P.-20 20-1344 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and the Regents of the University of California on behalf of its Bay Area Writing Project, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide a professional development series - workshops February 12, 2020, March 25, 2020, April 15, 2020 - focused on advancing teacher practice in the teaching and uses of writing for learning and building instructional consistency from grade to grade; aligned with expectations identified in the Common Core Standards for ELA; and emphasis placed on addressing the social-emotional contexts students bring to the learning environment, building strong student identities, and developing a positive classroom culture and community at Emerson Elementary School, for the term February 3, 2020 through May 15, 2020, in an amount not to exceed $8,275.00.