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Meeting Date:
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OFFICE OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT |
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Subject:
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District Goals:
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Goal 1
Student Achievement Strengthen academic outcomes and graduation pathways through culturally responsive
and sustaining curriculum and instruction.
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Enclosure:
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File Attachment:
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Rationale:
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Teaching Matters
Term: October 2024-June 2025
Amount: $56,000
Scope: A Literacy Expert from Teaching Matters, Inc. will provide onsite support to teachers at the Barack Obama School for Social Justice and Museum 25 teachers for the purpose of improving student outcomes. To achieve this goal, the coach will support:
• Teachers to establish methods and instructional practices that create curriculum cohesion for ELA instruction.
• Students by helping teachers develop lessons with increased academic rigor which will help to close the opportunity gap.
• Teachers to build an operational understanding of Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Education principles that align with ELA instruction. |
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Funding:
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$28,000-SIG 1003a-490.5241.25J159.2112.B2300 pending NYSED approval $28,000-SIG 1003a-490.5241.25J159.2114.B2300 pending NYSED approval |
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Resolution
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WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with Teaching Matters to purchase consulting services support to provide onsite support coaching Barack Obama School for Social Justice, and School 25 teachers to build effective, rigorous practices into lessons, with the goal of improving outcomes for students school year,
WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with Teaching Matters a program which meets the objectives set forth by the Board and the New York State Education Department, and,
WHEREAS the Board of Education authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with Teaching Matters to provide these services, and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with Teaching Matters at a cost not to exceed $56,000. |
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Approvals:
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Recommended By: |
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Dr. Erik Wright - Associate Superintendent |
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Signed By: |
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Tom Collich - Purchasing Director |
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Signed By: |
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Finance Department - Finance Reviewer |
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Signed By: |
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Elizabeth Janocha - Deputy Commissioner |
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Signed By: |
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John Liszewski - Commissioner |
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Signed By: |
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Matthew Gallagher - Corporation Counsel |
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Signed By: |
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Anibal Soler, Jr. - Superintendent of Schools |
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Vote Results:
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| Original Motion | | Member Sheila Greenwald Moved, Member Dr. John Castanaro seconded to approve the Original motion 'WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with Teaching Matters to purchase consulting services support to provide onsite support coaching Barack Obama School for Social Justice, and School 25 teachers to build effective, rigorous practices into lessons, with the goal of improving outcomes for students school year,
WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with Teaching Matters a program which meets the objectives set forth by the Board and the New York State Education Department, and,
WHEREAS the Board of Education authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with Teaching Matters to provide these services, and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with Teaching Matters at a cost not to exceed $56,000.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 8 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 8 - 0 | | | | | Kevin Cacace | Yes | | Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio | Yes | | Gail Burns | Yes | | Dr. John Castanaro | Yes | | Rosemarie Linton | Yes | | Sheila Greenwald | Yes | | Felix Rios | Yes | | Lawrence Sykes | Yes | |
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