SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Professional Education Consulting Services for the BIA, BIE FOCUS Project.
- Notice Date
- 8/23/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 611710
— Educational Support Services
- Contracting Office
- Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Albuquerque Acquisitions Office, 1001 Indian School; Road NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87104
- ZIP Code
- 87104
- Solicitation Number
- RMK0E060075
- Response Due
- 8/25/2006
- Archive Date
- 8/26/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a sources sought notice. The above referenced solicitation number is issued as a Sources Sought Notice. This is not a request for quotes. The following changes are hereby incorporated into the Sources Sought Notice. 1. The Office Address is hereby changed to: 1001 Indian School Road, NW; Albuquerque NM 87104. 2. Faxed qualification packages shall be accepted if received by the Government by the closing date and time of the Sources Sought Notice. Fax number is 505-563-3019. The closing date for qualification packages is August 25, 2006, 9:00 am local time. 4. The subject line is hereby changed to: Professional Education Consulting Services for the BIA, BIE FOCUS Project. 5. Please fax your requests for a copy of the Buy Indian Certification form to 505-563-3044. 6. The due date for receipt of qualification packages has been extended to August 25, 2006; 9:00 am Local Time. All other terms and conditions shall remain in full force and effect. The initial sources sought notice was issued as RMK0E060074. The following description was provided and still applies. This is a sources sought notice. The Government has a requirement for services in various areas to be provided to the BIA, BIE for the Focus Program; and, is searching for qualified Indian-owned businesses to provide this service. The SOW is as follows: Scope of Work. Background: The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) serves as a state education agency (SEA) for 184 elementary and secondary schools and dormitories serving approximately 48,000 students located in 23 states on 63 American Indian reservations. This scope of work calls for professional education consulting services to assist the BIE in implementing the FOCUS PROJECT. The mission of the FOCUS PROJECT is to provide administrative, educational leadership and instructional support to schools in order to promote a quality education system. Through acknowledgement of the diverse, distinct Tribal governments and communities, the Bureau of Indian Education's FOCUS PROJECT will ensure that the preservation of cultural values, cultural economic well-being, and tribal needs are important aspects of the FOCUS PROJECT priorities. The purpose of the FOCUS PROJECT is to provide support to schools in order to meet adequate yearly progress (AYP) goals. The project will provide intensive support to schools in the areas of reading instruction, math instruction, data analysis, curriculum alignment and mapping, and effective instructional leadership practices. Objectives: 1) The contractor will provide consultants who can serve as reading coaches in selected schools. Reading coaches must be able to provide in-class support for teachers by modeling scientifically research based reading instructional strategies and support teachers in use of on-going data collection and analysis in order to develop specific action plans in response to students' instructional needs. 2) The contractor will provide consultants who can provide professional development in scientifically research based reading instruction and incorporate pedagogical materials that are aligned with the research on effective reading instruction. 3) The contractor will provide consultants who are familiar with various reading assessments (in program, screening, diagnostic, progress monitoring, etc.) and who can guide teachers in use of assessment data to differentiate instruction for students. 4) The contractor will provide consultants who can serve as math coaches in selected schools. Math coaches must be able to provide in-class support for teachers by modeling effective instructional strategies and support teachers in the use of on-going data collection and analysis in order to develop specific action plans in response to students' instructional needs. 5) The contractor will provide consultants who can provide professional development in effective mathematic instruction and incorporate pedagogical materials that are aligned with the research on effective mathematics instruction. 6) The contractor will provide consultants who are familiar with various mathematics assessments (in program, diagnostic, progress monitoring, etc.) and who can guide teachers in the use of assessment data to differentiate instruction for students. 7) The contractor will provide consultants who can support school staff in the review and analysis of a variety of academic data, inclusive of standardized achievement data, attendance data, and classroom data. The consultants must be able to support school staff in the use of data for the development of specific goals and action plans and the construction of lesson plans to meet the needs of all students in the school. 8) The contractor will provide consultants who can provide professional development and technical assistance to school staff in the area of curriculum mapping based on Arizona and New Mexico Content Standards and Benchmarks. This includes the ability to use current assessment data, school curricula and state specific content standards and benchmarks to assist teachers and administrators with development of lesson plans and instructional strategies that are aligned to the curricula. 9) The contractor will provide consultants who can provide an intensive instructional leadership institute designed to promote use of best practices in educational leadership for school administrators targeted at leadership strategies and practices that have been proven to improve student achievement. Qualifications of Expert Provider. Knowledge, skills and abilities required of expert provider for reading and/or math: 1. Consultants must have a minimum of 5 years successful teaching experience in schools with high populations of under-achieving students, high poverty rates, and large Native American populations. 2. Consultants must have documented evidence of serving as an instructional coach for at least one year in schools with high populations of Native American students. 3. Consultants must have a collegiate background in the area of reading and or math. 4. Consultants must have current knowledge related to reading and mathematic assessments and how to analyze assessment data for instructional planning purposes. 5. Consultants must have documented evidence of the successful provision of professional development/in-service training to teachers of reading and/or math in schools with high populations of Native American students as evidenced by high quality evaluations from the consumers of training. B. Knowledge, skills, and abilities required of expert provider for data analysis: 1. Consultants must have a minimum of three years experience with data analysis in school settings and have documented evidence of successfully training school staff in how to conduct on-going data analysis for instructional planning purposes. 2. Consultants must be familiar with New Mexico and Arizona State Curriculum Standards and Benchmarks and provide evidence of completed training to schools in how to pair data results to curriculum standards in order to improve achievement outcomes. 3. Consultants must be able to support school staff in the development of specific action plans and goals and lesson plans based upon data analysis. 4. Consultants must have at least 2 years experience conducting data retreats in schools with high populations of Native American students. C. Knowledge, skills and abilities required of expert provider for curriculum mapping: 1. Consultants must have a collegiate background in the area of curriculum development and or curriculum and instruction. 2. Consultants must have documented evidence of knowledge of New Mexico and Arizona State Curriculum Standards and Benchmarks. 3. Consultants must have documented evidence of the ability to complete curriculum maps and lesson plans based upon curriculum maps. 4. Consultants must have at least 2 years experience providing training to teachers in curriculum mapping and lesson planning in schools with high populations of Native American students. D. Knowledge, skills and abilities required of expert provider for Leadership Institute: 1. Consultant must have a collegiate background in educational administration and school leadership 2. Consultant must have documented experience providing professional development/in-service training to instructional leaders that focuses on use of models of success to improve academic outcomes for students. 3. Consultant must submit sample of course content with proposal for the provision of service. The Government intends to award multiple Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contracts. All qualified Indian Owned companies shall provide a qualification package, which addresses the areas that are in Qualifications of the Expert Provider Section that they are qualified to provide services in. The company shall also complete a Buy Indian Certification form, which shall be obtained by calling Dianne Gutierrez at (505) 563-3007 for a copy.
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