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Ocelotl - Madison Park Academy-Upper
Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement
2024-2025 by and between the District and Lorenz Morales
Consulting dba Ocelotl, San Leandro, CA, for the latter to complete
the following services, supporting the site as a community school
and the goals of CCSPP and the outlined goals of the SPSA to
increase graduation rates, attendance and academic outcomes:
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Hire, train and supervise 18 MPA student interns as
Language Navigator (LN) mentors at 4 hours a week, who
will support N1-N4 identified Newcomer students. As
multilingual high school students, the 18 Language
Navigators will work with instructors and International
(Newcomer) students to navigate the classroom
environment and the curriculum for the International
(Newcomer) students. Language Navigators are focused on
understanding and developing relationships with
international students to increase their comfort level in
having questions answered, receive support, be more
comfortable with English, and allow them to feel safe,
understood, knowable and cared for in this new
environment.
● Hire, supervise and manage Language Navigator mentor
alumni to deliver a 9-hr training to the 18 new mentors.
●
Work in collaboration with MPA support staff and school
administrators to support the coordination and
sustainability of the LN program:
1. Attending weekly meetings focusing on the
specific needs of International students in
regards to basic needs, academic and
emotional supports.
2. Collaboration with lead teachers and coaches on
the planning and coordination for effective
communication between LN and teachers.
3. Implement systems to track progress of the program
to meet the outlined goals of the SPSA and CCSPP
in collaboration with the MPA Admin team
at Madison Park Academy-Upper, for the period of August
30, 2024 through May 31, 2025, in an amount not to
exceed $80,000.00.
Vendor No.: 008172
Requisition No.: VR25-01461
Resource Code-Site No.: 6332-215