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Meeting date/time:
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12/7/2009
6:30 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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09-3351
| 1 | | Minutes - Teaching and Learning Committee - November 9, 2009 | Minutes, Committee | Approval by Teaching and Learning Committee of Its Minutes of November 9, 2009. | Adopted | Pass |
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09-2674
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Juanita Jackson - Instructional Services | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Juanita Jackson, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide 480 hours of support to the Gifted and Talented Education Program and Teaching American History Grant, including, communication with sites; facilitatating consultant contracts; meeting and agenda development; corresponding with parents; survey development, tallying and reporting of results; and maintaining database and budgets, for the period August 3, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $12,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-2765
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Paragon Education Network, Inc. - High School Network-1 | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of Professional Services Contract between District and Paragon Education Network, Inc., Missoula, MT, for the latter to provide 390 hours of service by working with High School Network-1 principals through a series of monthly workshops on Assessment for Learning, beginning with the writing and use of learning targets in the classroom and proceeding through the development and use of classroom-based formative assessment; will be paired with a series of introductory level workshops for individual schools which will focus on the writing and use of learning targets; and offer seven (7) introductory workshops across the network, for the period October 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $39,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-2781
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Angela Allen - Crocker Highlands Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Angela Allen, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 600 hours of support to assist teachers of grades K-5 with students of their choosing during the instructional day; students seperated from class individually or in small groups in or near their classrooms to work on assignments given by their teachers using materials and techniques based on the individual students needs; using differentiated techniques will be used to match the learning styles of academically challenged students in order to assist in closing the achievement gap at Crocker Highlands Elementary School for the period of October 6, 2009 through June 17, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $9,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-2801
| 1 | | Individual Service Agreement - Sports4Kids - Piedmont Ave 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 a structured, safe and inclusive program during and after school, including a variety of schoolyard sports and games during recess and lunch, game time with individual classrooms, an afterschool component, and interscholastic sports leagues at Piedmont Avenue Elementary School, for the period of August 31, 2009 through June, 17, 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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09-2803
| 1 | | Individual Service Agreement - Sports4Kids - International Community 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 a structured, safe and inclusive program during and after school, including a variety of schoolyard sports and games during recess and lunch, game time with individual classrooms, an afterschool component, and interscholastic sports leagues at International Community School, for the period August 31, 2009 through June, 17, 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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09-2805
| 1 | | Individual Service Agreement - Sports4Kids - Manzanita Community 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 a structured, safe and inclusive program during and after school, including a variety of schoolyard sports and games during recess and lunch, game time with individual classrooms, an afterschool component, and interscholastic sports leagues at Manzanita Community School, for the period of August 31, 2009 through June, 17, 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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09-2807
| 1 | | Individual Service Agreement - Sports4Kids - Think College Now 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 a structured, safe and inclusive program during and after school, including a variety of schoolyard sports and games during recess and lunch, game time with individual classrooms, an afterschool component, and interscholastic sports leagues at Think College Now Elementary School, for the period of August 31, 2009 through June, 17, 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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09-2867
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Sheryl Smith-Rodriguez - Parker Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Sheryl Smith-Rodriguez, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 108 hours of support to students in safe, effective use and maintenance of computers in the Computer Lab; general proctoring of students; and assist instructional staff with access to and use of educational computing resources, at Parker Elementary School, for the period October 20, 2009 through May 31, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $5,400.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-2897
| 1 | | Professional Services Agreement - Rochelle Weintraub - Instructional Services | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Rochelle Weintraub, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 120 hours for 2 years of support including facilitating two groups of District American History teachers participating in the Teaching American History Grant's Lesson Study Professional Development Component; participate and help facilitate grant professional development sessions during the school year and during the grant's summer institute; assist in the development, implementation, and analysis of yearly grant surveys of student content knowledge as connected to the grant's yearly content themes; attend and participate in the grant's monthly staff meetings; and help design and implement all aspects of the grant's professional development program for the period of October 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011, in amount not to exceed $9,000.00 | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-2947
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Attitudinal Healing Connection - Hoover Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Attitudinal Healing Connection, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 106.25 hours of weekly instruction on Friday afternoons, alternating between 4th and 5th grade, focusing on visual arts support and enhancement of the study of the state standards in art, as well as provide an additional learning modality to support social studies and science themes, fostering self esteem and self confidence at Hoover Elementary School, for the period of October 20, 2009 through June 11, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $8,500.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-2962
