Everything Oakland education– Open enrollment has started for next school year, choose the best school for your child, Board meetings, the Office of Equity updates of Latinx and API achievement, Mills looks at the conditions for adult learning, education for liberation, undoing racism, opportunities to help educators and to get involved in Oakland education please read and share
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This Week
11/13 Meeting of the Community Advisory Committee for Special Education
11/13 Measures A, B, and J Independent Citizens’ School Facilities Bond Committee
11/14 LATINO/A STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
11/14 Measure G1 – Districtwide Teacher Retention and Middle School Improvement Act Oversight Commission
11/14 Creating the Conditions for Teacher Learning
11/14 PVO Benefit Dinner at Sheba Ethiopian
11/14 ACOE Board Meeting
11/15 Education for Liberation
11/16 ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT11/16 Meeting of the District English Language Learners’ Sub-Committee
11/16 Measure N – College and Career Readiness Commission
11/16 Local Control and Accountabilty Plan (LCAP) English Learner (EL) Parent Sub-Committee
11/17 Board of Education
11/17 Undoing Racism Workshop for IBPOC
11/18 Oakland Community Block Party
11/18 ( Youth Empowerment Summit) YES 2017 Registration | Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network
Further Out
11/28 Meeting of the Foster Youth Advisory Committee
11/30 Designing Making Experiences
11/30 OPEN MAKER BAR HOURS: PLANNING FOR SPRING SEMESTER
11/30-1/9 Kaiser Elementary is hosting tours
12/16 West Oakland School and Resource Fair Public
12/20 BEO Annual Fireside Chat “Sustaining Communities”
Opportunities / Funding for Educators
Teachers: Free Field Trips to the Exploratorium this Fall.
9/19 – 11/30 Apply for Paint the Town!
12/9 School Enrollment & Community Resource Fair
12/16 West Oakland School and Resource Fair Public
How you can help
East Bay College Fund’s Mentor Recruitment season is here!
Help an Oakland student and educator whose home was destroyed by fire
Support students with Listening Tools
Bring Coding and Engineering to Life with Lego Robots
October Morning Volunteers Needed at Alameda County Community Food
Oakland Ed Fund’s winter coat drive for newcomers
This Week
Open Enrollment for the 2018 school year has started for both the OUSD district schools and public charter schools, you can see the portals and school finders here and can apply to your choice of district or charter schools, there are more choices than ever and its more important than ever that families find the right school for their child.
For the OUSD schools- Families can also find most relevant information on the OUSD website, www.ousd.org/enroll. There is information about how to apply, when schools are having open houses, where and when upcoming enrollment fairs are happening and details on the District’s Student Welcome Centers.
Those Welcome Centers are Lakeview at 746 Grand Avenue and East Oakland at 1125 69th Avenue. All are welcome to visit. You can also reach the OUSD Welcome Center by calling 510-879-4600 or emailing [email protected].
For Charters
11/13 5:30PM – Community Advisory Committee-Programs for Exceptional Children Library – Acorn Woodland Elementary School – 1025 81st Avenue, Oakland, CA 94621 Meeting detail
11/13 6:30PM – Measures A, B, and J Independent Citizens’ School Facilities Bond Oversight Committee KDOL TV Studio, B-237, Met West High School Meeting details
11/14 3:00PM – Measure G1 – Districtwide Teacher Retention and Middle School Improvement Act Oversight Commission KDOL TV Studio, B-237, Met West High School Entrance, 314 East 10th Street, Oakland, CA 94606-2291 Meeting details
11/14 5:00 PM- 7:30 PM- LATINO/A STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT Fremont High School 4610 Foothill Blvd., Oakland, CA 94601 Join us for the Latino/a Student Achievement Community Update event. OUSD Office of Equity’s Latino/a Student Achievement (LSA) Initiative will be sharing preliminary findings, recommendations and action steps from their listening campaign. We’ll discuss Latino/a student and family engagement, access to quality preschool, English language learner reclassification, Central American student and family support, and Latino/a educator recruitment and retention. We thank all of our LSA community partners for their continued support throughout the listening campaign process. REGISTER
11/14 5PM –PVO Benefit Dinner at Sheba Ethiopian 375 13th St, Oakland, CA 94612 Come eat delicious food and support Parent Voices at the same time! 25% of proceeds go directly to supporting PVO. This is a fun and tasty way to support our efforts to bring affordable child care to every family in Oakland.
11/14 6:30PM – ACOE Board Meeting Regular meetings of the Board are held at 6:30 p.m. on the 2nd Tuesday of each month in the Board Room of the Alameda County Office of Education at 313 W. Winton Avenue, Hayward. Any exceptions to the regular schedule are announced through the ACOE website.
11/14– Creating the Conditions for Teacher Learning Workshop More information coming soon on this day-long workshop at Mills College for principals, coaches, and other school and district leaders. Focus will be on how to create the conditions that support high-quality teacher learning that leads to improvement in instructional practice. Stay tuned for additional details about how to register for this professional learning opportunity.
