Ellendale High School

School Strategy Map

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

Empower ALL to succeed in a student-centered environment that fosters learning and growth.  We will accomplish this by utilizing a standards-referenced curriculum that cultivates 21st Century learning, technology literacy, and life skills.

Mission

To educate and empower ALL to thrive as productive citizens.

Beliefs

ALL can succeed.

Academic Engagement
If we an engaging curriculum, then students will be able to learn and grow.
Professional Development
If we engage teachers in meaningful professional development, then instruction and programming will improve.
School Culture
If we establish a safe and collaborate school culture, then staff and students will succeed.
Objectives
  • We will develop a guaranteed and viable curriculum that references the North Dakota State Standards.
  • We will embed 21st Century learning skills, technology literacy skills, and life skills into the curriculum.
  • We will ensure that all students have the opportunity to learn the critical content of the curriculum by implementing an MTSS system.
  • We will leverage community and business partnerships to enhance 21st Century skills in our students.
Objectives
  • We will communicate a comprehensive and specific vision as to how teachers should address instruction.
  • We will ensure support is provided to teachers to continually enhance their pedagogical skills through reflection and professional growth plans.
  • We will integrate technology within the curriculum to optimize learning and to connect learners to experiences that empower and inspire.
  • We will maintain 1:1 access and a robust infrastructure that can support the increasing demands of technology as a learning tool.
  • We will select and develop a technology platform to ensure online opportunities for students.
Objectives
  • We will educate the whole child through systemic social-emotional learning, family engagement, and community partnerships.
  • We will ensure PLCs and other collaborative groups regularly interact to address common issues.
Critical Initiative
  • Connect learning experiences to community resources and partner with area businesses to support student success in academics.
  • Develop a common language and action plan to increase the shared knowledge of 21st Century Skills for consistency in curriculum implementation.
  • Develop a guaranteed and viable curriculum that is standards-referenced and aligned K-12 vertically and horizontally.
  • Develop a process to establish a comprehensive vocabulary program.
  • Expand Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) programming system-wide (K-12) via academic pathways.
  • Implement Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and develop behavioral pathways K-12.
  • Monitor curriculum implementation by establishing and maintaining a curriculum review cycle.
Critical Initiative
  • Communicate a clear vision and common language as an instructional model of practice based on research.
  • Establish a professional growth program to support teacher reflection and development.
  • Further develop online platforms or a Learner Management Systems (LMS) for implementation.
  • Professional development is provided to teachers on the technology tools and resources available to them to enhance learning.
  • Professional development, coaching, and modeling are provided to teachers on the integration of technology within their classrooms.
Critical Initiative
  • Communicate and clarify the work teams will engage in via an action plan.
  • Explore possible academic, social, and health services through partnerships with community-based organizations and other entities.
  • Research and implement effective family engagement strategies to impact student learning outcomes positively.
  • Research and implement grade-level appropriate social-emotional curriculum at the high school
  • Structures are created for PLCs to collaborate and accomplish the necessary work to improve student learning effectively.
Key Measures
  • Develop 21st Century Skills action plan
  • Develop a High School academic pathway
  • Develop and implement PBIS behavior pathways
  • Develop proficiency scales for priority standards
  • Establish a curriculum review cycle
  • Identify community or business partners
  • Identify essential academic vocabulary
  • Use assessment data to monitor performance
Key Measures
  • Develop an instructional model
  • Develop professional growth program
  • Effective integration of technology into classroom
  • "Further implement an LMS "
  • Teachers proficiently use technology tools
Key Measures
  • Develop FSCS action plan
  • PLC teams meet regularly
  • The school outlines a PLC action plan
Resources Management
If we manage our resources appropriately, then we can fund and carry out this plan adequately.
Objectives
  • We will manage the facility and financial resources in a way that directly supports teaching and learning.
Critical Initiative
  • Develop and implement facility plans to assist the Board of Education and administration in the decision-making process as they systematically maintain existing facilities and plan for facility needs.
  • Prepare and implement a budget and long-range financial plan that is aligned with the strategic priorities of the School District.
Key Measures
  • Establish a long-range facility plan
  • Establish a long-range financial plan
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