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Meeting Date:
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9/12/2018 - 7:00 PM
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Category:
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Consent Agenda
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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13.5 (Item #5) Independent Services Contract Between Mt. Diablo Unified School District and Sequoia Science Education Consultant, Tamara Helfer, to Support the NGSS Outdoor Education Program at 5 Schools and Assist with 3 Other Schools
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LCAP (Local Control Accountability Plan) Goal:
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Enclosure
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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Tamara Helfer, DBA Sequoia Science Education, will work as project director for the MDUSD NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) in the Garden Program for 5 schools - Bancroft, El Monte, Fair Oaks, Mt. Diablo, and Sequoia Elementary Schools. Duties include coordinating all aspects of the garden education programs, offer project direction and act as the Garden Education and Cooking & Nutrition liaison to MDUSD for the REAL Food in Schools Collaborative, including helping to coordinate professional development and educational efforts from other RFISC partners, hire and oversee garden educators at school sites, developing scope and sequence of NGSS in the Garden lessons and curriculum, components of program, and continuing interaction with other entities supporting NGSS development, including but not limited to Life Lab, Edible Schoolyard, Education Outside, Center for Eco literacy. Program will be evaluated by UC Davis researchers.
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Funding:
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Career Technical Education Improvement Grant (CTEIG)
LCFF Supplemental (LCFF)
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Fiscal Impact
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$7,000.00 CTEIG
$30, 022.00 LCFF
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Recommendation:
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Approve the Independent Services Contract between Mt. Diablo Unified School District and Sequoia Science Education consultant, Tamara Helfer, to support the NGSS Outdoor Education Program at 5 schools and assist with 3 other schools.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Louise Neville - Administrative Assistant
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Signed By:
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Jennifer Sachs - Chief, Educational Services
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Signed By:
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Dr. Nellie Meyer - Superintendent
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Vote Results:
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| Original Motion | | Member Joanne Durkee Moved, Member Linda Mayo seconded to approve the Original motion 'Approve the Independent Services Contract between Mt. Diablo Unified School District and Sequoia Science Education consultant, Tamara Helfer, to support the NGSS Outdoor Education Program at 5 schools and assist with 3 other schools.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 5 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 5 - 0 | | | | | Linda Mayo | Yes | | Joanne Durkee | Yes | | Cheryl Hansen | Yes | | Brian Lawrence | Yes | | Debra Mason | Yes | |
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