North Dakota Department of Public Instruction

Buyer seeks a contractor to design and deliver professional learning to K-12 educators in North Dakota Comprehensive Literacy Improvement through Measured Building Systems (ND CLIMBS) grantee schools. The project aims to facilitate learning and improvement cycles for literacy instruction across 49 school buildings with potential for 10 additional sites. Buyer requires support for both existing instructional coaches and schools without coaches to implement literacy improvement. Services include identifying professional learning needs, facilitating network improvement groups, and providing differentiated support for educators.

• 4/3/2025 - RFP issued
• 4/10/2025 - Deadline for Questions and Objections
• 5/6/2025 - Proposal Due Date
• 6/2/2025 - Contract Start

• Experience with literacy and Science of Reading professional development for K-12
• Knowledge of evidence-based literacy instruction research
• Experience with the implementation of improvement science
• Experience with MTSS implementation

• Design and deliver professional learning networks for K-12 educators
• Facilitate learning and improvement cycles in literacy instruction
• Identify and differentiate professional learning needs for educators
• Support instructional coaches and peer coaching techniques
• Organize educators into cohorts with similar needs
• Deliver virtual synchronous and asynchronous learning options
• Develop asynchronous courses for the ND Educational Hub
• Track educator engagement and report progress to NDDPI
• Offer college credit options for network participation
• Collaborate with NDDPI on educator confidence survey development