K.-26 17-2153 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Mills College, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide cross-site teacher-led collaborative inquiry to support instructional improvement for English Learners with focus on two key areas: 1) the teachers' capacity to make student thinking visible and to use what they learn to refine their instruction, and 2) the capacity to engage in effective adult learning relationships that are leveraged to improve instruction, via the English Learners and Multilingual Achievement Department, for the term August 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018, in an amount not to exceed $22,750.00.