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Meeting Minutes Long - Final

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

6:00 PM

Committee Room, KDOL TV Studio, B-237, Met West High School Entrance, 314

East 10th Street, Oakland, CA 94606-2291, Internet - Zoom & Granicus;

Broadcasted - KDOL-TV (Comcast Channel 27 and AT&T Channel 99)

Teaching and Learning Committee

VanCedric Williams, Chair

Jennifer Brouhard

Patrice Berry

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Use the eComment Link to Sign In (Register) to Speak up to one hour before

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registered, first called, in order of

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Early pre-meeting SignIn To Speak (Registration) is urged for all - whether

you plan to attend meeting in person or view meeting via teleconference or

listen to the meeting by telephone. Names will be called in Sign In To Speak

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NOTICE - MEDIA/MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ATTEND

AND PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY

Members of the media and the public may attend and participate in the

Committee meeting in-person in the Committee Room, KDOL TV Studio,

B-237, Met West High School Entrance, 314 East 10th Street, Oakland, CA

94606-2291 or virtually as described herein.

The following information is for those members of the media and public

interested in viewing or listening to the Committee meeting virtually.

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Home Page - Upcoming Events & Live Meeting Video, please select the

meeting name and click on the “In Progress” link under Video or go to the

Legislative Information Center (under Board of Education on Home

Page)>Calendar Tab>Calendar>Today>Teaching and Learning

Committee>”In Progress” link under Video.

Public comment in-person is permitted within the times allotted for public

comment on the Agenda. Virtual comment will also be permitted within the

times allotted for public comment on the Agenda in the following two ways:

NOTICE - MEDIA/MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ATTEND

AND PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY (CONTINUED)

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To comment by Zoom, click the “Raise Your Hand” button to request to

speak when Public Comment is being taken on the eligible Agenda item.

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request to speak when Public Comment is being taken on the eligible

Agenda Item. You will be called on (by the Area Code and the last three

digits of your phone number), unmuted and allowed to make public comment.

After the allotted time, you will then be re-muted. Instructions of how to raise

your hand by phone are available at:

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g-a-meeting-by-phone.

In addition, members of the public may submit written comments for a

posted Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting Agenda Item, before a

meeting or while a meeting is “In Progress,” from the District’s Home Page -

Upcoming Events & Live Meeting Video by selecting Teaching and Learning

Committee Agenda “eComment” or from the Legislative Information Center,

as follows:

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If before Sunday, click Calendar Tab>Next Week>Teaching and

Learning Committee>eComment

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Tab>This Week>Teaching and Learning Committee>eComment

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Or “eComment” in bold on the cover page of the Agenda.

Written comments made on an eligible Agenda item, upon clicking of the

Submit Button, are immediately sent via email to all members of the

legislative body and key staff supporting the legislative body. Each

eComment is a Public Record.

MEETING PROCEDURES

All Committee meetings shall begin on time and shall be guided by an

Agenda prepared in accordance with Board Bylaws and posted and

distributed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (open meeting

requirements) and other applicable laws.

A. Call to Order

B. Roll Call

Director Brouhard called the meeting to order at 6:02 P.M.

Present

Absent

2 - Director Patrice Berry

Director Jennifer Brouhard

1 - Chairperson VanCedric Williams

C. Speaker Request Cards/Modification(s) To Agenda

A request to speak at this Committee Meeting, may be made in-person or

virtually as stated in this Agenda.

Modification(s) to the Agenda, by the Teaching and Learning Committee,

allows for any change in the printed Order of Business including, but not

limited to, an announcement that an Item or Legislative File will be

considered out of Agenda printed order, that consideration of an Item has

been withdrawn, postponed, rescheduled or "pulled" or taken off of the

Committee General Consent Report for separate discussion and/or possible

action.

Director Berry request to withdraw file ID 25-1657 and to come back at

another meeting.

D. Adoption of Committee Minutes

None

E. Adoption of the Committee General Consent Report

"Adoption of the Committee General Consent Report" "means that all items

appearing under this topic are approved in one motion unless a Member of

the Committee requests that an item be removed and voted on separately or

otherwise acted upon. Generally, these items are routine in nature, and are

acted upon in one motion to conserve time and permit focus on

other-than-routine legislative items on the agenda.

None

Unfinished Business

None

Roll Call (Secretary's Observation)

Chairperson Williams present at 6:04 P.M.

Present

3 - Director Patrice Berry

Director Jennifer Brouhard

Chairperson VanCedric Williams

G. New Business

25-1021

Curriculum Adoption/Purchase - High School Chemistry Curriculum

- Academics and Instruction Department - Chief Academic Officer

Adoption by the Teaching and Learning Committee of recommendation to

the Board of Education to approve Resolution No. 2425-0217 -

Curriculum Adoption [and Purchase] for High School Chemistry [Natural

Approach to Chemistry (LabAids)].

