Map Name: 2025-2026 Horace Elementary School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 8/18/2025 - 5/29/2026
Vision

West Fargo Public Schools aligns instructional practices and resources to create a nurturing, learner-centered environment. Learners are empowered to develop knowledge, skills, and dispositions to thrive in a rapidly changing world.

Mission

Educating all learners for tomorrow’s world.

Beliefs
  • Self-Efficacy & Agency
  • Relationships
  • Guaranteed & Viable Curriculum (GVC)
  • Assessment & Feedback
  • Goal Setting & Reflection
  • Pathways & Pacing
Wellness
All learners and educators are engaged in safe and compassionate learning environments that foster collaborative relationships and their physical, social, and emotional well-being.
Choice Ready
All learners are empowered to identify their passions, skills, and purpose, set goals, and determine a personalized pathway to thrive and contribute responsibly to the local and global community.
Academics
All learners are empowered to think critically, reflect, communicate, and achieve academic proficiency across all content areas and develop their Profile of a Graduate dispositions.
Objectives
  • All educators will engage in Friday Connection twice a month along with a wellness activity once a month.
Objectives
  • All learners at Horace Elementary will participate in small group instruction daily.
Objectives
  • 70% of Horace Elementary learners will demonstrate at least one year of growth in reading, as measured by independent benchmark reading levels.
Critical Initiative
  • During these meetings teacher leaders share out on our current academic standing. This provides staff with timely, actionable, and relevant feedback toward proficiency.
  • The structure of Friday Connection supports a positive, healthy, and safe culture.
Critical Initiative
  • Inclusive teaching models support learners and educators with an emphasis on small group strategic instruction.
  • With our current instructional model, each learner receives targeted instruction at their individual level, with a focus on supporting growth in math and reading.
Critical Initiative
  • Implement consistent practices and enhanced by professional development to enhance learning.
  • Implement targeted strategies to improve reading for all learners.
Key Measures
  • Grade level calibration on assessments
  • Proficiency scales guide grading
  • Providing timely feedback and reteaching for all
  • Staff engagement in training & program development
  • Support for PLC work
Key Measures
  • Benchmark data progress will identify proficiency
  • Learners engage in small group instruction
  • Learners will receive intervention
Key Measures
  • Grade level calibration on assessments
  • Guiding documents for educators and families
  • Staff engagement in training & program development
  • Support for PLC work
  • Targeted small group daily instruction
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