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16-0340 Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Agreement for Architectural Services between District and Dougherty & Dougherty Architects, LLP, on behalf of the District at Webster Elementary School / Lockwood Elementary School Restrooms Renovation Project, revising the end date from October 8, 2014 to October 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect.

Legislation Text 16-0340 Amendment No. 1, Agreement for Architectural Services - Dougherty and Dougherty Architects, LLP - Webster / Lockwood ES Restroom Renovation Project

Chief of Talent

16-0327 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Leapfrog Consulting, Oakland, CA, for the latter to: 1. Build a robust teacher and leader sourcing strategy to establish diverse, high quality candidate pools; 2. Facilitate rigorous selection processes aligned to our standards of teacher and leader effectiveness; 3. Provide well-structured new teacher and leader supports to accelerate effectiveness and increase retention; 4. Establish meaningful systems of ongoing observation and feedback with aligned supports; 5. Build the capacity of principals to manage their talent effectively; and 6. Create a multi-layered system of career and compensation pathways to attract and retain our highest quality talent as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, via the Talent Division, for the period December 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $3,600.00.

Legislation Text 16-0327 Professional Services Contract - Leapfrog Consulting - Talent Division

16-0326 Approval by the Board of Education of Personnel Report 0015-0006.

Legislation Text 16-0326 Personnel Report 0015-0006

Chief of Schools, Post-Secondary Readiness

16-0124 Approval by the Board of Education of Grant Agreement between the District and Walter and Elise Haas Fund, accepting a grant in the amount of $100,000.00, to create and implement a professional development plan to support teachers and staff to raise the achievement and life outcomes of African-American male students in the District, for the term of July 14, 2015 to July 14, 2016, pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof.

Legislation Text 16-0124 Grant Agreement - Walter and Elise Haas Fund - African American Male Achievement

16-0256 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Oakland Public Education Fund, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide the following services: 1) newcomer support and development through hiring of a coach and providing resources that support English language acquisition through targeted reading interventions, (approximately 416 hours); 2) create and supply culturally relevant reading interventions by supporting the creation of a library (approximately 16 hours); 3) curricular support for teachers, as well as supporting the literacy club (approximately 20 hours); and 4) hiring of an art educator to support art integration (approximately 100 hours), at Bret Harte Middle School, for the period of January 15, 2016 through June 30, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $29,560.00.

Legislation Text 16-0256 Professional Services Contract - Oakland Public Education Fund - Bret Harte Middle School

16-0257 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Principles of Educational Reconstruction Foundation, Hayward, CA, for the latter to assist the Principal in (1) preparing and leading professional development activities; (2) performing classroom observations; (3) providing teachers individual coaching about improving their teaching; and (4) prepare the Master Class Schedule for 2016-17 and advise the Principal regarding issues related to the strengthening the school's instructional program, at McClymonds High School, for the period of August 24, 2015 through June 10, 2016 in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00.

Legislation Text 16-0257 Professional Services Contract - Principles of Educational Reconstruction Foundation - McClymonds High School

16-0258 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and East Oakland Youth Development Center, Oakland, CA, with the latter to extend working hours of After School Program adults to push into school day and provide more targeted academic and social support in classrooms, reducing classroom ratio and support relationship building across more students and adults, contributing to small group instructional support that will drive academic reading proficiency, at Roots International Academy, for the period of December 21, 2015 through July 1, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $23,000.00.

Legislation Text 16-0258 Professional Services Contract - East Oakland Youth Development Center - Roots International Academy

16-0259 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and ISKME, Half Moon Bay, CA, for the latter to provide District with a 1-day customized Big Idea Fest Workshop ("Big Idea Fest"), on December 16, 2015, as described in Task 1 of ISKME's proposal to Client, for approximately 10 District leaders involved in the school redesign initiative, via the Continuous Schools Improvement Department, for the term of December 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $5,623.20.

Legislation Text 16-0259 Professional Services Contract - ISKME - Continuous School Improvement Department

16-0277 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Oakland Young Life, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide a full time program coordinator to help increase safe meaningful play and social support for students at Parker Elementary School, for the period of January 18, 2016 through June 10, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00.

Legislation Text 16-0277 Professional Services Contract - Oakland Young Life - Parker Elementary School

16-0311 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Maria Guadalupe Gomez, Oakland, CA, for the latter to support the Family Resource Center (FRC) in reaching out to families for school events; run workshops for families around technology use; advise families who come to the FRC on how to monitor their child's school progress; and help facilitate family workshops at Urban Promise Academy, for the period of January 11, 2016 through June 9, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $6,600.00.

Legislation Text 16-0311 Professional Services Contract - Maria Guadalupe Gomez - Urban Promise Academy

16-0312 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Moving Forward Education, Emeryville, CA, for the latter to provide the following services: Academic Mentorship support at all three alternative school sites during the 2015-16 school year; Deliver 5,000 hours of direct services before June 30, 2016; at Dewey and Bunche, provide a team of 3 Academic Mentors; at Rudsdale, provide one Academic Mentor for 25 hours per week of direct student services for 20 weeks; One lead Academic Mentor at each site (3 total) to provide an additional 10 hours of school site collaboration, student caseload management, and direct student support services during the extended day, via Schools Network No. 4, for the period of January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $200,000.00.

Legislation Text 16-0312 Professional Services Contract - Moving Forward Education - Schools Network No. 4

16-0313 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Hermila Zaragoza, Oakland , CA, for the latter to support the Family Resource Center (FRC) in reaching out to families for school events; run workshops for families around technology use; advise families who come to the FRC on how to monitor their child's school progress; help facilitate family workshops, with expected outcomes of higher family attendance to school events, higher family use of technology to monitor student progress; higher diversity of family attendance to school events, at Urban Promise Academy, for the period of January 11, 2016 through June 9, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $4,290.00.

Legislation Text 16-0313 Professional Services Contract - Hermila Zaragoza - Urban Promise Academy

16-0314 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Carlos Rojas-Castro, Oakland, CA, for the latter to support the Family Resource Center (FRC) in reaching out to families for school events; run workshops for families around technology use; advise families who come to the FRC on how to monitor their child's school progress and help facilitate family workshops, at Urban Promise Academy, for the period of January 11, 2016 through June 9, 2016 in an amount not to exceed $4,290.00.

Legislation Text 16-0314 Professional Services Contract - Carlos Rojas-Castro - Urban Promise Academy