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Cycles of Change - MetWest High School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Cycles of Change, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide instruction for martial arts, biking, bike mechanics, and an environmental science class at MetWest High School, for the period of September 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $14,400.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-2975
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Marlo Davis - Reach Academy | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Marlo Davis, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 185 hours of supervision of students working in a rotation of seventy five girls participating in the after school program including taking daily attendance, maintaining attendance logs and providing Lead Attendant with a daily record of the logs; assist Lead Instructor during science and technology projects and supervise one-on-one tutoring sessions when instructor is teaching; maintain progress records of students involved in tutoring program and provide weekly reports regarding program to Director/Site Coordinator; distribute information regarding upcoming projects to parents and invite their participation and connect with community partners to promote projects or to enhance project outcomes when feasible, at Reach Academy, for the period of October 5, 2009 through June 11, 2010, in an amount of $2,500.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-2977
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Margarita Garcia Vasquez - Reach Academy | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Margarita Garcia Vasquez, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 222.50 hours of assistance to Math Lab instructor and provide support to students in the mental gaming center; supervise a rotation of twenty volunteers who tutor in the math lab and conduct student workshops for the after school program at Reach Academy, for the period of October 5, 2009 through May 21, 2010, in the amount of $2,450.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-2984
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Nikkia Young - Instructional Services | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Nikkia Young, Oakland, CA, for the latter to support teachers in Classroom Management on site for up to 154 hours, four to five hours weekly, during the first month of school; provide support regarding best practices in systems of student management to ensure that teachers create effective learning environments, build positive relationships with students and address the broad range of learning issues; attend all training sessions and weekly meetings with the Program Coordinator; observe teachers in practice; model best practices; provide constructive analysis; collaborate in the design of learning environments in relation to standard student conduct; collect data and submit weekly coaching logs to the Program Coordinator and communicate with site administrators, for the period of August 3, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $6,175.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-2987
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Cantare Convivo - Lincoln Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Cantare Convivo, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 150 hours of support in language arts development for English Learners in K-2 Classrooms, to help English Language Learners strengthen speaking and reading comprehension skills to assist students in improving CELDT levels; curriculum will provide supplemental activities for English Language Learners to practice grade-level vocabulary lists at Lincoln Elementary School, for the period of September 1, 2009 through April 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $9,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-2992
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Lauren Markham - Family & Community Office | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of Professional Services Contract between District and Lauren Markham, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide 420 hours of service to facilitate monthly parent meetings to increase parent involvement in their children's education; provide parent information and hands-on tools for navigating the District and better supporting their children's education; expand curriculum of and organize monthly meetings; organize logistics and interpretation for regular monthly meetings and three additional large community resource fairs; expand outreach to Liberian refugee community, an under-served population within the District; formalize and streamline a partnership with CBO Refugee transitions, which provides academic tutors to over 100 refugee youth and adults in Oakland, for the period October 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $9,660.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3005
| 1 | | Individual Service Agreement - Bay Area Community Resources - Elmhurst Community Preparatory Middle School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of an Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the District and Bay Area Community Resources, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide Arts, Recreation, Leadership and Family Literacy activities in its capacity as a Comprehensive After School Program Lead Agency at Elmhurst Community Preparatory Middle School, for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $24,100.00, pursuant to the terms and conditions as specified in the MOU. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3017
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Wesley J. Watkins, IV - Instructional Services | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Service Agreement between the District and Wesley J. Watkins, IV, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 250 hours of facilitation services to Arts Learning Anchor School principals, art providers and lead teachers; develop protocols to be used in working with the schools and evaluating program success, with expected outcomes to include, insuring that resources are maximized in terms of teacher learning in the arts and for student learning; insure quality, standards-based art learning; integration of arts with site level planning and professional development, and other services/outcomes as described the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, for the period of October 30, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $15,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3026
| 1 | | Individual Service Agreement - Bay Area Community Resources - Alliance Academy | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of an Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the District and Bay Area Community Resources, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide Arts, Recreation, Leadership and Family Literary activity in its capacity as a comprehensive After School Program Lead Agency at Alliance Academy, for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $35,000.00, pursuant to the terms and conditions as specified in the MOU. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3029
