Meeting Name: Teaching and Learning Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/14/2011 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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11-0595 1 Minutes - Teaching and Learning Committee - February 14, 2011Minutes, CommitteeApproval by Teaching and Learning Committee of its Meeting Minutes of February 14, 2011.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
11-0273 1 Amendment No. 1 - Individual Service Agreement - Master Memorandum of Understanding - Bay Area Community Resources - Alliance AcademyAgreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of the Individual Service Agreement (ISA) to the Master Memorandum of Understanding between District and Bay Area Community Resources, San Rafael, CA, for the latter to provide increased level of service, current staff hours, and hire one additional staff to enhance current comprehensive After School Program that serves approximately 300 students daily, increasing the amount originally contracted in Menu of Service, Option B, for 224/Alliance Academy's comprehensive After School Program, for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in the additional amount of $20,200.38, increasing the ISA not to exceed amount from $86,973.00 to $107,173.00. All other terms and conditions of ISA remain in full force and effect. Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
11-0275 1 Amendment No. 1 - Individual Service Agreement - Master Memorandum of Understanding - Bay Area Community ResourcesAgreement or ContractApproval by Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of the Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding between District and Bay Area Community Resources, San Rafael, CA, for the latter to provide increased level of service, current staff hours, and hire one additional staff to enhance current comprehensive After School Program that serves approximately 300 students daily, increasing the amount originally contracted in Menu of Service, Option B, for Elmhurst Community Preparatory' School After School Program, for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in the additional amount of $22,672.00, increasing the ISA from a not to exceed amount of $86,973.00 to $109,645.00. All other terms and conditions of ISA remain in full force and effect. Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
11-0302 1 Professional Service Contract - Data Center - Quality Community School DelvelopmentAgreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Data Center, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 100 hours of engagement with students in the District to answer the following questions: How do we know if our schools are effective? What makes a good school? Through facilitating a team of OUSD youth to organize and facilitate peer listening circles and create interview and focus group guides for the period of December 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
11-0365 1 Professional Services Contract - Prescott Circus Theatre - Manzanita Community SchoolAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Prescott Circus Theatre, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 32 hours of performing arts education/enrichment/youth development programs two times a week; provide instruction, training, practice, and performance opportunities; assist students in developing skills and working as a team to create performances which will be presented at the school site and beyond at Manzanita Community School, for the period of February 28, 2011 through June 10, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $1,500.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
11-0426 1 Professional Services Contract - Prescott Circus Theatre - Piedmont Avenue Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Prescott Circus Theatre, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 167 hours of performing arts education/enrichment/youth development programs two times per week; provide instruction, training, practice, and performance opportunities so students will develop skills and work as a team to create performances which will be presented at the school site and beyond; provide after school enrichment to students as part of the Piedmont After School Program; provide performing arts education curriculum with a resident professional circus after school setting; provide 2 hour classes 2 times per week for a minimum of 10 classes; provide students performance opportunities, at Piedmont Avenue Elementary School, for the period March 1, 2011 through June 16, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $8,000.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
11-0428 1 Professional Services Contract - Paul Ackah aka Pope Flynn - Piedmont Avenue Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Paul Ackah aka Pope Flynn, Alameda, CA, for the latter to provide 94 hours for morning physical fitness through the use of Traditional West African Dance from Ghana, for both male and female students Kindergarten through 5th grade; teach African dance classes Monday through Friday from 7:30-8:30am; teach morning class as extended day and morning child care for parents who repeatedly drop their children off early; supervise and keep children in safe environment; provide afternoon rehearsals and performances; classes support our need to provide a safe environment, multicultural activities, self esteem building and physical movement, at Piedmont Avenue Elementary School, for the period February 15, 2011 through June 17, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $7,000.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
11-0450 1 Memorandum of Understanding - Alameda County Public Health Department - Complementary Learning DepartmentAgreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of a Memorandum of Understanding between District and Alameda County Public Health Department, San Leandro, CA, for the latter to provide services to implement a Teen Pregnancy Program to prevent and/or reduce teen pregnancy by working collaboratively with youth, teachers, school based health centers, school day and after school staff, and community service providers to coordinate and deliver evidence-based curriculum at Ascend, United for Success @ Simmons, Urban Promise Academy, Coliseum College Prep@ Havenscourt, Melrose Leadership Academy @ Sherman, Roots International @ Havenscourt, Bret Harte Middle School, Alliance Academy @ Elmhurst, Elmhurst Community Prep, Madison Middle School, Frick Middle, Roosevelt Middle School, West Oakland Middle School, Edna Brewer Middle School, Montera Middle School, Westlake Middle School, Hillcrest (K-8), and Claremont Middle School for the period of February 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011, at no cost to the District.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
11-0491 1 Professional Services Contract - Sylvan Learning Center - Crocker Highlands Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Sylvan Learning Center, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 215 hours of tutoring services including pre-assessment, group instruction, standards and research-based curriculum, progress assessment, and post assessment, at Crocker Highlands Elementary School, for the period February 14, 2011 through June 17, 2011 in an amount not to exceed $4,615.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
11-0492 1 Professional Services Contract - Herman D. Brown - West Oakland Middle SchoolAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Herman D. Brown, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 438 hours to design and provide math related materials to give assistance to students to set personal goals for achievements that support math success; assist core teachers to work with students who are below and far below proficient in small groups that allow students to gain better understanding of math applications, patterns, equations and theories; assist core math teacher with planning in helping students attain A-G requirements by offering Geometry in 8th grade, at West Oakland Middle School, for the period February 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $17,553.82.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
