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14-0333 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Elena Loera, Oakland, CA, for the latter to meet with 4-5 parents or families on Tuesdays and Thursdays; reply to parents' emails; assist with engagement with SSC, ELAC, and PTSA; communicate with parents about EL programs placement; contribute to newsletters; assist to promote attendance at Annual Title 1 meeting; organize and/or facilitate workshops for parents about how to support students' academic achievement in school and home at Bret Harte Middle School, for the period of December 16, 2013 through June 20, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $24,925.00.

Legislation Text 14-0333 Professional Services Contract - Elena Loera - Bret Harte Middle School

14-0345 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Sonia Kreit-Spindt, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide an analysis of student performance data and use of this information to collaborate with teachers and provide professional development that focuses on developing enhanced instructional strategies to support the diverse needs of target students and equitable access to the curriculum; implement and assess to the curriculum an intervention program for identified students using both push in and pull out formats that include before school times; and develop and participate in effective formats that provide information to parents, at Peralta Elementary School, for the period of October 10, 2013 through February 18, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $12,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-0345 Professional Services Contract - Sonia Kreit-Spindt - Peralta Elementary School

14-0376 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 12 art classes in each of 12 classroom, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at RISE Academy, for the period October 1, 2013 through June 12, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $12,500.00.

Legislation Text 14-0376 Professional Services Contract - Museum of Children's Art - RISE Academy

14-0387 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 student achievement, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at Lincoln Elementary School, for the period July 1, 2013 to August 29, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-0387 After School Programs (For School Based Programs Not Funded By ASES, 21st CCLC and OFCY) - Memorandum of Understanding - Playworks - Lincoln Elementary School

14-0414 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Oakland Schools Foundation, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide support for parent understanding of their child's development integrated through communications pertaining to attendance, discipline, social emotional, academic development; increase teacher capacity to engage with families; attend relevant meetings for SST, SART, COST; arrange and attend relevant, discipline/behavior meetings; serve as Nutrition Champion; Support Blended Learning home engagement; conduct home visits or on-site family consultations as needed and parent academic workshops; attend parent meetings with principal to resolve questions and concerns as relevant; and coordinate the FAST team, at EnCompass Academy, for the period of February 10, 2014 through June 12, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $27,827.36.

Legislation Text 14-0414 Professional Services Contract - Oakland Schools Foundation - EnCompass Academy

14-0417 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Ann Wettrich, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide program reflection, re-visioning, research and design development for District's Visual and Performing Arts Programs with responsibilities that include meeting planning, facilitation and follow up for a series of eight, three hour meetings with arts teachers and leaders in District and produce documents that summarize the contents of the meetings and create distinct actionable recommendations for arts programming throughout the District, for the Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction Department, for the period of February 4, 2014 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-0417 Professional Services Contract - Ann Wettrich - Leadership, Curriculum, and Instruction Department

14-0422 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Learning for Life/S.F. Bay Area Council, San Leandro, CA, for the latter to provide a Media Consultant to work in our library 4 days per week (total of 700 hours) working alongside a certificated teacher serving students in grades K-5; advise teacher on the most effective use of the library for student enrichment and intervention tool for students in grades K-5 while also providing direct services to target student populations - Title 1 students and English Language Learners, at Laurel Elementary School, for the period of November 12, 2013 through June 13, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $22,185.24.

Legislation Text 14-0422 Professional Services Contract - Learning for Life/ S.F. Bay Area Council - Laurel Elementary School

14-0423 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Learning for Life/S.F. Bay Area Council, San Leandro, CA, for the latter to provide a Media Consultant to work in library 4 days per week (total of 884 hours) working alongside a certificated teacher serving students in grades K-5 and advise teachers on the most effective use of the library for student enrichment and intervention tool for students in grades K-5 while also providing direct services to target student populations - Title 1 students and English Language Learners - at Laurel Elementary School, for the period of November 12, 2013 through June 13, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $27,763.24.

