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14-0066 Approval by Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Oakland Schools Foundation (OSF), Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide parent engagement and training around key academic support areas, particularly focusing on the new demands of the Common Core State Standards, and how such may affect the type of work students are asked to do, both in school and at home; and families training and information on A-G course requirements and strategies for supporting academic language and literacy in the home, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth at Elmhurst Community Preparatory Academy, for the period August 26, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $15,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-0066 Professional Services Contract - Oakland Schools Foundation - Elmurst Community Preparatory School

14-0067 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Museum of Children's Arts, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide two teaching artists to teach 15 art classes per teacher, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at Community United Elementary School, for the period September 2, 2013 through June 13, 2014, an amount not to exceed $21,677.00.

Legislation Text 14-0067 Professional Services Contract - Roxanne Padgett - Museum of Children's Arts - Community United Elementary School

14-0068 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Elaine Armour-Word, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to serve as a Technology Intervention Specialist, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, to help prepare students to meet the rigorous demands of the newly adopted Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), at Burkhalter Elementary School, for the period August 26, 2013 through June 20, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-0068 Professional Services Contract - Elaine Armour-Ward - Burckhalter Elementary School

14-0070 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Eva La, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide direct assistance to non-English speaking parents/guardians seeking information, assistance in navigation of District policies, available programs and available assistance to families in support of their child's academic achievement; assist non-English-speaking parents guardians and communicating with District departments and staff, teachers and administrators facilitation of community meetings of SSC and ELAC, providing direct assistance for non-English participants and assist the school site and provide direct assistance to non-English families at the annual Title I Meeting at Skyline High School, for the period October 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-0070 Professional Services Contract - Eva La - Skyline High School

14-0073 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Olivia Higgins, Alameda, CA, for the latter to provide 200 hours of technical assistance and training in the development of an anti-bulling toolkit to address bulling in District schools in alignment with federal anti-discrimination laws and other services, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, under the supervision of the District Violence Prevention Program Manager, for the period from October 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-0073 Professional Services Contract - Olivia Higgins - Behavioral Health - Family, School, and Community Partnerships Department

14-0074 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Ellen Salazar, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide support for administration of California Partnership Academy Grant including monitoring and reports to the State, coordination with the principal and Academy Director regarding Academy budget, student scheduling placement and monitoring of student interns, functioning of the Advisory Board and relationship building with adult supervisors as required by the grant and curriculum support for the Academy team at Fremont High School, for the period of January 6, 2014 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $12,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-0074 Professional Services Contract - Ellen Salazar - California Partnership Academy - Fremont High School

14-0075 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Bay Area Community Resources, San Rafael, CA, for the latter to provide a [Wellness] Champion, committed to promoting healthy eating, fitness, safe Routes to school, recycling and composting and staff wellness to students staff and families at Green Leaf Elementary School and Global Family Elementary School, for the period of November 6, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in the amount not to exceed $2,640.00.

Legislation Text 14-0075 Professional Services Contract - Bay Area Community Resources - Health and Wellness - Family, School, and Community Partnerships Department

14-0076 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and SPARK, San Diego, CA, for the latter to provide a Sports, Play, and Active Recreation for Kids (SPARKS) trainer to lead a six hour workshop for teachers on SPARKS methodologies, sponsored by the Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction Department, to increase moderate to vigorous physical activity time, increase student to space and creating improved classroom culture that promotes collaboration and cooperation, for one day, January 31, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $3,799.00.

Legislation Text 14-0076 Professional Services Contract - SPARKS - Leadership, Curriculum, and Instruction Department

13-2665 Acceptance by the Board of Education of a donation from Oakland Schools Foundation in the amount of $5,000.00 providing grant match for Restorative Justice Services to the students at Frick Middle School for the period August 26, 2013 thru June 12, 2014.

Legislation Text 13-2665 Donation - Oakland Schools Foundation - Frick Middle School

13-2903 Approval by the Board of Education of Personnel Report 0013-0007.

Legislation Text 13-2903 Personnel Report No. 0013-0007

13-2904 Approval by the Board of Education of Resolution No. 1314-0099, Temporary District-wide Hiring Freeze - Classified Represented Positions.

Legislation Text 13-2904 Temporary District-wide Hiring Freeze - Classified Represented Positions

13-2938 Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Agreement between the District and Sue Piper, for the latter to serve as Communications and Public Relations consultant for the District, in support of the work of the Communications Department of the District, in an additional amount of $19,000.00, increasing the not to exceed amount of Agreement from $12,000.00 to $31,000.00, for the term October 8, 2013 through January 30, 2014.

Legislation Text 13-2938 Amendment No. 1, Professional Services Agreement - Sue Piper - Oakland Unified School District

13-2939 Approval by the Board of Education of Resolution No. 1314-0097 - Correction of Start Date of Positions - College Career Pathways - Leadership Curriculum and Instruction.

Legislation Text 13-2939 Correction of Start Date of Positions - College Career Pathways - Leadership Curriculum and Instruction

13-2940 Approval by the Board of Education of Resolution No. 1314-0098- Revision of a Classified Job Description/Alignment of Salary/Range, WTCL - Specialist, Testing and Placement - Family, Schools, and Community Partnerships Department.

Legislation Text 13-2940 Revision of Classified Position - Specialist, Testing and Placement - Family, Schools and Community Partnerships Department

14-0054 Acceptance by the Board of Education of a donation from Bernard E. and Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation to District to provide partial salary and benefits for Librarian at Kaiser Elementary School and Emerson Elementary School, in the amount of $17,500.00, for the period August 26, 2013 through June 12, 2014, pursuant to terms and conditions thereof, if any.

Legislation Text 14-0054 Donation - Bernard E. & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation - Kaiser Elementary School and Emerson Elementary School