PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT TEACH FOR …

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT TEACH FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

Clark County School District (CCSD) Regulation 3312 provides guidelines for all purchases that exceed $50,000.00 in cost. The Human Resources Division proposes a contract to hire up to 100 Teach For America (TFA) teachers in fiscal years 2021 and 2022 to teach in critical need subject areas in at-risk schools not to exceed the annual cost of $400,000.00 per fiscal year for a total cost not to exceed $800,000.00; effective July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2023.

Teachers hired through TFA will be hired as CCSD teachers at the salary negotiated between the Clark County School District and the Clark County Education Association. The first cohort of teachers will be hired beginning in the 2020-2021 school year and the District will hire a second cohort of teachers in the 2021-2022 school year. TFA will receive an annual compensation of $1,500.00 per teacher during each teacher's first year of employment with the District, and an annual compensation of $2,500.00 during each teacher's second year of employment with the District. Approval would expire in June 2023, but provisions applicable to the 2020-2021 first-year cohort will remain in effect through the conclusion of the cohort's two-year term in June 2022, thus requiring a final payment of up to $250,000.00 for 2023.

The Purchasing Department has reviewed the request for purchase and has determined that contracting for these services may be exempted from the competitive bidding process in accordance with Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) 332.

The District's partnership with TFA began in the 2004-2005 school year as a component of the overall teacher recruitment plan and as one of the Alternative Routes to Licensure (ARL) programs. Like all ARL candidates, TFA teachers have a Nevada conditional license under the state's ARL regulations and work towards receiving their regular teaching license during their first two years in the classroom.

TFA provides teachers with more than 130-140 hours of curriculum instruction and diversity training prior to entering the classroom through TFA's rigorous Summer Institute, and TFA staff provides additional one-on-one coaching and professional development for two years (in addition to the District-required onboarding and professional development for all new teachers).

Since the Board of School Trustees approved the initial agreement in 2004, TFA teachers have provided a critical supply of highly qualified teachers to the District's at-risk schools and critical need grades/subject areas of elementary, English, mathematics, science, and special education. TFA's commitment to recruiting a diverse corps of leaders has helped the District increase its pools of candidates that identify as people of color. Of the corps members currently in their first two years of teaching in the District, 62 percent identify as teachers of color. TFA alumni impacts the District through their presence in leadership roles both in our District as well as in higher education, nonprofit leadership, policy development, and leading local Head Start centers and more.

Nadine Jones December 12, 2019

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Through mostly philanthropic efforts, TFA Las Vegas Valley spends approximately $10,000.00 per year in recruitment costs, selecting the top 12-17 percent of all of those who apply. Subsequent to hire, TFA spends approximately $33,000.00 in training and support costs per corps member placed. The District's contribution of $4,000.00 per teacher is approximately a 12 percent offset of all costs that TFA incurs in recruiting, selecting, and training teachers.

If approved, a contract will be executed by the Purchasing Department to include District indemnification and any necessary insurance requirements. The Supplier must agree to all District contract requirements prior to providing services.

Should the Board of School Trustees not authorize the agreement between CCSD and TFA, the Human Resources Division would then need to fill the anticipated 100 vacancies per year in critical need areas in at-risk schools each of the three years that would have been provided by TFA.

Discussion and possible action on authorization to contract to hire up to 100 Teach For America teachers in FY21 and FY22 to teach in critical need subject areas in at-risk schools for two-year periods, at the then current salary negotiated between the Clark County School District and the Clark County Education Association; with Teach For America receiving an annual per-teacher payment of $1,500.00 during the first year only of employment with the District for each teacher placed, and an annual per-teacher payment of $2,500.00 during the second year only of employment with the District for each teacher placed, with costs to the District determined directly by the number of teachers placed; and with the amount not to exceed $150,000.00 in FY21, and in subsequent years not to exceed $400,000.00; effective July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2023, using pending funds from the Teach For America Cost Center 1010012031, Fund 0100, Functional Area F100002570, for a first-year total not to exceed $150,000.00, with subsequent years in the amount not to exceed $400,000.00; with a final payment of up to $250,000.00 for FY23, is recommended.

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CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SERVICES AGREEMENT

This educational professional services agreement (this "Agreement") is dated _______________ 2019 and

is entered into between TEACH FOR AMERICA, INC. ("Teach For America"), a Connecticut non-profit with

regional office located at 701 E. Bridger Ave, Suite 750, Las Vegas, NV 89134 and the Clark County School

District, a political subdivision of the State of Nevada ("School District") (each individually "a Party" and

collectively "the Parties").

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Teach For America is a national leader in recruiting, selecting, training and providing

ongoing professional development to individuals committed to closing the achievement gap by serving as

effective classroom teachers specifically equipped to enhance student achievement in under-resourced

school systems.