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Lincoln Child Center - Laurel Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Lincoln Child Center, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide licensed or license eligible master's level mental health professionals to conduct individual assessments; develop treatment plans which proscribe treatment interventions and provide therapeutic support throughout the day in the form of individual, group and crisis intervention; offer consultation and outreach to teachers and parents; provide intervention specialist who provides both in class and out of classroom support in the form of therapeutic activities, which address targeted areas, specified in the treatment plan including conflict resolution and social skill development; consultation and collaboration with classroom teachers and site administrators around classroom and school behavioral management at Laurel Elementary School, for the period December 6, 2009 through June 17, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $20,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3033
| 1 | | Individual Service Agreement - Bay Area Community Resources - Fred T. Korematsu Academy | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of an Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the District and Bay Area Community Resources, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide arts, recreation, leadership and family literacy activities in its capacity as a comprehensive after school program lead agency at Fred T. Korematsu Academy, for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $14,000.00, pursuant to the terms and conditions as specified in the MOU. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3036
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Dorothy Courtney - Sobrante Park Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Dorothy Courtney, Oakland, CA, for the latter to develop a conflict training program aligned to 2nd Step-focus on bulling; train 4th and 5th grade students as Conflict Managers; create a rotating schedule for conflict managers; and provide others services, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set, at Sobrante Park Elementary School, for the period October 19, 2009 through June 17, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $11,496.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3086
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Angela E. Rickford - Instructional Services | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Angela E. Rickford, Palo Alto, CA, for the latter to provide 25 hours of support to elementary school teachers who are members of the Academic English Development Professional Learning Community, specifically on the topic of California standards-based reading comprehension instruction of informational texts for kindergarten through fifth grade, providing and/or using materials methods and means described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, for the period of October 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in the amount not to exceed $4,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3093
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1 Professional Services Contract - WestEd - Instructional Services | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of Professional Services Contract between the District and WestEd, San Francisco, CA, for 18 hours of additional services for the latter to custom-design Teach for Success (T4S) observations protocol and classroom observations instrument for District, based on T4S Program, for the period September 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, for an additional amount of $6,045.00, increasing the original contract from $72,000.00 to $78,045.00. All other terms and conditions of the contract remaining in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3094
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Carolyn S. Carr - Instructional Services | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Service Contract between the District and Carolyn S. Carr, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 250 hours of facilitation services to Arts Learning Anchor School principals, art providers and lead teachers; develop protocols to be used in working with the schools and evaluating program success, with expected outcomes to include, insuring that resources are maximized in terms of teacher learning in the arts and for student learning; insure quality, standards-based art learning; integration of arts with site level planning and professional development, and other services/outcomes as described the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, for the period of ONovember 9, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $15,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3099
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Aarin Burch Productions - Family & Community Office | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Agreement between the District and Aarin Burch Productions, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide 160 hours of service producing and completing 3 videos that will highlight programs at District elementary, middle and high schools; produce, shoot, direct, and edit each video and provide District with 3 master clips prepared for web upload and DVD duplication, for the period August 31, 2009 through October 20, 2009, in an amount not to exceed $20,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3100
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Kathy Quain - Instructional Services | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Service Contract between the District and Kathy Quain, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 250 hours of facilitation services to Arts Learning Anchor School principals, art providers and lead teachers; develop protocols to be used in working with the schools and evaluating program success, with expected outcomes to include, insuring that resources are maximized in terms of teacher learning in the arts and for student learning; insure quality, standards-based art learning; integration of arts with site level planning and professional development, and other services/outcomes as described the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, for the period of October 30, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $15,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3105
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc. - Carl B. Munck Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | 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 300 hours of engagement of teachers in hands-on visual art professional development, side by side in the classroom with students; entire teaching staff one two-hour visual art professional development workshop for an introduction of the arts integrated curriculum that they will receive throughout the year; 16 teachers side-by-side visual art professional development for one hour every other week; and other services/outcomes as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at Carl B. Munck Elementary School, for the period November 2, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $22,165.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3106
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1 Professional Services Contract - PMA Consutling - Laurel Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of Professional Services Contract between the District and PMA Consulting, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide an additional 87 hours of direct services to small groups of students using the Media Center materials as resources; work with small group of students in how to do research using library resource materials; small groups of students will read specific literature selections and discuss them with the consultant; use the computer to differentiate instruction and provide opportunities for students to practice basic English Language Arts skills; serve on the Media Center Committee to help formulate the school Media Center Plan for the period August 31, 2009 through June 17, 2010, at Laurel Elementary School, in an additional amount of $2,288.10, increasing the original contract not to exceed amount from $22,999.41 to $25,287.50. All other terms and conditions of contract remaining in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3131
