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Meeting Date:
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5/15/2019 - 3:45 PM
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Category:
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Consent Calendar
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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11.15 CURRICULUM: Renewal Agreement With Turnitin for Software and Training Services (funded through the Local Control Accountability Plan Supplemental and Concentration Funds in the amount of $43,728.61, not the General Fund)
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Strategic Plan:
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Enclosure
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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The District would like to retain the services of Turnitin for a one-year renewal term for software and training services for the 2019-20 school year. The English Language Arts (ELA) Subject Area Council (SAC) is comprised of ELA Department Chairs across the District. The ELA SAC proposed a solution to promote originality and proper citations for student work samples ranging from essays to performance tasks. The group reviewed different programs and unanimously approved Turnitin as the tool to address this need. Turnitin will afford teachers the opportunity to focus their time and energy on providing feedback to students on the content of their writing as opposed to validating originality and monitoring plagiarism.
Turnitin is an online software program that supports Academic Integrity, Effective Feedback, and Peer Review for student writing. It also provides feedback to students on their use of source material with the world’s largest content comparison database. It highlights original writing and proper citation. When institutions adopt Turnitin Feedback Studio, unoriginal work decreases by 33 percent, and students are challenged to think more critically.
The total cost for the program is $43,728.61 for the 2019-20 school year. This term Agreement is from August 1, 2019 through July 31, 2020.
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Funding:
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The cost for this item will be included in the 2019-20 operating budget funded through the Local Control Accountability Plan Supplemental and Concentration Funds, not the General Fund.
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Recommendation:
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It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve the Renewal Agreement with Turnitin for Software and Training Services.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Charles Tippie - Director - Educational Services
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Signed By:
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Joseph Williams - Executive Director - Technology
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Signed By:
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Charles Newman - Assistant Superintendent
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Signed By:
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Candace Reines - Deputy Superintendent
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Signed By:
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Grant Bennett - Superintendent
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Vote Results:
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| Original Motion | | Member David Nelissen Moved, Member Dr. Jose Luis Araux seconded to approve the Original motion 'It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve the Renewal Agreement with Turnitin for Software and Training Services.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 5 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 5 - 0 | | | | | Dr. Randall Freeman | Yes | | Edward Garcia, Jr. | Yes | | Anthony T. Stafford, Sr. | Yes | | David Nelissen | Yes | | Dr. Jose Luis Araux | Yes | |
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