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Teaching and Learning
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| DATE: | Tuesday, June 23, 2020 |
| TO: | School Board Members |
| FROM: | Addison Davis, Acting Superintendent |
| SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS | |
| <p>Approve the Purchase and Agreement for Technical Services #20108-ATS-IV for Professional Development of the Systematic Instruction in Phonological Awareness, Phonics, and Sight (SIPPS) Words Program to Provide a Structured Literacy Approach to Foundational Skills Instruction in Grades K-2 <em>(Academic Services)</em></p> | |
| EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | |
| <p>SIPPS is a research-based foundational skills program proven to help both new and struggling readers in grades K–2 build skills and confidence for fluent, independent reading. The SIPPS program provides a structured literacy approach to foundational skills instruction through explicit instructional routines focused on phonological awareness, spelling-sounds, and sight words, with immediate application to reading connected text and to spelling. </p> <p>The systematic scope and sequence support students who struggle with decoding, including students identified with dyslexia, in an accelerative approach. Each SIPPS level corresponds to a specific stage of reading development: simple alphabetic, spelling pattern, and polysyllabic/morphemic. Daily SIPPS lessons and reading practice in appropriate texts help readers achieve automaticity and accuracy, which in turn allow them to focus on comprehension. </p> <p>The SIPPS program allows students to: </p> <ul> <li>respond orally during the foundational skills routines and receive immediate, strategic feedback</li> <li>demonstrate mastery of learning at regular intervals through criterion-referenced tests </li> <li>read controlled-vocabulary text to practice the words and concepts taught </li> <li>engage with books at appropriate levels to build fluency and increase confidence </li> </ul> <p>In accordance with the Florida Department of Education Purchasing Policy 6A-1.012(11)(b), the requirement for requesting competitive solicitations for commodities or contractual services from three or more sources is hereby waived as authorized by Section 1010.04(4)(a), F.S., for the purchase of educational services and any type of copyrighted materials including, without limitation, educational tests, textbooks, printed instructional materials, computer software, films, filmstrips, videotapes, dvds, disc or tape recordings, digital recordings, or similar audio-visual materials, and for library and reference books, and printed library cards where such materials are purchased directly from the producer or publisher, the owner of the copyright, an exclusive agent within the state.</p> | |
| STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES | |
| <p>• Improve the high school graduation rate</p> | |
| FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: No) | |
| EVALUATION | |
| SUBMITTED BY: Terry Connor, Deputy Superintendent for Instruction, Academic Services, terry.connor@hcps.net, (813) 272-4221 | |
| Gretchen Saunders | ||
| Chief Financial Officer (813) 272-4270 |
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| C 6.24 | ||
| Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20200623_1005 (Board Meeting) * Section C Item# 6.24 | ||