Map Name: 2025-2026 Powers Lake Elementary Continuous Improvement Plan - Copy
Time Period: 6/1/2025 - 5/31/2026
Vision

Developing respectful, accountable, inclusive learners is the heart of student success at the Powers Lake School.

Mission

Developing students to make a positive impact in society.

Beliefs

At the Powers Lake School we are dedicated to fostering a learning environment that values communication, integrity, respect, critical thinking and the social skills to be successful in life.

Academic Achievement
Academic Engagement is a deliberate effort to engage students where they are academically and encourage them to use all tools available to them to get ready for life after school.
Technology Readines
Powers Lake Public School District understands the need of basic technology skills in education and society. The district will provide the opportunity to develop lifelong skills using technology.
School Culture & Climate
The Powers Lake Public School is committed to creating a school culture and climate that promotes positive connections for all students, staff, and community members.
Objectives
  • Follow the 5 year schedule to review and/or adopt new curriculum that is research-based and aligned to state standards.
  • Utilize student performance data to drive instruction
Objectives
  • Integration of AI in K-12 Classrooms.
  • Reduce non-essential screen time consumption among students.
Objectives
  • Building positive relationships with and among staff.
  • Building positive relationships with and among students.
Critical Initiative
  • Curriculum Review and Adoption Rotation: Science 24-25 Social Studies 25-26 ELA 26-27 Math 27-28 Specials 28-29
  • Develop yearly testing schedule to collect accurate and research-based data.
  • Offer Professional Development on all new curriculum as well as train new staff on the curriculum prior to starting the school year.
  • Use the MTSS guidelines to identify struggling and advanced students and provide needed interventions or enrichment.
Critical Initiative
  • Implement professional development to inform teachers on AI so that they understand how it can be impactful in the classroom.
  • Incorporate lesson plans with specific objectives related to AI.
  • The Powers Lake School staff will create a method for logging screen time on a weekly basis.
Critical Initiative
  • Build relationships between Elementary and HS school students using a big buddy/little buddy framework.
  • Continue to monitor participation in all extra- and co-curricular activities for 5th-12th grade students.
  • Further develop Social Emotional Learning (SEL) opportunities to contribute to an initiative-taking approach to mental health.
  • The Powers Lake School will promote teamwork, celebrate successes and recognize peers to promote a positive school culture.
Key Measures
  • Attendance on test days and % of test completion.
  • Fall to Spring performance on NWEA MAP Testing
  • Fall to Spring performance on the MAP and STAR
  • Grade level team meetings held every 6-8 weeks K-5
  • Implementation of testing schedule each semester.
Key Measures
  • Classroom observations, ELEOTS, and lesson plans.
  • Implemrentation of AI by staff.
  • Spreadsheet or log to record screen time.
  • Staff self-reflection on implementation.
  • Track data through ELEOT observations.
  • Utilize Jamf a cybersecurity curriculum to adopt.
Key Measures
  • Access to counseling services for students in need
  • Cognia Staff Survey and/or end of year reflection.
  • One big buddy/little buddy activity per quarter.
  • Strategically reach out to students not involved.
  • Track participation in PowerSchool
  • Track staff events that are implemented.
Community Engagement
The Powers Lake School is committed to strengthening collaboration and communication with families and the community to build stronger relationships and increase opportunities that help students.
Objectives
  • Improve communication between parents and coaching having 100% of extra-curricular coaches on the same communication platform. (Through 8th gr.)
  • Promote quality opportunities for parents of PreK-12 students to be involved within the school.
Critical Initiative
  • Create a master list of family engagement opportunities.
  • Implement a new communication platform for coaches.
Key Measures
  • All activities on a communication app
  • Create parent communication survey.
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