11/15 7:00PM-9:00PM – Education for Liberation. The Greenlining Institute 360 14th Street, Oakland, CA 94612Education for Liberation: The Role of Political Education in the PAIGC’s Struggle for Independence and the Lessons for Today. Center for Political Education and LeftRoots are proud to host a conversation with thinker and activist Sónia Vaz Borges. Sónia, who is of Cape Verdean descent, is a leading scholar on the education programs at the core of Amilcar Cabral’s national liberation struggle in Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau during the 1960s and 70s. Sónia will help us develop a useful understanding of what militant education is, how it worked in the international struggle against colonialism in Africa, and its lessons for movement building today.
11/16 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT Roosevelt Middle School Gym 1926 E. 19th St., Oakland, CA 94606 Join us in celebrating the founding of the OUSD Office of Equity Asian Pacific Islander Student Achievement (APISA) Initiative, APISA’s 2017 Youth-led Participatory Research Team, and APISA’s Collaborative and community leaders. The APISA Student Research Team will report out on API students’ needs, share best practices and solutions across OUSD, and honor community leaders who are lifting up our API students. We invite families, students, staff and community members to join us! REGISTER
11/16 1:00PM – Measure N – College and Career Readiness Commission Suite 300-Jack London Conference Room, 1000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607 (Special Meeting – Retreat) Meeting details
11/16 5:00PM – Local Control and Accountabilty Plan (LCAP) English Learner (EL) Parent Sub-Committee Global Family – 2035 40th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94601 Meeting details
11/17 9:00AM – Board of Education KDOL TV Studio, B-237, Met West High School Entrance, 314 East 10th Street, Oakland, CA 94606-2291 Special Meeting Meeting details
11/17-1/19 Undoing Racism Workshop for IBPOC UNDOING RACISM WORKSHOP for
Artists, Activists, & Educators who identify as Indigenous, Black and/or of Color
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17– SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2017 (Must attend all 3 days.) REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, November 10, 2017
Full 2 ½ Day Workshop:
(Fri. 6pm-9pm, Sat. 9am-6pm, Sun. 10am-4pm) Location: The Greenlining Institute, 360 14th St., Oakland CA 94612 …
The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond focuses on understanding what racism is, where it comes from, how it functions, why it persists and how it can be undone. This workshop utilizes a systemic approach that emphasizes learning from history, developing leadership, maintaining accountability to communities, creating networks, undoing internalized racial oppression and understanding the role of organizational gate keeping as a mechanism for perpetuating racism.
11/18 12PM – 5PM Oakland Community Block PartyThe California Endowment recently opened the doors to its permanent Oakland office! We are proud to be a permanent fixture of the vibrant Oakland community, and to join in partnership with the many leaders, residents, artists, youth, and organizations advancing health and justice for all. Join us as we celebrate our grand opening with a community block party! We are shutting down Franklin Street (between 20th & 21st) for an exciting afternoon full of Oakland’s finest in music, art and cuisine! Featuring live must see performances, a family health fair, local Oakland market place, and interactive art exhibits by EastSide Arts Alliance, Alena Museum and The Scraper Bike Team.
Further Out
11/28 5:30-7:30 pm – Meeting of the Foster Youth Advisory Committee Parker Elementary, 7929 Ney Ave, Oakland, CA 94605
11/30 Designing Making Experiences The Lighthouse Creativity Lab is offering a two-day intensive workshop for educators eager to integrate making in school into their own practice. Spend two days planning a K-12 making project or unit of your choice and leave with a project example made by you. While being immersed in a making environment, you will make and develop, test and troubleshoot the making curriculum or project of your choice for your K-12 classroom or school.
11/30 OPEN MAKER BAR HOURS: PLANNING FOR SPRING SEMESTER At Peralta Hacienda “Every Human Being Makes History!” From 11/11-11/13, StoryCorps will be in residence at the Hacienda to preserve your personal histories involving immigration and/or DACA/DAPA, and contribute to the preservation of both museum and community heritage. If you would like to participate please contact us.
11/30-1/9 Kaiser Elementary is hosting tours for those considering our school for the 2018-19 school year. Henry J. Kaiser, Jr. School strives to provide a complete academic program in a stimulating and creative learning environment where all can feel respected, valued and safe. We seek to impart the necessary skills for student excellence and to produce well rounded, reflective, socially aware individuals. We value those qualities that cultures and races share, as well as those that make them unique. Our school is an open-enrollment school which focuses on integrating the Arts and Humanities into the curriculum. Attracting students from all over Oakland, Kaiser is unique in the district in the way it brings together children and families from so many diverse backgrounds. Ethnically, Kaiser is a microcosm of the city of Oakland. Click here for more information.
Tours are at 10:15, require an RSVP and are on the following dates:
Thursday, November 30
Tuesday, December 5
Wednesday, December 13
Monday, December 18
Tuesday, January 9
12/16 West Oakland School and Resource Fair Public · Hosted by Enroll Oakland Charters Oakland families are invited to learn more about their public school options. There will be:
* School Booths (Elementary, Middle, High schools) – Visit with school principals, teachers and families
* Enrollment Booths – Explore and compare public schools using Oakland’s school finder. Get help with your online application and/or enroll online.
* Resource Booths – Learn more about support services provided by local community organizations.
