Specifications include, but are not limited to: An organization who provides English, Spanish, and bilingual in-district workshops, on-site coaching, unit writing, and Bridging co-facilitating strategies to best support bilingualism and biliteracy in a dual language program in accordance to the Guiding Principles of Dual Language 3rd edition. This RFP seeks partners who provide ongoing professional learning for teachers, building and district leaders in 5 elementary schools surrounding best instructional practices for a dual language classroom, ensuring that all students have access to high quality instruction aligned to the Three Pillars of Dual Language, language allocation, bilingual intervention and special education services, biliteracy reading targets, and curricular adaptations and modifications. Ultimately, this proposal seeks to increase the capacity of all who serve in Dual Language programming, thus preparing students to become truly bilingual and biliterate. The products and services would broadly serve the following objectives: ● Increase teacher capacity regarding best instructional practices utilized in successful Dual Language programs; ● Guidance for Bilingual Intervention and Bilingual Special Education Services; ● Professional learning and guidance on developing curricular adaptations to serve the needs of dual language programming; ● Guidance for developing biliteracy reading targets based on latest research; ● On-site coaching for teachers in TWI schools; ● Professional learning and guidance for administrators and district leaders; ● Professional learning offered in English, Spanish and bilingually for teachers, parents, and school leaders.