| 1 | | Professional Service Contract - Karen Glasser - Programs for Exceptional Children | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Service Contract between District and Karen Glasser, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 375 hours of service to ensure timelines are maintained in completing Non-Public School students' IEP's and to ensure that non-public school students' programs are in place, managed appropriately and in compliance with state and federal guidelines, for the period of September 15, 2009 through January 31, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $24,375.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3137
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc. - Community United Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | 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 196 hours of engagement of 16 teachers in hands-on visual art professional development, side by side in the classroom with students; entire teaching staff one two-hour visual art professional development workshop for an introduction of the arts integrated curriculum that they will receive throughout the year; 16 teachers side-by-side visual art professional development for one hour every other week; and other services/outcomes as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at Community United Elementary School, for the period November 2, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $14,685.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3139
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Community Alliance with Family Farmers - Nutrition Services | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Agreement between the District and Community Alliance With Family Farmers, Watsonville,CA, for the latter to provide 200 hours of service to achieve the Board-approved Wellness Policy goal of local and healthy food souring, by convening the necessary players to make change towards healthy, local food procurement; provide guidance on best practices for local purchasing; provide outreach and training to Nutrition Services employees, government officials and farmers; provide an evaluation of the cost of sourcing locally; provide seasonality and local food availability information and provide advice on produce contract language for procuring locally, for the period October 30, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3144
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Yari Mander - EnCompass Academy | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Yari Mander, Oakland, CA, for the latter to teach music to all students using singing and percussion every Tuesday; provide school wide music culture support and lead songs in community meetings; work with teachers to integrate music at EnCompass Academy, for the period November 13, 2009 through June 17, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $15,868.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3146
| 1 | | Memorandum of Understanding - GapBuster Learning Center, Inc. - Supplemental Educational Services | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of a Memorandum of Understanding between District and GapBuster Learning Center, Inc., Silver Spring, MD, for the latter to provide tutoring in Mathematics and/or Language Arts to eligible students, as determined by No Child Left Behind guidelines, aligned with specifications of each eligible student's Individual Learning Plan, for the period of December 17, 2009 through June 17, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $61,800.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3147
| 1 | | Memorandum of Understanding - ATS Project Success - Supplemental Educational Services | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of a Memorandum of Understanding between District and ATS Project Success, Clinton Township, MI, for the latter to provide tutoring in Mathematics and/or Language Arts to eligible students, as determined by No Child Left Behind guidelines, aligned with specifications of each eligible student's Individual Learning Plan, for the period of December 17, 2009 through June 17, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $3,150.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3148
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Luna Dance Kids - Instructional Services | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Luna Kids Dance of Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide 138 hours of support to teachers in Dance Pedagogy, providing six to seven weekly classes of dance instruction with side-by-side professional development for no more than 10 teachers; ongoing coaching and development to participating teachers through side-by-side model and regular communication, curriculum & program planning, documentation of teacher and student learning for the period of November 16, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $11,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3149
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1 Professional Services Contract - Adimu Maydun - Instructional Services | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of Professional Services Contract between the District and Adimu Maydun, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide an additional 390 hours of support working with assigned sites to implement the Second Step (Violence Prevention/Social Skills) Pre/K-K5 Curriculum with assigned sites, their administrators and staff to support the full implementation of the Second Step curricular program; offer services through modeling lessons, observing lessons, and providing coaching de-briefings with teachers; facilitating refresher and support staff trainings as needed for school sites for the period of August 25, 2009, through June 18, 2010, in an additional amount of $11,700.00, increasing the original contract amount from $15,210.00 to $26,910.00. All other terms and conditions of Agreement remaining in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3154
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Ira Sachnoff - Instructional Services | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Ira Sachnoff, San Francisco, CA, for the latter to provide 7 hours of technical assistance in reviewing and revising Tobacco Policy Implementation; and to provide technical assistance regarding evaluation issues within the TUPE Program, for the period of November 2, 2009 through June 16, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $1,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3155
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Martin L. Forst - Instructional Services | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Martin L. Forst, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 290 service hours to work as an Evaluator of the Tobacco Usage Prevention Education High School (TUPE-HS ), Second Step-K-5, and Caring School Community (CSC) Programs; devise student survey forms; for quit and awareness groups; year end student survey; input all project reporting forms for analysis, and send out a monthly report/update to the Project Director; design evaluation of the Second Step preschool and elementary programs, and to design evaluation of the CSC program, which is beginning to be implemented this year in 11 elementary sites; produce separate evaluations of each of the two programs, for the period of November 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $14,500.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3157
