Pays an arts consultant up to $40,000 to help plan and grow arts learning across the district

An individual consultant will help the Visual and Performing Arts Design Team build a Strategic Arts Blueprint and support structures for district schools. The work includes monthly and bi-monthly meetings, professional learning and a full-day retreat. The agreement runs August 21, 2023 through June 28, 2024 and began before the Board's approval.

Plain-English summary written by AI from the official text. AI summary · amounts checked against official text

Vendor / partner: Individual contractor
Action: New agreement
Category: Classroom & academic programs
Term: Aug 21, 2023 – Jun 28, 2024
This vote: $40,000
Funding: Measure G, Parcel Tax
Resource / site: 9334-909
Vendor no.: 002782
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 23-2578 · agenda E.-134
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 Indi McCasey, Ithaca, NY, for the latter to enhance and support the increase arts learning in District via the Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Design Team strategies; plan, create and implement Strategic Arts Blueprint support structures for District schools to engage the arts to advance learning and positive outcomes for students; participate in the VAPA monthly meetings of the Design Team, bi-monthly convening of VAPA teachers to build community and share practice, monthly meeting of community-based arts organizations and team members through participation of students, families, and district administration; professional learning, and participate in full-day retreat, via Academics and Instruction Department, for the period of August 21, 2023 through June 28, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $40,000.00.

History

Nov 16, 2023 Adopted on the General Consent Report

This is an independent project created to provide transparency to the OUSD Community, and is not affiliated with Oakland Unified District. All data used to create the Consent Report Tracker is made public by Legistar, OUSD's official platform for posting legislative records. Plain-English summaries are written by AI with narrow parameters based upon the official text of the reports. Read about how all this works.