Approves Alder Graduate School teacher residency program, up to $60,000, through June 2026

The district partners with Alder Graduate School of Education on a teacher residency program. Participants work toward a teaching credential and a master's degree while doing a year-long apprenticeship with a mentor teacher. District base and grant funding covers overhead, benefits and faculty development costs, up to $60,000, from September 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026.

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Notes on the official text

The title calls the item a Memorandum of Understanding and Interagency Agreement, while the action text describes an Education Services Agreement with Alder Graduate School of Education, though the parties, term and amount are the same.

Vendor / partner: Alder Graduate School of Education · Redwood City, CA
Action: New agreement
Category: Staff & hiring
Term: Sep 1, 2024 – Jun 30, 2026
This vote: $60,000
Presented by: Deputy Chief, Talent
File: 24-2361 · agenda L.-10
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Oct 9, 2024

Official text

Approval by the Board of Education of an Education Services Agreement (ESA or Agreement) for a Residency Program that provides multiple subject, single subject, and/or educational specialist teaching credential, support in completing requirements for bilingual authorization; and either a Master of Arts in Education with a concentration in Teaching or a Master of Arts in Education with a concentration in Special Education from Alder GSE; as well as a year-long apprenticeship with a mentor teacher hereinafter referred to as the “Teacher Residency at Alder GSE” - is entered into by and between Oakland Unified School District (District or OUSD), a public school district in the State of California, County of Alameda, and the Alder Graduate School of Education (Alder GSE), a Graduate School of Education in Redwood City, CA - for the term September 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026, with overhead, benefits and faculty development costs covered by OUSD base and grant funding in an amount not to exceed $60,000.00.

History

Oct 9, 2024 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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