Mandaree Elementary School

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2023-2024 Mandaree Elementary School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 5/1/2023 - 4/30/2024
Vision
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Our vision is for all students to be ""choice ready"" upon graduation from Mandaree School.

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Mission
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Empower our students to be ""choice ready"" and immerse them in a culturally safe, data-driven, learning environment.

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Beliefs

We believe that every student must come to school daily, rested, and ready to learn. 

We believe that all faculty and staff contribute to a positive school climate through daily attendance, enthusiasm, and willingness to assist students in the learning process.

Teaching and Learning
By continually utilizing data to drive small group instruction, teachers will be able to provide intervention and enrichment to effectively differentiate instruction and reach all student levels.
Collaboration
If teachers routinely review student performance data with colleagues, they will be able to provide targeted remediation and extension to ensure students demonstrate proficiency in core standards.
Technology
If we improve our effective use of technology resources, we can better meet the needs of students' learning styles and prepare them to be choice ready.
Objectives
  • Improve reading and math literacy.
  • Utilize student engagement data to inform instructional decisions.
Objectives
  • Develop collaborative opportunities for stakeholders (all stake-holders) to assusre buy-in to the schools vision and mission statement.
  • Establish and develop effective data-driven Teacher Team practices.
Objectives
  • Create a master list of families within the School District who have access to internet services and who have devises for students to use at home.
  • Plan for and implement the effective use of appropriate resources for students and staff in all classrooms.
Critical Initiative
  • Conduct Data Retreats three time per year to determine the lowest performing Goal Performance Areas on the NWEA MAPS Testing and group students for interventions accordingly.
  • Develop a professional development plan based on identified needs using student achievement and Effective Learning Environment Observation Tool (eleot) data.
  • Develop and implement a consistent protocol for leader and peer observations to monitor student engagement and instruction.
  • Develop expectations and protocols for data reviews, PLCs, and Mandaree’s instructional processes.
  • Increase understanding and use of a Multi-Tiered System of Support.
  • Increase understanding and use of Differentiated Instructional Practices.
  • Provide targeted TIER II instruction in the content areas of math and reading in order to provide additional time during the school day for targeted instruction.
  • Understand and deconstruct the ND/BIE priority standards to create pacing guides in the content areas of Math, Reading, and Science.
  • Utilize evidence based Core Curriculum and Intervention Curriculum in the content areas of Math and Reading.
Critical Initiative
  • Meet regularly in agenda-driven Professional Learning Communities to analyze data using specific protocols then identify actions to improve teaching instruction and student outcomes
  • Using the analyzed data, create a plan for TIER II Instruction in the content areas of reading and math.
Critical Initiative
  • Develop a comprehensive technology support program for all staff.
  • "Develop a five-year comprehensive technology plan (infrastructure, devices, programming, and professional development). "
  • Recruit and use community partners to support technology needs.
  • Survey families within the district to see which families have internet services and devices and which families do not have services and or devices.
Key Measures
  • Completed Pacing Guides for Math Reading & Science
  • eleot® data analysis
  • Evidence of differentiated instruction
  • Improved lesson plan development and completion
  • Improved lesson plans to include differentiation
  • Increased student engagement
  • Observation data analysis
  • Professional Development (PD) calendar
  • Professional Development {PD} calendar
  • Professional Development plan {PDP}
  • Small group instruction for remediation
  • Walkthrough schedules
Key Measures
  • Comprehensive technology plan
  • PD for staff focusing on technology
  • Professional Development {PD} calendar
  • Staff training about school technology platforms
  • Technology support available two evenings per week
Leadership
Improve instructional time by creating consistent, clear communication strategies.
Culture
Recruit and retain quality teachers
Objectives
  • Develop clear and consistent communication methods for all stakeholders to guide and improve instruction.
Objectives
  • Increase community and family involvement in the education of students.
  • "Increase stakeholder engagement by developing an inclusive culture. "
Critical Initiative
  • Develop and implement a comprehensive communication plan for all staff.
  • Set clear expectations and align all initiatives/decisions/funding to the vision and mission of Mandaree School.
Critical Initiative
  • Develop and use a central communication plan for the Mandaree School community (students and families).
  • Evaluate and update if needed the 2021-2022 Attendance Policy.
  • Implement a transitional kindergarten based on student needs.
  • Increase family/community involvement in the education of all students.
  • Increase the number and quality of opportunities for parent participation.
  • Intentionally embed tribal cultures into day-to-day instruction and activities.
Key Measures
  • Board training on roles and responsibilities
  • Digital master calendar
  • Monthly calendar of events distributed to staff
  • PLCs - Data-driven decisions - Minutes/Agendas
  • Twice monthly newsletters
  • Updated Mission and Vision Statements
Key Measures
  • Attendance at school activities
  • Community Partnerships
  • Family Engagement Opportunity Tracker
  • K-12 scope & sequence for embedded tribal cultures
  • Kindergarten Readiness Test (KRT)
  • Placement/Transition data
  • Social media interactions
  • Streamline website
  • Student attendance data
  • Title I (Make and Take) parent engagement nights
  • Twice monthly newsletters
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