25-1021 Board Presentation - Curriculum

Adoption/Purchase - High School Chemistry Curriculum -

Academics and Instruction Department - Chief Academic

Officer (6/25/2025)

Attachments:

25-1021 Board Memorandum - Curriculum

Adoption/Purchase - High School Chemistry Curriculum -

Academics and Instruction Department - Chief Academic

Officer

Public Speaker:

Assata Olugbala

A motion was made by Director Brouhard, seconded by Director Berry,

that this Agreement or Contract be Recommended Favorably to the

Board of Education. The motion carried by the following vote:

3 - Director Patrice Berry

Aye:

Director Jennifer Brouhard

Chairperson VanCedric Williams

Enactment No: 25-1234

25-1023

Curriculum Adoption/Purchase - High School Physics Curriculum -

Academics and Instruction Department - Chief Academic Officer

Adoption by the Teaching and Learning Committee of recommendation

to the Board of Education to approve Resolution No. 2425-0218 -

Curriculum Adoption [and Purchase] for High School Physics [OpenSci Ed:

Physics - Carolina Biological Certified Edition].

25-1023 Board Presentation - Curriculum

Attachments:

Adoption/Purchase - High School Physics Curriculum -

Academics and Instruction Department - Chief Academic

Officer (6/25/2025)

25-1023 Board Memorandum - Curriculum

Adoption/Purchase - High School Physics Curriculum -

Academics and Instruction Department - Chief Academic

Officer (6/25/2025)

Public Speaker:

Assata Olugbala

A motion was made by Director Brouhard, seconded by Director Berry,

that this Agreement or Contract be Recommended Favorably to the

Board of Education. The motion carried by the following vote:

3 - Director Patrice Berry

Aye:

Director Jennifer Brouhard

Chairperson VanCedric Williams

Enactment No: 25-1235

25-1670

Curriculum Adoption/Purchase - Chinese World Language

Curriculum - Academics and Instruction Department - Chief

Academic Officer

Adoption by the Teaching and Learning Committee of recommendation to

the Board of Education to approve Resolution No. 2425-0247 -

Curriculum Adoption [and Purchase] for Chinese World Language [Cheng

and Tsui Integrated Chinese curriculum materials] for High School.

Funding Source: Lottery Fund

25-1670 Board Presentation - Curriculum

Adoption/Purchase - Chinese World Language Curriculum -

Academics and Instruction Department - Chief Academic

Officer (6/25/2025)

Attachments:

25-1670 Board Memorandum - Curriculum

Adoption/Purchase - Chinese World Language Curriculum -

Academics and Instruction Department - Chief Academic

Officer (6/25/2025)

Public Speaker:

Assata Olugbala

A motion was made by Director Brouhard, seconded by Director Berry,

that this Agreement or Contract be Recommended Favorably to the

Board of Education,. The motion carried by the following vote.

3 - Director Patrice Berry

Aye:

Director Jennifer Brouhard

Chairperson VanCedric Williams

Enactment No: 25-1236

25-1657

Board Policy (NTBD) - Instruction - Prioritizing Student Outcomes

- Director Patrice Berry

Adoption by the Teaching and Learning Committee of recommendation

to the Board of Education to approve proposed Board Policy (NTBD) -

Instruction - Prioritizing Student Outcomes.

Sponsors:

Berry

25-1657 Memorandum - Board Policy (NTBD) - Instruction -

Prioritizing Student Outcomes - Director Patrice Berry

(6/17/2025)

Attachments:

Director Berry request to withdraw file ID 25-1657 and to come back at

another meeting.

Public Speaker:

Assata Olugbala

Withdrawn

H. Public Comments on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject Matter

Jurisdiction of the Committee

This section of the agenda provides an opportunity for a member of the

Public, for three minutes per person, or less, depending on the number of

speakers, to directly address the Committee on any item of interest to a

member of the Public that is not on the current agenda, but is within the

subject matter jurisdiction of the Committee. Minutes are not transferrable

from speaker to speaker. This item is limited to a total of thirty (30) minutes.

The Committee may not discuss or take any action on a non-agenda item not

appearing on the posted agenda for this meeting, except the Committee or

staff may briefly respond to a statement made or questions posed by a

member of the public, as authorized by law. In addition, on their own initiative

or in response to questions posed by the public, a member of the Committee

or its staff may ask a question for clarification, make a brief announcement,

or make a brief report of his or her own activities.

25-1668

Public Comments on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject

Matter Jurisdiction of the Teaching and Learning Committee -

June 17, 2025

Public Comments on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject Matter

Jurisdiction of the Teaching and Learning Committee - June 17,

2025.

No Comments

Introduction of New Legislative Matter