Map Name: 2024-2025 Solen High School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 4/1/2024 - 5/22/2025
Vision

The Solen School District will provide opportunities for all students to develop their skills and talents to become productive citizens and lifelong learners.


Mission

Solen School District commits to preparing our students to be college or career ready by providing learners with opportunities to develop their skills and knowledge, along with an understanding of the Dakota culture.

Beliefs

We believe in providing high-standards based learning, developing positive student self-image, promoting pride of Dakota culture, providing a safe and nurturing environment, and encouraging tiyospaye to support the education of our learners.

Culture & Climate
WE aspire to be a strong and supportive team; a setting where people want to come and a place where people want to stay.
Student Success
WE will aim to become a school district that develops the whole child; a place where each child can succeed.
Stakeholder Engagement
WE will seek to be a school district consistently supported by our parents, our guardians and our greater community.
Objectives
  • Create a positive in-district culture & climate.
Objectives
  • Implement systems, structures and practices that will enhance student success.
Objectives
  • Increase Community/Parent/Guardian Engagement.
Critical Initiative
  • Provide consistency for students and staff by using the same language and school expectations.
  • Support teaching incorporation and implementation of appropriate strategies that will create successful learning environments.
  • To build upon the current leadership program and maintain active and inclusive activities throughout the year.
Critical Initiative
  • Embed social-emotional strategies to develop skills to be successful.
  • Implement student and community supports to promote student daily attendance.
  • Implement the models and practices (i.e. proactive MTSS-Tier 1 & Tier 2).
  • Increase Student Engagement.
  • Increase the Graduation Rate at Solen High School.
  • Progress monitor behavior interventions.
  • Provide High School Students with opportunities to be College, Career, and/or Military Ready by utilizing the ND Choice Ready Frameworks.
Critical Initiative
  • Build upon the avenues in which the school receives and distributes information from outside stakeholders.
  • Continue to teach the rich cultural history of the Native American Community.
  • Ensure that guardians know the “Choice Ready Requirements” and graduation goals/requirements for their children.
  • Provide and maintain partnerships within the community.
Key Measures
  • Culture and Climate Committee.
  • Measure culture and climate.
  • Schoolwide norms.
  • Staff Evaluations.
  • Staff Surveys.
  • Support and provide professional learning.
Key Measures
  • Behavior Flow Chart.
  • Curriculum Maps.
  • Daily attendance report.
  • Dual Credit Student Registration.
  • Formal Assessment Data (FastBridge/NDSA).
  • IEP goal/objective data growth.
  • Lesson Plans.
  • List of priority/power standards.
  • Parent Communication Logs.
  • RU Ready ND data.
  • Student behavior data.
  • Student incentive and field trip opportunities.
  • Tribal Education truancy records
  • Tutoring Logs.
Key Measures
  • Activity sign in sheets.
  • Choice Ready Components and Reporting
  • Counseling rolling plans.
  • Culture Advisor Contract.
  • Ensure staff conduct positive parent contacts.
  • List of events offered/Event flyers.
  • Parent surveys.
  • Parent/Family contact logs.
  • Partner with local businesses and tribal entities.
Leadership
WE will strive to be committed and purposeful leaders with the knowledge and skills that will take our school district to higher levels of success and achievement.
Objectives
  • Develop Leaders With The Knowledge And Skills That Will Take The School District to Higher Levels of Success and Achievement.
Critical Initiative
  • Continue to provide effective and relevant professional development to all staff.
  • "The administrative team should establish and adhere to administrative norms."
  • The administrative team should increase communications with both staff and parents/guardians.
  • To continue to develop district leaders with an increased set of skills and knowledge.
Key Measures
  • Coaching sessions and PD with CREA.
  • Continuous improvement meeting minutes.
  • Data dig and retreat.
  • Monthly stakeholder events.
  • School website/app/ and/or data.
  • Solen Public School District Strategic Plan.
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