Bottineau Elementary School

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2025-2026 Bottineau Elementary School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 6/1/2025 - 5/31/2026
Vision

Bottineau Public School will strive to be a school of excellence by providing a safe environment and current practices and technologies to promote comprehensive student learning and success.

Mission

We will accomplish our vision by: offering a well-rounded and challenging curriculum, encouraging participation in a variety of extracurricular activities, and offering quality professional development for staff that enhances instructional delivery and other support services.

Beliefs

It is our responsibility, through exemplary instruction, individualized learning opportunities, instructional equity, and high expectations, to ensure all students are afforded the opportunity to learn at their highest potential, in preparation for their unique futures.

Family Engagement
Our school prioritizes family engagement by fostering partnerships and collaboration, open communication, inclusive events, opportunities for feedback, and a welcoming, respectful environment.
Staff Engagement
Our school prioritizes staff engagement by fostering collaboration, respect, professional growth, and shared leadership to support school improvement and student success.
Student Engagement
Our school prioritizes student engagement through high-quality instruction, personalized learning, and high expectations to support academic growth and active participation.
Objectives
  • We will create welcoming and inclusive school events for families to partake in.
  • We will strengthen communication and transparency between the school and families.
Objectives
  • We will enhance communication and collaborative within our staff.
  • We will foster a positive and supportive school culture amongst staff members.
  • We will promote professional growth and empowerment.
Objectives
  • We will continue to promote rigorous, standards-based instruction.
  • We will continue to strengthen tiered academic support systems
Critical Initiative
  • Ensure open, two-way communication with families through various channels, including updated platforms for feedback and questions.
  • Host interactive events to strengthen school-family connections in fun, meaningful ways.
  • Provide clear, engaging communication about classroom and grade-level expectations.
  • Transform traditional events like fall Open House and Parent Teacher Conferences into more engaging formats.
Critical Initiative
  • Actively involve staff in the Cognia school improvement process.
  • Continue community-building activities.
  • Encourage mutual support amongst staff members.
  • Hold regular School Leadership Team (SLT) meetings and maintain a staff engagement committee for school improvement.
  • Improve communication with families by establishing consistent, clear messaging—especially regarding grade-level expectations.
  • Offer professional development on relevant topics.
  • Provide opportunities for leadership and voice in decision-making through committees and team collaboration.
  • Use Grade-Level Teams (GLTs) to clarify expectations and improve cross-grade communication.
Critical Initiative
  • Continue refining and implementing the revamped MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Supports) to ensure students receive timely, data-driven interventions.
  • Monitor student progress regularly and adjust instruction to support growth for all learners.
  • Set, maintain, and meet ambitious academic goals.
  • Use high-quality, standards-aligned instruction to drive engagement and meet performance targets.
Key Measures
  • drive-in movie night
  • ensure families have accounts set up
  • Ensure surveys are reaching all famililes.
  • fall PT conf. more parent-led than teacher-led
  • family game night-math focus
  • replace with parent picnic
  • Scheduled GLT time slot w/ families at picnic.
Key Measures
  • committees established to cover all areas of S.I.
  • fall transitions
  • flexibility and support when short on coverage
  • New events: cornhole trny, Paint Squad event
  • PD on family engagement
  • PD on teacher/parent communication.
  • Potlucks, Birthday Club, Thriving Thursdays, cont.
  • replace open house with family picnic
  • re-vamp of traditional fall PT conferences
  • spring transitions
  • staff ideas and feedback implemented in S.I
  • system of room coverage for early leaves
  • timely establishment & activity of committees
Key Measures
  • 69% of students will be proficient in math EOY.
  • 80% of students will be proficient in reading EOY.
  • GLTs will analyze data and adjust instruction.
  • MTSS team members will be engaged in the process.
  • Observe/measure student engagement-80% target.
  • Staff will following the MTSS process.
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