Legislation Text 14-0423 Professional Services Contract - Learning for Life/S.F. Bay Area Council - Laurel Elemenary School

14-0424 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Rare Bird, Oakland, CA, for the latter serve as a Teaching Artist to provide instruction in the creation of a tile mosaic mural aligned with school values, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at Bret Harte Middle School, for the period February 3, 2014 through June 12, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-0424 Professional Services Contract - Rare Bird - Bret Harte Middle School

14-0430 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Strategic Cities, Oakland, CA, for the latter to develop: 1. Develop CSSSP written resources and guides to help build school and community capacity to engage in effective school improvement planning that involves all school stakeholders; 2. Provide leadership in the development, coordination, and facilitation of CSSSP engagements, events and activities on the school improvement planning process; 3. Coordinate with central leaders and departments within Oakland Unified School District to improve tools and resources for school improvement planning; 4. Coordinate with community based organizations partnering with the Oakland Unified School District to help build parent and family capacity to engage in school improvement planning process. 5. Provide leadership in the development, coordination, and facilitation of CSSSP Executive Board and Implementation Team; and 6. Coordinate data gathering, analysis, and writing of a position paper and recommendations on the current development of OUSD school site leadership toward the District's vision of FSCS leadership and on the central supports working toward that vision through the Quality, Accountability and Analytics Department, for the period of February 21, 2014 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $40,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-0430 Professional Services Contract - Strategic Cities - Quality, Accountability, and Analytics Department

14-0490 Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement between the District and Finkbeiner and Associates, for the latter to support the further alignment of Business and Operations to the Strategic Plan by developing and implementing a survey and analysis of the survey of strategic senior managers in the District, with a goal of providing information to the Superintendent and Deputy Superintendents about process and organizational structure improvements, for the period of October 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, increasing the Agreement amount by $20,000.00, for a total cost not to exceed $55,000.00. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect.

Legislation Text 14-0490 Amendment - Finkbeiner and Associates - Oakland Unified School District

14-0077 Acceptance by the Board of Education of Grant Award and Agreement from Education Pioneers, partially funding the salary and benefits for Education Pioneer Analyst Fellows, 2013-2014, who will support central office infrastructure to develop quality data collection practices in the Family, School, and Community Partnerships Department, Human Resources, and the Superintendent's Office for the period of July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in the amount of $51,500.00.

Legislation Text 14-0077 Grant Award Acceptance and Agreement - Education Pioneers, Inc. - Family, School, and Community Partnerships, Human Resources, and Superintendent's Office

14-0420 Approval by Board of Education of Grant Agreement between District and Stephen Bechtel Jr. Foundation (S.D. Bechtel Fund), accepting grant for the implementation of Common Core State Standards - Mathematics in Grades K-8, in the amount of $3,150,000.00, payable in incremental amounts as delineated herein, for the period March 1, 2014 through June 30, 2017, pursuant to terms and conditions, thereof, if any.

Legislation Text 14-0420 Grant Award Acceptance - S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation - Oakland Unified School District

14-0438 Approval by the Board of Education of District's Grant Application to the David & Lucille Packard Foundation, seeking $125,000.00 to continue the Transitional Kindergarten Project, for the period of July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015 and to accept same, if granted, in whole or in part, pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof and to submit amendments thereto, for the grant year, if any.

Legislation Text 14-0438 Grant Application - David & Lucille Packard Foundation - Leadership, Curriculum & Instruction

14-0513 Ratification by the Board of Education of Payroll Warrants - i.e., Payroll Consolidated Check Register Numbers 10261616 through 10267544, inclusive - Fiscal Year 2013 - 2014, in the cumulative amount of $14,602,926.44, from February 1, 2014 through February 28, 2014, as reflected in Exhibit 1.

Legislation Text 14-0513 Payroll Warrants - Fiscal Year 2013-14 - As of February 28, 2014