Thompson Elementary School

School Strategy Map

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

The vision of Thompson Public School is to enhance our facility and programs, promote academic excellence and emphasize a positive school climate. We strive to market our school and communities by developing partnerships and extending our funding. 

Mission

The Mission of Thompson Public Schools is to develop Life-Long learners and responsible citizens.

Beliefs

Thompson Public School believes it is the mission of the school to provide opportunities for all students to develop intellectually, socially, emotionally, and physically within a stimulating educational environment. 

Academic Excellence
Academic Excellence
Community Involvement
Community Involvement
Cultural and Climate
Cultural and Climate
Objectives
  • Adopt research-based curriculums to further students' knowledge of the world around them
  • Support the development of North Dakota standards and benchmarks by mapping standards and utilizing data to ensure student progress.
Objectives
  • Continue to be a partner in community business and area programs in partnerships.
  • Continue to develop relationships with area schools.
  • Utilize and incorporate technology to ensure growth and adaptation to our changing society
Objectives
  • Continue to encourage faculty to pursue advanced degrees and educational skills.
  • "Continue to promote good and respectful communication between teachers, non-certified staff, students, administrators, parents, and the school board."
  • Recruit, develop, and retain highly-qualified staff
  • Use social media to promote the school and share information with stakeholders.
Critical Initiative
  • Administration will be retrained in safety planning, and safety planned will be implemented by staff throughout the year
  • Adopt a math curriculum for grades K-6.
  • Adopt a Science of Reading certified reading curriculum for grades K-6.
  • Adopt research-based curriculums in all subject areas.
  • Continue to encourage faculty to pursue advanced degrees and educational skills
  • Teachers create common assessments aligned to the state standards.
  • "Teachers participate in book clubs to enhance personal learning."
  • Teachers use proficiency scales to evaluate students' understanding.
Critical Initiative
  • "Build positive relations with community clubs."
  • "Enhance relationships with Co-Op schools in athletics and extracurriculars."
  • "Establish a relationship with Grand Forks Public Schools and the technical school."
  • The technology coordinator will provide up to 15 hours of professional development specific to the technology utilized by staff.
Critical Initiative
  • "Continue to promote good and respectful communication between teachers, non-certified staff, students, administrators, parents, and the school board."
  • Hold staff meetings regularly.
  • "Teachers participate in book clubs to enhance personal learning."
  • Teachers participate in PLCs.
  • "Teachers participate in regional training."
  • "Use of social media to promote the school & share information with our students, parents, staff, etc."
  • Wellness Committee was developed that promotes active and healthy lifestyles.
  • WIth a strong salary schedule and benefits package, TPS is committed to creating a culture where all staff, certified and non-certified, feel valued and supported professionally and emotionally.
Key Measures
  • Certification of completion
  • Cross-curricular and vertical alignment.
  • MTSS Program
  • Self-Reflection
  • Stakeholder Data
  • Student Data
  • Teacher Surveys
Key Measures
  • Stakeholder Data
Key Measures
  • "Annual resignations and new hires "
  • Self-Reflection
  • Stakeholder Data
  • Teacher Surveys
Facility Improvements
Facility Improvements
Technology Integration
Technology Integration
Objectives
  • Continue to monitor and improve the school building and grounds. Inventory/evaluate the building improvements and needs.
  • Promote academic excellence and support students in reaching their maximum potential
  • Provide a safe environment with the school facility and grounds
Objectives
  • Educate students to become positive, contributing members of society
  • Improve classroom technology and setup.
  • Integrate technology into the learning process.
Critical Initiative
  • Active shooting training
  • Added a playground.
  • "Adding 27,000 sq feet for the facility needs."
  • New door security system
  • New surveillance cameras
  • With the guidance of administration, staff will identify priority standards and build common assessments for those standards.
Critical Initiative
  • Encourage teachers to incorporate STEM learning across all subject areas.
  • Implement professional learning sessions for social-emotional learning
  • Improve classroom infrastructure of technology with updated sound system and interactive screens.
  • Students have a one-to-one device for grades K-6.
  • Students have a one-to-one device.
  • Using a research-based SEL program, students will develop the social skills needed to create positive relationships and manage self-care.
Key Measures
  • Certification of completion
  • Stakeholder Data
Key Measures
  • Cross-curricular and vertical alignment.
  • Stakeholder Data
  • Student Data
  • Teacher Surveys
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