Scranton Elementary School

School Strategy Map

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

Every student will graduate with maximized individual capabilities as responsible citizens and passionate learners.

Mission

All students will be challenged and empowered to maximize their individual potential both personally and academically.

Beliefs

Students deserve a safe and respectful environment.

With responsibility and high expectations comes confidence to face challenges.

Character traits such as integrity, empathy, and respect should be fostered throughout all learning experiences.

Collaboration leads to group success and personal growth.

Student Engagement
Develop the skills of collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking so that our students meet or exceed state standards and individual learning goals in all curricular areas.
Technology
Provide appropriate and sufficient technology resources to students and teachers in all classrooms
Social-Emotional Learning
Provide supports to attain a safe environment, with effective social and emotional learning to support the needs of all students. Developing a systematic approach to meet behavioral expectations.
Objectives
  • Develop a guaranteed and viable curriculum that is standards-based and aligned to the ND Standards vertically and horizontally.
  • Provide our students with engaging and real world learning opportunities.
  • Develop a guaranteed and viable curriculum that is standards-based and aligned to the ND Standards vertically and horizontally.
  • Provide our students with engaging and real world learning opportunities.
Objectives
  • Increase the integration of technology as a learning tool for students and staff
  • Research options for a K-12 computer science curriculum to embed 21st Century learning, technology literacy, and life skills into the curriculum.
  • Increase the integration of technology as a learning tool for students and staff
  • Research options for a K-12 computer science curriculum to embed 21st Century learning, technology literacy, and life skills into the curriculum.
Objectives
  • Students will manage emotions, set positive goals, show empathy for others, and make responsible decisions.
  • We will educate the whole child through systemic social-emotional learning .
  • Students will manage emotions, set positive goals, show empathy for others, and make responsible decisions.
  • We will educate the whole child through systemic social-emotional learning .
Critical Initiative
  • Administration and staff will become better trained in the use of the Eleot observation tool.
  • Monitor curriculum implementation by establishing and maintaining a curriculum review cycle.
  • Teachers will utilize the 4 Shifts Protocol to redesign lessons, units, and instructional activities.
  • We will grow our student mentor program at Scranton Public School.
  • We will partner with Edutech and provide training for our teachers in the use of technology and student engagement.
  • Administration and staff will become better trained in the use of the Eleot observation tool.
  • Monitor curriculum implementation by establishing and maintaining a curriculum review cycle.
  • Teachers will utilize the 4 Shifts Protocol to redesign lessons, units, and instructional activities.
  • We will grow our student mentor program at Scranton Public School.
  • We will partner with Edutech and provide training for our teachers in the use of technology and student engagement.
Critical Initiative
  • Develop a common language and action plan to increase the shared knowledge of 21st Century Skills for consistency in curriculum implementation.
  • Provide individualized professional development for staff for technology integration
  • Survey our students and parents on the interest of adding a computer science curriculum
  • Develop a common language and action plan to increase the shared knowledge of 21st Century Skills for consistency in curriculum implementation.
  • Provide individualized professional development for staff for technology integration
  • Survey our students and parents on the interest of adding a computer science curriculum
Critical Initiative
  • A Committee will be formed to review policies and emergency procedures.
  • Implement the Zones of Regulation curriculum as a special course at each grade level.
  • Research and implement effective family engagement strategies to impact student outcomes.
  • Review our use of Zones of Regulation and make sure all staff is trained and effective in providing monitoring.
  • Will implement a relationship-based approach to enhance teacher to student, peer to peer relationships.
  • A Committee will be formed to review policies and emergency procedures.
  • Implement the Zones of Regulation curriculum as a special course at each grade level.
  • Research and implement effective family engagement strategies to impact student outcomes.
  • Review our use of Zones of Regulation and make sure all staff is trained and effective in providing monitoring.
  • Will implement a relationship-based approach to enhance teacher to student, peer to peer relationships.
Key Measures
  • Classroom observations
  • Climate and culture surveys
  • Eleot observations
  • Student performance assessments
  • Classroom observations
  • Climate and culture surveys
  • Eleot observations
  • Student performance assessments
Key Measures
  • Classroom observations
  • Eleot observations
  • Student Engagement Survey and assessment results
  • Student performance assessments
  • Teacher and Students surveys
  • Classroom observations
  • Eleot observations
  • Student Engagement Survey and assessment results
  • Student performance assessments
  • Teacher and Students surveys
Key Measures
  • Classroom observations
  • Climate and culture surveys
  • Teacher and Students surveys
  • Classroom observations
  • Climate and culture surveys
  • Teacher and Students 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