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Meeting date/time:
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5/16/2011
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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11-1147
| 1 | | Minutes - Teaching and Learning Committee - May 2, 2011 | Minutes, Committee | Approval by Teaching and Learning Committee of its Meeting Minutes of May 2, 2011. | Adopted | Pass |
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11-0261
| 1 | | Amendment No. 2 - Individual Service Agreement - Master Memorandum of Understanding - Bay Area Community Resources - Elmhurst Community Preparatory School | Agreement or Contract | Approval by Board of Education of Amendment No. 2 of the Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding between District and Bay Area Community Resources, San Rafael, CA, for the latter to provide additional services - Option I, two units for visual or performance arts for the after school program at Elmhurst Community Preparatory School, for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in the additional amount of $23,275.00, increasing the ISA not to exceed amount from $109,645.00 to $132,920.00. All other terms and conditions of the ISA remain in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0671
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Moving Forward Education - Greenleaf Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Moving Forward Education, Emeryville, CA, for the latter to provide 520 hours of service to pupils in innovative Saturday School Program with teachers and tutors working together collaboratively to support the development of academic skills and academic confidence, as described in the Scope of Work (SOW), at Greenleaf Elementary School, for the period February 12, 2011 through May 7, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $20,800.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0710
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Prescott Circus Theatre - Laurel Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Prescott Circus Theatre, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 200 hours of performing arts education / enrichment / youth development program two times per week to pupils; provide instruction, training, practice, and performance opportunities with a support person with pupils developing skills and work in a team to create performances which will be presented at the school site and beyond at Laurel Elementary School, for the period of February 15, 2011 through June 15, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0718
| 1 | | Professional Service Contract - PMA Consulting - Laurel Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 2, Professional Services Contract between the District and PMA Consulting, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide an additional 110 hours of services, with Media Center Consultant meeting with small groups of students weekly, impacting 140 students, addressing National Technology Standards and State ELA and Math Standards to support gains on standardized tests as outlined in the School Site Plan; provide FBB-B students motivating hands-on experiences using the computer to practice ELA and math skills, so that they will be better able to benefit from regular grade level classroom instruction; provide EL newcomers direct English instruction by having hand-on experiences using the Rosetta Stone and other ELD software as evidenced by improved CELDT scores; and provide fourth and fifth grade GATE students project-based learning through use of the computer, including an interview and production of a magazine on endangered animals' at Laurel Elementary School, for the period of December 7, 2010 through May 30, 2011, in an additional amount of $5,435.30, increasing Contract not to exceed amount from $18,280.00 to $23,715.30. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect.
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11-0720
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1, Professional Services Contract - PMA Consulting - Laurel Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of a Professional Services Contract between the District and PMA Consulting, Oakland, CA, for the latter, using five tutors, to provide 658 additional hours of individual and small group tutoring impacting 228 students at risk from 2 to 5 days per week based on teacher recommendation, SST meeting decisions, or poor progress on district assessments, with activities that may include working with a small group on a specific task during OCR/Math workshop; and/or working one on one with a student at risk on a skill specifically designed for his/her individual needs; may reinforce skills taught by the teacher; may administer individual assessment to determine the progress of the student and provide feedback to the teacher on student progress at Laurel Elementary School, in an additional amount of $8,323.70, increasing Contract not to exceed amount from $8,667.65 to $17,191.35 and extending the contract period of September 9, 2010 through December 7, 2010 to May 26, 2011. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0749
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Jason Walsh - Edna Brewer Middle School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Jason Walsh, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide 400 hours to coordinate peer mediation program; train and supervise a cadre of approximately twenty-four 6-8 grade peer mediators; provide ongoing training and support to group which will further build skills; provide weekly ongoing outreach and coordinate projects to impact peers at school; work toward a signed youth created agreement designed to prevent conflicts from occurring again and escalating; provide leadership role in violence prevention week during the spring as well as organizing other projects for the school, such as public and peer education, at Edna Brewer Middle School, for the period February 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $20,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0766
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Gabriela Melano - High School Network | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Gabriela Melano, Vallejo, CA, for the latter to provide 77 hours of service to support the Oakland Technical 9th grade leadership to plan and enact a series of retreats to develop structures for the 9th grade houses and advisory programs for 2011-2012, as well as development of other aspects of the grant as needed; provide group facilitation services to support collective decision-making by members of the 9th grade Instructional Leadership Team of Oakland Tech High School at a series of retreats, including planning meetings with the leadership team, developing retreat agendas, facilitating the retreats, and participating in post-retreat meetings to debrief outcomes, for the period March 1, 2011 through July 30, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $5,005.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0775
| 1 | | Amendment No. 2 of a Professional Services Contract - Hatchuel, Tabernick & Associates | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 2 of a Professional Services Contract between District and Hatchuel, Tabernik & Associates, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide approximately 25 additional hours of service to Barack Obama Academy, by providing 2-1/2 hours of weekly training sessions focusing on education and awareness-based gang prevention and intervention programs for pupils at sets of school, for the period October 15, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in an additional amount not to exceed $3,250.00, increasing the Contract not to exceed amount from $30,000.00 to $33,250.00. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0778
