Twin Buttes Elementary School

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2024-2025 Twin Buttes Elementary Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 6/1/2024 - 5/31/2025
Vision

To cultivate an academic culture that will allow us to provide a robust and rigorous education to all students.

Mission

To provide a safe, secure, and stimulating learning environment so that all students can achieve academic success.

Beliefs

We believe every student has the ability to lead a happy and productive life, and we commit to providing students with the learning and experiences necessary to participate in the workforce and society.

Writing Instruction
Teachers will develop students’ critical thinking and analytical skills through writing instruction.
Collaborative Practices
Teachers will regularly engage in collaborative practices focused on student outcomes.
Evidence-Based Instructio
Twin Buttes teachers will provide quality instruction by utilizing evidence-based instructional strategies.
Objectives
  • Teachers will develop students’ critical thinking and analytical skills through writing instruction.
Objectives
  • Teachers will regularly engage in collaboraively to improve student learning.
Objectives
  • Twin Buttes teachers will provide quality instruction by utilizing evidence-based instructional strategies.
Critical Initiative
  • Teachers will collaborate to review the new ND ELA Writing standards.
  • Teachers will provide consistent and rigorous writing instruction and will provide opportunities for students to engage in complex thinking through writing.
Critical Initiative
  • Staff will meet as gradebands and also as a full staff to strenghten and align instructional practices.
Critical Initiative
  • Teachers will plan and implement evidence-based instructional strategies to improve student learning on a consistent basis.
Key Measures
  • Assessment aligned to learning intentions
  • Students are provided with feedback
  • Writing opportunities across all content areas
  • Writing Samples will be collected
Key Measures
  • Align professional development with student needs
  • Collaboration on data and best practices
  • Curriculum Maps
  • Effective meeting practices followed
Key Measures
  • Assessment aligned to learning intentions
  • Improved proficiency
  • Standards-aligned learning intentions
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