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14-0151 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Eduquant Group, Sacramento, CA, for the latter to provide professional development to 60 teachers, Grades 2 - 12 across all content areas, on academic discussions with a focus on how this supports academic language development and content understanding of English language learners and strategies to support all students to participate equitably, for the period of October 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, in an amount not to exceed $3,500.00.

Legislation Text 14-0151 Professional Services Contract - Eduquant Group - Leadership, Curriculum, and Instruction Department

14-0152 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Art Therapy Institute of the Redwoods, Redwood Valley, CA, for the latter to prepare and provide a workshop training 70 District school based behavioral health providers in the assessment and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and symptoms using a model of neurodevelopmental art therapy, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, for Programs for Exceptional Children, for the period of August 13, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-0152 Professional Services Contract - Art Therapy Institute of the Redwoods - Behavioral Health Initiative - Programs for Exceptional Children

14-0153 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Faucette Micro Systems, Inc., Fallon, NV, for the latter to provide ongoing maintenance and support for the new 504 plan web-based system, providing an effective way to electronically maintain student 504 plans, for the period of September 3, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $9,604.00.

Legislation Text 14-0153 Professional Services Contract - Faucette Micro Systems, Inc. - Health Services - Family, School, and Community Partnerships Department

14-0154 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Megan Sweet, Alameda, CA, for the latter to provide support and training for Enrollment services, projections, and other key work, including training of the new Coordinator of Enrollment, updating all documents for 2013-14 school year Enrollment Counts process and establishing the timeline, and provide support in developing projections for the 2014-15 school year; provide support to analyze data from the fifth grade survey, completed in June of 2013, and provide a presentation to the school board and cabinet of survey results; complete training of the Manager of Transitional Kindergarten, including finalization of TK policies, identification of TK classrooms for the 2014-15 school year, and complete grant reporting requirements, for the period of July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $4,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-0154 Professional Services Contract - Megan Sweet - Family, School, and Community Partnerships Department

14-0166 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract or Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Tool (IT) Trial Agreement between the District and Otis Educational System, Inc., Powder Springs, GA, establishing a pilot data warehouse and business intelligence tool, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, for period February 27, 2014 through June 30, 2014, at a cost not to exceed on $179,500.00.

Legislation Text

14-0169 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Darrick Smith, Vallejo, CA, for the latter to provide instructional leadership training services to site's teaching and administrative staff which involves leadership framing discussions with instructional and administrative staff, observations of classrooms and public spaces, ethnographic interviewing of personnel, gathering student input - conducting focus groups, review of aggregated student data, testing, discipline, and school demographics, school policies, procedures, performance outcomes, curriculum designs, and a final presentation of findings and recommendations for improvement, with outcomes described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at Castlemont High School, for the period of November 25, 2013 through June 23, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $14,500.00.

Legislation Text 14-0169 Professional Services Contract - Darrick Smith - Castlemont High School

14-0187 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Kathryn Quain, San Rafael, CA, for the latter to provide 250 hours of service as a facilitator for the Arts Learning Anchor Program, to perform the following tasks: 1. Work with the site principal to identify a teacher leader in the arts; 2. Where necessary assist site leadership in implementing their arts program; 3. Provide 30 hours of training for teacher leaders from ALAS K-12 sites throughout the district; 4. Build capacity for leadership and an understanding of quality arts education in the teacher leaders involved; 5. Support the teacher leader in developing a site-based plan for their arts education program for the 2013-14 school year; and 6. Create a platform for documenting and sharing the arts education work being done at each site for all to learn from, for the period of November 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $15,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-0187 Professional Services Contract - Kathryn Quain - Leadership, Curriculum, and Instruction Department

14-0189 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Olivia Higgins, CA, for the latter to provide 96 hours of 1) consultation to identify gaps in LGBTQ programming; 2) assist in design and development of training materials for administrator and school site staff professional development as it relates to meeting the needs of LGBTQ youth; 3) support teachers in the implementation of anti-bullying curriculum; 4) Serve as content expert for onsite technical assistance to schools as needed, for the period of December 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $7,200.00.

Legislation Text 14-0189 Professional Services Contract - Olivia Higgins - Health and Wellness - Family, School, and Community Partnerships Department

14-0192 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and ETR Associates, Scotts Valley, CA, for the latter to 1) provide consultation to identify and adapt Exemplary Sexual Health Education (ESHE); 2) assist in design and development of training materials for science teacher professional development of ESHE; 3) support implementation of referral tracking systems to connect students to sexual health services; 4) review HIV/STD campaign materials; 5) consultation and technical assistance for development of anti-bullying campaign; 6) assist in creation of self-assessment of School Health Index and other services described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, for the period of November 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $37,500.00.

Legislation Text 14-0192 Professional Services Contract - ETR Associates - Health and Wellness - Family, School, and Community Partnerships Department

14-0194 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and San Francisco Bay Area Council, Learning for Life, San Leandro, CA, for the latter to provide one Media-Library Technology Center Assistant to deliver project based learning, which centers around technology, with Assistant introducing teachers and their K -5 students to different programs and tools on MAC computers, with lessons grade specific and will focus on allowing students to learn how to utilize the computer's resources to their greatest at Carl Munck Elementary School, in an amount not to exceed $14,272.00.

Legislation Text 14-0194 Professional Services Contract - San Francisco Bay Area Council, Learning for Life - Carl Munck Elementary School

14-0214 Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment - Board Policy - Business and Non-instructional Operations - BP 3350 - Travel Expenses to provide for the issuance of one District credit card to pay for District related expenses, which use must be authorized and approved by the Superintendent or Deputy Superintendent for Business, and further provides that violation of the policy may result in discipline, up to an including termination and renaming said policy as "Travel and Business Expenses."

Legislation Text 14-0214 Amendment to Board Policy 3350 - Travel and Business Expenses

14-0144 Approval by the Board of Education of District Grant Application to the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, San Francisco, CA, seeking $1,050,000.00 in funding for K-8 principal and teacher professional learning and resources to implement Next Generation Science Standards, for the period June 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015; and if awarded, in whole or in part, acceptance of same, pursuant to terms and conditions, thereof; and further authorization to submit amendments thereto for the term of the grant.

Legislation Text 14-0144 Grant Appication - S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation - Cultivating K-8 Science - Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction

14-0181 Approval by the Board of Education authorizing the Superintendent of Schools or designee to send a Notice To Administrative and/or Supervisory Certificated Employees of Possible Reassignment From or Release From Current Position for School Year 2014-2015, pursuant to provisions of California Education Code Section 44951.

Legislation Text 14-0181 Notice - Possible Reassignment or Release - Administrative and/or Supervisory Certificated Employees - Effective SY 2014-15

14-0182 Approval by the Board of Education authorizing the Superintendent of Schools or designee to send a notice of release from position to each and every probationary and temporary certificated employee who will not be re-elected for employment for the School Year 2014-2015, pursuant to provisions of California Education Code Sections 44929.21 and 44954.

Legislation Text 14-0182 Notice of Release - Probationary and Temporary Contract Certificated Employees - Non-Reelects School Year 2014-15

14-0183 Approval by the Board of Education authorizing the Superintendent of Schools or designee to send a Notice of Possible Reassignment for School Year 2014-2015 to any and all Categorically-Funded, Certificated Employees, pursuant to provisions of California Education Code Section 44909.

Legislation Text 14-0183 Notice To Categorically-Funded Certificated Employees of Possible Position Reassignment - Effective School Year 2014-15