Bakken Elementary School (Closed 2023)

School Strategy Map

Map Name: Bakken Elementary 2021-2022
Time Period: 8/13/2021 - 6/1/2023
Vision

Our vision is to acknowledge the individuality of students, staff, parents, and community. 

Mission

Helping students achieve their greatest potential in education by promoting safe, respectful, and responsible learners.

Beliefs

We believe students can learn given multiple learning style opportunities. It is our responsibility to provide a safe and secure learning environment to ensure equitable opportunities for all. 

GVC
Bakken Elementary works hard to ensure an alignment of learning standards from grade to grade through collaboration of staff and standards based report cards.
Personalized Learning
Bakken Elementary provides technology as a core subject, working with students and developing tech skills in various formats, including keyboarding, applications, programming, engineering, and coding.
Innovation
Bakken Elementary will focus on innovative instructional practices to engage students in all areas of learning.
Objectives
  • Based off of assessment data, we will utilize the MTSS - A team to provide support to teachers to help meet the needs of struggling students.
  • Classroom teachers will collaborate with data team to evaluate assessment scores.
  • Staff will follow the District pathway plan for reading and math placements.
  • Staff will have a variety of technology available to increase student's ability.
  • Teachers have the ability to incorporate different teaching methods within the classroom.
  • Teachers will incorporate a 90-minute language arts block into everyday instruction.
  • Teachers will work to create priority standards for standards based grading, and utilize common assessments within core subjects.
Objectives
  • Teachers will have the ability to implement personalized learning to fit individual needs.
Objectives
  • Bakken Elementary will provide our students with computer science classes implementing different forms of technological applications.
  • Bakken Elementary will provide our students with computer science classes implementing different forms of technological applications.
Critical Initiative
  • Access for staff to building wide data.
  • Data team that consists of teachers, strategists, and administration will analyze and desegregate data.
  • Ensuring the devices are in working order during student learning.
  • Invest in curriculum and technology to support implementation of project based learning, learning menus, etc..
  • MTSS - A will meet regularly to review data, make adjustments, and progress monitor student growth.
  • Professional development of emerging technologies.
  • Professional development of project-based learning, menus, etc.
  • Proper placement of students based on assessment and student data.
  • Provide a block of uninterrupted time for reading instruction.
  • Provide a grade level alternative math program for students who are not performing at grade level.
  • Provide in-house SLDS training/meeting to discuss data.
  • Provide professional development for DI reading curriculum to ensure fidelity.
  • Teachers will be provided guidance and training in the implementation of standards based grading.
  • Teachers will be provided time to review and prioritize standards for grading and assessments.
  • Utilize District reading resources, along with building level novels, to promote reading and language arts.
  • Utilize team planning periods for data discussions.
Critical Initiative
  • Teachers will have access to training from the Director for Digital Innovation on programs provided to teachers by the District for tech integration.
Critical Initiative
  • All students will have a technology class scheduled each day to work with the technology standards provided by the state of ND.
  • Teachers will collaborate with our library/media specialist to utilize our maker space program to incorporate technology into their core classes.
  • All students will have a technology class scheduled each day to work with the technology standards provided by the state of ND.
  • Bakken will create an innovation/STEM team.
  • Teachers will collaborate with our library/media specialist to utilize our maker space program to incorporate technology into their core classes.
  • Teachers will receive STEM and PBL training to implement innovation in their classrooms.
  • Teachers will use STEM and PBL practices and strategies in the classroom.
  • Teachers will use various instructional programs and apps on Coyonet for instruction.
Key Measures
  • Classroom performance on standards
  • Student performance and engagement in the activity
  • Classroom performance on standards
  • Cognia Student Engagement Survey
  • Decrease in the number of Tier 2 and 3 as evidence
  • Formative and quarterly summative assessments
  • iReady diagnostic results.
  • Student performance and engagement in the activity
  • Teacher SEL Survey Fall Winter Spring
School Culture
Bakken Elementary will focus on providing a safe, respectful, inclusive, and positive learning environment for all students, staff, and families.
Academic Focus
Bakken Elementary will focus on student academic progress and growth in ELA, Math, and Science.
