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Meeting date/time:
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5/17/2010
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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10-0985
| 1 | | Minutes - Teaching and Learning Committee - May 3, 2010 | Minutes, Committee | Approval by Teaching and Learning Committee of its Minutes of May 3, 2010. | Adopted | Pass |
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09-2790
| 1 | | Individual Service Agreement - Master Contract - Sports4Kids - Emerson Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of an Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between District and Sports4Kids, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide school wide service for sports, recreation, physical activities, leadership and instruction at Emerson Elementary School for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $23,500.00, pursuant to the terms and conditions as specified in the MOU. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3404
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1 - Professional Services Contract - Aspiranet - Grass Valley Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Contract between District and Aspiranet, South San Francisco, CA, for the latter to provide additional services in the after school program's gardening class where students will study the ecology of the Oakland hills, watch seeds and plants develop, study water and weather patterns, and develop an appreciation for being outdoors in nature and have a better understanding of their place in the community by learning conservation and environmental awareness, at Grass Valley Elementary School, for the period of July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in the additional amount of $17,729.00, increasing the agreement from a not to exceed amount of $126,975.00 to $144,704.00, pursuant to the terms and conditions as specified in the MOU. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0627
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Cesar Olivas - MetWest High School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Cesar Olivas, Emeryville, CA, for the latter to provide 308 hours of tutoring to small groups and individuals, as well as academic coaching 3 times a week to EL students scoring FBB and BB at Met West High School, for the period April 15, 2010 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $7,700.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0655
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Paul Ackah aka Pope Flynn - Piedmont Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Paul Ackah aka Pope Flyne, Alameda, CA, for the latter to provide 80 hours of beginning and intermediate levels of African Dance, one hour per day twice a week for 30 weeks; starting with basic movement, developing into the refine art of story telling though dance, and including the history and cultural significance of African Dance to ultimately prepare the students for three school-wide performances during the school year at Piedmont Elementary School, for the period of February 15, 2010 through June 17, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $6,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0656
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Sharhram Khadje Nassiri - Peralta Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Sharhram Khadje Nassiri, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 167 hours of specific technology based language interviews for identified students; work with classroom teachers and students on a daily basis utilizing language enhancement protocols that are technology based; work with small groups of students with identified need; and enhance expressive and receptive language functions 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 Favorably | Pass |
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10-0691
| 1 | | Professional Service Contract - School of Imagination - Programs for Exceptional Children | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of the Professional Services Contract between the District and School of Imagination, Dublin, CA, for the latter to provide speech and language therapy per the students IEP to meet the goals set out by the Speech and Language Therapist in the IEP developed in collaboration with IEP team members and families; also provide annual reports and proposed services for each child served as well as monthly collaboration for teachers, parents and students for the period of August 31, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $24,080.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0693
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1 - Professional Services Contract - Valerie Berthiaume - Sequoia Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of a Professional Services Contract between District and Valerie Berthiaume, Richmond, CA, for the latter to provide an additional 190 hours of service to support the After School Program; administer a pre-assessment; plan daily lessons; assess student learning every two weeks via Edusoft standards; communicate student academic progress with classroom teachers and after school tutors and parents; tutor six 4th grade and six 5th grade students during After School Program daily from 3:00pm-4:30pm October 1, 2010 through June 17, 2010; attend bi-monthly meetings with administration to present and discuss evidence about student learning, for the period October 1, 2009 through June 25, 2010, in an additional amount of $9,500.00, increasing the Contract from a not to exceed amount of $33,200.00 to $42,700.00. All other terms and conditions of the contract remain in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0707
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1 - Individual Service Agreement to Master Contract - Bay Area Community Resources - Esperanza Academy | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Contract between District and Bay Area Community Resources, San Rafael, CA, for the latter to provide additional services of Art Enrichment classes focusing on cognitive learning through African dance and culture for up to 20 students as described in the Menu of Services, Option A at Esperanza Academy, for the period of July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an additional amount of $5,296.00, increasing the Agreement from a not to exceed amount of $59,333.00 to $64,629.00, pursuant to the terms and conditions as specified in the MOU. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0750
| 1 | | Amendment No. 2 - Memorandum of Understanding - Professional Tutors of America, Inc. - Supplemental Educational Services | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 2 of the Memorandum of Understanding between District and Professional Tutors of America, Inc., Brea, CA for the latter to provide eligible students in second round programs at eligible Program Improvement sites, tutoring services through the SES program including but are not limited to tutoring in Mathematics and/or Language Arts; Individual Learning Plans for each student; Progress reports to parents and school sites for the period of November 19, 2009 through June 17, 2010, in an additional amount not to exceed $27,146.00, increasing the Agreement not to exceed amount from $122,551.00 to $149,697.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0778
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Expeditionary Learning Schools - Manzanita SEED Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Expeditionary Learning Schools, New York, NY, for the latter to provide 141 hours of a research-based design and teacher development program for comprehensive school improvement, with teachers attending a variety of off-site professional development, in order to further our implementation of their comprehensive school reform model and improve the curricula for all students; improve the quality of teaching by training teachers in designing rigorous, standards-based curriculum at Manzanita SEED Elementary School for the period of April 21, 2010 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $12,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0780
