14-1067 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Mills College, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide to the Mills Teachers Scholars Program by (1 )leading nine monthly inquiry sessions; supporting teacher scholar leaders' facilitation of nine-monthly sessions;(2) leading two all-day optional Saturday sessions; (3) providing classroom data collection support for each school-site teacher scholar, including classroom observation and post-observation discussions; (4) engaging in on-going communications with teacher scholars, linking them with current research in the field and suggesting new classroom data sources for their inquiries; (5) providing presentation preparation support to share new understanding with school and district staff; (6) monthly coaching and consultation with school-site principal about development of their teachers' inquiry work; (7) convening three, 5-hour meetings with teacher scholar leaders to support school site facilitation, at New Highland Academy, for the period of October 1, 2013 through June 12, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $16,000.00.