RFP 27-008 Dual Language, Sheltered Instruction and Best Practices Professional Development and Coaching for Teachers

A.  PURPOSE

The Bridgeton Board of Education is requesting proposals from companies able to provide professional development and coaching to bilingual and mainstream teachers on dual language, sheltered instruction strategies and best practices to address the needs of Multilingual Learners.

Scope: The ultimate goal of our Bilingual program is to ensure that our Bilingual and ESL students achieve academic and language proficiency.  Therefore, we are seeking the services of an organization able to provide Dual Language Professional Development, Sheltered Instruction strategies and Best Practices designed to increase teachers’ abilities to meet the needs of our large Multilingual Learners placed in Bilingual and mainstream classes. In collaboration with the Director of Bilingual Education, the consultants should be able to provide professional development to specific groups of teachers based on their needs and proficiency dealing with Multilingual Learners.

B.  SCOPE OF SERVICE

The services provided by the consultants shall include but shall not be limited to the following:

1. Conduct an overview of the district’s current Dual Language Program to identify areas of strengths and weaknesses.
2. Collaborate with the Director of Bilingual education to provide custom designed professional development to Dual Language teachers based upon common guidelines agreed with the Director and the consultant.
3. Collaborate with the Director of Bilingual education to design appropriate professional development and coaching to mainstream, bilingual and ESL staff on sheltered instruction strategies and best practices to address the needs of Multilingual Learners.
4. Provide custom designed professional development on socio-cultural issues to ensure our teachers understand the importance of Bilingualism and to create awareness on the needs of our diverse population.
5. Provide professional development addressing the similarities and differences between English and Spanish, as well as transferrable skills between the two languages with a focus on supporting Multilingual Learners placed in a mainstream or inclusion mainstream setting.
6. The provided professional development and coaching must emphasize the following components:
   1. Enhances meta-linguistic awareness of students
   2. Increasing cognitive skills
   3. Overall, higher language and academic proficiency
   4. Prepare students to meet rigorous standards
   5. Prepare students for Seal of Biliteracy
   6. Improves commitment to the learning community
   7. Increase socio-cultural awareness
   8. Improve teachers' professional practice
   9. Offer teachers with more time to teach on-grade level instruction and enrichment activities

Project Details

• Reference ID: RFP 27-008
• Department: Bilingual Department
• Department Head: Elmer Arreaga (Director of Bilingual Education)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-05-22T16:00:00.000Z

Evaluation Criteria

• Management Criteria (20 pts) —
  1. Business Management
  2. Qualifications & experience of staff
  3. Responsiveness and completeness of the proposal.
• Technical Criteria (50 pts) —

  The consultants shall be able to provide to provide professional development and coaching to bilingual and mainstream teachers on dual language, sheltered instruction strategies and best practices to address the needs of Multilingual Learners with the ultimate goal to improve academic achievement and language proficiency.

   

  The services provided by the consultants shall include but shall not be limited to the following:

  1. Able to conduct an overview of the district's current Dual Language Program to identify areas of strengths, and to collaborate with the Director of Bilingual education to designed a custom-made professional development geared to the language and academic success of our Dual Language students.
  2. Able to provide targeted and custom-made professional development on sheltered instruction strategies and best practices to increase teachers’ proficiency on addressing the needs of Multilingual Learners.
  3. Provide custom designed professional development on socio-cultural issues to ensure our teachers understand the importance of Bilingualism and to create awareness on the needs of our diverse population.
  4. Provide professional development addressing the similarities and differences between English and Spanish, as well as transferrable skills between the two languages with a focus on supporting Multilingual Learners placed in a mainstream or inclusion mainstream setting.
  5. Consultant must have proven record of success on the acceleration of Spanish language acquisition, as well as English language acquisition.
  6. The provided professional development program must emphasize the following components:
  • Enhances meta-linguistic awareness of students
  • Increases cognitive skills
  • Overall, higher language and academic proficiency
  • Prepare students to meet rigorous standards
  • Prepares students for Seal of Biliteracy
  • Improves commitment to the learning community
  • Increases socio-cultural awareness
  • Improves teachers' professional practice
  • Offers teachers with more time to teach on-grade level instruction and enrichment activities
• Cost Criteria (30 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) —

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• Disclosure of Investment Activities in Iran Form (required) —

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• Non-Collusion Affidavit (required) —

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• Statement of Ownership Disclosure (required) —

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• 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) —

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  • 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)
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