Agenda Highlights
On Wednesday, October 17, over 35 community partners in 30 organizations met at the East Bay Community Foundation conference center for the Fall Quarterly OLC Meeting. You can access the complete meeting packet below.
Here are some highlights!
Partners & Community Schools
Ali Metzler from OUSD presented about Community Schools in Oakland, and in particular, about the Community School Manager role. She shared that the CSM role can be an integral connection for literacy partners in OUSD schools. She offered some helpful guidelines for connecting with a school’s CSM, and also some tips on what to do and who to go to if your school doesn’t have a CSM.
Ali then turned the focus to integrating literacy partners into schools. She presented some feedback about best practices from school leaders and select partners. The group then had a chance to reflect on their own areas for growth and things that are going well in their own partnerships in schools, and explore some of the resources that OUSD offers to help partners and schools improve their partnerships.
Martin Young from OUSD closed out the presentation with a quick review of the Partnerships Process and a list of this year’s approved community partners.
You can find more information in the links below:
Family Reading Celebrations Mini Grants Info Session
Immediately after the main part of the OLC Meeting ended, Sanam Jorjani, one of the OLC Co-Directors, led an information session about the current round of mini grants.
You can find more information about Family Reading Celebrations in the links below:
Thank you to Whole Foods and Proposition Chicken for your generous donation.