Horse Creek School

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2023-2024 Horse Creek School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 5/1/2023 - 4/30/2024
Vision

Horse Creek Schools vision is to have all of their students well prepared for high school

Mission

To assure that each student has a sound educational experience while attending Horse Creek School

Beliefs

Horse Creek School believes that our students are important to the school and surrounding community.  We strive to have each student become a productive citizen.  The school board, teacher and parents all have important rolls in the students education

vocational classes
Horse Creek has high speed internet since the fall of 2018 and with that we want to offer the 8th grade students on line classes from NDCDE to compliment the classes that are available at our school.
Curriculum
Horse Creek will provide students CTE classes through the North Dakota Center for Distance Education.
Student Engagement
Horse Creek will utilize effective activities to provide our students with social and physical involvement activities monthly.
Objectives
  • We will offer students online courses provided by NDCDE. Horse Creek will pay the tuition.
Objectives
  • Offer CTE courses through the North Dakota Center for Distance Education.
Objectives
  • All students will participate in social and physical involvement activities.
Critical Initiative
  • Horse Creek will pay the tuition for courses that interest students.
Critical Initiative
  • "Staff will guide students through the class registration process of the NDCDE. "
  • Staff will monitor students and their online coursework.
  • "Utilizing school district funds, provide students opportunities to enroll in CTE classes through the NDCDE. "
Critical Initiative
  • Staff will schedule field trips that serve students both educationally and emotionally monthly.
  • The school district will provide funding for student activities and transportation for field trips.
Key Measures
  • School Expenditure Report
  • Student Transcipt
Key Measures
  • Field Trip Schedule
  • School Expenditure Report
Assemblies and P. E.
Provide activities for the students to attend for more social and physical involvement at least once per month.
Strategic Planning
The Horse Creek School District will use student data and stakeholder feedback to drive strategic planning.
Professional Learning
The Horse Creek School District will work collaboratively with other similar schools in the area of professional learning to improve curriculum and instruction.
Objectives
  • Provide activities for students to attend more social and physical involvement at least once per month.
Objectives
  • Work with our Regional Education Association, WERC, to conduct strategic planning for the school district.
Objectives
  • Work with other one-room schools in North Dakota to create a professional learning community.
Critical Initiative
  • Teacher will arrange field trips and school will finance the expenses.
Critical Initiative
  • Collect and analyze stakeholder feedback from students, parents, and staff.
  • Collect and analyze student performance data to aid in strategic planning.
  • Train administration in creation and implementation of the Cognia Platform.
Critical Initiative
  • Collect information on curriculum utilized in combination classrooms to aid in evaluation of our current curriculum.
  • Meet collaboratively with Sweet Briar staff semi-annually to discuss topics that are relevant to one-room schools.
Key Measures
  • Cognia Stakeholder Surveys
  • Theory of Action
Key Measures
  • Meeting Notes
  • Sample Curriculums
  • School Board Minutes
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