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - H.E.R.O., Inc. - Laurel Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and H.E.R.O., Inc., Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide two trained and qualified staff who will organize and facilitate a variety of games 1-1/2 hours a day, five days a week between the hours of 4:30-6pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 3-4:30pm on Wednesdays for 40 students; facilitate in the fifteen minute interim after the last recess a rotating group of thirty 4th and 5th grade students meeting with the consultants to develop leadership skills which the students will subsequently practice during the break times; and perform other services described in the Scope of Work incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at Laurel Elementary School, for the period December 1, 2009 through June 4, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $16,400.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3158
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Pam Bovyer - Instructional Services | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Pamela Bovyer, Castro Valley, CA, for the latter to provide eighty four (84) hours of support to Instructional Services for elementary and middle schools (administrators) in the development and management of the District Spelling Bee to be held on February 4, 2010, for the period of November 1, 2009 through March 30, 2010, in the amount not to exceed $5,040.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3172
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc. - Frick Middle School | Agreement or Contract | 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 375 hours of engagement of 16 teachers in hands-on visual art professional development, side by side in the classroom with students; entire teaching staff of approximately 30 teachers one visual art professional development workshop for an introduction of the arts integrated curriculum that they will receive throughout the year; and other services/outcomes as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at Frick Middle School, for the period November 2, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $26,100.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3174
| 1 | | Individual Service Agreement - Bay Area Community Resources - James Madison Middle School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of an Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the District and Bay Area Community Resources, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide individual and group counseling services, family therapy, classroom presentations and teacher consultation at James Madison Middle School, for the period November 1, 2009 through June 15, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $9,000.00, pursuant to the terms and conditions as specified in the MOU. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3189
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Lincoln Child Center - Barack Obama Academy | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Lincoln Child Center, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 3,202 hours of needed mental health services to students throughout their placement at school, including in-class support; non-traditional therapies; individual/family thearpy; family support; case management and service linkage; transition planning, at Barack Obama Academy, for the period November 30, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in a not to exceed amount of $50,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3190
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Matt Morrish - Westlake Middle School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Matt Morrish, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 160 hours of music services including teaching groups of saxophonists, clarinetists, flutists, running rehearsals, and conducting bands, for students at Westlake Middle School, for the period September 1, 2009 through June 4, 2010, in an amount not to exceed amount of $5,600.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3205
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Phalina Armstrong dba PMA Consulting - Complementary Learning Department | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Phalina Armstrong dba PMA Consulting, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide service as featured speaker on the topic of fostering youth identity and well-being in the after school programs on August 14th at the After School Programs Training Workshop, August 10-14, 2009 at the After School Programs Training Workshop for the Complementary Learning Department in the amount of $100.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3209
| 1 | | Educational Organization Contract - The Mosaic Project - Oakland Unified School District | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of an Educational Organization Contract between District and The Mosaic Project, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide food and lodging during the program for students and teachers; program staff at an approximate ratio of one staff person per 10 or fewer students; high-school aged cabin leaders at an approximate ration of one cabin leader per 10 or fewer students; 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 Enchanted Hills Camp in Napa, CA, for the period October 5, 2009 through June 30, 2013, in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00 | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3210
| 1 | | Memorandum of Understanding - The Berkeley Chess School - Named Schools | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of a Memorandum of Understanding between District and The Berkeley Chess School, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide instruction in the subject of chess and supervised chess play, for 1 hour per week for 24 weeks, comprised of 20 minutes of instruction and 40 minutes of supervised chess play and perform other services stated in the MOU, incorporated by reference herein as though fully set forth, at Santa Fe Elementary School, Learning Without Limits Elementary School, Futures Elementary School, Maxwell Park Elementary School, and Esperanza Elementary School, for the 2009-2010 school year, pursuant to terms and conditions specified in said MOU. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3228
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1 Professional Services Contract - Connect Ed - Instructional Services | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of Professional Services Contract between the District and ConnectEd, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide 512 additional hours of support to The College and Career Readiness Office: 1) Continue the duties of the district coach to guide and assist district leadership, 2) Send a team of district leaders to the district Leadership Development Series, 3) Complete a comprehensive Implementation Plan that identifies pathways, establishes priorities for pathway design and implementation, and develops strategies for long-term fiscal stability, for the period of July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an additional amount of $38,378.00, increasing the original contract amount from $62,700.00 to $101,078.00. All other terms and conditions of the contract remaing in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3233
