S000000370 Questions and Answers.pdf

Question Number Question Subject Question Text Answers

1.00 Career Pathways

Is the goal and outcome of strengthening career pathways for supporting career pathways for educators in the school or district? Or is it supporting secondary school teams with developing career pathways for students?

The goal is to increase the rigor of career pathways to result in more students earning credentials of value. This could be accomplished through direct coaching of individual teachers or teams of teachers.

2.00 Section 1.8 Additional Documentation

Under 1.8 - Additional Documentation: Is the additional documentation (i.e., syllabus, artifacts, etc.) to be submitted before an applicant is designated as a qualified vendor/added to the QVL? If so, how is it added to the initial RFQ response?

Are these to be added as attachments now OR are applicants to wait until they are designated as a qualified vendor/added to the QVL to submit the additional documentation?

Additional documentation must be submitted prior to a Contractor's name being listed on the QVL.

Please see Revised RFQ Section 1.7 and 1.8 for any clarification.

Please note: the Professional Learning Solution pages can contain parts of the Additional

Documentation

3.00 Section 2

Does the phrase “Professional Learning System” refer to vendor’s methodology or an online/digital system or platform?

The phrase Professional Learning System refers to a vendor's methodology.

4.00 Section 2

How do 2.5, 2.6, and 2.8 meet the requirements of the statute referenced in 2.1 and the establishing professional learning communities aspect of the goal stated in 2.2?

The work of Professional Learning Communitites should result in student improvement. ADE is highlighting Foundational Literacy, Career

Pathways, and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support as priorities for student outcomes and addressing academic improvement in Arkansas.

5.00 Section 2.5.A.6

How does being identified as a HQPL qualify a Contractor to establish professional learning communities?

HQPL partners in literacy have been vetted as being aligned to the Science of Reading.

6.00 Section 2.5

Does a vendor need to be a High-Quality Professional

Learning (HQPL) provider supporting HQIM in the AR

Professional Learning Guide to submit under Section 2.5.

Foundational Literacy/Science of Reading?

No, a vendor's program or training must have experience supporting implementation of one or more HQIM from the approved list.

7.00 Section 2.5

Is the DOE open to vendors that provide agnostic

Foundational Literacy/Science of Reading professional learning?

Yes, but we will need to see how your professional development aligns to and supports the use of

HQIM from the approved list.

8.00 Section 2.5

Is the DOE open to vendors that provide professional learning in support of and aligned to a state-approved assessment?

ADE has developed a single state assessment the

ATLAS system. The intention of this RFQ is to improve professional learning practices in the classroom.

9.00

Section 2.7

Is the DOE open to vendors that support multiple HQIM or does the vendor’s professional learning need to be aligned to a specific HQIM?

Multiple HQIMs is fine.

10.00

Section 2.8

Is the DOE open to vendors that have expertise in and provide professional learning aligned to a state-approved assessment?

ADE has developed a single state assessment the

ATLAS system. The intention of this RFQ is to improve professional learning practices in the classroom.

11.00

Section 2.9

If more than one of a vendor’s divisions are planning on submitting responses to this RFP, does the DOE prefer one submission or one per division?

One application.

12.00 Response Packet

Are we limited to two pages narrative TOTAL or is it two pages PER Focus Area?

The Response Packet has been revised to more clearly indicate that the responses should be per

Focus Area.

13.00 Response Packet

If prospective contractors will propose more than one service, do we complete a response packet and worksheet for each area of contracted services? Or do we complete one response packet and worksheet for all the services we are proposing?

The Response Packet has been revised to more clearly indicate that the responses should be per

Focus Area.

14.00 Response Worksheet

In general to the Response Worksheet and each tab, the instructions indicate placing YES in Column B and NO in

Column C. However, responses appear to be only able to be made in Column B. Please clarify.

The mistake has been corrected and now reads

"please indicate "yes" or "no" in Column B."

15.00 Response Worksheet

Specific to 1.7.B.2.f.i, can you clarify what is meant by

"preceding questions?" What "preceding questions" are you referencing?

The wording mistake has been fixed to read "along with answering any questions."

16.00 Response Worksheet

On each tab, for the questions following the orange boxes, are those meant to be provided as simple YES/NO answers, or are those cells meant to be used for narrative response?

Further, if only YES/NO, do we need to then expand on those questions in the PL Solution narrative?

Per the revised instructions on each tab, "Please indicate "yes" or "no" in column B for each question."

17.00 Response Worksheet

Under the "Foundational Literacy" tab, last question - Is it supposed to read "...prior to proving services...." or should this be interpreted as "...prior to PROVIDING services?" If

"proving," please clarify what the definition is of "proving" for this response.

The mistake has been corrected to "providing"

Questions and Answers S000000370 Professional Learning Communities Support