Ratifies up to $75,000 for an academic intervention specialist at Burckhalter Elementary

An Oakland contractor will identify K-5 students who are struggling academically or behaviorally, including those reading well below grade level, and organize and supervise tutoring for them. The contractor will also recruit, hire and train the tutors. The Board is ratifying (approving after the fact) the agreement, which runs September 20, 2021 to June 3, 2022 and is capped at $75,000.

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Vendor / partner: Individual contractor
Action: New agreement
Category: Classroom & academic programs
Term: Sep 20, 2021 – Jun 3, 2022
This vote: $75,000
Schools: Burckhalter Elementary School
Funding: Title I-Basic Grant Low Income, ESSER II
Resource / site: 3010-105, 3212-105
Vendor no.: 007280
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 21-2466 · agenda V.-20
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Jan 12, 2022

Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2021-2022 between the District and Demetra Mack, Oakland, CA, for the latter to serve as an Academic Intervention Specialist to assist in identifying all students in Kindergarten - 5th grade struggling academically and/or behaviorally, and support students who are reading six months to two and a half years below grade level using a variety of data points, including assessments (i.e. Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium or SBAC, Systematic Instruction in Phonological Awareness, Phonics, and Sight Words or SIPPS and iReady Reading and Mathematics, and Expeditionary Learning reading assessments) and chronic absenteeism; organize and supervise all academic tutoring sessions for identified students and serve as point person for communication with school teachers and staff; and recruit hire, and train tutors to work with identified students at Burckhalter Elementary School, for the period of September 20, 2021 through June 3, 2022, in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00.

History

Jan 12, 2022 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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