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Leona A. Hodges - Manzanita Community School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Leona Hodges, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 398.75 hours of support to use the Open Court "Intervention Component" to engage 3rd-5th grade students as a means of support and advancement in their academic progress, as well as create other strategies 3 days a week to help provide lessons and activities for the advancement of upper grade students at Manzanita Community School, for the period of November 30, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $15,955.06. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0791
| 1 | | Professional Sertvices Contract - Xian Lu - Lincoln Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Xian Lu, San Francisco, CA, for the latter to provide 217 hours of specializing in working with students who play wind instruments; coaching student members in the orchestra, and teach music theory, ear training, and counting rhythm to pupils at Lincoln Elementary School, for the period of March 1, 2010 through May 27, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $6,500.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0796
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Inward Journeys Consulting - Barack Obama Academy | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Inward Journeys Consulting, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 72 hours of tutors to reinforce previously learned concepts, skills, and techniques through supplemental instruction, group discussion, guided discovery, one-to-one assistance, and independent practice, using cutting edge tutorial techniques to differentiate the learning and delivery of instruction using visual aids, memorization strategies, traditional problem solving techniques, and the learn by doing approach for pupils, at Barack Obama Academy, for the period April 26, 2010 through June 17, 2010, in a not to exceed amount of $4,950.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0808
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Tatjana Haschemi - Instructional Services | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Tatjana Haschem, of El Cerrito, California, for the latter to provide 60 hours of administering Classroom Oral Competency Interviews, to include, planning, preparation, scoring and meeting time, to French Two students at Skyline High School, Oakland Technical High School, Mandela High School and Oakland High School, for the period April 1, 2010 through June 15, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $1,807.20. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0814
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1 - Professional Services Contract - Janet Gore - Grass Valley Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of a Professional Services Contract between District and Janet Gore, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide an additional 39.7 hours working with teachers to plan workshop activities and to support students in most need to master grade level standards in Math and English Language Arts; support new teachers in mastering teaching standards to increase Math and Reading by 5-10% which will move approximately 20% of students out of Far Below Basic/Below Basic, at Grass Valley Elementary School, for the period September 21, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an additional amount of $1,989.00, increasing the Contract from a not to exceed amount of $6,500.00 to $8,489.00. All other terms and conditions of the contract remain in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0816
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1 - Professional Services Contract - Iliana Sandoval - Reach Academy Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of a Professional Services Contract between District and Iliana Sandoval, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide an additional 274 hours to support students and families in the Math lab and provide translations daily from 8:30am-1:30pm; continue to work daily in the after school program instructing the literacy program, at Reach Academy Elementary School, and extending the contract period of December 4, 2009 thru June 11, 2010 to June 17, 2010, in an additional amount of $4,120.00, increasing the Contract from a not to exceed amount of $2,669.50 to $6,789.50. All other terms and conditions of the contract remain in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0923
| 1 | | Student Travel - Close Up Foundation - James Madison Middle School | Resolution | Approval by the Board of Education of Resolution No. 0910-0240 - Authorization for Approval of Student Travel and/or Educational Organization Contract for 11 students and 4 adults from James Madison Middle School to travel to Washington, DC, during the period June 19, 2010 to June 23, 2010, at no cost to the District. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0924
| 1 | | Student Travel - Class Act Tours - Edna Brewer Middle School and Claremont Middle School | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of Resolution No. 0910-0254 - Authorization for Approval of Student Travel and/or Educational Organization Contract, for 82 students and 18 adults from Edna Brewer Middle School and Claremont Middle School to travel to Washington D.C., during the period of May 24, 2010 to May 29, 2010, at no cost to the District. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0939
| 1 | | Educational Organization Contract - Caritas Creek Environmental Education Program - Barack Obama Academy | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of an Educational Organization Contract between District and Caritas Creek Environmental Education Program, Occidental, CA, for the latter to provide exploration of the natural environment, bonding with classmates, meeting students from Sunol Glen School, and participating in recreational activities, daily hikes to learn about relevant scientific concepts, with trained staff, instructional materials and supplies as required for implementation of the program, and other services specified in Contract incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at Carnitas Creek, for students at Barack Obama Academy, for the period March 29, 2009 through April 2, 2009, in an amount not to exceed $4,700.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0961
| 1 | | Student Travel - EXCEL High School - Portland, Oregon | Resolution | Approval by the Board of Education of Resolution No. 0910-0276 - Authorization for Approval of Student Travel and/or Educational Organization Contract, for 1 student and 1 adult from EXCEL High School and Oakland High, respectively, to travel to Portland, Oregon to attend the National High School Journalism Conference, during the period of April 14, 2010 to April 17, 2010, at no cost to the District. | 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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10-0070
| 1 | | Report on the 21st Century Foundation and the Black Men and Boys Initiative | Report | Presentation on the 21st Century Foundation and the Black Men and Boys Initiative. | Discussed and Closed | |
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10-0840
| 1 | | Elementary Science Instruction Proposal | Motion | Discussion and possible approval by the Board of Education of the District's Proposal for Improving Elementary Science Instruction. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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10-0775
| 1 | | Presentation on Progress Indicators for Restorative Justice and Violence Prevention | Report | Presentation of progress indicators for restorative justice and violence prevention. | Discussed and Closed | |
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10-0792
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - East Bay Asian Youth Center - Garfield Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and East Bay Asian Youth Center, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 407 hours of serving as the lead agency of the Garfield Learning Center; the Garfield Learning Center operates the Family Literacy program that supports parents in developing their English language skills through a Community Based English Tutoring program model; the program serves up to 20 parents during the school year at Garfield Elementary School for the period of September 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $14,256.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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