Griggs County Central Elementary School

School Strategy Map

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

To engage students in learning while taking pride and ownership in their contributions to school, community, and world. We will focus on a growth mindset and the ability to solve problems through critical thinking. These investments ensure a well-rounded experience that ready students for the future

Mission

Providing a high-quality education for today's students to thrive in tomorrow's world.

Beliefs

We believe that with respect as our foundation, genuine relationships, a sense of community and accountability can be developed; therefore,  growth will be achieved.

Behavioral Health
Just as educators prioritize academic interventions, social-emotional supports are a priority as well. Students who are supported as whole persons are better prepared to meet academic demands.
School Culture & Climate
Providing an environment where students feel safe, valued, connected, and secure will foster healthy social-emotional well-being.
Academic Engagement
Students learn best when they are faced with high expectations and are active participants in learning. A rigorous and relevant curriculum develops a student's ability to think critically.
Objectives
  • Develop, implement, and expand supports for students and families with mental health needs
Objectives
  • Improve school culture and climate
Objectives
  • Align Standards-Based Curriculum
  • Improve 21st Century Skills
Critical Initiative
  • Become a full service community school with the help of a school site coordinator. Utilize the school site coordinator to find supports for families.
  • "Continue to utilize the Alvera E-nurse and explore options to house a school nurse within the building. "
  • "Develop, implement, and expand ""Standard Protocol Formats"" to facilitate community wrap around services for students & families that are necessary for them to access to be successful in meeting needs."
  • "Develop, implement, and expand ""Standard Protocol Formats"" to facilitate effective instruction and progress monitoring through the utilization of evidence-based practices/tools for students."
  • Explore options to house a school resource officer and partner with the Griggs County Central Sherrif department for mental health needs.
  • Utilize elementary leadership team to identify students and families with mental health needs and partner with the school site coordinator to implement and expand supports.
Critical Initiative
  • Become a full service community school with the help of a school site coordinator.
  • "We will continue to integrate social-emotional learning into the classroom settings and develop a support a Multi-Tier System of Support (MTSS - B). "
Critical Initiative
  • Identify and implement common behavior standards for kindergarten-fifth grade. Use this data to tier behavioral instruction through our MTSS-B process
  • "We will encourage the highest achievement of every student, by defining the knowledge and skills that students should acquire at each grade level and support the learning of priority standards. "
  • We will implement a standard-based report card that aligns to ND priority standards and communicate student achievement
  • We will review vertical alignment and priority standards to identify the basis for curriculum delivery and academic practices.
Key Measures
  • Behavior/Discipline log data
  • MTSS-B Leadership Meetings
  • Parent Focus Group
  • Regular Team/Committee Meetings
  • Teacher/staff feedback
Key Measures
  • Behavior Standards for SBRC
  • Behavior/Discipline log data
  • MTSS-B Leadership Meetings
  • Regular Team/Committee Meetings
  • Teacher/staff feedback
Key Measures
  • Leadership Team Meetings
  • MTSS-B Leadership Meetings
  • Parent Focus Group
  • Professional Learning Communities
  • Regular Team/Committee Meetings
  • State and District Assessment Data
  • Student Engagement Surveys
  • Teacher evaluation results
  • Teacher surveys
  • Weekly Collaboration Meetings
  • Weekly Collaboration Time
Professional Learning
What a teacher does in the classroom has a direct effect on student achievement. Therefore, we must help teachers continuously improve their instructional skills.
Objectives
  • Strengthen Technology – Digital Learning
  • Utilize 21st Century teaching and learning competencies
Critical Initiative
  • We will create a comprehensive and coordinated plan of professional development to help teachers continuously improve their instructional skills.
  • "We will utilize the programs, processes and trainings from distance learning and leverage the strengths for future use in the school district. "
Key Measures
  • Behavior/Discipline log data
  • Leadership Team Meetings
  • Professional Learning Community Meetings
  • Regular Team/Committee Meetings
  • SEEC Professional Learning Opportunities
  • Teacher Survey
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