12-2502 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Educators for Social Responsibility, Cambridge, MA, for the latter to provide 800 hours of services as follows: (a) Needs Assessment and Preliminary Planning: ESR program consultant will conduct preliminary planning with the High School Executive Officer, SLC & i3 Director, and Principal & Leadership team of one SLC high school to refine goals, scope of work, and roles and responsibilities for the following services; (b) Principal Leadership Development: Provide a professional learning strand to deepen Principal understanding of the RTII framework and the ways to systemize a cohesive set of school-wide academic interventions that will reduce failure rates and increase achievement and graduation rates; (c) SLC Leadership PD: Provide PD for members of 9th grade leadership teams to support their developing highly effective professional learning communities working strategically, and mutually accountable for, high student achievement; (d) Oakland Tech: Provide year-long professional development for staff, comprised of an Institute and embedded coaching, to support teachers in creating high-achieving classrooms through use of a range of research-based instructional strategies for engaging all students and building a community of learners who can engage productively in whole group, small group, and independent work, for the period August 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, in an amount not to exceed $80,000.00.