Pays Novak Education up to $10,500 for Universal Design for Learning training for special education staff
Novak Education will lead five one-hour virtual sessions and one full-day in-person session on Universal Design for Learning, a way of planning lessons to reach all learners, through the Special Education Department. The sessions are scheduled between October 2023 and April 2024. The agreement runs from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 and may not exceed $10,500; the board is ratifying (approving after the fact) it.
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- Vendor / partner
- Novak Education · Groton, MA
- Action
- New agreement
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- Special education“Special Education” lumps together very different kinds of spending, from full-time private school placements to everyday staffing, and the public record rarely says which is which, so read its totals with caution. Why this matters
- Sub-category
- Programs & support
- Term
- Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
- This vote
- $10,500
- Funding
- Special Education
- Resource / site
6500-975- Vendor no.
008757- Presented by
- Chief Academic Officer
- File
23-2488· agendaE.-89- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Nov 16, 2023
Official text
Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2023-2024 by and between the District and Novak Education, Groton, MA, for the latter to provide one-hour Virtual Sessions on Universal Design for Learning with Chris Bronke on: October 11, 2023 from 3-4 PM, November 8, 2023 from 3-4 PM, February 14, 2024 from 3-4 PM, March 13, 2024 from 3-4 PM, and April 10, 2024 from 3-4 PM; and a Full-Day In-Person Professional Learning on Universal Design for Learning that includes up to six hours of professional learning on January 9, 2024 with Facilitator: KC Knudson, via the Special Education Department, for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $10,500.00.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report