17-0960 Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 of a Professional Services Contract between District and Verica Balarin, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide professional development services for school site, Park Day instructional services for school site instructional and administrative staff. The consultant will provide ongoing professional development services that will enable teachers to provide a more effective instructional program and improve student academic achievement in curriculum areas of Reading Language Arts, Reading, and/or Mathematics for the period of January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 in an amount not to exceed $11,700.00