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Bureau of Indian Education, Family & Child

Bureau of Indian Education

Family & Child Education Program Home Based Services

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

1.0 Introduction:

The purpose of the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) Family and Child Education (FACE) Program is to provide effective and quality adult and early childhood education including parenting education promoting student academic achievement beginning in the earliest years of life with direct daily involvement of parents in developmental learning activities. The research on early childhood education indicates young children are “at risk” without effective parent involvement, education, and support. “At risk” children come to elementary school with below average skills and preparation for school success. The BIE FACE program must have a comprehensive evaluation of the program to measure outcomes and success to continue to provide quality implementation of the model. Recent evaluations conclude that the BIE FACE Program has increased the educational attainments of its participants both academically and socially.

Parental involvement has increased and the recognition of the role of parents has been supported. The overall goals of the BIE FACE Program are to:

• Support parents/primary caregivers in their role as their child’s first and most influential teacher.

• Strengthen family-school-community connections.

• Increase parent participation in their child’s learning and expectations for academic achievement.

• Support and celebrate the unique cultural and linguistic diversity of each American Indian community served by the program.

• Promote lifelong learning and school readiness.

The FACE Program addresses national educational goals as identified in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

1.2 Background:

The Bureau of Indian Education serves as a state education agency (SEA) for 187 elementary and secondary schools and dormitories serving students located in 23 states on 63 American Indian reservations. The Family And Child Education (FACE) Program is a culturally appropriate family literacy, adult and early childhood education, parental involvement model which provides for and promotes educational services for all children prenatal to 3rd grade and their parents in three settings: 1) home- home-based model with Group Connections at the school or community location 2) Bureau of Indian Education funded schools in center based for 3-5 year olds and adults, 3) K-3rd grade. The BIE FACE program is currently in its 30th year of operation. FACE has been identified by the BIE as the model BIE uses as a tool for school reform based on extensive research.

1.3 Objectives:

The BIE-DPA office and the 48 plus FACE programs will participate in the FACE Home-based described in this document. The number of FACE programs is fluid and will be determine each year as BIE approves continuation applications and new FACE applications

OBJECTIVE I: To execute and develop a comprehensive professional development system of training involving face-to-face and virtual learning professional development meetings--to support the successful implementation of the Family And Child Education (FACE) Program for prenatal to Kindergarten 3 years of age, home-based settings. The system will employ research-based strategies to support the implementation of high-quality family engagement, family literacy, infant, toddler, preschool and adult education programming. Benchmarks will be used to measure program success and provide feedback for continuous improvement.

OBJECTIVE 2: To provide ongoing technical assistance to the BIE and staff of the 48 FACE sites.

Including site visits, virtual meeting and phone calls to provide technical assistance and ongoing support for program development.

OBJECTIVE 3: To provide culturally relevant family engagement and family literacy resources, books, materials and services for parent educators serving prenatal to Kindergarten 3-year-old children and adults participating in FACE. Both digital and print delivery methods will be utilized to distribute family literacy, preschool and adult education products and services.

OBJECTIVE 4: To provide reports to FACE sites and the Bureau of Indian Education to insure the use of benchmark/standards data for the continuous improvement process. Data will serve as a central topic of conversation for ongoing professional development.

1.4 Period of Performance

The period of performance shall be for one (1) Base year of 12 months and four (4) twelve-month option years. The period of performance shall read as follows.

Base year: 09/01/2021 through 08/31/2022 Option Year 1: 09/01/2022 through 08/31/2023 Option Year 2: 09/01/2023 through 08/31/2024 Option Year 3: 09/01/2024 through 08/31/2025 Option Year 4: 09/01/2025 through 08/312026

2.0 Acronyms

BIE: Bureau of Indian Education FACE: Family and Child Education PWS: Performance Work Statement Home-based FACE

ASQ; Ages and Stages Questionnaire PICCOLO- Parenting Interactions with Children: Checklist of Observations Linked to Outcomes Tool TA: Technical Assistance PD: Professional Development

3.0 Qualifications:

• The vendor shall have seven or more years background and experience working with Bureau funded schools;

