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15-0507 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Safe Passages, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide the following services: lead all components of school's Elev8 Full Service Community School planning, development and implementation in coordination with site management and new and existing collaborative partners; develop oversee, integrate and manage the following Elev8 core components: convene weekly school site meetings with school's Elev8 Oakland and allied on-site providers to facilitate communication between providers and to foster integration of services, integrate COST into Administrative Team meetings and meetings with the Principal, build collaboration with other site-based Elev8 Oakland service managers, coordinate and implement with the Family Advocate the school's Elev8 family support program, lead the orientation and supervision of Extended Day AmeriCorps providers, and facilitate integration of school-based health center services with other Elev8 core components at Roosevelt Middle School, for the period February 15, 2015 through June 30, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $36,750.00.

Legislation Text 15-0507 Professional Services Contract - Safe Passages - Roosevelt Middle School

15-0509 Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Clarence Holmes, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide additional 587.50 hours as follows: 1) 3 Additional Accelerated Reader trainings to reach partner programs and after-school staff; 2) Work with libraries and FRC and Elmhurst Community Preparatory, New Highland, and Rise Academy to support a reading-at-home program; 3) Plan and implement lunch time book clubs across three different lexile levels; and 4) Maintain library availability during the after school program to ensure equitable access, at Elmhurst Preparatory School, for the period August 25, 2014 through June 30, 2015, in an additional amount not to exceed $10,000.00, increasing the Contract not to exceed amount from $13,500.00 to $23,500.00. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect.

Legislation Text 15-0509 Amendment No. 1 - Professional Services Contract - Clarence Holmes - Elmhurst Community Preparatory School

15-0510 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Tiago J. Robinson, Pinole, CA, for the latter to provide the following services: work with the school administrators on developing a system of intermediate consequences and alternatives to suspension, as part of the school's overall positive discipline plan; provide conflict mediation and case management services to students at risk of not graduating; and provide support to teachers in dealing with hard to reach students; work with students and their families in order to assist students in utilizing existing academic and other types of support programs that they currently do not take advantage of, at Oakland High School, for the period March 1, 2015 through June 30, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00.

Legislation Text 15-0510 Professional Services Contract - Tiago J. Robinson - Oakland High School

15-0562 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide a program to increase the college-going rate of students from the Africa-American Male Achievement (AAMA) initiative providing comprehensive college awareness, resources, preparation, presentations and information through the efforts of a College Adviser who will provide intensive program activities in using the best practices of the highly success college access programs and strategies that build college-going culture through one-to one conversations, small group or classroom presentations, and whole school efforts, as described in the Statement of Work and Payment Schedule, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, through the Office of Post-Secondary Readiness, for the term of July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, at a cost not to exceed $45,000.00.

Legislation Text 15-0562 Professional Service Contract - The Regents of the University of California - Office of Post Secondary Readiness

15-0572 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Equal Opportunity Schools, Seattle, WA, for the latter to fully close race and income participation gaps in AP/IB by fall 2015 as measured by equally high AP/IB participation rates for Latino, African-American, and low-income students as compared to their peers, raise AP/IB performance by spring 2016, as measured by AP/IB exam passing, develop systems and structures for the District to sustain and improve upon these results in future years, catalyzing a higher sense of what's possible for Missing Students, enabling further increases in college readiness and closure of opportunity and achievement gaps, through Link Learning, for the term of November 10, 2014 through June 30, 2015, at a cost not to exceed $72,000.00.

Legislation Text 15-0572 Professional Service Contract - Equal Opportunity Schools - Linked Learning

15-0589 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and HERO, Inc., Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide one full-time Program Coordinator, Monday-Friday to implement Hero's components, including: RECESS-organizing safe and inclusive opportunities to play and physical activity and CLASS GAME TIME-organizing and leading individual classes with their teacher through group and skill building activities, and other activities, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at Franklin Elementary School, for the period February 1, 2015 through June 12, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $14,000.00.

Legislation Text 15-0589 Professional Services Contract - HERO, Inc - Franklin Elementary School

15-0593 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and California Youth Outreach, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide the following services: serve as a partner on the Coordination of Services Team (COST) team to provide mentorship and case management for students who are chronically absent and for students who show at-risk behavior for truancy and dropping out; participate in COST to assist in aligning services with student needs; support school culture development by working in partnership with staff and families to support the school mission and vision; and provide two part time student support specialist to work with 20 students per week, at Fremont High School, for the period February 9,S 2015 through May 30, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $19,000.00.

