Map Name: 2025-2026 Four Winds High School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 5/1/2025 - 4/30/2026
Vision

Problem solvers who are socially, emotionally, and physically prepared to lead healthy and productive lives

Mission

Cultivate learners who excel academically, physically, spiritually, socially while integrating community and culture

Beliefs

We believe that teachers can change lives.

We believe that learning is a lifelong process.

We believe that learning can lead to success

Collaboration
Create and implement collaborative structures to engage all stake holders
Student Engagement
Maximize student engagement and use instructional time for rigorous and standards aligned curriculum.
Personal Learning
Provide individualized academic and social-emotional opportunities for all students necessary to be ready for the path they choose.
Objectives
  • Connect and collaborate with all stakeholders
Objectives
  • Students will be actively engaged in rigorous and standards aligned curriculum
  • Teachers will have clear, student-friendly learning targets for each lesson that is aligned to the priority standards and communicate it to students.
Objectives
  • Students will be frequently assessed, and individualized interventions will be used to meet students' needs and keep them on track for graduation.
Critical Initiative
  • Administrators will collaborate with Tate Topa Tribal School Administrators
  • Collaborate with area businesses and agencies to provide additional learning opportunities for students
  • Collaborate with Tate Topa Tribal School for Professional Development and K-12 Math Curriculum
  • Increase student involvement in co-curricular activities
  • The school board will collaborate with the Tate Topa Tribal School Board.
Critical Initiative
  • Approach each lesson with clear learning targets and urgency to maximize instructional time.
  • Decrease the chronic absenteeism rate as measured in STARS
  • Decrease the number of disengaged students as measured by the ND Student Engagement Survey
  • Instructional Coaching in all areas that include PLC for standards aligned curriculum maps
  • Know and utilize evidence-based strategies to maximize student engagement throughout each class
  • Lesson Plans that are aligned to Priority Standards
  • Provide a guaranteed and viable curriculum
Critical Initiative
  • Provide post-secondary opportunities for all students
  • Provide students in need with high-quality credit recovery
  • Provide students with Alternate Learning Environments in a high school setting
  • Utilizes assessment data for faster Academic Interventions.
  • Utilizing MTSS, identify high-need students in each grade level and design individual academic and behavior supports to ensure they can be successful
Key Measures
  • 21st Century Program Data
  • Administrator Feedback
  • Alignment of Board Goals and Guardrails
  • Alignment of Superintendent Goal Progress Measures
  • Attendance at family engagement events
  • Be Legend Board Member Meetings
  • Board Minutes
  • Choice Ready Measures
  • Cooperative Learning Credits
  • Dual Credit Opportunities
  • Dual Credits
  • Graduation Rate
  • Joint School Calendar
  • Student Survey
  • Student surveys
Key Measures
  • Administrator Feedback
  • Attendance Report
  • Classroom observations
  • Curriculum Mapping
  • Curriculum Replacement Rotation Schedule
  • Google Classroom Posting
  • Instructional Coaching Time
  • Learning Targets
  • Lesson plans
  • NAVVY Testing
  • ND A+ Interim Testing
  • Purchase records
  • Student Engagement Survey
  • Student Survey
  • Teacher Evaluation Data
  • Weekly learning targets
Key Measures
  • Behavior Plans
  • Choice Ready Measures
  • Classroom observations
  • Classroom Reduction
  • Credits earned in credit recovery
  • Credits earned in the alternative HS program
  • Dual Credit Opportunities
  • Dual Credits
  • Graduation Rate
  • Instructional Coaching Time
  • NAVVY Testing
  • ND A+ Interim Testing
  • Panorama
  • PowerSchool Behavior Report
  • Powerschool Graduation Plan
  • Stars Reporting
  • Student Engagement Survey
  • Student Interventions
  • Student Performance Data
  • Student Survey
  • Student surveys
  • Teacher Reflection based on Student Data
The Strategy Map has been created in collaboration with The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction and Cognia™.

All schools in North Dakota participate in a Continuous Improvement process. Continuous Improvement means examining a school’s current reality including demographics, culture, technology, finances, and academic progress, among many other factors. In addition, Continuous Improvement means looking into the future and predicting what may change – what will be different a year from now, or 10 years from now.

 

During the 2018-2019 school year, all schools in North Dakota participated in this Continuous Improvement journey. School personnel participated in training and collaborated with diverse stakeholders such as community members, teachers, parents and students to map out what the school’s priorities are, what the school’s objectives are and what critical initiatives needed to be implemented to achieve those objectives. This planning process resulted in a Strategy Map – a 3 to 5-year plan for the school.

 

It is important to note that the Strategy Map is a snapshot in time. It is documentation of what the school’s priorities were the past school year. In this case the Strategy Map below was captured and submitted on May 1, 2019. It is equally important to note that the Strategy Map below may have changed since its submittal. This is because priorities may have changed quickly depending on numerous factors. Factors can include, but are not limited to, a natural disaster, a high staff turn-over rate, or an influx or decrease of students. To obtain a copy of this schools current and update Strategy Map, please contact the local school administrator.



Please contact North Dakota's Department of Public Instruction with any questions and feedback via email to the following address: dpidashboard@nd.gov