Pays Luna Dance Institute up to $25,000 for dance classes and teacher training at Kaiser preschool

Luna Dance Institute, of Berkeley, will run weekly dance classes and circle-time activities in eight classrooms at Kaiser Child Development Center so teachers can see how dance fits into the learning day. It will also train teachers, which may include coaching, family dance classes and workshops, and hold a midyear workshop to review the project. The agreement runs August 14, 2023 to May 24, 2024. The agreement period began before this vote.

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Vendor / partner: Luna Dance Institute · Berkeley, CA
Action: New agreement
Category: Classroom & academic programs
Term: Aug 14, 2023 – May 24, 2024
This vote: $25,000
Schools: Kaiser Child Development Center
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 23-2205 · agenda T.-31
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Oct 25, 2023

Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2023-2024 by and between the District and Luna Dance Institute, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to launch a series of weekly model dance classes and extended circle time activities in eight classrooms so that teachers can experience how dance can exist in their classrooms, integrated throughout the learning day; provide professional development activities and may include teacher coaching sessions, family dance classes, in-person or virtual workshops, Professional Learning Community (PLC) sessions, or attendance by individual educators at Luna-based workshops such as Love, Move, PlayTM or Dance & the preschool foundations workshops (Dance & Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Dance & Science, Dance & Math, Dance & Literacy); develop appropriate reflection tools and program evaluation strategies; and hold a midyear professional development workshop with an evaluative focus group to assess the project and realign with goals, as needed, via Kaiser Child Development Center (CDC), for the period of August 14, 2023 through May 24, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00.

History

Oct 25, 2023 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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