Ratifies $5,200 for a dance instructor teaching West African and Katherine Dunham dance

The Board is ratifying, or formally approving after the fact, a 2020-21 agreement with an individual dance instructor from Oakland. The instructor teaches several dance styles and West African dance forms, prepares students for assembly and community performances, and connects dance to history, drama and math. The district pays up to $5,200 from Measure G funds for June 7, 2021 through July 2, 2021, and the work began before approval.

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Vendor / partner: Individual contractor
Action: New agreement
Category: Classroom & academic programs
Term: Jun 7, 2021 – Jul 2, 2021
This vote: $5,200
Funding: Measure G, Parcel Tax
Resource / site: 9334-922
Vendor no.: 002962
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 21-1476 · agenda V.-88
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Jun 23, 2021

Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Agreement 2020-2021 between the District and Myrtha Muse, Oakland, Ca, for the latter to teach varied styles of dance with emphasis on Katherine Dunham techniques - prepare students for short performances at assemblies, prepare students for professional culminating performance for parents and the community at-large, introduce dance history; teach student West African Dance forms and rhythms from several West African nations; take students to Sharing Assembly of professional artists; have students perform at culminating program; learn basic fundamentals of drama and dance, experience integration of the arts and its relationship to math, via Community Schools and Student Services Department, for the period of June 7, 2021 through July 2, 2021, in an amount not to exceed $5,200.00.

History

Jun 23, 2021 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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