Vernonia Statement of Interest for Coaching.docx

Statement of Interest for Coaching & Professional Learning

ODE PROCUREMENT INFORMATION

District/School: Vernonia Contact: Jim Helmen Date of Intake Call: June 24, 2025 Location/City: Vernonia, Oregon Coaching & Professional Learning Interests (only keep the correct bullets):

· Leadership for General Continuous Improvement

NTE: $15,000.00

This Statement of Interest will be used for a notice to several pre-approved vendors including:

· Community Design Partners

· New Teacher Center

· Sterling Literacy Consulting

· Education Northwest

· HMH-The Center for Model Schools

· TNTP

· Educational Excellence

· Inflexion

· WestEd

· Instructional Leadership Collective

COACHING AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DETAILS

General Context: The regional ESD is no longer funding support for rural and small district leadership/mentoring/continuous improvement so this district is interested in the CCPL in order to provide coaching and support to the district leadership team.

ODE Regional Support: David Jamieson Regional ESD & IP Contact: Megan McCarter Are there existing coaching or professional services offered through this ESD for this focal area? Previously there were supports offered through NW regional that are no longer offered so this district is interested in maintaining that support.

Nearest Airport: (only keep the most appropriate bullets)

· Portland

Coaching/Professional Interest Need In person, 1:1 coaching to principals using Inflexion and the 4 t’s for strategic planning and school improvement and decision making. Some leadership teaming work around the district’s strategic plan but mainly 1:1 mentoring to principals.

Intended Goal or Outcome of Coaching/Professional Learning:

Principals will use how to use data effectively to inform decisions. Monitoring progress toward LPGTs and strategic initiatives through walk-throughs, observations and how to lead in order to build instructional capacity. Providing leaders with a confidential sounding board. Building a leadership climate of open and transparent conversations.

Potential Challenges for Vendors: Rural location Vendor Preference? The district has previously worked with Inflexion through the Oregon Small and Rural Schools Network and is interested in continuing with this partnership.

Desired Beginning Date: 25-26 school year - but planning to begin as soon as possible.

Preference for In-Person or Virtual Coaching: A combination of virtual and in person coaching is okay.

Demographics: Please see the Vernonia School District At-A-Glance report here by typing in Vernonia SD 47J.

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.

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:

· Early & Middle School Literacy

· PM 3 (Data Teaming), 4 (Literacy Inventory) and 8 (Literacy Plan/Program)

· Community Engagement

· PM1 (engagement is authentic, consistent, and ongoing). PM5 (Two-way communication practices are in place), PM6 (Student agency and voice is elevated), PM11 (Schools strengthen partnerships with active community organizations and partners)

· Equitable Mindsets, Practices & Systems

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

· Fiscal Stewardship

· PM12 (high-quality spending and resource allocation review) Additional Progress Markers to consider tracking when planning coaching services and reporting on coaching progress:

· PM7, PM9, PM10, PM13, PM14, PM15

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