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc. - Claremont Middle School | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc., Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 80 hours of direct services in visual and cultural arts professional development and coaching with a focus on building the school's capacity for effective teaching and instructional leadership through arts integration and community building at Claremont Middle School, for the period January 4, 2010 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $6,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3236
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Theresa R. Gerritz - Instructional Services | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Theresa R. Gerritz, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide 152 hours of support to teachers in meeting the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Induction Program requirements and to mentor same in classroom practices, including meeting with mentees at their school sites at least one hour weekly during school year; use an inquiry based protocol to help guide new teachers in improving their classroom practices; ensure that new teachers complete requirements for their respective credential programs; conduct classroom observations; demonstrate lessons; help teachers assemble class profiles; help teachers analyze student work; collaborate in the planning and designing of lessons in relation to content and strategies; synthesize data; develop models for self-assessment; establish individual professional learning plans; and document and submit evidence of weekly meeting, for the period of September 2, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in the amount not to exceed $6,500.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3245
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Oakland Small Schools - Barack Obama Academy | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Oakland Small Schools, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 119 hours of marketing and fundraising to develop school resources and increase awareness of Barack Obama Academy, for the period January 4, 2010 through June 30, 2010, in a not to exceed amount of $6,800.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3248
| 1 | | Memorandum of Understanding - Moving Forward Education, LLC - Supplemental Educational Services | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of a Memorandum of Understanding between District and Moving Foward Education, LLC, Emeryville, CA, for the latter to provide tutoring in Mathematics and/or Language Arts to eligible students, as determined by No Child Left Behind guidelines; aligned by specifications of each eligible student's Individual Learning Plan and Moving Forward; students progress reports to parents and teachers for all eligible students receiving Supplemental Educational Services (SES), for the period of December 17, 2009 through June 17, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $404,850.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3251
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Oakland Small Schools Foundation - East Oakland School of the Arts | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and the Oakland Small Schools Foundation (OSSF), Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 133.33 hours of service at East Oakland School of the Arts (EOSA), providing communications and writing support, graphic design, website development, photography, and printing to define and create EOSA's visual and on-line branding to the end of community outreach and student recruitment; increase awareness of new school programs to students, family members, counselors, teachers and principals throughout EOSA's feeder network, for the period of December 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, at a cost not to exceed 16,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3297
| 1 | | Individual Service Agreement - Learning for Life - Thurgood Marshall 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 Learning for Life, San Leandro, CA, for the latter to provide After School Academic Assistance and Enrichment Services in its capacity as a Comprehensive After School Program Lead Agency at Thurgood Marshall Elementary, for the period July 1, 2009 through November 30, 2009, in an amount not to exceed $15,277.50, pursuant to the terms and conditions as specified in the Master MOU. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3306
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Lincoln Child Center - MetWestHigh School | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Lincoln Child Center, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide mental health assessments, treatment plans, treatment interventiions, therapeutic support and crisis intervention to students in After School individual and group sessions and consultation support to teachers and parents at MetWest High School, for the period of December 10, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in the amount of $10,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3307
| 1 | | Memorandum of Understanding - California State University East Bay Foundation | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of a Memorandum of Understanding between District and California State University East Bay Foundation, for the latter to implement a four strand project consistent with the U.S. Department of Education's GEAR-UP partnership grant criteria and expectations: 1.) Academic Support, 2.) Parent Education, 3.) Systematic Change, and 4.) Community Partnerships, providing services as mutually agreed in Attachments A-C, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, in said MOU. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3310
| 1 | | Professional Service Contract - Insight Education Group, Inc. - School Portfolio Management | Agreement or Contract | Approval of by the Board of Education of a Professional Service Contract between the District and Insight Education Group, Inc, Encino, CA, for the latter to provide 879 hours of service of 1) instructional leadership capacity building; and 2) Strategic Design professional development for District coaches and instructional teams consisting of administrators, teacher leaders, and teachers at four schools, for the period of October 15, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $87,855.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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09-3328
| 1 | | Alignment of Strategies To Support District Priorities | Report | Presentation by the Superintendent of Schools or designee, and request for Board feedback, on proposed alignment of strategies supporting District priorities of "Effective Instruction in Every Classroom, Every Day" and "Literacy for College and Career Readiness." | Discussed and Closed | |
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09-3345
| 1 | | Amended Board Policy - Instruction - BP 6153 - Field Trips and Excursions | Board Policy | Adoption by Board of Education of Amended Board Policy - Instruction - BP 6153 - Field Trips and Excursions. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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