GENERAL ART (VISUAL) TEXTBOOK ADOPTION GR K-4

The Buffalo Public Schools Department of Arts is requesting adoption of visual arts textbooks thatoffer high-quality, inclusive, and culturally responsive resources and materials that align with NewYork State Arts Standards and Buffalo Public School Arts curriculum and instruction for grades K–4.These resources and materials should reinforce visual arts concepts progressively across gradelevels, integrate creating, presenting, responding, and connecting, and provide differentiated supportfor varied skill levels, including English language learners and students with special needs. Clearguidance, assessment tools, and flexible lesson plans are required for consistency and teachercreativity. Resources and materials should reflect diverse artists, styles, cultures, periods, and waysof thinking. These resources and materials should also foster respect and support culturally &linguistically responsive teaching. These textbooks should incorporate literacy components such asspeaking, listening, writing, and reading, as well as include elements of social-emotional learning.User-friendly digital resources—audio, video, interactive tools, assessments—should be accessibleon district platforms and adaptable to all instructional settings. Cost-effectiveness, long-term usability,professional development, and proof of effective implementation in similar districts are essential. Electronic submittal is ALLOWED (and encouraged) via BPS BONFIRE portal at: https://buffaloschools.bonfirehub.comJennifer LoTempioDirector of Purchase Business enterprises awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: request