Specifications include, but are not limited to: Professional Development are the services of consultant who renders services to the District on a short or infrequent term, on a fee basis, and does not involve the traditional relationship of employer and employee. These vendor services can provide educational expertise not otherwise available to or performed by District personnel. Services may consist consultation, advisement, coaching and facilitation or presentation. The intent of this request is to establish a list of approved vendors that can provide services to the District as a whole. Services may include professional development sessions with a focus on: Support accessing curriculum resources, including assessments, resource banks and supplemental instructional materials Relevant teaching and learning; Culturally-relevant education; Content and conceptual development; In and out of classroom coaching, observation and debriefing; Coherent integration of resources, materials, and technology; Vertical and horizontal alignment of curriculum and in-depth of training to the level of rigor and complexity of all Texas Essential Knowledge Skills (TEKS) Student Expectations (SEs); Student leadership, classroom management techniques and positive behavior support; Professional learning communities; Pre-service training for new and returning teachers and leaders to build content knowledge and instructional capacity, including curriculum specific end of year and/or beginning of year training. In-service content training to build instructional capacity and content knowledge throughout the year, including but not limited to, best practice strategies for instruction, data review and site visits. Professional Development for campus administrators, teachers and staff; Other services deemed appropriate for this request.