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

To develop our students' academic, physical, social, personal, creative & career potential.

Mission

To provide educational opportunities and experiences to empower all students.

Beliefs
  • High expectations for our students and staff
  • Provide a safe and supportive learning environment
  • Love and support our students
  • Believe all students can learn
  • Communicate with kindness & compassion
  • Nurture enthusiasm
  • Passion for teaching
  • Develop positive relationships
Adequate Academic Growth
Improve students' academic growth.
Parent Involvement
Increase parental involvement in our school community.
Instructional Strategies
Plan academic year to meet students' needs.
Objectives
  • To increase academic growth of our students as measured on standardized testing.
Objectives
  • Improve home/school communication.
  • Increase community involvement with our school.
  • Increase parent connections to our school.
Objectives
  • Develop assessments that align with the pacing guide and essential standards.
  • Develop pacing guides.
Critical Initiative
  • Use WIN time to target and individualize instruction for each individual student.
Critical Initiative
  • Each certified staff member develop and maintain a website.
  • Each grade level instructor will do a minimum of 1 parent involvement activity where they invite parents into the classroom.
  • Organize and carry out STEM/Math night/night, reading night(s), Grandparent's day celebration, Veteran's Day celebration, Dad's luncheon, & mom's luncheon.
Critical Initiative
  • Begin work on developing pacing guides that align with the essential standards.
Key Measures
  • NDSA Data
Key Measures
  • Keep cumulative attendance data
Key Measures
  • Pacing guides completed by May 1, 2026
Responsible Tech Use
Technology integration.
Data Use
Use data to drive decision making.
Objectives
  • Continue training on the appropriate use of AI.
  • Teach students online safety and proper responsibilities when using technology through 'The Social Institute'.
Objectives
  • Use data to drive to drive instruction.
Critical Initiative
  • Computer teacher and media specialist will teach lessons from the Social Institute curriculum.
  • Train staff how to effectively use AI. Instruct students on appropriate uses of AI and how to use it as a learning tool.
Critical Initiative
  • Data looked and analyzed (minimally) in the Fall, Winter, & Spring (Dibles, NDSA, NDSA+, Fluency reads...) by admin and staff. Look at data with transparency.
Key Measures
  • See growth from pre to post test.
  • Training scheduled during PD time.
Key Measures
  • Data evaluated at PLCs and instruction based on it
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