Minnewaukan High School

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2023-2024 Minnewaukan High School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 5/1/2023 - 4/30/2024
Vision

Our vision is to inspire life long learners to become productive citizens in an ever changing world. 

Mission

To ensure all students receive high quality education that prepares them for success beyond high school. 

Beliefs

We believe all students can learn. We believe it is our responsibility to prepare students for the future.

Social-Emotional Learning
If Lake Region Special Education staff have appropriate training in developing student's social-emotional skills, students will benefit by having more effective, successful school experiences.
Family Engagement
If Minnewaukan Public School increases family engagement, then student achievement will increase.
Math Readiness
If Minnewaukan Public School staff implements differentiated math instruction, then student's readiness for the next level will improve.
Objectives
  • Provide training to staff to assist with understanding and implementing a variety of tools to address student social-emotional needs.
Objectives
  • Increase family engagement across all grade levels
Objectives
  • Provide students with differentiated math instruction.
Critical Initiative
  • Continue to provide guidance on effective social-emotional goals and progress monitoring for students with disabilities to determine effectiveness of interventions and plans.
  • Provide PD in Zones of Regulation, Crisis Prevention & Intervention, nurtured heart, restorative practices, and social skills instruction.
  • Provide staff to schools mental health training, behavior health and social-emotional training as requested.
  • Provide training and guidance in Functional Behavior Assessments and effective individualized behavior plans.
  • Support Staff attendance at workshops to promote social-emotional learning.
Critical Initiative
  • Encourage family engagement by providing multiple opportunities for families to participate in academic and school functions.
  • Staff will communicate with families regarding student progress on a regular basis.
Critical Initiative
  • Classroom teachers will provide differentiated math instruction at students' instructional level.
  • Staff will be provided with professional development in the area of differentiated teaching strategies.
  • Struggling students will be provided additional instructional time in small group setting based on their educational needs.
Key Measures
  • Document training opportunities within LRSE unit.
  • Documentation of staff attendance at PD workshops
  • Documentation of staff attendance at PD workshops.
  • Documentation of staff training provided by LRSE
  • File monitoring to identify progress on ED goals.
  • Ongoing documentation of FBA and BIP in the unit
  • Suspension and expulsion data from schools/state.
Key Measures
  • Attendance Goal of 95% or Higher is Achieved
  • Back to School Night Attendance
  • Classroom Activity Participation
  • Family Conference Attendance
  • Family Night Attendance
  • Family Survey Participation
  • Rooms
  • STAR Reading and Math Scores
  • Student data folders
  • Volunteer Participation
Key Measures
  • Classroom assessments
  • Classroom observations
  • Lesson Plans
  • STAR math data
  • STAR math scores
  • Student surveys
Reading Readiness
If Minnewaukan Public School staff implements differentiated reading instruction, then the student's readiness for the next level will improve.
Student Engagement
If students are actively engaged in learning, then achievement gaps will decrease.
Objectives
  • Provide students with differentiated reading instruction.
Objectives
  • To increase active student engagement in the classroom.
Critical Initiative
  • Classroom teachers will provide differentiated reading instruction at students' instructional level.
  • Struggling students will be provided additional instructional time in small group setting based on their educational needs.
Critical Initiative
  • Teachers will implement evidence based instructional strategies.
  • Teachers will implement procedures for students to collaborate with peers.
  • Teachers will provide opportunities for students to create products using technology.
Key Measures
  • Classroom observations
  • Data assessments
  • Lesson Plans
  • Student surveys
Key Measures
  • Choice Ready Report
  • Classroom observations
  • ELEOT Observations
  • Lesson Plans
  • STAR testing data
  • Student surveys
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