| 1 | | Amendment No. 2 - Individual Service Agreement - Master Memorandum of Understanding - Bay Area Community Resources - Alliance Academy | Agreement or Contract | Approval by Board of Education of Amendment No. 2 of the Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding between District and Bay Area Community Resources, San Rafael, CA, for the latter to provide additional services - Option I, six units for visual or performance arts for the after school program at Alliance Academy, for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in the additional amount of $74,416.00, increasing the ISA not to exceed amount from $107,173.00 to $181,589.00. All other terms and conditions of ISA remain in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0782
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1 - Individual Service Agreement - Aspiranet - Acorn Woodland Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Approval by Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of the Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding between District and Aspiranet, South San Francisco, CA, for the latter to provide additional services - Option H, 0.13 of a unit of Intervention Services at Acorn Wood Elementary School, for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in the additional amount of $19,500.00, increasing the ISA not to exceed amount from $156,558.00 to $176,058.00. All other terms and conditions of the ISA remain in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0835
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1 - Individual Service Agreement - Aspiranet - Futures Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Approval by Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of the Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding between District and Aspiranet, South San Francisco, CA, for the latter to provide additional services - Option H, 0.5 of a unit of Intervention Services at Futures Elementary School, for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in the additional amount of $55,000.00, increasing the the ISA not to exceed amount from $91,752.00 to $146,752.00. All other terms and conditions of ISA remain in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0847
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Rose Chu - Urban Promise Academy | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Rose Chu, Little Canada, MN, for the latter to provide 110 hours of consulting work to develop, plan and facilitate 6 professional development sessions for the math/science department; hold 3 observation and feedback sessions with each teacher in the department (6 teachers total); conduct 5 planning sessions (50 minutes each) with each grade level team (3 teams total) to develop project based lessons and units at Urban Promise Academy, for the period of February 15, 2011 through June 28, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $11,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0851
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Museum of Children's Art - ASCEND Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Museum of Children's Art, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide a total of 1120 hours of weekly one-on-one and small group coaching sessions to 18 classroom teachers, including collaborative planning, model teaching, and co-teaching of lessons to Title 1 students, as well as after school and summer professional development workshops, designed to provide teacher with professional development in research-based visual arts integration strategies that accelerate Title 1 student learning in language arts, history, science and math; conduct 30 hours of meetings with the principal and instructional coach throughout the year, in order to collaboratively plan the visual arts integration program at ASCEND Elementary School, for the period of March 15, 2011 through June 30, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $44,800.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0868
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1 - Individual Service Agreement - Bay Area Community Resources - Bridges Academy | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between District and Bay Area Community Resources, San Rafael, CA, for the latter to provide additional services - Option N, 1 unit of Family Literacy Services, on a weekly basis at Bridges Academy @ Melrose, for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in the additional amount of $4,158.00, increasing the ISA not to exceed amount from $87,312.00 to $91,470.00. All other terms and conditions of the ISA remain in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0870
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Sylvan Learning Center - Glenview Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Sylvan Learning Center, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 348 hours of tutoring services of on-site group instruction in math or reading for 40 students in grades K-5, including administering diagnostic assessments to students at the beginning and end of the program, with initial diagnostic to determine ability grouping and target needed skills; program duration includes 36 hours of instruction with 3-4 hours of assessment; and upon completion of instruction administration of a post test at Glenview Elementary School, for the period of January 3, 2011 through February 15, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $13,945.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0876
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1 to Professional Services Contract - Cantare Convivo - Lincoln School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 Professional Services Contract between District and Cantare Convivo, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide an additional 50 hours of choral instruction after school for 70 students, at Lincoln School, for the period September 15, 2010 through April 29, 2011, in an additional amount of $3,000.00, increasing Contract not to exceed amount from $18,000.00 to $21,000.00 at Lincoln School. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0883
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Debra Koppman - Sequoia Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Debra Koppman, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 647 hours for two sessions per month of professional development to K-5 teachers for approximately 1 hour per session; attend teacher collaboration meetings so that visual art lessons are integrated with core curriculum teaching; design a mural for the school, with the assistance of the upper grade students to beautify the school campus and the community, at Sequoia Elementary School, for the period September 13, 2010 through June 16, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $25,872.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0893
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Peter Hutcher - Leadership Curriculum & Instruction | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of Professional Services Contract between the District and Peter Hutcher, San Leandro, CA, for latter to provide services including: 1) Professional Development in use of Urban Math Project grant purchased and other technology tools (30 hours); 2) site and web-based support and coaching in the use of PLATO and other electronic learning resources (30 hours); and 3) Investigation and development of an on-line resource and web-based programs which support the OUSD curriculum in English Language Development, Science, Math (6 hours) for the period April 15, 2011 through June 30, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0900
