Map Name: 2025-2026 Carrington Elementary School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 6/1/2025 - 5/31/2026
Vision

In a safe and caring environment, we will provide a student centered education w/ high expectations for student achievement & student growth through cooperative action w/ parents & community. Students engage in a variety of learning experiences. District is committed to total development of students

Mission

Empowering our students for the future.  

Beliefs

The Cardinal Way is to be respectful, responsible, safe, and empowered. 

K-12 Alignment MTSS
Academic Engagement
Professional Development
Academic Engagement
Facilities Maint. Plan
Long Term Planning
Objectives
  • Carrington School District will align and maintain K-12 MTSS.
Objectives
  • Teachers, administrators, and support staff will participate in group or individualized PD activities throughout the school year.
Objectives
  • We will maintain a long range facilities maintenance plan.
Critical Initiative
  • Continued/ongoing professional development for MTSS teams.
  • Strategic math intervention for elementary students with progress monitoring
Critical Initiative
  • Survey staff and build professional development opportunities.
Critical Initiative
  • A school district demographic study will be completed to engage in long-range planning adequately.
Key Measures
  • Data Based Decision Making
  • Data meetings
  • grade-level planning meetings
  • Improving Academic Literacy PD
  • MTSS meetings
  • NWEA and state assessment data
Key Measures
  • Danielson Evaluation Data
  • School Calendar with PD time allotted
  • Staff surveys
Key Measures
  • Facilities Maintenance Plan
Communication
School Culture and Climate
Social Emotional Learning
School Culture and Climate
East Central
School Culture and Climate - East Central
Objectives
  • Improve communications for all stakeholders
Objectives
  • Teach the SEL standards using Kelso's Choice (K-3), WhyTry (4 & 5), and Resilience (6th).
Objectives
  • School Culture and Climate - East Central Plan
Critical Initiative
  • Create online tutorials for PowerSchool, Instant Alert, eFunds, and navigating the school website.
  • Maintain community communications, such as the local radio and newspaper.
  • Use digital platforms to engage stakeholder in meetings and events.
Critical Initiative
  • Maintain full-time elementary school counselor.
  • Maintain or increase clinical counselor supports
Critical Initiative
  • Increase staff competency in tracking behavior data through FBA/BIP
Key Measures
  • Digital Platform Use
  • Stakeholder Feedback
  • Use of Technology resources
Key Measures
  • Attendance Data
  • Data, Group sizes, Number of intervention groups
  • PowerSchool Behavior Log Data
  • Youth Risk Behavior Data
Key Measures
  • Individual Student IEP goal data
Blended Learning
Teaching and Innovation
Objectives
  • All students will be familiar with their online platforms and programs in order to view lessons/activities, submit work, and receive feedback.
Critical Initiative
  • Cardinal Insurance Program
  • The school will maintain their internet filter and Digital Citizenship programs for K-12 students.
Key Measures
  • Digital Citizenship Completion Documents
  • Technology Committee & School Board agenda/minutes
  • The Social Institute
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