Description
The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is seeking consultants to provide specialized professional development training for the John McCoy (lulilaš) Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sovereignty in Washington State (JMLSTI) curriculum implementation. The training will be conducted through the Office of Native Education (ONE) and seeks qualified educational contractors to support the curriculum’s integration across Washington schools. The consultant will be required to provide grade-level specific, practical training that enables confident classroom implementation. The training must result in participants' immediate capacity to deliver curriculum content that is historically accurate, culturally respectful, and educationally engaging.
• The consultant will be required to provide training for one of three distinct grade-level tracks: Elementary Level Track (K-5), Middle School Level Track (6-8), or High School Level Track (9-12).
• The consultant will be required to provide four training sessions per year, per grade level track, with each session lasting three hours.
• The consultant will be required to provide hands-on curriculum exploration, ready-to-implement resource development, cultural competency and accuracy training, and pedagogical methodology training.
• The consultant will be required to ensure that all documents, videos, audio records, presentations, or other deliverables required under the resulting Contract are produced in a format compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act and follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0.