Meeting Name: Teaching and Learning Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/19/2010 5:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room, Paul Robeson Building, 1025 2nd Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606-2212
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10-0661 1 Minutes - Teaching and Learning Committee - April 1, 2010Minutes, CommitteeApproval by Teaching and Learning Committee of Its Minutes of April 1, 2010.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
10-0042 1 Amendment No. 1 - Professional Services Contract - Juan Du - Research & AssessmentAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of a Professional Services Contract between District and Juan Du, Richmond, CA, for the latter to provide an additional 6 of months service, conducting productivity analyses, as part of an overall assessment mapping school quality in the District, in an additional amount of $40,000.00, increasing the Contract from a not to exceed amount of $25,000.00 to $65,000.00 and extending contract period from July 6, 2009 through December 30, 2009 to June 30, 2010. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0249 1 Professional Services Contract - SFBAC, Learning for Life - Manzanita SEED Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of an Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between District and Learning for Life, for the latter to provide 5 months of Enrichment Services at Manzanita SEED Elementary School, for the period of July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an additional amount of $42,393.00, increasing contract not to exceed amount from $19,500.00 to $61,893.00 pursuant to the terms and conditions as specified in the Master MOU 09-03. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect. Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0275 1 Amendment No. 1 - Professional Services Contract - Learning for Life - Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 to the Memorandum of Understanding between between District and Learning for Life, San Leandro, CA, for the latter to provide additional services in Arts, Recreation, Leadership and Family Literacy activities in its capacity as a Comprehensive After School Lead Agency, as specified in the Scope of Work incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, for the period of July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in the additional amount of $45,832.50, increasing the Contract from a not to exceed amount of $15,277.50 to $61,110.00. All other tems and conditions of Memorandum remain in full force and effect.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0307 1 Amendment No. 1 of Professional Services Contract - Vanessa Flynn - EnCompass AcademyAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Vanessa Flynn, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 60 additional hours in the following areas: 1) teacher training in lesson planning; 2) facilitate data-based PLC's and 3) provide K-5 assessment, standards map of scope/sequence, at EnCompass Academy, for the period November 30, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in the additional amount of $4,400.00, increasing the contract from a not to exceed amount of $17,200.00 to $21,600.00. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remaining in full force and effect.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0344 1 Amendment No. 1 to Professional Services Contract - Conscious Teaching, LLC - Instructional ServicesAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of Professional Services Contract between the District and Conscious Teaching, LLC, Fairfax, CA, for the latter to provide an additional 80 hours of support, providing a workshop to new teachers entitled, Conscious Classroom Management (12), for creating positive teaching and learning environments, for the period of August 22, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an additional amount of $2,500.00, increasing the contract not to exceed amount from $2,500.00 to $5,000.00. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0421 1 Professional Services Contract - Developmental Studies Center - Instructional ServicesAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Developmental Studies Center, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 104 hours of services of Caring School Community School initiative by supporting teachers and principals to create a school wide learning environment; conduct workshops for each school faculty; provide follow up workshops to meet districts needs; provide on-site consultation and coaching for principals, coaches, and school leaders for the period March 15, 2010 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $33,800.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0430 1 Professional Services Contract - Contra Costa County Office of Education - Instructional ServicesAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Contra Costa County Office of Education, Pleasant Hill, CA, for the latter to provide 160 hours of AB430 Administrator Training Program, which covers three modules; Leadership and Support of Student Instructional Program; Leadership and Management for Instructional Improvement and Instructional Technology to Improve Student Performance, to qualified District principals and assistant principals for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0466 1 Professional Services Contract - New Bridge Foundation - ASPIRE - Dewey AcademyAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 to Professional Services Contract between District and New Bridge Foundation-ASPIRE, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide additional parent meetings throughout the 2009-2010 school year, for the period August 31, 2009 through June 17, 2010, at Dewey Academy, in an additional amount of $3,800.00, increasing the Contract not to exceed amount from $10,000.00 to $13,800.00. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0469 1 Professional Services Contract - Cantare Convivo - Lincoln Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Cantare Convivo, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 250 additional hours of support of English Language Learners so that pupils may demonstrate increased language arts skills through special presentations for parents and the school community; promote parent engagement and help develop fluency for pupils at Lincoln Elementary School, for the period of September 1, 2009 through April 30, 2010, in an additional amount of $10,000.00, increasing contract not to exceed amount from $9,000.00 to $19,000.00. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect. Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0470 1 Professional Services Contract - Cantare Convivo - Lincoln Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 2 of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Cantare Convivo, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 250 additional hours of support of English Language Learners so that pupils may demonstrate increased language arts skills through special presentations for parents and the school community; promote parent engagement and help develop fluency for pupils at Lincoln Elementary School, for the period of September 1, 2009 through April 30, 2010, in an additional amount of $5,000.00, increasing contract not to exceed amount from $19,000.00 to $24,000.00. