Alexander High School

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2023-2024 Alexander High School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 5/1/2023 - 4/30/2024
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
APS has launched initiatives to pull community together and continually amends those initiatives to the changing needs of our population.
Operations
Efficient allocation of funds is an essential part of creating and maintaining a quality educational experience. Strategic planning allows APS to guide the way in which are funding is directed.
Objectives
  • APS will have a pervasive culture of safety and respect.
Objectives
  • All stakeholders will be active partners with the educators in the efforts of the APS District
Objectives
  • APS will create a positive culture condusive to facilitate learning.
Critical Initiative
  • To build a sense of urgency in students to increase their capacity for success.
  • To create a physically safe and healthy environment.
  • To encourage positive behaviors school-wide.
Critical Initiative
  • Senior Work Credit Internship allows students to train in real work circumstances outside the classroom under the guidance of our stakeholders.
  • To increase the involvement of our stakeholders, engaging them with our students in real world experiences both in and out of the classroom.
Critical Initiative
  • APS fiscal management will support the positive learning environment.
  • APS participates in cooperatives in order to provide enrichment to the core curriculum and PD.
  • APS will implement a behavior management matrix to facilitate a positive learning environment.
  • APS will increase student growth by 50% on the NDSA
  • APS will utilize a restitution matrix to provide
  • APS will utilize a system to track student behavior.
Key Measures
  • 100% staff use of Navigate 360 when needed
  • 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
  • ALICE protocol implemented in drills
  • Comet Cash based on the 7 Habits Matrix
  • Student of the Month
Key Measures
  • Community Outreach
  • Create Flexible Schedule
  • Networking with Community
  • Review of instructional plans
Key Measures
  • Provide the appropriate resources
  • Student behavior data
  • Student enrollment in offering from WERC Center
  • Address & document high infraction areas
  • APS will increase performance by 50% on the NDSA
  • Decrease in infractions
  • Decrease in student infractions
  • Decrease infractions based on quarterly data
  • Great Northwest REA
  • Implement support to improve high infraction areas
  • Increase in students respect of self
  • Participation in the Corps of Discovery
  • Provide staff with appropriate training
Student Performance
Progressive improvement of curriculum helps keep APS relevant for our students and allows us to prepare them for life beyond the classroom.
Objectives
  • APS will be an exemplary school providing a rich & relevant PK-12 curriculum.
Critical Initiative
  • AHS will continue to expand course offerings and enrichment opportunities.
  • Alexander will continuously expand and implement innovations in STEAM education.
  • Students will be Choice Ready.
  • Teachers will utilize best practices in their instruction.
  • To increase the number of measuring tools and strategies for teachers, through professional development
  • To offer students, specialized instruction, and provide the opportunity to improve grades and to complete school work .
Key Measures
  • 100% participation in Career Planning Class
  • Implementation of Project Lead the Way 6-12
  • Increase in student performance
  • Participation in the Corps of Discovery
  • PBL projects quarterly
  • Percentage of engagement in courses & extra curric
  • Student enrollment in offering from WERC Center
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