EMERYVILLE MATH,
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE
PARTNERSHIP
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
(MOU)
A. Each of the parties listed below:
Emery Unified School District (EUSD)
Emery Education Foundation (EEF)
Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools
(BayCES)
City of Emeryville (City)
support Emeryville’s comprehensive
restructuring of the existing K-12 school district. The parties believe that
implementation of the Emeryville Math, Science, Technology Initiative
(Initiative) will provide real choices for students in order to cultivate each
child’s gifts, talents and passions.
B.
The parties
recognize that partnerships and alliances are needed to create the necessary
systemic changes and improvements to the educational programs of EUSD. To enhance
this effort, the parties (Partners) have formed a voluntary relationship
(Partnership) that is described in this MOU.
C.
This MOU
describes the consensual understanding and expectations of the parties, not a
change in the governance of any party’s agency. This agreement also outlines the responsibilities of the
Emeryville Math, Science, Technology Initiative Partnership Project Manager
(Project Manager).
II. PARTNERSHIP GOALS
This
Partnership has the following three goals:
A.
To redesign
the educational programs of EUSD from Kindergarten through Grade 12 so that
students are proficient, or better, in core academic subjects and have many
choices in postsecondary education and other endeavors.
B.
To build
strong partnerships across EUSD, the City, and the community, so that powerful
learning is a citywide experience and responsibility.
C.
To create
an exemplary program for educator training and professional development in
math, science, and technology.
Each
Partner will support the Initiative as described below:
A.
EUSD will
align resources to support the comprehensive restructuring of the existing
educational programs and to conduct ongoing assessment and evaluation to
achieve Partnership goals. In addition,
EUSD will work to provide organizational structures and personnel practices
that will enhance this Initiative. To support project management, EUSD will
provide appropriate physical work space to the Project Manager.
B. BayCES will develop and support leadership to achieve Partnership goals while providing project management services through the Project Manager, who will be responsible for coordination and facilitation of Partnership work. BayCES will work to ensure that the new educational program offers a high quality teaching and learning program that results in high student achievement, equitably attained, not predicted by a student’s race, ethnicity, language, gender or socioeconomic class. BayCES will facilitate local, regional, and national networking and learning opportunities. To support this Initiative, BayCES will assist EUSD, EEF, and the City with strategic planning and fundraising. To support project management, BayCES will provide office equipment and supplies to the Project Manager. BayCES shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the City, EEF, and EUSD from all claims, damages and liabilities of every nature and description alleged, asserted and pursued by the Project Manager arising out of the services provided pursuant to this MOU.
C. The City, where appropriate, will align resources to support the outcomes of the Initiative. The City will also recruit and explore incentives for business participation in the Initiative. In addition, the City will participate on project advisory committees and maintain strong community connections. To support project management, the City will provide appropriate physical meeting space to the Project Manager.
D. EEF will receive funds from various sources for the Initiative and expend those same funds only as directed by the partnership, consistent with restrictions from the grantors. EEF will work with the partners, community, staff, and others to raise funds to pay EUSD’s share of the Initiative Partnership MOU.
E. The City, EEF, and EUSD shall pay BayCES the amounts set forth in the Payment Schedule and Timeline attached hereto as Attachment A.
IV. PROJECT MANAGER
The Project Manager shall be designated
by BayCES with the consent of all of the Partners. For the term of this MOU, the Project Manager shall be dedicated
to this project and shall not be responsible for unrelated BayCES work.
A.
To
coordinate and participate in vision development and alliance building to
support the Initiative.
B.
To develop
and monitor the budget for the Initiative.
C.
To manage
and coordinate fundraising for the Initiative across Partners.
D.
To
coordinate professional development and curriculum alignment that supports the
Partnership goals.
E. To provide relevant research and facilitate local, regional, and national connections in support of the Initiative.
F. To coordinate and participate in the assessment of classroom and school practice, and community resources.
G.
To meet
regularly with key leaders to support their successful implementation of the
Initiative.
H.
To monitor
implementation of the Initiative and assist leaders to make adjustments when
necessary.
I.
To oversee,
coordinate and monitor Initiative work being provided by various service
providers.
J.