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0471 1 Professional Services Contract - Tracey Carr - Peralta Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Tracey Carr, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 167 hours of technology based English Learner intervention strategies as well as small group language enhancement activities to support student achievement, targeting vocabulary growth and semantic appropriateness, working with individual and small groups of students on a weekly basis at Peralta Elementary School, for the period of March 1, 2010 through June 17, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0472 1 Professional Services Contract - Youth Educational IOU - Lakeview Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Youth Educational IOU, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 1418 hours of staff support to implement the following enrichment activities: Academic Support, Art, Capoeira, Dance & Music, Drama, Sports, Gardening, and BAM (Behavior Adjustment and Management), with groups rotating activities based on a schedule designed by the site coordinator, with services and programmatic objectives to be achieved as specified in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as through fully set forth, at Lakeview Elementary School for the period of March 20, 2010 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $59,300.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0473 1 Professional Services Contract - Micheline LeBlanc Consulting - Instructional ServicesAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Micheline LeBlanc Consulting, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 100 hours of service including developing and delivering 3 hour after school workshops to Math Teachers at Claremont, Bret Harte and Alliance Middle Schools; two full day intensive workshops on best practices in effective integration of web-based and other technology into Middle School Math instruction; and provide at least fifty hours of electronic coaching to participating teachers, for the period April 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $8,000.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0474 1 Professional Services Contract - Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute - Instructional ServicesAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of Professional Services Contract between the District and Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 100 hours of services to support implementation of the Urban Math Project including: 1) provide a minimum of six - 4 hour trainings for parents and students at Claremont, Bret Harte, and Alliance Middle Schools, in the effective home use of refurbished computers to support the District's Middle School Math curriculum; 2) prepare and distribute a minimum of 50 refurbished computers pre-loaded with educational software, for the parents and students completing the trainings, for the period April, 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0494 1 Professional Services Contract - Youth Educational IOU - West Oakland Middle SchoolAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Youth Educational IOU, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 360 hours of service by Academic Intervention Specialists, to provide tutoring for Far Below Basic students, engaging in techniques and drills that assist students to master reading and math - Monday thru Friday and provide pupils activities supporting cross curriculum projects, at West Oakland Middle School, for the period April 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $9,000.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0509 1 Professional Services Contract - Cintya Molina - International Community SchoolAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Cintya Molina, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 682.50 hours performing the following services: implement and coordinate the 4 components of the Toyota Family Literacy Program-Collaboration between the Adult Education and Elementary Education teachers, Parent Workshops, and Parent and Child Together activities, as specified; oversee/coordinate the Parent Education offerings (workshops, orientation, etc) of the Parent Resource Center (PRC) in collaboration with the Parent Coordinator; support the leadership development of the parent leaders at the school; design and prepare curriculum and instruction for adult learning; assist in the planning and coodination of relevant community events; offer input and expertise to the schools' leadership; facilitate parent dialogues and planning to enhance the inclusion of all the diverse families, at International Community School, for the period of March 8, 2010 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $14,526.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0523 1 Amendment No. 2 Professional Services Contract - WestEd - Instructional ServicesAgreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 2 of a Professional Services Contract between the District and WestEd, San Francisco, CA, for the latter to provide 8 additional Train The Trainer Professional Development of Teach for Success modules, including PowerPoints and participant handouts, for the period September 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an additional amount of $20,000.00, increasing the contract not to exceed amount from $78,045.00 to $98,045.00. All other terms and conditions of the contract remain in full force and effect.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0530 1 Amendment No. 1 - Memorandum of Understanding - Oakland Leaf - Ascend Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Memorandum of Understanding between District and Oakland Leaf, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide two new intervention programs, Math and Reading and an evaluation of the impact of same, at Ascend Elementary School, for the period of July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in the additional amount of $20,089.00, increasing the MOU from a not to exceed amount of $103,969.00 to $124,058.00. All other terms and conditions of the MOU remain in full force and effect. Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0563 1 Professional Services Contract - Youth ALIVE - James Madison Middle SchoolAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Youth ALIVE, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 100 hours leading the implementation of Teens on Target peer to peer violence prevention program to teach students skills for preventing violence, establish communication and meet with high school principals and site coordinators, presentation of peer violence prevention education workshops to all 8th graders, presentation of grade level peer violence prevention education assemblies to all students and provide written documentation of deliverables described above, at James Madison Middle School, for the period March 30, 2010 through June 15, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $2,000.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0573 1 Professional Service Contract - YMCA of the East Bay - Crocker Highlands Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractRatification by the Board of Education of an Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between District and YMCA of the East Bay, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide the School Day Fitness and Enrichment Education Program, a comprehensive physical education program that meets CA guidelines and CH site goals, objectives as detailed in SPSA with focus with on the development of healthy lifestyles, motor skills, movement, and social/personal skills, at Crocker Highlands Elementary School, for the period of August 31, 2009 through June, 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $42,534.00, pursuant to the terms and conditions as specified in the MOU.