Alexander Elementary School

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2024-2025 Alexander Elementary School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 6/1/2024 - 5/31/2025
Vision

Engage learners in meaningful experiences to promote 21st Century Skills while meeting ethical & educational standards

Mission

We prepare students whose work ethic promotes success in an increasingly competitive world.

Beliefs

Engage families & community in learning &  achievement

Use best practices to engage students

Provide a relevant curriculum to meet individual needs

Continue to increase knowledge & effectiveness as educators

Create a culture of safety & respect

Celebrate accomplishments & progress

Fiscal Responsibility

Safety and Respect
Alexander administration, along with faculty and staff, have proposed, applied, evaluated, and responded to the evolving cultural needs of our students with a wide variety of solutions.
Community
Our priority is to enhance community integration and real-world learning opportunities through stakeholder engagement and cooperative work experiences.
Operations
Our priority is to ensure all students thrive by effectively managing resources, recruiting and retaining quality teachers through competitive compensation and professional development.
Objectives
  • Cultivate a culture of safety and respect within the school community, ensuring a secure and supportive learning environment for all students.
Objectives
  • Strengthen positive community relationships.
Objectives
  • Provide evidence of management and allocation of fiscal resources to ensure stakeholders have access to materials needed for support and success.
Critical Initiative
  • Amend current safety training to create a safer and healthier environment for stakeholders.
  • APS will implement MTSS to assist in developing positive academic behaviors.
  • Promote positive behavior school-wide with reinforcement practices.
Critical Initiative
  • Increase positive engagement among our stakeholders, involving them in real-world experiences with our students.
  • Re-design current communication platforms to find a more connective way to inform stakeholders.
Critical Initiative
  • APS is committed to addressing the challenges posed by continuous growth in enrollment and curriculum expansion through strategic facility development and maintenance planning.
  • APS will address enrollment and curriculum expansion through strategic facility development and maintenance planning.
  • APS will focus on the recruitment and retention of teaching staff by ensuring competitive compensation.
  • APS will refine instructional strategies to foster a supportive and engaging work environment.
Key Measures
  • 10% increase in student participation
  • 100% completion rate of CPR and ALICE protocol
  • 100% nomination and selection of student honor
  • 100% nomination and selection of teacher honor
  • 20% increase of reporting of incidents of safety
  • 25% reduction in bullying incidents
  • 30% increase of distribution of Comet Tickets
  • 90% of students and staff feeling safe and respect
Key Measures
  • 80% community response to surveys
  • Number of partnerships with companies
  • Staff training on updated plans
  • Stakeholder satisfaction with communication
Key Measures
  • 50% of expansion goals
  • Facility improvement plan
  • New hire satisfaction rate
  • Percentage of teachers that use PD dollars
  • Staff survey
  • Stakeholder satisfaction with learning spaces
  • Student engagement survey
  • Teacher retention rate
Student Performance
Progressive improvement of academic and leadership skills keeps APS relevant for our students and equips them for life beyond the classroom.
Objectives
  • Enhance all curriculum areas with best instructional practices.
Critical Initiative
  • APS is set to implement a comprehensive system dedicated to tracking student behavior, aiming to enhance overall school climate and student accountability.
  • APS will implement multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) program for improved academic performance and engagement
  • Integrate common writing expectations across the content areas to improve writing skills.
Key Measures
  • 100% staff AI training
  • 75% adoption of writing rubrics
  • Course Grades
  • Fastbridge
  • Increase of proficiency in writing skills
  • NDSA +
  • STARS
  • Student Self-Assessment
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