dynamics - EXCEL High School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Equilibrium Dynamics, San Francisco, CA, for the latter to provide 60 hours of group and individual sessions, providing teachers with tools and strategies that address community and working with students who are impacted by trama, at Excel High School, for the period December 15, 2009 through June 17, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $7,500.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0109
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Oakland Small Schools Foundation - MetWest High School | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of Professional Services Contract between District and Oakland Small Schools Foundation, Oakland, CA, for the latter to work with a number of students to assess programming and project future growth areas, at MetWest High School, for the period of December 10, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in the amount of $7,500.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0120
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Ujima Foundation - Lakeview Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Ujima Foundation, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide staff to implement the following enrichment activities - Academic Support, Art, Capoeira, Dance & Music, Drama, Sports, Gardening, and BAM (Behavior Adjustment and Management), Monday - Friday, from 2:45 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. - at Lakeview Elementary School for the period of February 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $19,500.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0122
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Centro Legal de la Raza - Think College Now | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Centro Legal de la Raza, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 3,444 hours of services to improve parent participation and, in turn, increase student achievement, including contacting local families and community members to support family learning, events, legal services (consulting), workshops, etc., support the leadership development of families; train parents as child's first teachers and leaders in communities; implement a mentorship program for at risk students; serve as roll models for the community; maintain a safe and positive school culture and bring the Law Youth Academy to the school site to provide mentors, role models and after school tutors, at Think College Now, for the period of January 4, 2009 through June 17, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $62,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0124
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Jill Caroll - Joaquin Miller Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Jill Carroll, Novato, CA, for the latter to provide 8 hours to perform one training for K-5 teachers at site, focused on best teaching practices for differentiation instruction for both intervention and GATE students in a self-contained classroom environment, at Joaquin Miller Elementary School for the period of August 27, 2009 through August 27, 2009, in an amount not to exceed $2,520.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0126
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - MOCHA - Manzanita SEED Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA), Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 154 hours of programs that include professional development for classroom teachers in arts-intergrated learning and inquiry, the development of an arts framework for a general curriculum approach known as Teaching for Understanding, and a short-term artist residency to model arts-integrated approaches to math and language arts curriculum, at Manzanita SEED Elementary School, for the period of January 28, 2010 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $6,374.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0127
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Noe' Perez Sanchez - International Community School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Noe' Perez Sanchez, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 840 hours of technical consulting and professional development to teachers, Family Literacy Program, parents and support staff and consultation on the development and implementation of a comprehensive parent technology education program to support the schools Family Literacy initiative, at International Community School, for the period of January 29, 2010 through June 18, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $17,576.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0129
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Music National Service - International Community School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Music National Service, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 324 hours to support and expand the use of music to achieve important civic and social goals by providing an opportunity for artists and musicians to engage in arts-driven public service for underserved communities, at International Community School, for the period of January 28, 2010 through June 17, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $3,325.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0131
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Oakland Small Schools Foundation - Learning Without Limits Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Oakland Small Schools Foundation, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 153 hours of coaching to support the school in building a fund raising mailing list, solicit donations from donors, identifying, writing and monitoring the implementation of grants to support the school and helping develop marketing materials including brochures and a web site, at Learning Without Limits Elementary School for the period of December 2, 2009 through June 17, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $9,760.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0132
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - MOCHA - ASCEND Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA), Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 350 hours of weekly one on one and small group coaching sessions to ASCEND's 16 classroom teachers throughout the school year, including collaborative planning, model teaching, and co-teaching of lessons, as well as after school professional development workshops; sessions to develop teachers' ability to accelerate the academic achievement of Title 1 students by showing them how to use the visual arts integrated with language arts, math, science, and history to strengthen students' vocabulary, improve their understanding of core content area concepts, and develop their ability to comprehend complex texts, at ASCEND Elementary School, for the period of November 23, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $14,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0144
| 1 | | Professional Service Contract - Springback Learning Center - Programs for Exceptional Children | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Springback Learning Center, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 150 hours of tutoring sessions to a student to assist in improving Spanish, Mathematics and Language Arts skills through support of classroom curriculum, for the period of July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $6,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0162
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - College Summit - Instructional Services | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and College Summit, Washington, D. C., for the latter to provide 4,579 hours of service to College and Career Readiness Office, including academic support, tutoring and mentoring services, for 12th grade students at fifteen District high schools for 1,117 students; provide training, support and guidance for teachers and advisors in many schools that do not have counselors; create post secondary educational awareness and opportunity for all students, for the period February 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $183,150.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0183
| 1 | | Educational Organization Contract - Santa Clara County Office of Education - EnCompass Academy | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of Walden West Center Outdoor Science Outdoor Agreement between District and Santa Clara County Office of Education, Saratoga, CA, for the latter to provide an instructional program known as Walden West Outdoor Science School; meals and food services; all electricity, lights, heat, and water; facilities that are in good repair and in safe and habitable condition; personnel and resources necessary to implement the Walden West Program; student accident insurance, and approval of out-of-district field trip, for pupils of Encompass Academy, for the period January 11, 2010 through January 14, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $8,860.00 | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0227
| 1 | | 2009 -2010 Single Plan for Student Achievement - Oakland Emiliano Zapata Street Academy | Single Plan for Student Achievement | Approval by the Board of Education of the 2009-2010 Single Plan for Student Achievement for Oakland Emiliano Zapata Academy. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0205
| 1 | | Teaching and Learning Committee Work Plan for 2010 | Motion | Adoption by the Teaching and Learning Committee of its Work Plan for Calendar Year 2010. | | |
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09-3481
| 3 | | Decision - North Oakland Community - Petition and Proposed Charter (Renewal) | Charter School Petition | Approval by Board of Education of North Oakland Community - Petition and Proposed Charter (Renewal) (K-8), as revised. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3482
| 3 | | Decision - Lighthouse Community High - Petition and Proposed Charter (Renewal) | Charter School Petition | Approval by Board of Education of Lighthouse Community High - Petition and Proposed Charter (Renewal) (9-12), as revised. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0187
| 1 | | Oakland SELPA Annual Budget and Service Plan for Fiscal Year 2009-2010 | Motion | Public Hearing and Approval by the Board of Education of the District's 2009-2010 Annual Budget and Service Plan for Special Education. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0282
| 1 | | Educational Organization Contract - Global Explorers Program - Oakland High School - Costa Rica | Resolution | Approval by the Board of Education of Resolution No. 0910-0158 - Authorization for Approval of Student Travel and/or Educational Organization Contract between District and Global Explorers, Fort Collins, CO, for 10 students and two adults from Oakland High School to travel to Costa Rica, during the period August 13, 2010 to August 23, 2010, pursuant to terms and conditions Contract, at no cost to the District. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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4-10-0264
| 1 | | Oakland Athletic League Players Academic Standings | Report | Report on Oakland Athletic League Players Academic Standings. | Discussed and Closed | |
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10-0265
| 1 | | District's Teach for Success Program | Report | Presentation of Report on District's Teach for Success Program. | Postponed to a Date Certain | |
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10-0298
| 1 | | Student Privacy and Equal Access | Resolution | Adoption by the Board of Education of Resolution No. 0910-0163 - Student Privacy and Equal Access. | Referred | |
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