Ratifies up to $20,000 for a Berkeley contractor to run staff conflict mediation and training
The contractor will use a restorative, trauma-informed approach to mediate a conflict between two district staff members and offer skills training, from a 12-hour introductory course to a 32-hour certification program. The term runs April 7 to June 30, 2025, which began before the board's vote.
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- Vendor / partner
- Individual contractor
- Action
- New agreement
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- Staff & hiring
- Term
- Apr 7, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025
- This vote
- $20,000
- Funding
- General Purpose-unrestricted
- Resource / site
0000-944- Vendor no.
009539- Presented by
- Deputy Chief, Talent
- File
25-1019· agendaL.-24- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, May 14, 2025
Official text
Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2024-2025 by and between the District and AddieRose Mayer, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to engage in a restorative, trauma-informed, and humanity-centered approach to support District staff through facilitated conflict mediation and capacity-building training, grounded in conflict transformation; facilitate a conflict transformation process between two OUSD staff members to address emergent conflict and improve workplace effectiveness; offer experiential training to build mediative skills among staff, with customizable formats ranging from a 12-hour introductory training to a 32-hour DRPA-aligned certification program, via Talent / Human Resources Department, for the period of April 7, 2025 through June 30, 2025, in an amount not to exceed $20,000.00.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report