MTSS
Bakken Elementary works hard to provide a safe and caring learning environment for our students with support from the Safe and Civil Schools program, SEL programming, and our MTSS support system.
Objectives
  • Bakken Elementary will provide Social Emotional Learning (SEL) instruction for our students
  • Bakken Elementary will provide Social Emotional Learning (SEL) instruction for our students
Objectives
  • Bakken Elementary will implement multi-tier systems of support (MTSS).
  • Bakken Elementary will implement Professional Learning Communities (PLC) in our building.
  • Bakken Elementary will utilize Guaranteed Viable Curriculum (GVC) in their work to teach educational standards.
  • Bakken Elementary will implement multi-tier systems of support (MTSS).
  • Bakken Elementary will implement Professional Learning Communities (PLC) in our building.
  • Bakken Elementary will utilize Guaranteed Viable Curriculum (GVC) in their work to teach educational standards.
Objectives
  • Building level MTSS - Behavior team will work to provide support to teachers for students who are having behavioral struggles within the classroom.
  • Develop a school climate to promote student achievements and skills.
  • Students will be provided with programming focused on SEL (social and emotional learning).
  • Use Safe and Civil schools to encourage safe, respectful, and responsible behavior.
Critical Initiative
  • Bakken Elementary teachers will work to create a 3:1 positive to corrective ratio with students, promoting more positive interactions between students and staff.
  • Bakken Elementary will continue to implement the Safe and Civil School approach to provide our students and staff with a safe, positive, and inclusive environment.
  • SEL time will be embedded into the school day by all classroom teachers.
  • Bakken Elementary teachers and staff will create positive, safe, and healthy relationships with all students.
  • Bakken Elementary will continue to implement the Safe and Civil School approach to provide our students and staff with a safe, positive, and inclusive environment.
  • Bakken Elementary will promote a positive collaborative school culture for staff.
  • Bakken Elementary will promote family engagement with activities for all stakeholders.
  • SEL time will be embedded into the school day by all classroom teachers.
Critical Initiative
  • Bakken will have a MTSS team that will focus on academic performance and provide 3 Tiers of instruction based on student needs.
  • Bakken will have a MTSS team that will focus on behavior, social emotional learning, and attendance.
  • PLC groups will analyze student data to drive instructional decision making by answering the four guiding questions: W-H-H-W.
  • Teacher PLC groups will meet weekly based on content areas to drive their instruction.
  • Teachers will utilize researched based curriculum and resources provided by WBSD #7.
  • Bakken will have a MTSS team that will focus on academic performance and provide 3 Tiers of instruction based on student needs.
  • Bakken will have a MTSS team that will focus on behavior, social emotional learning, and attendance.
  • PLC groups will analyze student data to drive instructional decision making by answering the four guiding questions: W-H-H-W.
  • Teacher PLC groups will meet weekly based on content areas to drive their instruction.
  • Teachers will follow the assessment map and use Panorama to track and measure student achievement.
  • Teachers will use GVC documents for instruction.
  • Teachers will utilize researched based curriculum and resources provided by WBSD #7.
Critical Initiative
  • Continue with citizenship program, student of the month program, and utilizing network TVs to showcase student work and engagement.
  • Monthly refreshers on building procedures: Emergency, Lunch/Hallway, non-negotiable's, classroom.
  • Safe and Civil training for all staff.
  • Teachers will be provided with SEL materials to use to promote SEL during the school day.
  • Training will be provided to MTSS team and teachers on how to utilize the MTSS program and refer students.
Key Measures
  • Decrease in disrespectful behavior log entries.
  • Student performance and engagement in the activity
  • Students will know and understand expectations.
  • Classroom performance on standards
  • Decrease in disrespectful behavior log entries.
  • Decrease in the number of Tier 2 and 3 as evidence
  • Family Engagement Survey
  • Formative and quarterly summative assessments
  • iReady diagnostic results.
  • Student performance and engagement in the activity
  • Students will know and understand expectations.
  • Teacher SEL Survey Fall Winter Spring
Key Measures
  • Attendance data.
  • Classroom performance on standards
  • Decrease in the number of Tier 2 and 3 as evidence
  • Formative and quarterly summative assessments
  • iReady diagnostic results.
  • PowerSchool log entries.
  • Classroom performance on standards
  • Decrease in disrespectful behavior log entries.
  • Decrease in the number of Tier 2 and 3 as evidence
  • Formative and quarterly summative assessments
  • GVC Observation visits
  • iReady diagnostic results.
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