12/20 BEO Annual Fireside Chat “Sustaining Communities” BEO Leading Voices presents “Sustaining Community for Our Future” a fireside chat with a group of our community’s most brilliant thought leaders sharing visionary insights in response to the massive migration of black people moving out of California, with a particular focus on the Bay Area. With gentrification, incarceration, lack of jobs rapidly growing, ideals to sustain our community is vital for us to envision how we are to support our families, grow neighborhoods, and build innovative businesses with emerging opportunities, industries and technologies. Join Us!
Opportunities/Funding for educators
Teachers: Free Field Trips to the Exploratorium this Fall. Take BART to the Exploratorium and get free admission for your class, plus free round-trip BART tickets. Register at exploratorium.edu/BART or email [email protected]
9/19 – 11/30 Apply for Paint the Town! Apply for Oakland’s new street mural programfrom September 19th – November 30th. This pilot program allows community members to paint temporary street murals on Oakland’s roads. Make sure to come to an application clinic hosted at an Oakland Public Library, where community members can learn about the program and receive assistance on applications. Attending a clinic is not required to apply but they encourage you to come! The dates and locations of the clinics are available on the website. If you have more questions, email and visit the website for all application materials.
12/9 10 AM – 2 PM-School Enrollment & Community Resource Fair East Oakland Youth development Center 8200 International Blvd, Oakland, California 94621learn all about your public school options. Meet school principals, teachers and families. Learn how to make the best use of School Finder to explore and compare public schools. Get help with your EOC enrollment application and/or apply online on the spot. And learn more about the services provided by local community organizations.
12/16 – West Oakland School and Resource Fair Public · Hosted by Enroll Oakland Charters
Oakland families are invited to learn more about their public school options. There will be:
* School Booths (Elementary, Middle, High schools) – Visit with school principals, teachers and families
* Enrollment Booths – Explore and compare public schools using Oakland’s school finder. Get help with your online application and/or enroll online.
* Resource Booths – Learn more about support services provided by local community organizations.
How you can help
East Bay College Fund’s Mentor Recruitment season is here! The East Bay College Fund, which is currently supporting 800 Oakland scholars in college, is excited to begin recruiting Mentors for the 2018/19 Scholar year! College is definitely challenging, but it can be made easier with the support and advice of someone who has been there before. Every young person needs supportive relationships in order to grow and develop into thriving, productive, and engaged adults. Mentoring is a powerful way to help the next generation succeed! East Bay College Fund’s next Mentor Information Sessions will be on the following dates:Saturday, November 18th from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.Thursday, December 14th from 6 – 8 p.m.For more information about upcoming mentor information sessions please contact Volunteer Manager, Lena Ringstrom, at [email protected]
Help an Oakland student and educator whose home was destroyed by fire. Huber was an Education for Change student, and is now an Education for Change teacher in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. He and his family represent Oakland at its best, and in the early hours of Friday, September 8th, they awoke to their home on fire. Thankfully, nobody was hurt, but you can imagine the pain, stress, frustration, and anger in seeing your family home on fire. We are asking that you donate whatever you can to help Huber and his family respond to this loss quickly so that he can resume the job he loves and support his family. Help spread the word!
Support students with Listening Tools – A strong listening center is much needed in all elementary school classrooms. The stacks of CD’s and cassettes on a day to day for engagement, enrichment in both love for learning and academic standards. My students need a protected space with a CD player and timers to listen, learn and be heard. Be the first to donate | $484 still needed, Ms. Semana Aspire College Academy, Oakland CA
Bring Coding and Engineering to Life with Lego Robots at Oakland Sol. This is the second phase of our great robot adventure, where students experiment with engineering concepts and coding practice, as well as learning about the design phases of a technical project. My students need these EV3 Mindstorms kits to take their skills to the next level! 2 donors | $466 still needed… Give to Mr. Davis
October Morning Volunteers Needed at Alameda County Community Food Bank Alameda County Community Food Bank 7900 Edgewater Dr Oakland, 94621. Harvest Season has begun! Truckloads of fresh produce that need to be sorted and bagged are coming in daily. Helping hands are urgently needed in October to ensure that the large quantities of incoming produce get out the door — and into the community! To find out more about dates or to register for a shift, go here. If you have a group of 5 or more, please go to Weekday Group Volunteering. Information about other Food Bank volunteer opportunities.
Oakland Ed Fund’s winter coat drive for newcomers–An $18 donation can buy a new coat–In 2015, we were inspired to organize our first newcomer coat drive by Guatemalan 1st-grader Henry, who showed up to school soaking wet and told his teacher, “I want to learn. The rain cannot stop me.” Oakland public schools continue to welcome a growing number of recent immigrant students, many of whom are refugees and unaccompanied minors fleeing violence in their countries of origin. They face so many challenges, but a warm coat doesn’t have to be one of them: just $18 can buy a winter coat that will keep a newcomer warm, dry, and better prepared to focus on learning. With your support, we’re aiming to purchase 300 coats this year. Simply click the “Donate” button below, tell us how many coats you’d like to donate, and enter your payment info. We’ll take care of delivering the coats to students who need them most.