Legislation Text 15-0593 Professional Services Contract - Oakland California Youth Outreach - Fremont High School

15-0595 Approval by the Board of Education of an Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding (MMOU) between the District and East Bay Asian Youth Center, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide its Menu of Service, Option Family Support Services, including parent leadership workshops, truancy intervention services, and community education events, at Roosevelt Middle School, for the period of August 25, 2014 through June 11, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $27,300.00, pursuant to the terms and conditions as specified in the MMOU.

Legislation Text 15-0595 Individual Services Agreement - Master Memorandum of Understanding - East Bay Asian Youth Center - Roosevelt Middle School

15-0596 Approval by the Board of Education of Resolution No. 1415-1099 - Authorization for Approval of Student Travel and/or Educational Organization Contract, for 7 students and 1 adult from Bret Harte Middle School, to travel to Williamsburg, VA and Washington, D.C., providing 8th grade students with hands on learning of American History and align with state standards for 8th grade history requirement; an opportunity to record observations and analysis of primary source in a Discovery Journal meeting Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, during the period of May 26, 2015 through May 30, 2015, at no cost to the District.

Legislation Text 15-0596 Student Travel - Williamsburg, VA and Washington D.C. - Bret Harte Middle School

15-0625 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Community Alliance for Learning (CAFL), Albany, CA, for the latter to provide the following services: recruit, train and coordinate community volunteers as classroom writing coaches to encourage students to think critically, write proficiently, and develop their own ideas; provide writing coaches for one-on-one writing conferences for students in all sophomore English classes and one ELD class; and meet with students for 20-30 minute coaching sessions approximately 9-10 times throughout the school year at Fremont High School, for the period September 29, 2014 through May 29, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $14,000.00.

Legislation Text 15-0625 Professional Services Contract - Community Alliance for Learning - Fremont High School

15-0636 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Playworks, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide a full-time coordinator to support students and teachers to transform recess and play into a positive, community-building experience that promotes collaboration and physical and emotional safety, in order to improve academic achievement at Emerson Elementary School, for the period August 25, 2014 through June 12, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00.

Legislation Text 15-0636 Professional Services Contract - Playworks - Emerson Elementary School

15-0655 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corporation, Oakland, CA, for the latter to use best practice large supervision strategies to maintain a safe and supportive environment that is aligned with the Caring School Communities Curriculum; provide supervision as well as implement the use of site-based recycling, the 4Rs Program, school beautification, Second Step Programming, and healthy school climate and culture components that teach relationship-building, teamwork, and compliance through modeling and teaching social-emotional learning skills at New Highland Academy, for the term September 1, 2014 through June 11, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $20,000.00.

Legislation Text 15-0655 Professional Services Contract - Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corporation - New Highland Academy

15-0656 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corporation, Oakland, CA, for the latter to increase the dissipation of ELL families at school events, i.e, Data Night, Family Literacy night, ELAC and SSC meetings; focus on increasing parent and caregivers access to resources to support their children's education; provide weekly on-going transition for non-bilingual teachers by writing notes and making phone calls to Spanish Speaking parents regarding school events, student progress, challenges and successes; work to organize parent volunteers; distribute and post flyers, call families to extend personal invitations to school events such as those listed herein; facilitate parent trainings in use of computer lab sessions and provide other services, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at New Highland Academy, for the period of September 1, 2014 through June 11, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $9,956.90.

Legislation Text 15-0656 Professional Services Contract - Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corporation - New Highland Academy

15-0657 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corporation, Oakland, CA, for the latter to use best practice large supervision strategies to maintain a safe and supportive environment that is aligned with the Caring School Communities Curriculum; provide supervision as well as implement the use of site-based recycling, the 4Rs Program, school beautification, Second Step Programming, and healthy school climate and culture components that teach relationship-building, teamwork, and compliance through modeling and teaching social-emotional learning skills; manage student behaviors primarily in the cafeteria space and on the yard during all recess and lunch time intervals; work with students that experience challenges following school identified norms and work with students to learn skills that regulate their own behavior in the moment and when accepting consequences at New Highland Academy, for the term September 1, 2014 through June 11, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00.

Legislation Text 15-0657 Professional Services Contract - Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corporation - New Highland Academy

15-0681 Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment - Grant Agreement and Conditions between ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career, Berkeley, CA, through support of the James Irvine Foundation, and District, with the latter accepting funding for Project: Grant for Priority Areas of Growth for the District-wide System of Linked Learning, pursuant to Goal and Grant Expectations stated herein, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, to include language around Student Data Privacy, as part of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). All other terms and conditions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect.

Legislation Text 15-0681 Amendment - Grant Agreement and Conditions - ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career - James Irvine Foundation - Post Secondary Readiness