Map Name: 2023-2024 Larimore Elementary School Continuous Improvement Plan.
Time Period: 5/1/2023 - 4/30/2024
Vision

To educate students as individuals in an environment that commits to higher personal and academic achievement

Mission

To educate students as individuals in an environment that commits to higher personal and academic achievement

Beliefs

Every Child, Every Chance, Every Day

Choice Ready
All students to graduate Choice Ready
Engagement
Continue the implementation the multi-tier system of supports (MTSS) program in grades PK-12. The goal of MTSS is to provide early interventions to students scoring below benchmark.
Safety
Provide additional ALICE training to all staff and students to improve the security and safety of our school buildings.
Objectives
  • Implementation of career curriculum in grades K-12
Objectives
  • Implement the multi-tier system of supports (MTSS) program PK-12
Objectives
  • Provide and implement ALICE training to improve the security and safety within each building
Critical Initiative
  • Counselor will participate in Professional Development related to Choice Ready/Career Curriculum
  • Counselors will provide choice ready career instruction using the RUReadyND program
  • Larimore Public Schools will partner with the Grand Forks Career and Technical Center to provide students an opportunity to receive education in their areas of interest.
  • Students will engage in career surveys to determine interests and career paths through the RUReady ND website
Critical Initiative
  • Implement the MTSS process within each school system
  • Larimore Elementary will apply to be School-Wide Title to best support the needs of all students
  • Participate in MTSS Training - NDMTSS: Evaluating your System
  • Programs will be reviewed to ensure they are best evidence-based practices
  • Teachers will review various formal and informal data during PLCs to determine areas of growth and weakness
Critical Initiative
  • Engage in ALICE drills to evaluate effectiveness
  • Implement school-wide ALICE training and expectations
  • Invest in necessary training and tools to effectively implement ALICE
  • Provide professional development for ALICE training
Key Measures
  • Completion of various components
  • Professional development attendance
  • Providing professional development
  • Purchasing curriculum as needed
  • Stakeholder feedback
  • Students engaging in RUReadyND website
  • Utilize the Choice Ready Chart
Key Measures
  • Completion of Training
  • Evaluation of system via supplemental resources
  • Formal and informal data of the MTSS process
  • Formal Data
  • Informal Data
  • Professional development attendance
  • Protected time for meeting
  • Providing professional development
  • Purchasing curriculum as needed
  • Stakeholder feedback
Key Measures
  • Exhibit use of new skills
  • Informal Data
  • Necessary tools and safety kits in each room
  • Professional development attendance
  • Providing professional development
  • Stakeholder feedback
Curriculum/Instruction
To increase student reading scores by 2% as measured by the North Dakota State Assessment.
Culture
To recruit, invest in, and retain high quality staff.
Objectives
  • Administration and faculty will use local, state and national assessment data and resources to determine the direction of curriculum and instruction.
Objectives
  • To recruit, invest in, and retain high quality staff.
Critical Initiative
  • Curriculum will be reviewed by administration and faculty to ensure program effectiveness
  • Teachers and staff will use PLCs and Professional Development Early-outs to ensure all standards are being met
  • Teachers will align priority standards between grade levels/content areas
  • Teachers will prioritize standards for their grade level/content areas
Critical Initiative
  • New teachers will participate in the North Dakota Mentor Program
  • Teachers will collaborate during regularly scheduled PLC meetings
  • The district will continue to look at options to provide a better compensation package to non-certified staff.
  • When negotiating, both parties will be aware of the importance of maintaining high quality staff
Key Measures
  • Completion of Prioritized Standards
  • Formal Data
  • Informal Data
  • Professional development attendance
  • Protected time for meeting
  • Providing professional development
  • Purchasing curriculum as needed
  • Stakeholder feedback
Key Measures
  • Documentation of meetings and professional goals
  • Protected time for meeting
  • Providing professional development
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