Continuous Improvement Partners

Overview

<p>The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is initiating this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to solicit proposals from Consultants who are highly qualified educational specialists with expertise in continuous school improvement systems to act as Continuous Improvement Partners (Partners). Continuous school improvement systems are characterized by a focus on: strong leadership, data inquiry, core instructional practices, and implementing multi-tiered systems of support. Partners will offer support and services to identified district and school staff on behalf of students under the specification and direction of the Office System and School Improvement (OSSI). Partners will be deployed to work with OSSI, assigned educational service districts and assigned school districts with schools identified for improvement in order to facilitate the development and implementation of continuous school improvement systems to eliminate equity gaps and improve student outcomes in schools identified for improvement.</p> <p>Continuous Improvement Partners (Partners) are contractors which align with and extend OSSI’s strategy to create the conditions for continuous school improvement systems in schools identified for support. Partners provide direct services to assigned districts with schools identified for support, in collaboration with OSSI and educational service districts, by providing expertise and facilitation in the development and implementation of continuous school improvement systems.</p> <p>Partners engage in the following activities:</p> <ul> <li>Facilitate the development and implementation of continuous school improvement systems at the building and district level which includes each of the four essential elements of improvement identified by OSSI:</li> <ul> <li>Development of strong leadership at all levels</li> <li>Use of data inquiry / improvement science principles</li> <li>Focus on improving core instructional practices</li> <li>Implementation of multi-tiered systems of support</li> </ul> <li>Partner with assigned schools identified for support and the district so that the school/district can successfully develop, implement, evaluate, and revise high quality, actionable school improvement plans. School improvement plans meeting these criteria are characterized by:</li> <ul> <li>Prioritized, specific, measurable, and attainable high-leverage goals based on needs identified through data inquiry process and the needs assessment;</li> <li>Distributed and articulated roles and responsibilities for elements of the school improvement plan and subsequent progress monitoring;</li> <li>Implementation of evidence-informed, best practices;</li> <li>Regular progress monitoring using plan-do-study-act cycles;</li> <li>Regular adjustments to the plan; and</li> <li>Planning for scale, spread, and sustainability of effective practices, behaviors, and systems.</li> <li>Collaborate and partner with improvement leads at ESDs and other Partners assigned to districts in the same region in order to build and sustain regional continual school improvement systems. Partner with OSSI staff as requested to provide content or strategy supports aligned with specific OSSI programming related to improving student outcomes as measured on the WSIF.</li> </ul> <li>Participate in assigned professional learning events, as requested by OSSI.</li> <li>Participate in regular OSSI-specified meetings, in collaboration with other partners, ESD leads, OSSI staff, and/or personnel from identified schools or districts.</li> <li>Participate in programmatic evaluation efforts led by OSSI staff as requested.</li> <li>Submit a performance summary for evaluation and additional performance information upon request by OSSI leadership.</li> </ul>