Ratifies $15,000 for a consultant to study school connectedness for English learners and Black students
The district pays a consultant up to $15,000 to build tools, run family and teacher focus groups, and hold leadership interviews about students' sense of connection and belonging at school. The focus is on English learner and African American students and families. The consultant will also help school leaders use the findings. The work began January 16, 2023, before the board's approval, and runs through June 30, 2023.
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- Vendor / partner
- Individual contractor
- Action
- New agreement
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- Classroom & academic programs
- Term
- Jan 16, 2023 – Jun 30, 2023
- This vote
- $15,000
- Funding
- Dual Language Immersion
- Resource / site
7819-954- Vendor no.
008255- Presented by
- Chief Academic Officer
- File
23-0455· agendaT.-10- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Mar 22, 2023
Official text
Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2022-2023 by and between the District and Bela Bhasin, Oakland, CA, for the latter to create tools to identify 1) Culturally responsive strategies currently being used at school for improving connectedness, especially for ELL and AA students, (i.e., Teacher Focus Group Guide & Leadership Interview Guide); 2) Conduct a series of family focus groups to gather baseline data on connectedness and belonging with a focus on families of ELL and AA students; 3) Conduct a series of teacher focus groups and leadership interviews to identify culturally responsive strategies for improving connectedness for ELL and AA students and families; 4) Support site leaders to make sense of the data gathered and identify the next steps and provide thought partnership as needed, via English Language Learner and Multilingual Achievement Department, for the period of January 16, 2023 through June 30, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $15,000.00.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report