WHEREAS, Clark County School District seeks to recruit new teachers who are trained to lead

students to academic achievement and to equip such teachers with ongoing professional development and

support to further develop and sustain their professional practice.

NOW THEREFORE, School District and Teach For America agree to be bound by the terms and

conditions of this Agreement.

AGREEMENT

I.

TEACHER CANDIDATE RECRUITMENT, SELECTION AND HIRING: School District Responsibilities:

A. Hiring Commitment.

i.

Teach For America will use its reasonable efforts to provide 90-100 new teacher

candidates for employment with School District ("Teachers"), but Teach For America cannot and does not

guarantee its ability to provide one hundred (100) Teachers to School District and the failure of Teach For

America to provide one hundred (100) Teachers for any academic year shall not constitute a breach of this

Agreement for any purpose whatsoever.

ii. Whether or not Teach For America is able to provide one hundred (100) teacher applicants. School District shall consider for hire each teacher provided by Teach For America who meets the School District eligibility requirements.

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iii. Absent the exception set forth below, any Teach For America Teacher hired by the School District shall be hired as the classroom teacher of record and not as a substitute, auxiliary, resource, or teacher's aide positions.

iv. Teach For America Teachers will be considered for hire by School District for vacancies in high-needs areas (early childhood, elementary, English, math, science, and special education).

v. School District and Teach For America shall collaborate in good faith to identify individual schools within School District appropriate for Teachers. In order to be considered an appropriate school (a "Partner School") for placement of a Teacher, the school's student population must be considered high poverty relative to the student population elsewhere in the School District or that fifty percent (50%) or more of the school's student population receives free or reduced lunch. To the extent reasonably practicable, School District will employ two (2) or more teachers per individual Partner School.

B. Hiring Process.

i.

School District and Teach For America will collaborate in good faith to facilitate the

efficient hiring of individual Teachers, in accordance with the School District's established hiring practices.

ii. School District shall use its reasonable efforts to hire Teachers in a timely manner throughout the spring and summer of the applicable academic school year, provided that School District shall employ teachers no later than fourteen (14) days before the first day of the academic school year. School District agrees that where possible, Teach For America shall be informed of individual Teacher's grade and subject level assignments prior to the start of their Pre- Service Training (as described below).

iii. Subject to its obligations under pre-existing collective bargaining agreements, contracts, or applicable law, School District will may offer alternative employment to any Teacher who is not employed by the first day of the academic school year. "Alternative employment" includes, but is not limited to substitute teaching positions, "pool" teaching positions, classroom aides, or other temporary category of employment available within School to individuals with teaching credentials. The purpose of an alternative employment placement is to enable the individual Teacher to obtain a salary until such time as that teacher is hired at a specific school

II. TEACHER CANDIDATE RECRUITMENT, SELECTION AND HIRING: Teach For America Responsibilities:

A. Candidate Recruitment and Selection. Teach For America will recruit, select for participation in the Teach For America program, and present to the School District for employment Teachers from a broad range of academic majors and career fields. Teach For America will use reasonable efforts to recruit Teachers from diverse backgrounds. In connection with the foregoing, Teach For America will not knowingly engage in any unlawful acts of discrimination in its recruiting or selection of candidates.

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B. Pre-Service Training. Prior to entering the classroom, all Teachers will undergo pre- service

training at Teach For America Institutes, which are designed and delivered by Teach For America in order

to prepare Teachers for this work.

C. Qualified Status. Teach For America will provide the described pre-service training to Teachers

presented to School District for the purpose of ensuring that such Teachers meet applicable federal, State

and/or local educational standards or requirements such as those set forth in the Federal "Every

Student Succeeds Act" and other State certification regulations (together, the "Requirements"). For

purposes of this section, only those requirements in effect at the time that the Teacher is offered

employment by School District will be applicable.

III. TEACHER PLACEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENTS:

School District Responsibilities

A. Employment Status.

i.

Every Teacher employed by School District as described in this Agreement shall be a full-

time employee of School District with all of the rights, responsibilities, and legal protections attendant to

that status and not an employee of Teach For America. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event School

District is an "at-will" employer nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to grant additional

employment rights to individual Teachers.

ii. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to permit Teach For America to interfere in the employment relationship between School District and an employed Teacher.

iii. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to permit Teach For America to function as the representative of any Teacher absent the express agreement among the Parties and the Teacher that Teach For America may operate in such capacity in a particular circumstance.

v. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to imply that an employer- employee relationship exists between Teach For America and any individual Teacher.

v. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to make Teach For America a party to any employment agreement between the School District and the Teacher.

vi. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to imply that any Teacher employed by the School District as described in this Agreement is an agent of Teach For America or has any right or authority to create or assume any obligation of any kind, express or implied, on behalf of Teach For America or bind Teach For America in any respect whatsoever.

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