The School Board of Broward County, Florida
Created : May 10, 2014 at 10:45 PM
Meeting: Regular School Board Meeting :  EE. Office of Strategy & Operations  
EE-3. Professional Development Management System (D)  
May 06, 2014
Status: 
Open Agenda
 
 

Quick Summary / Abstract
Approve the Agreement with My Learning Plan, Inc., for a Professional Development Management System (PDMS) tool for the District.

The School Board of Broward County, Florida (SBBC )issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to obtain bids from qualified vendors to provide a dedicated Professional Development Management Software System (PDMS) to manage, track, and outline professional development opportunities via a comprehensive single, sign-on system for searching, registration, documentation, and compliance participation for all internal certificated and non-certificated users and external users including charter schools.  A system that is personalized and differentiated provides professional development built on talent management, assesses the efficacy of teacher, administrator, and district-level professional development/training tied to student outcomes and includes multiple delivery models anchored in innovative technology. The District was interested in a solution that was most responsive and met the requirements as specified in the RFP.  The term of this Agreement will conclude June 30, 2018.  

The proposed system will meet all of the minimum requirements for Section 4.0 Facilitator Profile of the Local Instructional Improvement Systems as defined by Race to the Top.

This Agreement has been reviewed and approved as to form and legal content by the Office of the General Counsel.

The financial impact is $1,377,000.  The funding source is Race to the Top grant funding under Amendment 15-MOU6.


Requested Action
Approve the Agreement with My Learning Plan, Inc., for a Professional Development Management System (PDMS) tool for the District.


Summary
The School Board of Broward County, Florida (SBBC) issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to obtain bids from qualified vendors to provide a dedicated Professional Development Management Software System (PDMS) to manage, track, and outline professional development opportunities via a comprehensive single, sign-on system for searching, registration, documentation, and compliance participation for all internal certificated and non-certificated users and external users including charter schools.  A system that is personalized and differentiated provides professional development built on talent management, assesses the efficacy of teacher, administrator, and district-level professional development/training tied to student outcomes and includes multiple delivery models anchored in innovative technology. The District was interested in a solution that was most responsive and met the requirements as specified in the RFP.  The term of this Agreement will conclude June 30, 2018.  

The proposed system will meet all of the minimum requirements for Section 4.0 Facilitator Profile of the Local Instructional Improvement Systems as defined by Race to the Top.

This Agreement has been reviewed and approved as to form and legal content by the Office of the General Counsel.

School Board Goals
Goal 1: High Quality Instruction
Goal 2: Continuous Improvement


Financial Impact
The financial impact is $1,377,000.  The funding source is Race to the Top grant funding under Amendment 15-MOU6.


Source of Additional Information
Elsa Calabrese 754-321-5044 Ruby Crenshaw 754-321-0501



Associated File Attachments
Excutive Summary (Files)  
Propose Agreement (Files)  
RFP 14-067E (Files)