Today. [applause] i was hoping you will join me in brief version of happy birthday. You cool with that . [singing happy birthday]. Now the black version [laughter] just joking. Commissioner collins thank you. President cook we start this meeting in Great American educator and activist Paula Barbara jordan who said for all of insecurity, we cannot leave the future. Section a is accessibility information for the public. Section b is open items. Number one is approval of board meetings. Motion and second please . So moved ising. Contac superintendents report. Tonight we have roll call. [roll call] were taking the roll call for minutes now. President cook superintende. Good evening everyone. I like to begin by introducing our new deputy superintendent of instruction anikia ford. [applause] deputy superintendent ford has served as the districts assistant superintendent for the bay view schools if the past three years. She serves as chief of schools in oakland and began her career as a teach
Collaborating a district and others. They partnered with advisories groups and the Family Engagement team of the Unified School District to host the Second Annual family alignment summit. This helps the cac build leadership skills and strengthens our alignment with other committees. Also in november, they partnered with the african Parent Advisory Committee to host a cafe. The cac has been able to increase outreach to parents of africanamerican students. On december 3, sfusd kicked off Inclusive Schools week. Support for families with children of disabilities helped us cap off the week by sponsoring a screening of the film, intelligent lives, by dan habib. The cac will participate in a resource conference for the support of families with children with disabilities. Well participate in a resource fair and host a Panel Discussion. This is a free event and all special Education Community members are invited to attend. On may 1st, the School District will join other cac members from across
Other committees. Also in november, they partnered with the african Parent Advisory Committee to host a cafe. The cac has been able to increase outreach to parents of africanamerican students. On december 3, sfusd kicked off Inclusive Schools week. Support for families with children of disabilities helped us cap off the week by sponsoring a screening of the film, intelligent lives, by dan habib. The cac will participate in a resource conference for the support of families with children with disabilities. Well participate in a resource fair and host a Panel Discussion. This is a free event and all special Education Community members are invited to attend. On may 1st, the School District will join other cac members from across the state to lobby our legislators in sacramento for special Education Funding and legislation. Its a great opportunity to meet facetoface with representatives and lend a voice. On may 4th, the cac will provide a workshop at the expo in oracle ballpark. Previously
Other committees. Also in november, they partnered with the african Parent Advisory Committee to host a cafe. The cac has been able to increase outreach to parents of africanamerican students. On december 3, sfusd kicked off Inclusive Schools week. Support for families with children of disabilities helped us cap off the week by sponsoring a screening of the film, intelligent lives, by dan habib. The cac will participate in a resource conference for the support of families with children with disabilities. Well participate in a resource fair and host a Panel Discussion. This is a free event and all special Education Community members are invited to attend. On may 1st, the School District will join other cac members from across the state to lobby our legislators in sacramento for special Education Funding and legislation. Its a great opportunity to meet facetoface with representatives and lend a voice. On may 4th, the cac will provide a workshop at the expo in oracle ballpark. Previously
Schools take their models of inclusive practices. So thats very concerning to us as caa. Cac. And professional development, we wanted to point out, we appreciate that everyones time is very valuable. And, frankly, the conversations surrounding professional Development Days that were held around the Instructional Calendar concerned us quite a bit. One of the areas of need that we feel for staff, particularly general ed teachers, 76 of them sit in general ed, so we think that professional development surrounding inclusivity is critically important. In fact, wed like to see we understand the challenges of getting subs, scheduling time out of the classroom, so we would like to even propose that some of these trainings go directly to the school site, rather than having the employees take time off, get subs, develop the lesson plan. Its difficult to train one person from a school site and have them take it back to their school site and implement something schoolwide effectively. So moving ri