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Meeting Date:
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8/16/2023 - 6:00 PM
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Category:
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DIVISION OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, FUNDED PROGRAMS & THE ARTS
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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20.3 Create Capacity, LLC
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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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BOCS
Performance Based Contract Guidelines
Schedule B
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File Attachment:
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Rationale:
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Create Capacity, LLC
Term: August 2023-June 2024
Amount: $17,500
Scope: Create Capacity offers Yonkers Public Schools’ Bilingual and English as a New Language educators, coaches, and administrators foundational components of high-quality, system-wide education for for Multilingual learners (MLLs) in mathematics. Building on the findings and relationships from 2022-23, sessions will provide resource rich planning and instructional guidance to enhance curriculum-based professional learning and team building to center MLLs in Tier I core mathematics. Learnings from this session will inform a consultative plan for systemic improvement that includes an equity audit to amplify strengths and identify conditions for high-quality, curriculum-based professional learning to achieve sustainable impact that drive school improvement for MLLs. The MLL Consultative Plan will include findings from qualitative and quantitative data sources, along with a series of recommendations and corresponding tools based on bright spots and challenges. Bilingual and ENL educators participate in virtual and in-person coaching to ground in the tenets of high-quality, content, and language instruction in mathematics. All educators will have access to synchronous and asynchronous instructional and intervention inventories, and on-demand technical assistance. Specifically, the purpose of this project is to partner with YPS to build system-wide capacity for high-quality tier I mathematics education for (MLLs).
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Funding:
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Title I Pending NYSED approval
490.5241.24H152.2070.B2300
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Resolution:
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WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with Create Capacity, LLC to purchase consulting services to support Yonkers Public Schools’ Bilingual and English as a New Language educators, coaches, and administrators foundational components of high-quality, system-wide education for Multilingual learners (MLLs) in mathematics for the 2023-2024 school year,
WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with Create Capacity, LLC 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 Create Capacity 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 Create Capacity, LLC at a cost not to exceed $17,500.
It is acknowledged and agreed that pursuant to the terms of that certain intermunicipal agreement by and between the City of Yonkers Board of Education (“BOE”) and the City of Yonkers (the “City”) as filed in the Office of the City Clerk on June 16, 2014, the terms of this agreement are subject to review and revision by the Corporation Counsel, as well as approval by the City’s Board of Contract and Supply. Furthermore, this Agreement shall not be enforceable until signed by both parties and approved by the Corporation Counsel’s Office.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Lissette Colon-Collins - Assistant Superintendent
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Signed By:
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Tonya Long - Director
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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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Dr. Luis Rodriguez - Interim Superintendent of Schools
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Vote Results:
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| Original Motion | Member Kevin Cacace Moved, Member Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio seconded to approve the Original motion 'WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with Create Capacity, LLC to purchase consulting services to support Yonkers Public Schools’ Bilingual and English as a New Language educators, coaches, and administrators foundational components of high-quality, system-wide education for Multilingual learners (MLLs) in mathematics for the 2023-2024 school year,
WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with Create Capacity, LLC 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 Create Capacity 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 Create Capacity, LLC at a cost not to exceed $17,500.
It is acknowledged and agreed that pursuant to the terms of that certain intermunicipal agreement by and between the City of Yonkers Board of Education (“BOE”) and the City of Yonkers (the “City”) as filed in the Office of the City Clerk on June 16, 2014, the terms of this agreement are subject to review and revision by the Corporation Counsel, as well as approval by the City’s Board of Contract and Supply. Furthermore, this Agreement shall not be enforceable until signed by both parties and approved by the Corporation Counsel’s Office.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 5 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 5 - 0 | | | | | Rev. Steve Lopez | Yes | | Kevin Cacace | Yes | | Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio | Yes | | Sheila Greenwald | Yes | | Lawrence Sykes | Yes | |
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