To collaborate with the City, EEF, and EUSD on
community engagement and participation.
K.
To
participate in and support the development of a local, state, and federal
legislative agenda that facilitates the goals of promoting more attention to
parent, community and teacher voices, while creating and supporting high
quality, equitable small autonomous schools.
V. EXTERNAL & INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS
To
promote effective external and internal communications, the Partners agree to
the following:
A.
To develop
and deliver a consistent, collaborative message describing this Partnership and
the Initiative.
B.
To update
each other on our independent organizational decisions, activities, changes or
events that may affect the Initiative in any way.
The Partners will
evaluate both the outcomes and the efficiency of this effort. The evaluation will include the following
elements:
A.
EUSD will develop a set of
indicators to evaluate the progress of the Initiative in improving overall
student achievement, with close attention to those students who have been
historically low performing, and access to quality learning and teaching.
B.
All Partners will examine
school performance data together, and assess the Initiative’s progress
together, at least twice each year. The
data is to be disaggregated by race, gender, socioeconomic status, and primary
language.
C.
All Partners will share with
each other the non-confidential research products and evaluations that come
from the Initiative work.
Confidentiality of students and educators will be maintained.
D.
All Partners will examine data
regularly on the results of the Partnership’s work to develop and adjust roles
and responsibilities as appropriate.
The
Partners agree to develop a process for reaching agreements about the creation
and use of all products associated with this initiative. In the event that the research obtained from
this Partnership will be published in a professional journal or other
publication, BayCES staff and members of the Partnership will be cited as
co-authors, as appropriate.
VIII. TERM
OF MOU
A.
DURATION
The term of this MOU shall commence on January 1, 2002 and
end on June 30, 2005.
B.
REVIEW
The MOU will be reviewed by all of the Partners quarterly
(June, September, December and March), with a formal review each year in March.
The MOU will then be affirmed or amended as appropriate.
C.
AMENDMENT
This MOU may be amended, including amendments to add new
Partners, at any time by consensus of the current Partners. The signatures of the Executive Director of
BayCES, the City Manager of Emeryville, The President of EEF, and the State
Administrator or Superintendent of EUSD will indicate consensus. If new Partners are added, their signatures
would be required to indicate a consensus on any subsequent amendments.
D.
EXIT
Notice: If any Partner
decides to exit the Partnership, that Partner agrees to give the remaining
Partners three months notice of their intention.
Dissolution:
If at any time the number of remaining Partners declines to a sole
Partner, then the Partnership is dissolved and the MOU ceases to be in effect.
THE CITY OF EMERYVILLE (City)
By:
___________________________ ___________
John
Flores (Date)
City
Manager
BAY AREA COALITION FOR
EQUITABLE SCHOOLS (BayCES)
By:
___________________________ ___________
Steve
Jubb (Date)
Executive
Director, BayCES
EMERY EDUCATION FOUNDATION
(EEF)
By:
___________________________ ______________
Ron
Mooney (Date)
President
EMERY UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT (EUSD)
By:
___________________________ ___________
Henry
Der (Date)
State
Administrator, EUSD
ATTACHMENT A
Emeryville Math, Science, Technology
Partnership
Payment Schedule and Timeline
|
Fiscal
Year |
Period
of Work |
Payment
Due |
EUSD/EEF
Payment |
Emeryville
Payment |
|
FY
- 02 |
1/02
- 6/02 |
1/31/02 |
$15,000 |
$15,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FY
- 03 |
7/02
- 12/02 |
7/01/02 |
$16,050 |
$16,050 |
|
|
1/03
- 6/03 |
12/31/02 |
$16,050 |
$16,050 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FY
- 04 |
7/03
- 12/03 |
07/01/03 |
$17,174 |
$17,174 |
|
|
1/04
- 6/04 |
12/31/03 |
$17,174 |
$17,174 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FY
- 05 |
7/04
- 12/04 |
07/01/04 |
$18,376 |
$18,376 |
|
|
1/05
- 6/05 |
12/31/04 |
$18,376 |
$18,376 |
Payments
to be mailed to BayCES, 1720 Broadway, Fourth floor, Oakland, CA 94612.
Payments to be made on or before the “Payment Due” dates above.