Ratifies up to $8,000 for TrUTH to train teachers in trauma-responsive practices

TrUTH will provide professional learning for teachers on trauma-responsive teaching, equity practices, social-emotional learning and accountability. The agreement runs August 7 to September 18, 2023, through the Strategic Resource Planning Department. The board is ratifying (approving after the fact) an agreement whose service period began before this vote.

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Vendor / partner: TrUTH · Oakland, CA
Action: New agreement
Category: Classroom & academic programs
Term: Aug 7, 2023 – Sep 18, 2023
This vote: $8,000
Funding: Title 2-a Teacher Quality
Resource / site: 4035-950
Vendor no.: 008470
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 23-1929 · agenda T.-8
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Sep 27, 2023

Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2023-2024 by and between the District and TrUTH, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide Professional Learning in building competencies, adult capacity, and a culture of accountability through a trauma-responsive lens to be embedded into teacher practice that will: strengthen adult teaching practices in relation to structure and accountability via trauma-responsive practices; strengthen equity practices; engage in reflective inside-out work; provide an understanding of the interconnectedness of trauma-informed, equity, and social-emotional learning; provide understanding about trauma-informed language & pedagogy as it relates to adults and students, via the Strategic Resource Planning Department, for the period of August 7, 2023, through September 18, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $8,000.00.

History

Sep 27, 2023 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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