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0608 1 Amendment No. 1 to Professional Services Contract - Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc. - West Oakland Middle School (Correction of Funding Resource Code)Agreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of correction of Funding Resource Code - Measure G - Arts - from Funding Resource Code 0089-168 to Funding Resource Code 0089-204, for Legislative File No. 09-3173, approved January 13, 2010, which reads: "Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc., Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 228 hours, i.e., 26 weeks of visual art professional development by providing the six grade team (teachers) hands-on visual art professional development, side by side in the classroom with students, providing teachers visual art concepts, tools, language, techniques and strategies of integrating art into core curriculum and provide entire staff one visual art professional development workshop at West Oakland Middle School, for the period November 2, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in a not to exceed amount of $17,030.00." All other terms and conditions of approval remaining in full force and effect. Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0611 1 Amendment No. 1 to Professional Services Contract - Olabayo Allen-Taylor - Elmhurst Community Preparatory Middle SchoolAgreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of Professional Services Agreement betwen District and Olabayo Allen-Taylor, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 187.5 additional hours of service, extending hours after school, (Satuday's) in order to expand the organization and provision of mental, emotional support services for pupils, as described in the original contract Scope of Work, at Elmhurst Preparatory Middle School and extend the contract period of August 24, 2009 through June 24, 2010 to June 30, 2010, in an additional amount of $7,500.00, increasing Contract not to exceed amount from $46,00.00 to $53,500.00. Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0612 1 Professional Services Contract - Oakland Small Schools Foundation - Alliance AcademyAgreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Oakland Small Schools Foundation, Oakland, CA , for the latter to provide 11 hours of grant management/reporting/monitoring, 16 hours of individual giving campaign support, 70 hours of creation and dissemination of marketing materials, 7 hours of photography services, and account management, for a total of 129 hours of service for Alliance Academy, for the period May 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010, in a not to exceed amount of $9,998.00.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0632 1 Amendment No. 1 Professional Services Contract - Bay Area Black United Fund - Alliance AcademyAgreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of a Professional Services Contract between District and Bay Area Black United Fund, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide approximately 490 additional hours of service providing private and small group music instruction, music supplies including charts/sheet music/instruments/and parts, instruction in music software for students, and professional development for musicians and staff at Alliance Academy, in an additional not to exceed amount of $24,428.00, increasing the Contract from a not to exceed amount of $18,740.00 to $43,168.00 and extending the contract period of August 24, 2009 through October 30, 2009 to June 24, 2010. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect.Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0637 1 Professional Services Contract - Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools - Futures Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools (BayCES), Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 600 hours (75 days) of coaching including both on-site work and planning; coaching includes leadership development coaching and instructional coaching in Math and English Language Arts and technical assistance to the Impact 2012 Inquiry Team to engage in data-based inquiry to implement strategic interventions to accelerate the learning of focal students (gains of 1-2 years of grade-level learning in 6 months), at Futures Elementary School, for the period May 13, 2010 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $11,000.00 Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0645 1 Professional Services Contract - Oakland Small Schools Foundation - Fred T. Korematsu Discovery AcademyAgreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Oakland Small Schools Foundation (OSSF), Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 312 hours of professional development for teachers, staff and parents, with a focus on the topic of setting and achieving academic goals for students; understanding California Content Standards and techniques for working successfully in a culturally diverse environment, at Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy, for the period April 1, 2010 through June 17, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $7,800.00Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0646 1 Amendment No. 1 to Professional Services Contract - PMA Consulting - Laurel Elementary SchoolAgreement or ContractApproval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of a Professional Services Contract between District and PMA Consulting, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide an additional 124 hours of service of a trained, highly qualified, experienced consultant, with a proven track record of success in attaining the state mandated California English Learners Development Test progress to provide direct services to English Language Learner (ELL) students daily; work with small groups of English Language Development students using Language for Writing or English Now materials; read and provide feedback for Language for Writing assignments; work one on one with an ELL on a skill specifically designed for his/her individual needs; administer LW/English Now unit assessments; work only with identified ELL students, at Laurel Elementary School, in an additional amount of $2,994.60, increasing the Contract from a not to exceed amount of $7,285.86 to $10,280.46 and extend the contract period of September 8, 2009 to April 21, 2010 to June 17, 2010. All other terms and conditions of the contract remain in full force and effect. Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Not available
10-0070 1 Report on the 21st Century Foundation and the Black Men and Boys InitiativeReportPresentation on the 21st Century Foundation and the Black Men and Boys Initiative.Postponed to a Date Certain  Action details Video Video
10-0265 1 District's Teach for Success ProgramReportPresentation of Report on District's Teach for Success Program. Presentation/Acknowledgment Made  Action details Video Video
10-0298 1 Student Privacy and Equal AccessResolutionAdoption by the Board of Education of Resolution No. 0910-0163 - Student Privacy and Equal Access.Postponed to a Date Certain  Action details Video Video
10-0487 1 Presentation - Assessment for LearningReportAssessment for Learning Presentation.Presentation/Acknowledgment Made  Action details Video Video
10-0489 1 Effective Instruction Priority (OE-11, OE-6)Discussion ItemDiscussion regarding recommendations for Effective Instruction priority of the Board and Superintendent (OE-11, OE-6).Postponed to a Date Certain  Action details Video Video
10-0578 1 Presentation - A-G Linked LearningReportPresentation on A-G Linked Learning.Postponed to a Date Certain  Action details Video Video
10-0704 1 District Grading PoliciesReportDiscussion of District Grading Policies including participating principals.Postponed to a Date Certain  Action details Video Video