GAPS - Equity Statement of Interest for Coaching.docx

Statement of Interest for Coaching & Professional Learning

ODE PROCUREMENT INFORMATION

District/School: Greater Albany SD Contact: Kelsey Costales, Stafford Boyd Coaching & Professional Learning Interests

· Equity

Notice Information: (only keep the appropriate bullets) NTE Small to mid contract - 100K* (estimating 230 hours or up to about 28 days of services) Location/City: Albany, Oregon

This Statement of Interest will be used for a (select one)

· Notice to several pre-approved vendors including:

· WestEd

· Community Design Partners

· TNTP

COACHING AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DETAILS

Date of Intake Call: May 29, 2024

Context: Tell us about Albany SD and where you’ve been and are;

The district has been in a transitional place for the past few years which has led to some uncertainty and lack of cohesive message around Equitable practices in schools and classroom space. With turn over of leadership and shifting of priorities our teachers and leaders are craving a unified message and hungry for support and materials to guide their learning. This past year my team of two in the EDI department has listened to our staff and administrators and want to respond in a meaningful way. I believe our district is in a place to use a stronger equity lens based on our equity work/efforts during the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years. As my team is two people it is paramount that we lean on supportive systems like ISP to inform our school leaders and teachers and drive the work forward.

The district wishes to extend the work begun with their High School Leadership team to push out the small group equity work into PLCs/Avid/Teacher teams. The teachers that have the most face-time with students can benefit from more staff being prepared.

Empowering school level teams to design and implement professional learning for their staff around bias and Would also like to build the skill of the district team for bias response protocols (tiered systems of support). Robust tier 1 support/base needed:

· Culturally responsive and sustaining pedagogy

· Every student belongs legislation and policies

· Helping teachers implement classroom agreements, and to build classroom space that is inclusive and co-designed

· Practice interrupting bias

· Curriculum enhancement so students see themselves in the learning environment.

ODE Regional Support: Craig Harlow, Shawna Moran Regional ESD: Jeff Brew Nearest Airport:

· Portland

· Eugene

· Salem (limited carrier service) Coaching/Professional Interest Need:

Intended Goal or Outcome of Coaching/Professional Learning: By the end of the service period our staff will be able to:

Potential Challenges for Vendors:

· Small community with deep roots and fear / resistance to change.

· Primarily white teachers, administrators, leaders, the district has a 30 % Latino student population.

· Fear / Discomfort surrounding critical conversations related to race. Vendor Preference? WestEd, John and Rawlin Desired Beginning Date: Fall/September 2024 – possibly some August planning Preference for In-Person or Virtual Coaching:

· A combination is ideal.

Related LPTS & Progress Markers Longitudinal Performance Growth Targets (LPGTs) are required by each district that participates in SIA funding (virtually all Oregon districts). They are important to consider when developing coaching plans and may, over time, be important for the coaching vendor to attend to when providing intermittent updates on progress made via coaching services.

Related LPGT Targets: PLEASE SEE ATTACHED FOR GAPS LPGT TARGETS DOCUMENT

· Graduation Rates and 5 Year Completion

· Regular Attendance

· 9th On Track Districts also report programmatic and budget progress quarterly, attending to the potential growth toward key Progress Markers in those reports. Progress Markers inform behavioral and systemic changes long before the types of outcomes captured in LPGTs are seen or realized. Coaching vendors should attend to these Progress Markers when providing progress reports on coaching to the districts served.

Suggested alignment between the Progress Markers and Coaching Focal Areas are as follows:

· Equitable Mindsets, Practices & Systems

· PM2 (Equity tools are utilized in continuous improvement cycles)

Additional Progress Markers to consider tracking when planning coaching services and reporting on coaching progress:

· PM7, PM9, PM10, PM13, PM14, PM15