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16-0151 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Bay Area Community Resources, San Rafael, CA, for the latter to provide Wellness Champions to lead and attend site wellness council meetings; participate in school and District-run wellness meetings and trainings; facilitate discussions at school sites around District's Wellness Policy; promote and distribute wellness materials; and lead specific wellness activities around nutrition, school gardens, Safe Routes to School and other areas, via the Community Schools and Student Services Department, for the period of November 4, 2015 through June 30, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $2,495.75.

Legislation Text 16-0151 Professional Services Contract - Bay Area Community Resources - Wellness Champions - Health and Wellness - Community Schools and Student Services Department

16-0185 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Parent Teacher Home Visit Project, Sacramento, CA, for the latter to provide services for the Parent Teacher Home Visit Project which will include an informational session and training for up to 120 educators and partners representing 8-14 schools across the K-12 spectrum, who are interested in building a foundation for family engagement at their school site via relational home visits; training will cover the PTHVP model, the research that supports the model, a step by step guide for effective home visits and an exploration and discussion of common barriers including language and cultural differences, fears and assumptions; specific deliverables include one district-wide informational session, co-organized with Office of Student and Family Engagement, two, three-hour training sessions for interested teachers, classified staff, and community partners, technical assistance to lead staff as it relates to problem solving, documentation, and evaluation of home visit strategy, via the Community Schools and Student Services Department, for the period of November 16, 2015 through June 30, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00.

Legislation Text 16-0185 Professional Services Contract - Parent Teacher Home Visit Project - Community Schools and Student Services Department

16-0199 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Syntex Global, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide additional or supplemental translators in Arabic, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Cambodian, or other languages, as needed, if available, upon District's request, when District need exceeds capacity or availability of employee translators to provide translation services, and to provide technical support services to Communications team which will enable great community participation and learning about the Regional Analysis and how it will affect and improve community schools, via the Community Schools and Student Services Department, for the period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00.

Legislation Text 16-0199 Professional Services Contract - Syntex Global - Translation Services Unit - Community Schools and Student Services Department

16-0203 Acceptance by the Board of Education of a donation in the amount of $50,000.00, from anonymous donor via the Fiduciary Trust International of California, for support of Music and Arts Program, via the Teaching and Learning Department, for District's Visual and Performing Arts Program, for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, pursuant to terms and conditions thereof, if any.

Legislation Text 16-0203 Acceptance of Donation - Fiduciary Trust International of California - Teaching and Learning Department

16-0240 Ratification by the Board of Education of Agreement between District and Stetson & Associates, Inc., Houston, TX, for the latter to facilitate/co-facilitate Inclusion Task Force meetings for the District and provide the following services: 1) conducting classroom observations to observe instruction and services provided to students with disabilities. This task is proposed to enable trainers to have a clear perspective of current services and challenges in the district; 2) presenting two half-day administrative overview sessions for principals from participating schools; 3) providing one round of the three-day Step-by-Step for Inclusive Schools team training; a team of 5-7 members from each participating school will attend; and 4) providing one day of follow-up technical assistance for each participating school, via the Chief Academic Officer, for the term from January 4, 2016 to June 30, 2016 at a cost not to exceed $50,600.00 plus travel expenses not to exceed $10,000.00.

Legislation Text 16-0240 Agreement - Stetson and Associates - Chief Academic Officer

Chief of Communications

16-0351 Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Professional Services Contract between the District and the Oakland Education Fund, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide additional support and video production to KDOL - TV and the District's Communications Department, in an additional amount not to exceed $28,000.00, increasing the Contact not to exceed amount from $10,000.00 to $38,000.000 and extending the term of the Contract from December 1, 2015 through February 29, 2016 to June 30, 2016. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect.

Legislation Text 16-0351 Professional Services Contract - Oakland Education Fund - Professional Services Contract - Oakland Education Fund - Communications and Public Affairs Department

Chief of Staff; Chief of Organizational Effectiveness and Culture

16-0342 Ratification by the Board of Education of the Agreement between the District and Great Place to Work Institute, Inc., a California corporation, to develop and undertake an employee survey of District employees and compile the results thereof for an amount not to exceed $50,000 for the term of one year with four one year extensions.

Legislation Text 16-0342 Agreement - Great Place to Work Institute, Inc. - Oranizational Effectiveness and Culture

Board of Education

16-0261 Ratification by the Board of Education of Its Regular Meeting Minutes of January 27, 2016 prepared by Staff shortly after said Meeting.

Legislation Text 16-0261 Minutes - Board of Education - Regular Meeting - January 27, 2016

16-0262 Ratification by the Board of Education of Professional Services Contract between the District and Karla Perez-Cordero, Oakland, CA, for the latter who perform translation of District documents from English to Spanish for Constituent/Family Engagement Meeting held by Board Director, District 6, on January 20, 2016 in an amount not to exceed $263.16.

Legislation Text 16-0262 Professional Services Contract - Karla Perez-Cordero - District 6 Board Member - Shanthi Gonzales

16-0288 Ratification by the Board of Education of President of the Board's reappointment of Gregory Redmond, to the Audit Committee, for the term ending January 31, 2018.

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V. Public Comments On All Non Agenda Items Within the Subject Matter Jurisdiction of the District (Continued, If Necessary)

16-0216 Public Comment on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject Matter Jurisdiction of the District - February 10, 2016.

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