Bowbells High School

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2025-2026 Bowbells High School Annual Improvement Plan
Time Period: 6/1/2025 - 5/31/2026
Vision

The students will be respectful, responsible, and productive educated citizens.

Mission

Provide a safe environment and educational opportunities to empower students to develop skills, knowledge, and character

Beliefs

We believe that all students have the ability to learn.

We believe that all teachers have room for growth.

We believe that adult behaviors affect student outcomes.

Math
If we focus on standards aligned teaching and learning, 49% of learners will be proficient in Math per NDA+ Summative.
Culture/Engagement
If we support educators to provide engaging learning experiences, then student engagement, as evidenced by Student Engagement Survey, will increase and school climate and culture will improve.
ELA
If we use data to drive instruction then, 61% of Bowbells learners will be proficient in ELA per NDA+ Summative.
Objectives
  • Students will demonstrate proficiency and/or growth in mathematics.
  • Students will demonstrate proficiency in critical thinking skills.
  • Teachers will continuously monitor and respond to student performance data in their classroom.
  • Teachers will engage in math benchmark data day analysis (protocol) and instructional response planning three times/year.
Objectives
  • All students will say, write, or do every 2 - 10 minutes in every classroom every day to ensure active participation. (Cognitive engagement)
  • Build social, behavioral and emotional wellness within the Bowbells School.
  • Ensure all students engage in career exploration, development, or awareness opportunity.
  • Monitor morning meeting effectiveness
  • Recognize strengths of all students.
  • Students will have many choices of course offerings.
Objectives
  • Evaluate current use and establish expectations for step up to writing.
  • Students will demonstrate proficiency and/or growth in reading (phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension).
  • Students will demonstrate proficiency in critical thinking skills.
  • Teachers will continuously monitor and respond to student performance data in their classroom
  • Teachers will engage in reading benchmark data day analysis (protocol) and instructional response planning three times/year.
Critical Initiative
  • An assessment guide and calendar will be established.
  • An instructional resource inventory will be developed for math.
  • Evaluate core math curricular resources
  • Evaluate use of supplemental math resources: IXL, Freckle
  • Explicit academic vocabulary instructional routine will occur in all content areas.
  • Instructional resources and/or routines will be selected and implemented to match student performance needs identified by data.
  • Instructional response plans will be monitored.
  • Teachers will establish a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum (priority standards)
  • Teachers will intentionally plan standards-referenced instructional cycles (instruction and assessment) using district-approved curricular resource materials and lesson plan format.
  • Teachers will map priority standards (curriculum map)
  • Use engagement strategies to encourage higher order questions/thinking in all classes.
Critical Initiative
  • Analyze ELEOT data and make decisions.
  • Connect learning to the real world by offering field trips and virtual learning opportunities (Career View VR K - 12).
  • Continue to build connections across grade levels with quarterly Eskimo family activities in conjunction with student of the quarter.
  • Continue to utilize Zones of Regulation school wide.
  • Continuing to recognize student of the quarter and honor roll students.
  • Dual credit courses will be offered for students to get a jump on post secondary instruction.
  • Expand an engagement specialist to support emotional, academic success, attendance (check & connect).
  • Highlight positive student behaviors and achievements with messages to parents.
  • Implement monthly school wide celebrations: Homecoming; state sendoffs; Dr. Seuss, fun National holidays (donuts, Hawaiian lei, space day, beach day, fitness day)
  • Invite industry professionals to come into classrooms to share knowledge about specific topics.
  • ITV courses will be provided to offer a variety of course opportunities for students.
  • Offer counseling services for all students.
  • Offer job shadowing experiences.
  • Offer PAES lab for all students, but required for eighth grade.
  • Offer support to staff to give additional time for daily duties
  • Offer work based learning opportunities through cooperative work experience on and off site.
  • Online courses will be offered for students to pursue interested in the CTE field, such as agriculture, engineering, family and consumer science, etc.
  • Require service hours for high school students.
  • Use engagement activities in every classroom every day.
Critical Initiative
  • Academic vocabulary instructional routine will occur in all content areas.
  • An assessment guide and calendar will be established.
  • An instructional resource inventory will be developed for reading.
  • Evaluate the use of supplemental reading resources: Rewards, Reciprocal Teaching Six Minute Solutions, Paragraph Shrink, Accelerated Reading IXL
  • Instructional resources and/or routines will be selected and implemented to match student performance needs identified by data.
  • Instructional response plans will be monitored.
  • Oral reading will occur in all content areas.
  • Provide opportunities for students to find, assess, and cite sources for opinion/argumentative and informative writing.
  • Skills groups will be established
  • Teachers will establish a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum (priority standards)
  • Teachers will intentionally plan standards-referenced instructional cycles (instruction and assessment) using district-approved curricular resource materials and lesson plan format.
  • Teachers will map priority standards (curriculum map).
  • Use engagement strategies to encourage higher order questions/thinking in all classes.
Key Measures
  • NDA+ Summative
  • Standards Aligned Assessments
  • STAR data
Key Measures
  • Attendance
  • Choice Ready
  • Discipline referrals (behavior)
  • ELEOT classroom observation data
  • Morning Meeting Observations
  • Student Engagement Surveys
  • Student Grades
Key Measures
  • Easy CBM data
  • NDA+ ELA (Reading and writing)
  • Rewards Assessments
  • San Diego Quick Diagnostic
  • Six Minute Solutions data
  • Spelling Inventory
  • Standards Aligned Assessments
  • STAR 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