• The vendor shall have a master's degree, preferably a Doctorate in Education with experience in designing and leading preschool-based family engagement and family literacy programming;

• The vendor shall have demonstrated experience implementing and providing professional development for family engagement and family literacy programs in multiple settings across the country;

• The vendor shall have demonstrated experience supporting the successful implementation of family engagement and family literacy programs in federal program settings, including, but not limited to, FACE, Head Start, and Department of Education supported preschool and family literacy programs;

• The vendor shall have knowledge of early childhood and developmentally appropriate best practices;

• The vendor shall have knowledge of adult education and adult goal setting;

• The vendor shall have knowledge of the FACE model, components, sites and school settings for center-based programs;

• The vendor shall have knowledge of early childhood, adult education, family literacy, culturally and linguistically appropriate services, and developmentally appropriate best practices;

The vendor shall have the ability to support the use of benchmark/quality standards data to inform continuous program improvement.

4.0 Deliverables:

Activity and Deliverable Frequency Medium/ Format Measurable

The vendor shall implement a professional development system:

1) design/provide home-based Implementation Training for new staff administrators in St. Louis;

Follow-up Training for staff in but not limited to, St. Louis, Albuquerque and Minneapolis;

2) design/provide home-based training for Regional Technical Assistance Days;

3) design/provide recorded online learning modules, online courses and snapshots;

4) design and host live webinars and FACE to FACE virtual conversations;

5) organize and host FACE advanced trainings;

6) Support FACE children birth – 5 with monthly books in the home and a special distribution of book packet to focus on special themes

Annually throughout the School year

Implementation trainings monthly; Follow Up training in the fall and winter

Regional Training offered three times in the fall

1) Implementation and Model Trainings (5 days) for new parent educators. Training to support services typically delivered through personal visits, family group meetings (FACE Family Circles), periodic screenings of overall development of the child and referrals to school and community services.

2) Follow-up Training (3-4 days twice annually) To pprovide additional training to ssupport parent ducators with additional content on home-visiting model and implementation techniques to further support parent engagement.

Follow-Up trainings provide additional content around curriculum and specialized training – Teen Parents, Special Needs, Fatherhood;

10 webinars annually to support Parent Educators with program implementation; Zoom meeting platform training; PICCOLO, ASQ’s;

materials and resources –curriculum, Technical assistance briefs, videos virtual meetings/webinars around implementing services virtually (personal visits, screenings, group meetings sharing information and resources; Virtual Quarterly Networking; monthly Coordinator virtual meetings; Reflective Practice, Supervisor Guide and Virtual Training.

3) Provide a minimum of 10 online learning trainings/webinars;

accessible through web-page

4) Use Zoom to provide webinars and virtual conversation;

quarterly Zoom Networking web page; videos; podcasts

5,6) Host a national training (2.5 days in length. Support FACE family’s literacy environment through national partnerships;

introduce parents to the core concepts of language and literacy development, including

Evaluative reports with data, charts, diagrams, etc. with accuracy and delivered to the

BIE.

Vendor technical assistants and trainers to deliver high quality training, curriculum, materials/resources to parent educators to support parent engagement

Use the most up-to-date research on brain science, child development, early learning, parenting behaviors, protective factors and family well-being – as parents and caregivers interact with young children.

Collect descriptive information about design and services, along with performance data;

Performance Measures Report (PMR) – Provide specific indicators of performance using annual performance data; Planning Guides for Administration/Coordinators, new parent educators that support teams through program planning to build a strong foundation for high quality services. Links inputs, activities, outputs and outcomes to families’ children achievements) Also includes development of set of FACE BIE tools to gather information on delivery of home-based services;

Use scientifically-based assessment and screening devices to influence program elements:

• Ages and Stages Questionnaire

(ASQ-3)

• Ages and Stages Questionnaire:

Social Emotional (ASQ:SE-2)

• Parents as Teachers’ Health Record

• Functional vision screening

• Developmental Milestones and

Developmental Chart Home Literacy tool- that supports research for 100 books in the home of children before neuroscience, oral language development, print awareness and understanding, and literacy-related development; provide books/ materials to promote literacy development of young children and their caregivers kindergarten entry to support readiness.

