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13-2921 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Cantare Con Vivo, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide weekly music education classes during the school day for K-2 students, teaching music fundamentals in a sequential curriculum that will also support language and vocabulary development and school community and teamwork among participating students and have all K-2 classrooms appear in the community performance; each as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at Lincoln Elementary School, for the period October 28, 2013 through April 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $19,500.00.

Legislation Text 13-2921 Professional Services Contract - Cantare Con Vivo - Lincoln Elementary School

13-2923 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Hilary Jackson, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide student academic intervention support in Reading for targeted students to help achieve the District's goal of one year's growth on lexile levels; confer with classroom teachers in order to plan effective supplemental instruction for all identified students; as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at Kaiser Elementary School, for the period September 30, 2013 through June 13, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $22,000.00

Legislation Text 13-2923 Professional Services Contract - Hilary Jackson - Kaiser Elementary School

14-0032 Approval by the Board of Education of changes in Board Policy 6020 - Parent Involvement, proposed by the District Advisory Council, to, among other things: 1) provide leadership development opportunities for parents, including annual training on budgets and budget development; 2) use of the California School Parent Survey, instead of the Use Your Voice survey to help identify the specific needs for support in planning and implementing effective parental involvement activities to improve student achievement; 3) develop site specific strategies to encourage parents/guardians to sign and return the School Parent Compact required by the Community Schools Strategic Site Plan ("CSSSP"); and 4) incorporation of the new Board Policy 5124 requiring translation services.

Legislation Text 14-0032 Amended Board Policy - Instruction - BP 6020 - Parent Involvement

14-0049 Approval by the Board of Education of a Contract for Services between First Five of Alameda County, San Leandro, CA and the District, for implementation by the latter of a Summer Pre-kindergarten Program, as part of District's Early Childhood Education Program, as described in Exhibit A of said Contract, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, for the period of December 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $64,585.00.

Legislation Text 14-0049 Contract for Services - First Five of Alameda County - Leadership, Curriculum & Instruction

14-0061 Approval by the Board of Education of Addendum (No. 1) to the Agreement - Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) - Walden West Outdoor Science School Program - Encompass Academy (Legislative File No. 13-2575, Enactment No. 13-2418, approved November 20, 2013), adding provisions as specified, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, to said Agreement. All other terms and conditions of the enacted Agreement remain in full force and effect.

Legislation Text 14-0061 Addendum - Agreement - Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) - Walden West Outdoor Science School Program - Encompass Academy

Finance and Human Resources Matter(s)

13-2578 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and The Regents of the University of California, thorough its California Reading and Literature Project, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide 80 hours of professional development for up to 100 District teachers, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, for the period August 15, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $56,250.00.

Legislation Text 13-2578 Professional Services Contract - The Regents of the University of California - Leadership, Curriculum & Instruction

13-2709 Approval by the Board of Education of an After School Programs (For School Based Programs Not Funded By ASES, 21st CCLC and OFCY) Memorandum of Understanding between the District and Playworks, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide a full time coordinator to support students and teachers to transform recess and play into a positive, community-building experience that promotes collaboration and physical and emotional safety, in order to improve academic achievement, at Melrose Leadership Academy, for the term September 5, 2013 through June 12, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00.

Legislation Text 13-2709 After School Programs (For School Based Programs Not Funded By ASES, 21st CCLC and OFCY) Memorandum of Understanding - Melrose Leadership Academy

13-2711 Approval by the Board of Education of an After School Programs (For School Based Programs Not Funded By ASES, 21st CCLC and OFCY) Memorandum of Understanding between the District and Sylvan Learning, Piedmont, CA, for the latter to provide Response to Intervention for 20 Redwood Heights Elementary School students in math and/or reading, with an intervention goal of providing additional support in Mathematics instruction and Reading instruction for students who are in need, not being provided intervention during the school day; provide the teachers, instruction, materials, a parent information night, as well as conducting all outreach efforts to students selected by administrators and teaching staff and provide in kind services such as a Transitions to Middle School Seminar and a Forgotten Math night to parents as well, at Redwood Heights Elementary School, for the term October 14, 2013 through June 15, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $17,750.00.

Legislation Text 13-2711 After School Programs (For School Based Programs Not Funded By ASES, 21st CCLC and OFCY) Memorandum of Understanding - Redwood Heights Elementary School

13-2756 Approval by the Board of Education of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between District and San Jose State University (SJSU), San Jose, CA, for an Intern Partnership and Practica Programs for K-12 Teaching-Multiple Subjects, Single Subjects, and Education Specialists credentials, including Added or Supplementary Authorizations-and for Educational Therapist, School Counselor, School Psychologist, and Administrative Services credentials, for the term of July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2016, in an amount not to exceed Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) annually, and under the three-year term of this MOU, cumulatively, not to exceed Twenty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($22,500.00).

Legislation Text 13-2756 Memorandum of Understanding - San Jose State University - Leadership, Curriculum, and Instruction

13-2776 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Center for Transformative Teacher Training, San Francisco, CA, for the latter to work with school principal to develop and implement a comprehensive Culture Plan to support teachers and staff in elevating expectations for student achievement and engagement and increasing their ability to deliver on expectations; provide 50 licenses to the No-Nonsense (NNN) Online Course, a research validated approach to classroom management and culture for 50 staff; use Real Time Teacher Coaching, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at Alliance Academy, for the period of July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, at a cost not to exceed $62,950.00.

Legislation Text 13-2776 Professional Services Contract - Center for Transformative Teacher Training - Alliance Academy

13-2772 Approval by the Board of Education of the Professional Services Contract between the District and Prevent Blindness Northern California, San Francisco, CA, for the latter to provide free vision screening to District pre-kindergarten students, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, for the period of January 1, 2014 through June 30, 2014, at no cost to the District.

Legislation Text 13-2772 Professional Services Contract - Prevent Blindness Northern California - Health Services - Family, School, and Community Partnerships Department

13-2774 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc., Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide an Artist-In-Residence, who will work with classroom teachers to integrate digital media with Common Core Curriculum to teach students and to provide teachers with strategies for use of digital media integration which will impact student learning, as described in the specific outcomes in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at Carl Munck Elementary School, for the period of October 24, 2013 through May 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $15,750.00.

Legislation Text 13-2774 Professional Services Contract - Attitudinal Healing Connection - Carl Munck Elementary School

13-2785 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Public Profit, LLC, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide an After School Program evaluation during the 2013-2014 School Year, involving 75 school-based afterschool programs, that receive 21st Century Learning funding and 57 schools that receive complimentary funding from the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth (OFCY), as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, for the period August 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, through the Department of Family, Schools and Community Partnerships, in an amount not to exceed $78,200.00.

Legislation Text 13-2785 Professional Services Contract - Public Profit, LLC - After School Programs - Family, School, and Community Partnerships Department

13-2802 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Brooklyn Williams, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide regular coaching sessions with teachers, modeling lesson plans/engaged instruction, trouble shooting challenges that arise in alignment to All City Council efforts, annual districtwide youth action research and partnership between site teachers and community Meaningful Student Engagement partners, as described in the specific outcomes of the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, through the Family, Schools, and Community Partnerships Department, for the period of July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00.

Legislation Text 13-2802 Professional Services Contract - Brooklyn Williams - Family, School, and Community Partnerships Department