Elk Ridge Elementary School

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2024-25 Elk Ridge Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 6/1/2024 - 5/31/2025
Vision

Together, our strong relationships build inclusive, collaborative, and innovative environments that create agency and inspire a passion for learning, excellence, and discovery.

Mission

 Empower EVERY learner to thrive!

Beliefs

Elk Ridge Explorers show empathy, act safely, and creatively solve problems.

Learning Excellence
At Elk Ridge, all learners will grow academically, creatively solve problems, use critical thinking, and engage in authentic and personalized learning opportunities...
Environmental Excellence
At Elk Ridge, all staff and students will cultivate a safe, welcoming and engaging learning environment while supporting a positive school culture.
Personal Excellence
At Elk Ridge, all staff and students will display high levels of integrity, embrace diversity and appreciation of others while committing to ongoing personal growth.
Objectives
  • Effective Teaching (HRS Level II)
  • MTSSA (HRS Level II)
  • Personalization & Authentic Learning
  • PLC (HRS Level II)
  • SBE (HRS Level III)
Objectives
  • Climate & Culture (HRS Level I)
  • Digital Stewardship
  • School Safety (HRS Level I)
Objectives
  • Extra-curricular/Co-curricular
  • Inclusive Practices (HRS Level I)
  • MTSSB/ISF (HRS Level I)
Critical Initiative
  • Analyze, interpret, and use data to regularly monitor progress toward school and individual achievement goals.
  • Collaborative teams regularly interact to address common issues regarding curriculum, assessment, instruction and the achievement of all students.
  • Ensure all staff participate in professional learning opportunities to enhance their pedagogical skills aligned to personal professional development goals.
  • Ensure appropriate interventions and enrichment opportunities are in place to support students by closing achievement gaps and accelerating growth
  • Ensure that all students experience core instruction that is common across grade levels and focused enough to adequately address it in the time provided each year.
  • Ensure that school curriculum and accompanying assessments adhere to state standards
  • Establish and communicate clear and consistent grading practices that are supportive of learning.
  • Establish clear and measurable goals that are focused on critical needs regarding improving overall student achievement at the school and individual level
  • Expand coaching model to include opportunities for teachers to observe and discuss effective teaching
  • Expand learning environments for all learners to include supports that accelerate, personalized, competency-based learning (I.e. blended learning, flexible time, multiple learning paths, walk to learn
  • "Foster skills and dispositions that support staff, student, and stakeholder engagement in personalized learning "
  • Identify professional development needed to systematically support personalized learning across all grade levels
  • Increase competence of all staff in implementing effective teaching strategies in all tiers represented within the school’s instructional framework
  • Staff training and conversations regarding student friendly proficiency scales.
  • Utilize appropriate observation tool (digital and/or paper) is used to monitor, collect data, and give ongoing feedback on predominant instructional practices
  • Weekly common planning time built into schedule
Critical Initiative
  • Create and maintain stakeholder feeder groups on safe and collaborative culture
  • Create experiences for learners which instill joy and recognize school and individual successes.
  • Develop and train all stakeholders on school beliefs, expectations and procedures.
  • Develop and train stakeholders on safety procedures and processes
  • Develop best practices and procedures for monitoring, reteaching, and promoting digital stewardship for all learners
  • Ensure all classrooms have programming and expectations in place to create positive school climate and support learning. (CHAMPS, Conscious Discipline, S'cool moves, Morning Meetings, Elk Cards)
  • Ensure all staff understand and follow district policy related to bullying and student discipline.
Critical Initiative
  • All staff are involved in professional development related to meeting the social emotional need of students
  • Continued improvement for behavioral programming by developing systems and structures
  • Data review structure as a school
  • Engage community collaborators to meet the behavioral and mental health needs for all learners
  • Ensure as a school we cultivate and integrate diversity in all learning environments be recognizing and celebrating needs, ideas, and perspectives
  • Establish and Monitor a continuum of evidence based intervention at all levels that results in early identification implementation using data based decision making
  • Improve student/staff connectedness by increasing relevant opportunities for students to experience success
  • Increase efficiency and effectiveness of student support services
Key Measures
  • AIMSweb
  • BOQ District Assessment
  • BPS Student Engagement Survey
  • HRS Level I Survey
  • HRS Level II/III Survey
  • Instructional Framework Implementation Data
  • NDSA
  • NWEA MAP Assessment
  • Professional Staff Evaluation
  • Standards Based Grades
Key Measures
  • Behavior Data, Student Engagement & EWS/ISF Report
  • BOQ District Assessment
  • HRS Level I Survey
  • Parent Email Input
Key Measures
  • Behavior Data, Student Engagement & EWS/ISF Report
  • BOQ District Assessment
  • BPS Student Engagement Survey
  • HRS Level I Survey
  • IEP Goals & Objectives
  • SEL Behavior Scores
Operational Excellence
At Elk Ridge, we will employ system-wide operations that meet the needs of our school community; seek collaborative input to foster partnerships and create effective and efficient operational plans.
Objectives
  • Communication, Financial, Technology (HRS Level I)
  • Human Capital Development (HRS Level I)
  • Partnerships (HRS Level I)
Critical Initiative
  • Develop an evaluation growth model for teachers - with clear ongoing evaluations of their pedagogical strengths and weaknesses that are based on multiple sources of data
  • Develop partnerships with community members and businesses to support leadership and authentic learning
  • Develop partnerships with providers aimed at establishing a continuum of services for wellness, school based behavioral and mental health
  • Employ robust communication tools, including: notifications via email announcements, weekly social media presence, parent newsletters, emergency alert notifications, web postings, etc.
  • Engage all certified staff in data analysis that leads to individual goals for professional growth to best impact student achievement.
  • Engage staff, students, and parents in decision-making and have clear paths for stakeholders to provide input regarding the optimal functioning of the school.
  • Manage fiscal, operational, and technological resources in a manner that directly supports instruction and aligns with key school initiatives.
Key Measures
  • Annual Budget Report & Review with Staff Minutes
  • BOQ District Assessment
  • HRS Level I Survey
  • Instructional Framework Implementation Data
  • Non-certified Staff Evaluations
  • Parent Email Input
  • Professional Staff Evaluation
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