RFP 27-006 Co-Teaching Services

Scope: The Bridgeton Board of Education is looking for a company to provide Co-Teaching Services. 

B.  SCOPE OF SERVICE

• Provides a foundation of knowledge about learners with special needs and addresses the key strengths and challenges of inclusion
• Guides establishing baselines, appraising inclusion gaps and ambiguities, and identifying 21^st-century inclusion competencies
• Includes illustrative professional staff development and coaching scenarios
• Offers annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily curriculum plans that incorporate inclusion strategies
• Guides aligning the relevant curriculum plans with core curriculum state standards and coordinating lessons between districts, schools, classes, and students
• Presents options for organizing curriculum delivery in whole class and small group settings, as well as with individual students
• Includes suggestions for prompting reflection and creating meaningful assessments and evaluations
• Guides the special and general education teachers through reasoning, inferring beyond the data, and duplicating their successes by utilizing the inclusion checklist for walk-throughs.
• Examine Consultation and connect with Co-teaching in Bridgeton
• Explore NJDOE's Learning Exploration Framework and connect with practices in Bridgeton
• Using Priorities in Bridgeton Co-Teaching & Consultation to address the needs of teachers and administrators.
• Must have Special Education and Child Study Team Background
• Must have familiarity with the N.J.A.C.6A:14.
• Must provide conditions for teaching and learning that will foster the social and emotional well-being of students' families and educators
• Must be able to assist and coach equitable access to grade-level content and high-quality resources for each student from Bridgeton
• Prioritize content and learning by focusing on the depth of instruction rather than the pace.
• Must be ready to implement a K-12 Accelerated Learning Cycle to identify gaps and scaffold as Needed.
• If the chosen vendor cannot provide the support needed by the district, the District reserves the right to obtain the additional service needed from another vendor.

C. QUALIFICATIONS OF RESPONDENTS

Each respondent shall provide a detailed narrative demonstrating their knowledge and experience in coaching teachers in New Jersey. The respondent shall have demonstrated experience working with school districts in New Jersey providing the type of services requested in this RFP.

Project Details

• Reference ID: RFP 27-006
• Department: Special Education
• Department Head: Aquisha Livingston (Director of Special Education)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-03-27T16:00:00.000Z

Evaluation Criteria

• Management Criteria (30 pts) —
  1. Business Management
  2. Qualifications & experience of staff
  3. Responsiveness and completeness of the proposal.
• Technical Criteria (50 pts) —
  • Provides a foundation of knowledge about learners with special needs and addresses the key strengths and challenges of inclusion
  • Guides establishing baselines, appraising inclusion gaps and ambiguities, and identifying 21^st-century inclusion competencies
  • Includes illustrative professional staff development and coaching scenarios
  • Offers annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily curriculum plans that incorporate inclusion strategies
  • Guides aligning the relevant curriculum plans with core curriculum state standards and coordinating lessons between districts, schools, classes, and students
  • Presents options for organizing curriculum delivery in whole class and small group settings, as well as with individual students
  • Includes suggestions for prompting reflection and creating meaningful assessments and evaluations
  • Guides the special and general education teachers through reasoning, inferring beyond the data, and duplicating their successes by utilizing the inclusion checklist for walk-throughs.
  • Examine Consultation and connect with Co-teaching in Bridgeton
  • Explore NJDOE's Learning Exploration Framework and connect with practices in Bridgeton
  • Using Priorities in Bridgeton Co-Teaching &Consultation to address the needs of teachers and administrators.
  • Must have Special Education and Child Study Team Background
  • Must have familiarity with the N.J.A.C.6A:14.
  • Must provide conditions for teaching and learning that will foster the social and emotional well-being of students' families and educators
  • Must be able to assist and coach equitable access to grade-level content and high-quality resources for each student from Bridgeton
  • Prioritize content and learning by focusing on the depth of instruction rather than the pace.
  • Must be ready to implement a K-12 Accelerated Learning Cycle to identify gaps and scaffold as Needed.
• Cost Criteria (20 pts) —

  Fee Proposal                                                           

Submission Requirements

• Proposal Package (required) —

  Please include Letter of Transmittal and Proposal Package

• Proposal Form (required)
• Affirmative Action Questionnaire (required) —

  This form is to be completed and returned with the RFP response. However, the Board will accept in lieu of this Questionnaire, the Affirmative Action Evidence Employee Information Report.

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Political Contribution Disclosure Form (required) —

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• Prohibited Russia/Belarus Activities (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Investment Activities in Iran (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Non-Collusion Affidavit (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Statement of Ownership Disclosure (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• New Jersey Business Registration Certificates
• Vendor Information
• E-Mail (required) —

  Additional emails which can be used for invoicing, sending out contracts, additional communications, etc. 

• FAX No.
• Years in Business (required)
• Number of Employees (required)
• References – Work previously done for School Systems in New Jersey (required) —

  Please provide the following information for a minimum of 3 references: 

  • Name of District  
  • Address
  • Contact Person/Title
  • Phone           
• Vendor Certification (required) —

  By confirming, the proposer is affirming to the following: 

  Direct/Indirect Interests

  I declare and certify that no member of the Bridgeton Board of Education, nor any officer or employee or person whose salary is payable in whole or in part by said Board of Education or their immediate family members are directly or indirectly interested in this bid or in the supplies, materials, equipment, work or services to which it relates, or in any portion of profits thereof.  If a situation so exists where a Board member, employee, officer of the board has an interest in the bid, etc., then please attach a letter of explanation to this document, duly signed by the president of the firm or company.

  Gifts; Gratuities; Compensation

  I declare and certify that no person from my firm, business, corporation, association or partnership offered or paid any fee, commission or compensation, or offered any gift, gratuity or other thing of value to any school official, board member or employee of the Passaic Board of Education.

  Vendor Contributions

  I declare and certify that I fully understand N.J.A.C. 6A:23A-6.3(a1-4) concerning vendor contributions to school board members.

  I certify that I am not an official or employee of the Bridgeton Board of Education.

  I further certify that I understand that it is a crime in the second degree in New Jersey to knowingly make a material representation that is false in connection with the negotiation, award or performance of a government contract.

• Is there a pre-proposal/pre-bid meeting? (required)
• Pricing? (required)
• Insurance Requirements (required) —

  Select the applicable insurance requirements for the project.