Lincoln Elementary School

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2025-2026 Lincoln Elementary School Strategy Map
Time Period: 8/14/2025 - 5/21/2026
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. 

                    

BPS Values:                     

Inclusion, Excellence, Innovation & Leadership

Beliefs

At Lincoln Elementary, we are respectful, responsible, safe, and kind. 

Environmental Excellence
We build strong partnerships, foster open communication, and create safe, welcoming spaces—so every student and family feels connected, supported, and valued.
Learning Excellence
We empower every student to grow through personalized, high-quality instruction, responsive support, and real-world learning—preparing all learners to thrive today and lead tomorrow.
Operational Excellence
We grow stronger through community partnerships and efficient systems—expanding opportunities for students and ensuring our school runs with purpose, transparency, and care.
Objectives
  • We will enhance communication.
  • We will ensure a safe environment.
  • We will strengthen our community through culture and climate.
  • We will strengthen our community through family engagement.
Objectives
  • We will empower learners through a system of academic supports.
  • We will empower learners through personalized learning.
  • We will strengthen teaching practices through effective instructional strategies.
Objectives
  • We will build partnerships.
  • We will provide efficient and responsive services through operational systems.
Critical Initiative
  • Continue following safety protocols including; updating maps, conducting drills, debrief, share feedback, table top drills, etc.
  • Create experiences that promote student engagement, celebrate success, and strengthen a sense of belonging.
  • Cultivate long-term,collaborative relationships by employing robust communication tools, including: notifications via email announcements, weekly social media presence, parent newsletters, web posting
  • Enhance communication with families, staff and community members regarding safety procedures, expectations and updates.
  • Equip families with tools and information to support learning at home, and train staff to strengthen family engagement and improve communication.
  • Expand leadership opportunities for students to contribute to a positive school culture.
Critical Initiative
  • Ensure that intervention opportunities support students by closing achievement gaps and accelerating growth.
  • Equip students to communicate learning goals, reflect on progress, and monitor growth through personalized learning pathways.
  • Expand learning rounds/peer feedback to build capacity.
  • Strengthen literacy skills across all content areas through professional learning opportunities.
Critical Initiative
  • Create community collaborative partnerships that enhance learning experiences for all learners.
  • Establish responsible financial planning, transparent reporting, and data-informed budgeting practices to ensure long-term sustainability and strategic resource alignment.
  • Lincoln Leaders will strengthen our school community by creating student-led partnerships and systems that promote inclusion, service, and school pride.
Key Measures
  • BPS District Survey
  • Family Insights Survey
  • Safety Report Card
Key Measures
  • BPS District Survey
  • BPS Tiering Data & Gradebook Platform
  • Classroom Walkthrough data
  • ILP Review documentation
  • Pre/Post Lincoln Leaders Survey
Key Measures
  • Community Partnerships Documentation
  • Lincoln budget documentation and staff newsletters
  • Lincoln Leaders Support documentation
Personal Excellence
We support every student as a whole person—fostering growth, belonging, and leadership—while empowering educators to thrive and inspire.
Objectives
  • We will elevate educators through developing human capital.
  • We will nurture well-rounded individuals through inclusive practices supporting a sense of belonging.
  • We will nurture well-rounded individuals through support for behavior systems.
Critical Initiative
  • Enhance plan for schoolwide PBIS framework; sparks, bolts, storm cloud, etc.
  • Enhance resource room accessibility within the building for our students with the most intensive needs.
  • Expand leadership opportunities for students to build their own leadership skills.
  • Implement leadership opportunities for all staff.
  • Maintain employee engagement and foster a healthy and positive climate and culture through improved communication pathways.
  • Provide learning opportunities for staff for understanding and engage staff in decision making, ensuring their voices are heard.
  • Provide training and support that builds staff capacity to implement responsive instruction and awareness.
  • Reinforce and re-teach key routines early in the year and provide targeted refreshers in the spring.
  • Work closely with teachers and families to share how we support students at all MTSS-B levels, so we can identify needs early and take action using data.
Key Measures
  • Behavior Dashboard
  • BPS District Student Survey
  • BPS District Survey
  • Classroom Walkthrough data
  • ISF Report
  • Positive to corrective documentation
  • Pre/Post Lincoln Leaders Survey
  • Restraint and Seclusion documentation
  • Staff Interest Survey
  • Storm Cloud Documentation
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