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1 of a Professional Services Contract - Bay Area Education Consulting - Leadership Preparatory High School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of a Professional Services Contract between District and Bay Area Educational Consulting, Martinez, CA, for the latter to provide approximately 40 additional hours of service to conduct professional development of professional learning community sessions to promote the need inquires to describe the current conditions of student learning and achievement; create an ongoing cycle of inquiry, using multiple data sources to assess and inform instructional practices, student interventions, professional development, curricular development, and school design; and support and facilitate the Self-Study for WASC three-year review process, including examining school staff and school community members areas of strength and areas that need improvement, at Leadership Preparatory High School, for the period November 15, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in an additional amount not to exceed $2,500.00, increasing Contract not to exceed amount from $5,000.00 to $7,500.00. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0904
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Arlo Fishman - Chabot Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Arlo Fishman, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 200 hours to support building teacher capacity by training each how to use computers and software; troubleshoot computer issues; train teachers to use such programs as Edusoft, Pagemaker, Adobe and Apple pages, at Chabot Elementary School, for the period April 25, 2011 through June 30, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $7,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0905
| 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 253 hours to teach small groups of saxophonist, clarinettists and flutists; run rehearsals and instill good habits; sometimes conduct the band at Westlake so teacher, Mr. Porter, can work with small groups, at Westland Middle School for the period November 30, 2010 through June 16, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $8,890.46. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0906
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Pueblo - Youth Empowerment School (Y.E.S.) | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of Professional Services Contract between the District and Pueblo, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 250 hours of services by developing and managing a .5 acre edible school garden in park adjacent to school, providing agricultural education programs, culinary and farm-to-school education programs serving 95 students in grades 10-12 and job-training programs serving 20 grade 12 students, for the period May 2, 2011 through June 15, 2011, at Youth Empowerment School (YES), at a cost not to exceed $15,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0907
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - EL Achieve - Leadership, Curriculum & Instruction | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and EL Achieve, San Clemente, CA, for the latter to provide 337.50 hours of professional development on a framework for English Language Development instruction that is systematic and is aligned to models of backwards planning; provide development and support for up to 35 teachers; develop teacher capacity to best meet the needs of English Learner students, for the period April 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $6,750.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0908
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1 Professional Services Contract - Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc. - Leadership, Curriculum & Instruction | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of Professional Services Contract between the District and Attitudinal Healing, Inc., Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide additional 54 hours of services to design and deliver a 4-day visual arts professional development workshop for K-12 teachers, including individual coaching in developing instructional units integrating the arts, for the period January 15, 2011 through June 30, 2011, in an additional amount of $4,000,00, increasing Contract not to exceed amount from $15,330.00 to $19,330.00. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0910
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1 Professional Services Contract - Luna Kids Dance - Leadership,Curriculum & Instruction | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No.1 of Professional Services Contract between the District and Luna Kids Dance, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide 194 additional hours of services; design a cohesive curriculum in arts-integration for the 4-day institute, as well as written lesson plan and other supportive materials for not more than 30 participants for each class; provide 3 separate intensive professional development workshops for teachers in a discipline of their choice either in Dance, Theatre, Music; attend a planning meeting and participate in evaluation of the Summer Arts Institute along with other presenters for the period September 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, for an additional amount of $15,520.00, increasing Contract not to exceed amount from $12,000.00 to $27,520.00. All other terms and conditions of the Contract will remain in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0945
| 1 | | Professional Services Contract - Destiny Arts Center - Futures Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Ratification by the Board of Eduction of a Professional Services Contract between District and Destiny Arts Center, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 175 hours of a movement based arts education program focused on African/Shona dance and capoeira (an Afro-Brazilian martial arts), exposing students to traditional dance and cultural concepts from the Shona tradition including dances for harvest and village prosperity, at Futures Elementary School, for the period April 18, 2011 through June 11, 2011, in a not to exceed amount of $7,000.00. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0947
| 1 | | Amendment No. 1 - Individual Service Agreement - Bay Area Community Resources - Markham Elementary School | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between District and Bay Area Community Resources, San Rafael, CA, for the latter to provide additional services - Option H, 1 unit of Physical Fitness, at Markham Elementary School, for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, in the additional amount of $11,750.00, increasing the ISA not to exceed amount from $87,312.00 to $99,062.00. All other terms and conditions of ISA remain in full force and effect. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-1099
| 1 | | Educational Organization Contract - Sierra Club Inner City Outings - Various Schools | Agreement or Contract | Approval by the Board of Education of an Educational Organization Contract between the District and Sierra Club Inner City Outings, San Francisco, CA for the latter to provide safe and fun trips by helping participants to discover the beauty of the wild lands by trained educators for District pupils of various schools on education field trips, for the period June 1, 2011 through June 1, 2015. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-0739
| 3 | | Decision - Aspire Public Schools - College Academy - Petition and Proposed Charter | Charter School Petition | Approval by Board of Education of Aspire College Academy- Petition and Proposed Charter (Renewal), as amended, incorporating revisions, conditions, and deadlines as stated in the Report dated May 25, 2011. | Recommended Favorably | Pass |
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11-1218
| 1 | | District Core Curriculum Content Standards for Pupils | Report | Presentation by the Superintendent of Schools or designee of proposed Core Course Standards by grade level(s) for District pupils. | Discussed and Closed | |
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