Activities and Deliverable

Frequency Medium/

Measurable Format

The vendor shall meet with BIE personnel at an annual meeting.

The vendor shall provide Technical Assistance/Support to FACE staff at three Regional Trainings.

Annual meeting and three regional trainings

Face-to-Face, virtual when needed

Attendance at meeting with BIE and Regional Trainings by vendor is mandatory

Surveys will share outcomes

The vender shall provide home-based technical assistance for parent educators, coordinators/supervisors Organize ongoing coaching based on observation/feedback and staff requests.

Each site receives at least one Technical Assistance visit annually.

Ongoing virtual/phone calls

On-site Technical Site visit to support Home-based programing for each site Visit each of the established sites (1.5-2 days; 1 to 2 times a year depending on status) Engage in video conferencing and/or coaching cal1s for each of the 48 sites (5-6 times during the school year)

Complete the program quality standards during Technical Assistance visits and review with program staff for continuous improvement

The vendor shall develop culturally relevant products and services to support home-visiting, family literacy, milestones and development of infant/toddlers, preschoolers, parents in their role as teachers-parenting information, child development, parenting behaviors, family well-being and adult Education.

Ongoing throughout the year

Consult with local program staff and families on the development of additional materials

Enhance and expand family learning and family engagement;

parent knowledge of child development, parenting behaviors and family well-being; share parenting education promoting student academic achievement beginning in the earliest years of life with direct daily involvement of parents in development learning activities.

Survey program staff and families to identify needs/interests and skills /knowledge they can provide to support the development of materials

Determine an increase of family engagement, parent-child interaction, parenting behaviors, well-being and self-efficacy; parenting skills promoting student academic achievement

The vendor shall use data for continuous improvement and provide FACE Director with a quarterly report.

July – August

Ongoing

July-October

Analyze summative data for children

Analyze Formative data for adults and Children using data-based system. Annual Performance Reports

Develop and implement an online data based system

Utilize summative and formative assessments to systems that will highlight an increase knowledge of parenting behaviors, child development /achievement and family goals

5.0 Security:

Consultants will comply with all security requirements of the Federal Government.

6.0 Location of FACE Programs listed by State

Arizona

• Blackwater - Coolidge

• Casa Blanca - Bapchule

• Cove Day – Red Valley

• Gila Crossing – Laveen

• Greasewood Springs - Ganado

• John F Kennedy- White River

• Kayenta - Kayenta

• Kin Dah Lich’I Olta - Ganado

• Leupp - Winslow

• Little Singer - Winslow

• Many Farms – Many Farms

• Nazlini – Ganado

• Rough Rock - Chinle

• Salt River - Scottsdale

• T'iis Nazbas - Teec Nos Pos

Michigan

• Hannahville - Wilson

Minnesota

• Fond du Lac - Cloquet

Mississippi

• Pearl River - Choctaw

New Mexico

• Alamo - Magdalena

• Atsa Biyaazh - Shiprock

• Baca/Dia'ay azhi - Prewitt

• Beclabito – Shiprock

• Bread Springs - Gallup

• Dzilth-Na-0-Dith-Hle - Bloomfield

• Haak’u – Pueblo of Acoma

• Hanaa’dli – Bloomfield

• Kha’p’o – Espanola

• Mariano Lake - Crownpoint

• Na'Neelchiin Ji Oita - Cuba

• Pueblo Pintado – Cuba

• Ramah Navajo - Pine Hill

• T'iis Ts'ozi Bi'Olta -Crownpoint

• To'Hajillee- Laguna

• Tse’ii’ahi – Crownpoint

• Wingate - Fort Wingate

North Dakota

• Dunseith - Dunseith

• Tate Topa - Fort Totten

• Theodore Jamerson - Bismarck

South Dakota

• American Horse - Allen

• Enemy Swim - Waubay

• Little Wound- Kyle

• Pine Ridge - Pine Ridge

• St. Francis - St. Francis

Utah

• Aneth – Montezuma Creek

• Naatsis’aan - Tonalea

Washington

• Chief Leschi - Puyallup Wisconsin

• Lac Courte Oreilles - Hayward

• Oneida Nation - Oneida