11-0501 1 Professional Services Contract - Fred Finch - Mental Health ServicesAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Fred Finch Youth Center, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 700 hours of mental health screening and assessment; crisis intervention services; individual, family and group counseling, training and consultation for school staff, parent outreach, case management and referral services to uninsured students and families to community mental health services under the Master Agreement with Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, for the period of February 14, 2011 through June 30, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $35,000.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
11-0552 1 Resolution - Non-Public Schools/Agencies - Programs for Exceptional ChildrenResolutionApproval by the Board of Education of Resolution No. 1011-0130 Approving Amended and/or New Master Agreements or Contracts and Individual Service Agreements with Non-Public Schools and Non-Public Agencies 2010-2011, pursuant to terms and conditions stated in said Resolution, including Attachments A and B, at a cost not to exceed $14,451,132.88.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
11-0553 1 Professional Services Contract - Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc. - Futures Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc., Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 158 hours of work to engage teachers in hands-on visual art professional development; side by side in the classroom with students; provide one visual art professional workshop to teaching staff for an introduction of the arts integrated curriculum; teachers will become skilled in visual art concepts, tools, language and techniques, teachers will gain strategies on how to integrate the arts into their core academic curriculum; teachers will use Making Learning Visible to gain insight and assess students' understanding of their process; and student work will be displayed throughout the school, at Futures Elementary School, for the period March 1, 2011, through June 30, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $11,850.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
11-0556 1 Individual Service Agreement of MOU - Playworks - Acorn Woodland Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of an Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between District and Playworks, for the latter to provide a structured, safe and inclusive program during and after school, including one full-time Program Coordinator, Monday through Friday, to carry out the four components of the program, to include Recess (organizing safe and inclusive opportunities for play and physical activity), Class Game Time (organizing and leading individual classes with their teacher through group and skill building activities), The Junior Coach Program (a leadership training program for 4th and 5th graders), and Out Of School Programs (coordinating an afterschool or before school program/recess), and conducting sports league teams for the students, at Acorn Woodland Elementary School, for the period August 30, 2010 through June 17, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $12,500.00 pursuant to the terms and conditions as specified in the MOU.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
11-0557 1 Individual Service Agreement to MOU - Playworks - Grass Valley Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of an Individual Services Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between District and Playworks, for the latter to provide a half day Power Of Play training, providing tools to help increase play and physical activity for students, consisting of three hours and serving approximately fifteen staff persons, at Grass Valley Elementary School, on March 9, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $1,200.00, pursuant to the terms and conditions as specified in the MOU.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
11-0563 1 Professional Services Contract - Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc., - Santa Fe Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc., Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 205 hours to engage Santa Fe teachers in hands-on visual art professional development, side by side in the classroom with students; entire teaching staff will receive one two-hour visual art professional development workshop for an introduction of the arts integrated curriculum that they will receive through the semester; 16 teachers will receive side-by-side visual art professional development; teachers will become skilled in visual art concepts, tools, language and techniques, and will gain strategies on how to integrate the arts into their core academic curriculum; teachers will use Making Learning Visible as a strategy gain insight and assess students understanding of the process; murals and/or student's work will be displayed throughout the school, at Santa Fe Elementary School, for the period January 15, 2011 through June 30, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $15,330.00. Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
11-0591 1 Individual Service Agreement to MOU - Playworks - Parker Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of an Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between District and Playworks, for the latter to provide a structured, safe and inclusive program during and after school, to include one full-time Program Coordinator, Monday through Friday, to carry out the four components of the programs including Recess (organizing safe and inclusive opportunities for play and physical activity), Class Game Time (organizing and leading individual classes with their teacher through group and skill building activities), the Junior Coach Program (a leadership training program for 4th and 5th graders), and Out Of School Programs (coordinating an afterschool or before school program/recess, and conducting sports league teams) for the students at Parker Elementary School, for the period August 30, 2010 through June 17, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00, pursuant to the terms and conditions as specified in the MOU. Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
11-0127 3 Decision - Amethod Public Schools - Oakland Charter Academy, Inc. - Petition and Proposed Charter - Material Revision Charter School PetitionApproval by Board of Education of Amethod Public Schools - Oakland Charter Academy, Inc. - Petition and Proposed Charter - Material Revision for Middle School Program Expansion By Creation of Secondary Campus. Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Video Video
11-0561 1 District's Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) Annual Service Plan and Budget Plan for Fiscal Year 2010-2011Public Hearing Public Hearing and adoption by the Board of Education of the District's Special Education Local Planning Area (SELPA) 2010-2011 Annual Service Plan and Budget Plan and further authorizing submission of same to the California Department of Education.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Video Video
11-0650 1 Presentation - Summer Learning Programs - Complementary Learning DepartmentDiscussion ItemPresentation to the Board of Education of Individual Report on Summer Learning Programs.Discussed and Closed  Action details Video Video
11-0651 1 Presentation - After School Programs - Complementary Learning DepartmentReportPresentation to the Board of Education of Individual Report on After School Quality Standards. Postponed to a Date Certain  Action details Video Video