Agenda Item
c. Department of Exceptional Education ~ Instructional Resources (Not to exceed $1,100,000) ~ Updated 8.7.2025
Summary: Presented by: Dr. Norman Sauce III, Chief of Student Services, Division of Student Services
Request: It is requested that the Board of Education approve the Department of Exceptional Education’s Instructional Resources with Frog Street, Goalbook-Enome, and News2You dba Everway. These vendors have been identified to provide supplemental instructional resources for special education teachers and students supported through the Division Student Services, for more than $100,000.00 per vendor but not to exceed a total contracted amount of $­­1,100,000.
Why: According to Board Policy IFA-Instructional Materials and Content, the District must provide access to instructional resources including, but not limited to, textbooks and supplemental materials.
The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) is seeking to purchase supplemental instructional resources, to advance the mission, vision, and values by (a) improving access to meaningful content, (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.
Details: Three (3) vendors have been carefully vetted and identified to ensure the selected instructional resources provide equity and access to support the full and rigorous implementation of the DCSD curriculum at all grade levels among the school district’s diverse student population. The three (3) selected vendors are: Frog Street, Goalbook-Enome and News2You (Everway).
Financial impact: The total contract amount will not exceed $1,100,000.
Charge codes:
Exceptional Education
Goalbook-Enome
404.2100.553200.05021.7340.2824.8010.094.2026
News2You-Everway
404.1000.553200.05821.7950.2820.1625.094.2026
Preschool-100.1000.553200.00011.7340.2021.8010.094.0000
Frogstreet
404.1000.561000.05821.7950.2820.1625.094.2026
Contact: Presented by: Dr. Norman C. Sauce III, Chief of Student Services, Division of Student Services
Mrs. Kiana King, Executive Director of Exceptional Education, Division of Student Services
Effective: Upon Board Approval
Status: Approved by the Office of Legal Affairs
FROG STREET THREES
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Domain #1: Approaches to Learning
Emotional and Behavioral Self-Regulation
P-ATL 1 Child manages emotions with increasing independence
P-ATL 2 Child follows classroom rules and routines with increasing independence
P-ATL 3 Child appropriately handles and takes care of classroom materials
P-ATL 4 Child manages actions, words, and behavior with increasing independence
Cognitive Self-Regulation (Executive Functioning)
P-ATL 5 Child demonstrates an increasing ability to control impulses
P-ATL 6 Child maintains focus and sustains attention with minimal adult support
P-ATL 7 Child persists in tasks
P-ATL 8 Child holds information in mind and manipulates it to perform tasks
P-ATL 9 Child demonstrates flexibility in thinking and behavior
Initiative and Curiosity
P-ATL 10 Child demonstrates initiative and independence
P-ATL 11 Child shows interest in and curiosity about the world around them
Creativity
P-ATL 12 Child expresses creativity in thinking and communication
P-ATL 13 Child uses imagination in play and interaction with others
Domain #2: Social and Emotional Development
Relationships with Adults
P-SE 1 Child engages in and maintains positive relationships and interactions with adults
P-SE 2 Child engages in prosocial and cooperative behavior with adults
Relationships with Other Children
P-SE 3 Child engages in and maintains positive interactions and relationships with other children
P-SE 4 Child engages in cooperative play with other children
P-SE 5 Child uses basic problem-solving to resolve conflicts with other children
Emotional Functioning
P-SE 6 Child expresses a broad range of emotions and recognizes these emotions in self and others
P-SE 7 Child expresses care and concern toward others
P-SE 8 Child manages emotions with increasing independence
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Sense of Identity and Belonging
P-SE 9 Child recognizes self as a unique individual having own abilities, characteristics, emotions, and interests
P-SE 10 Child expresses confidence in own skills and positive feelings about self
P-SE 11 Child has a sense of belonging to family, community, and other groups
Domain #3: Language and Literacy
Language and Communication
Attending and Understanding
P-LC 1 Child attends to communication and language from others
P-LC 2 Child understands and responds to increasingly complex communication and language from others
Communicating and Speaking
P-LC 3 Child varies the amount of information provided to meet the demands of the situations
P-LC 4 Child understands, follows, and uses appropriate social and conversational rules
P-LC 5 Child expresses himself in increasingly long, detailed, and sophisticated ways
Vocabulary
P-LC 6 Child understands and uses a wide variety of words for a variety of purposes
P-LC 7 Child shows understanding of word categories and relationships among words
Literacy
Phonological Awareness
P-LIT 1 Child demonstrates awareness that spoken language is composed of smaller segments of sound
Print and Alphabet Knowledge
P-LIT 2 Child demonstrates an understanding of how print is used (functions of print) and the rules that govern how print works
(conventions of print)
P-LIT 3 Child identifies letters of the alphabet
Comprehension and Text Structure
P-LIT 4 Child demonstrates an understanding of narrative structure through storytelling/re-teling
P-LIT 5 Child asks and answers questions about a book that was read aloud
Writing
P-LIT 6 Child writes for a variety of purposes using increasingly sophisticated marks
Domain #4: Cognition
Mathematics Development
Counting and Cardinality
P-MATH 1 Child knows number names and the count sequence
P-MATH 2 Child recognizes the number of objects in a small set (subitizing)
P-MATH 3 Child understands the relationship between numbers and quantities
P-MATH 4 Child compares numbers
P-MATH 5 Child associates a quantity with written numerals up to 5 and begins to write numbers
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
P-MATH 6 Child understands addition as adding to and understands subtraction as taking away from
P-MATH 7 Child understands simple patterns
Measurement
P-MATH 8 Child measures objects by their various attributes using standard and non-standard measurement; uses differences in attributes
to make comparisons
Geometry and Spatial Sense
P-MATH 9 Child identifies, describes, compares, and composes shapes
P-MATH 10 Child explores the positions of objects in space
Forerunner Skills
FS-1 Child demonstrates classification
FS-2 Child creates equal and unequal sets
FS-3 Child demonstrates one-to-one correspondence
FS-4 Child recognizes, duplicates, and extends simple patterns
FS-5 Child identifies pattern core
FS-6 Child demonstrates order and sequence
Scientific Reasoning
Scientific Inquiry
P-SCI 1 Child observes and describes observable phenomena (objects, materials, organisms, and events)
P-SCI 2 Child engages in scientific talk
P-SCI 3 Child compares and categorizes observable phenomena
Reasoning and Problem Solving
P-SCI 4 Child asks a question, gathers information, and makes predictions
P-SCI 5 Child plans and conducts investigations and experiments
P-SCI 6 Child analyzes results, draws conclusions, and communicates results
Domain #5: Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development
Gross Motor
P-PMP 1 Child demonstrates control, strength, and coordination of large muscles
P-PMP 2 Child uses perceptual information to guide motions and interactions with objects and other people
Fine Motor
P-PMP 3 Child demonstrates increasing control, strength, and coordination of small muscles
Health, Safety, and Nutrition
P-PMP 4 Child demonstrates personal hygiene and self-care skills
P-PMP 5 Child develops knowledge and skills that help promote nutritious food choices and eating habits
P-PMP 6 Child demonstrates knowledge of personal safety practices and routines
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