Horizon Middle School

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2025-2026 Horizon Middle School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 5/1/2025 - 6/30/2026
Vision
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""Together, our strong relationships build inclusive, collaborative, and innovative environments that create agency and inspire a passion for learning, excellence, and discovery.""

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Mission

"Empower every learner to thrive."

Beliefs

Our Values:

Excellence

Leadership

Inclusion

Innovation


Belief Statements

· We believe that HMS is safe for students and adults

· Relationships are at the core of education

· Treat students and staff with dignity and respect

· All students and staff can advocate, learn, and grow


Academic Success
Students will have a clear understanding of both learning targets and proficient work.
Learning Environment
By the end of the 2025-2026 school year, our school will fully embrace and implement our instructional framework by intentionally planning lessons and using strategies that include disciplinary liter
Culture and Climate
To build a school in which all students feel that they have positive relationships with staff so they can learn and grow.
Objectives
  • MTSS - Academics will focus on the Horizon Instructional Framework. Content Literacy, Collaboration, Teacher/Student Clarity, and Relationships
Objectives
  • MTSS - Behavior: We will focus on PBIS expectations and Individual Learning Plans.
Objectives
  • We will continue to monitor climate and culture using High Reliability Schools Level 1 surveys, etc.
Critical Initiative
  • PLC collaboration occurs every day (Team and Content). PLC guiding document is in place school wide. The focus of the content PLC is on the Instructional Framework.
  • Teachers engage in and document the PLC process during content PLC. *Four essential questions & annotating agenda items
  • Teachers will model what proficient work looks like. Teachers will provide students with proficiency scales in order for students to evaluate and understand the learning target.
  • Teachers will post and discuss clear learning targets and essential questions. *Clarifying how the learning target connects with the work to be done.
  • We will consistency use our walkthrough tool, which is aligned to the Instructional Framework, during schoolwide learning walks.
Critical Initiative
  • Continue to tighten up our Check in/Check (CICO) out practice and review.
  • Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) will meet every two weeks to discuss Tier 1
  • ISF will meet weekly to review all Tier 2 and 3 interventions and groups.
  • PBIS lessons will occur. MTSS-B data review every 2 weeks, early warning signs (EWS) report to support struggling students with tier 2 plans are created, and SAT supports students with tier 3 plans.
  • Teachers will actively build meaningful relationships with students.
Critical Initiative
  • Our Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) will monitor culture, processes, and communication within teams.
  • Teachers will observe classrooms during learning walks to provide feedback and grow collective efficacy.
Key Measures
  • MAP data, sub-group data, EWS reports
  • Standard scores, Personalized Learning plans
  • Walkthrough Data
Key Measures
  • Benchmarks of Quality, SAT Plans, ILP Plans
  • EWS report, SIR report
  • Horizon's One Stop Shop monthy report
Key Measures
  • HRS surveys
  • Walkthrough Data
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