North Dakota Department of Public Instruction

The buyer seeks a contractor to design and deliver professional learning to educators in North Dakota Comprehensive Literacy Improvement through Measured Building Systems (ND CLIMBS) grantee schools. The network will facilitate improvement cycles supported by local implementation practices and provide evidence-based learning content. The project aims to establish and sustain collaborative conditions for delivering high-quality, evidence-based literacy instruction across North Dakota.

• 3/13/2025 - Deadline for Questions
• 3/20/2025 - Solicitation Amendment Issued
• 4/3/2025 - Proposal Due Date
• 5/1/2025 - Contract Start

• Experience with literacy and Science of Reading professional development delivery across K-12
• Experience with implementation of professional development
• Experience with the implementation of improvement science
• Experience with MTSS implementation

• Design and deliver professional learning for educators on literacy instruction
• Establish structure for networking participants to implement and refine instructional delivery
• Develop and train facilitators on literacy content and network protocol
• Collaborate on development of teacher confidence survey tied to ELA standards
• Implement goal-setting structure for individual improvement with multiple cycles per year
• Organize collaborative events for observation and network learning
• Track and report participant engagement
• Offer educational continuing credit options
• Provide guidance for educators to achieve comprehensive literacy instruction knowledge
• Differentiate and customize content for participants