Ratifies up to $10,000 for Strategic Inquiry Consulting writing coaching at Oakland International High
The Board is approving, after the fact, a contract with Strategic Inquiry Consulting, LLC to provide five days of support to the reading department at Oakland International High School. The work covers sentence-writing strategies, writing assessments with data tracking, and facilitating four to five rounds of teacher inquiry. The agreement runs September 1, 2025 through May 30, 2026, and began before this vote.
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- Vendor / partner
- Strategic Inquiry Consulting, LLC · Larchmont, NY
- Action
- New agreement
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- Classroom & academic programs
- Term
- Sep 1, 2025 – May 30, 2026
- This vote
- $10,000
- Schools
- Oakland International High School
- Funding
- Intrepid Fdnt Light Awards
- Resource / site
9273-353- Vendor no.
0009622- Presented by
- Chief Academic Officer
- File
25-2209· agendaO.-86- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Sep 24, 2025
Official text
Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2025-2026 by and between the District and Strategic Inquiry Consulting, LLC, Larchmont, NY, for the latter to provide five days of support, either in full day or half-day increments, focusing on inquiry cycles and combinations, with activities encompassing training on combinations sentence strategies, including preparation of baseline and end of year assessments for writing, with data tracking and analysis; engagement involves facilitating four to five inquiry cycles with the reading department, covering goal setting, team theory of action, and modeling with mentor sentences; sessions include strategies such as parallel revision, note taking, and in-depth exploration of combinations strategies; midyear and end of year assessments utilizing the sentence tracker and other tools, with scheduling flexible based on data availability; and facilitator support provided to the reading department leader throughout the engagement at Oakland International High School, for the period of September 1, 2025, through May 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report