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

Learn from the past, build for the future. 

Mission

Educating the whole student for their future endeavors. 

Beliefs

All students can learn. 

Individualized Learning
If we analyze student performance data, pinpoint specific student strengths and weaknesses, and cultivate appropriate learning experiences based on that data, all students will advance academically.
Exemplary Instruction
If we provide high-quality professional development/continuing education to teachers and school leaders, we will increase teacher effectiveness, thus increasing student achievement across domains.
Equity
If we work collaboratively in PLCs, we will align instructional components, such as content, educational experiences, & teaching methods, to ensure equity throughout our systems of student learning.
Objectives
  • 80% of students will be at/above benchmark in reading by our EOY benchmark screening window.
Objectives
  • Teachers will use best practice instructional and student engagement strategies.
Objectives
  • Teachers will participate in content area PLCs to ensure equity for students and instructional best practices.
Critical Initiative
  • Benchmark screeners, as well as in-program progress monitoring will be carefully analyzed to provide remedial support to those student identified as at risk.
  • Promoting advancement of literacy skills will be approached as a whole-school initiative and a shared responsibility across all disciplines.
Critical Initiative
  • Student engagement strategies such as cold calling, turn and talk, and DYAD reads will be incorporated into daily instruction.
  • Teachers will incorporate carefully selected disciplinary literacy materials into their content area instruction to further enhance student learning in that particular curriculum area.
Critical Initiative
  • Lesson design of year plans and unit plans will align with ND Content Area Standards.
  • PLCs will create and follow norms established for each respective content area PLC group.
Key Measures
  • Appropriate materials selected for student ability
  • LL tracked/analyzed via in-prog and PM assessments
Key Measures
  • Lit coach and admin to observe classes 2x/month.
  • Lit. components selected, and shared out via PLCs
Key Measures
  • Lesson objective will be clearly posted.
  • PLC norms reviewed at start of each PLC session
  • PLC norms will be submitted to lit. coach
  • Standard being addressed will be clearly posted
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