Sawyer Elementary School

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2024-2025 Sawyer Elementary School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 5/1/2024 - 4/30/2025
Vision

Our vision is that every student will graduate choice ready, with the knowledge and skills to build a solid future.

Mission

Sawyer School will prepare students to become independent, lifelong learners.

Beliefs

Sawyer School has adopted a “whatever it takes'' culture. We believe:

• in a positive & respectful learning environment,

• innovative learning is essential, &

• providing an education that fosters character, critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication, & citizenship produces productive 

Curriculum
"Ensure a rigorous and viable curriculum. "
Climate and Culture
Provide a culture and climate where students, staff, parents, and community stakeholders feel welcomed and a part of the Sawyer School mission.
Collaboration
Teachers work in collaborative teams to maximize student learning and potential.
Objectives
  • Implement a MTSS program that will support student wellness and academic growth.
Objectives
  • Cultivate an environment that focuses on happiness, health, and safety for all.
  • Sustain and enhance opportunities for family engagement.
Objectives
  • Establish a collaborative teaching team that focuses on improving student achievement of prioritized standards.
Critical Initiative
  • Alignment of resources and supports necessary to implement an effective MTSS.
  • Prioritize and continue professional development towards continual improvement of the MTSS.
  • Provide excellent education resulting in maximum student achievement by utilizing data informed decisions and practices.
Critical Initiative
  • Continue making the school culture a safe, positive, and collaborative environment.
  • Provide a safe and positive climate to allow for student success and opportunities for family engagement.
  • Provide opportunities for community involvement.
  • Sustain and enhance social emotional learning program school-wide.
Critical Initiative
  • Implement professional development to enhance teacher knowledge of prioritized standards.
  • Optimize the schedule for collaborative groups.
  • Sustain and support professional learning communities.
Key Measures
  • Attendance, agenda, and notes
  • Classroom implementation of Programs
  • Data collected through referral system
  • Framework established for MTSS / Tiers of Learning
  • Increase in teacher data use to inform instruction
  • Training / Support
  • TSI Reporting
Key Measures
  • Activities that support SEL
  • Attendance, agenda, and notes
  • Checklists
  • Classroom implementation of Programs
  • Fiscal Responsibility / Budget
  • Newsletters/family engagement activities sent home
  • Participation in activities
  • Participation in staff activities
  • Surveys / feedback forms
Key Measures
  • Attendance, agenda, and notes
  • Increase in teacher data use to inform instruction
  • Schoolwide schedule
  • Surveys / feedback forms
  • Training / Support
  • TSI Reporting
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