Oakland Unified School District

Board of Education

1011 Union Street, #940

Oakland, CA 94607

(510) 879-1944

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the Board of Education and Superintendent, 1000 Broadway, Suite 300, Oakland, CA 94607-4099

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Meeting Minutes Long - Final

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

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

Benjamin "Sam" Davis

Jennifer Brouhard

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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Zoom: To view by Zoom, please click

https://ousd.zoom.us/j/85661389277 on or after the Noticed meeting time.

Instructions on how to join a meeting by video conference are available at:

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-Joining-a-Meeting.

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Phone: To listen by phone (via Zoom), please do the following at or after

the Noticed meeting time: call (669) 900-9128, then enter Webinar ID 8566-

138-9277, then press “#”. If asked for a participant id or code, press #.

Instructions on how to join a meeting by phone are available at:

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362663

-Joining-a-meeting-by-phone.

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To view the Teaching and Learning Committee meeting from the District’s

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 in-person, please follow the directions of the Chairperson.

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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.

You will be called on (by the name you logged in with), unmuted and allowed

to make public comment. After the allotted time, you will then be re-muted.

Instructions on how to “Raise Your Hand” is available at:

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/205566129-RaiseHand-In-Webinar.

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To comment by phone (via Zoom), press “*9” to “Raise Your Hand” to

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:

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362663-Joinin

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

If Sunday or thereafter up thru day before Meeting, click Calendar

Tab>This Week>Teaching and Learning Committee>eComment

If day of Meeting, click Calendar Tab>Today>Teaching and Learning

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Committee>eComment

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.

Teaching and Learning Committee - Board Bylaw 9130

This committee shall make recommendations to the Board and shall review

matters relating to: academic-related student outcomes; curriculum

adoptions; significant changes to academic offerings, teaching pedagogy, or

other instructional practices; and Board Policies and Board-member

sponsored resolutions that focus on teaching and learning within the District.

A. Call to Order

Chairperson VanCedric Williams called the meeting to order at 6:06 P.M.

B. Roll Call

Present

3 - Chairperson VanCedric Williams

Member Benjamin "Sam" Davis

Member Jennifer Brouhard

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.

None

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

G. New Business

G.-1

23-2096

Teaching and Learning Committee - Purpose - Team Charter

Worksheet

Discussion by the Teaching and Learning Committee of the Purpose and

Team Charter Worksheet for the Teaching and Learning Committee.

23-2096 Teaching and Learning Committee - Purpose -

Team Charter Worksheet

Attachments:

Monica Thomas, Deputy Chief of Schools, Continues School Improvement,

presented the Purpose and Team Charter Worksheet to the Committee and

Public.

Public Speaker:

Ginale Harris

Discussed

G.-2

23-2097

Teacher and Learning Committee - Grade Level Instructional

Materials and Resources Review - Teacher Central and Family

Central

Presentation to and discussion by the Teaching and Learning Committee

of Grade Level Instructional Materials and Resources Review of

instructional materials and resources provided to staff and families on

Teacher Central and Family Central.

23-2097 Teacher and Learning Committee - Grade Level

Instructional Material - Resources Review of instructional

materials - Resources Provided To Staff And Families -

Teacher Central

Attachments:

23-2097 Teacher and Learning Committee - Grade Level

Instructional Material - Resources Review of instructional

materials - Resources Provided To Staff And Families -

Family Central

Monica Thomas, Deputy Chief of Schools, Continues School Improvement,

presented the Grade Level Instructional Materials and Resources Review

regarding Teacher Central and Family Central to the Committee and Public.

Public Speaker:

Ginale Harris

Discussed

G.-3

23-2098

Teaching and Learning Committee - Quality Schools - Oakland

Unified School District

Presentation to and discussion by the Teaching and Learning Committee

on Quality Schools in Oakland Unified School District:

Focus Questions: What data should be considered to help us identify a

school’s areas for improvement? What is most important to you in

improving a school?

23-2098 Presentation - Teaching and Learning Committee -

Quality Schools - Oakland Unified School District

(10/17/2023)

Attachments:

Monica Thomas, Deputy Chief of Schools, Continues School Improvement,

presented the Quality Schools in Oakland Unified School District Report to

the Committee and Public.

Public Speakers:

Ginale Harris

Joseph Manekin

Discussed

G.-4

23-2099

Teaching and Learning Committee - Annual Work Plan and

Meeting Schedule

Discussion and possible adoption by the Teaching and Learning

Committee of its Annual Workplan and meeting schedule beginning

with agenda items for October 17, 2023.

The Committee discussed the Annual Workplan and meeting schedule.

Public Speaker:

Ginale Harris

Discussed

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.

H.-1

23-2100

Public Comments on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject

Matter Jurisdiction of the Teaching and Learning Committee -

September 19, 2023

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

Jurisdiction of the Teaching and Learning Committee - September 19,

2023.

Public Speakers:

Ginale Harris

Jennifer Corn

Presentation/Acknowledgment Made

Introduction of New Legislative Matter

This section of the Agenda is devoted to the introduction of new legislative

matter within the subject matter jurisdiction of the committee by a Committee

member or Members of the Public.

None