Ratifies up to $12,000 for William L. Winston Education Consulting to build teacher-recruitment college partnerships

The consulting firm will set up and manage agreements called memorandums of understanding (MOU) with colleges and universities to create and maintain pipelines of new teachers. That includes contacting college staff, writing and negotiating the agreements, and tracking them through approval. The period is July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. The board is ratifying (approving after the fact) an agreement whose service period began before this vote.

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Vendor / partner: William L. Winston, Education Consulting LLC · Oakland, CA
Action: New agreement
Category: Staff & hiring
Term: Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
This vote: $12,000
Funding: Other State
Resource / site: 7810-944
Vendor no.: 004664
Presented by: Deputy Chief, Talent
File: 23-1930 · agenda T.-4
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 William L. Winston, Education Consulting LLC, Oakland, CA, for the latter to ensure that partnership with colleges and universities for new teacher recruitment and pipelines are developed and maintained through development of Memorandums of Understanding [MOU], including initiating contact with the designated staff at the college responsible for the MOU, communicating with the college and university partners about the MOU process, the writing of the MOU, and the negotiation of the MOU content, receiving approval from the District's Legal Department, submitting and tracking the MOU through the approval process, via Talent / Human Resources Department, for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 in an amount not to exceed $12,000.00.

History

Sep 27, 2023 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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