Secondary Multilingual Literacy Core Curriculum for Grades 7-12

Project Description: Ogden School District (the “District”) seeks to adopt a comprehensive Multilingual Literacy
curriculum (formerly called ESL) for English learners (ELs) in grades 7–12 across three junior
high schools (grades 7–9), two comprehensive high schools (grades 10–12), and two
alternative high schools. Our goal is to provide up‐to‐date, research‐based, and
developmentally appropriate materials that effectively support teaching and learning in
Multilingual Literacy classrooms, including access to relevant digital resources and tools.
Moreover, through the curriculum adoption process, the District aims to advance the
Board of Education’s mission, vision, and values by improving access to (a) meaningful
content specific to the needs of ELLs’ language development, (b) increasing awareness of
sound instructional practices, (c) providing technological assets that promote creativity,
connections, and innovation, and (d) engaging students in rigorous activities/assessments.
The purpose of the RFP is to solicit complete proposals in accordance with the Proposal
Response Format listed in the RFP, from agencies with expertise in providing high-quality,
standards-aligned primary curricular resources for medium to large public school districts.
The selection and implementation of a primary curriculum is a complex process as it will
serve a broad range of stakeholders. Therefore experience with successful management of
similar projects is integral to this project’s success.
This RFP is designed to provide interested parties with sufficient basic information to
submit proposals meeting minimum requirements, but is not intended to limit a proposal’s
content or exclude any relevant or essential information. Respondents are at liberty and
are encouraged to expand upon the specifications as to provide further evidence of service
capability under any proposed agreement. Bids will be evaluated and each requirement will
be scored. Emphasis will be placed on the following items: alignment to the Utah English
Language Proficiency Standards which are aligned to the WIDA Standards, a
research/evidence base for instructional strategies/resources and language development,
differentiation, quality of supporting texts, integrated digital resources, data privacy, set-up
costs, initial training, and ongoing support.
The District reserves the right to reject any and all proposals or waive any non-statutory
informality. The District further reserves the right to make the contract award deemed by
the Ogden School District Board of Education to be in the best interest of the district,
regardless of the selection committee’s evaluation and scoring. The Board's decision to
accept or reject the contract will be final. Upon completion of the curriculum adoption
process and selection, Ogden School District will assume ownership of all materials
provided as part of the proposal and will assume full responsibility for student record
management in all related digital systems.
The district Multilingual Literacy Curriculum Screening Committee (the “Screening
Committee”), composed of district content specialists, will do a preliminary review of
submissions to determine who has met the curricular design criteria. Submissions deemed
to meet the overall criteria are then passed to the Multilingual Literacy Curriculum
Selection Committee (the “Selection Committee”). The Selection Committee is composed of
highly-qualified teachers, parents, district content specialists, and school administrators. To
ensure diverse, representational evaluations, the Selection Committee is made up of
members from various schools, grade-levels, and backgrounds. To maintain a fair and
independent evaluation process, all Selection Committee members serve on a volunteer,
non-stipend basis. Each member will personally review all materials submitted for
approval. The Oversight Team will then review all Selection Committee evaluations and
submit the final recommendation directly to the Ogden School District Board of Education.
This multi-level evaluation process, involving numerous people, guarantees to each
publisher equity and fairness in the bidding, evaluation, and selection process.
Respondents are strongly encouraged to carefully read the entire request for proposals.