Underwood Elementary School

School Strategy Map

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

All students will graduate choice ready with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to be successful.

Mission

The Underwood Way is to educate and empower students to be responsible, respectful, and ready.

Beliefs

We Believe:

 The purpose of education is to equip students with the knowledge and

skills necessary to become active, informed, and productive members of

society. Our public schools have a responsibility to foster the growth of

intelligent and informed citizens.

Curriculum
A priority for Underwood Public School is to establish a curriculum focused on increasing student achievement in math.
Culture/Climate
A priority for Underwood Public Schools is to develop a challenging, caring, rewarding, and safe learning/working environment.
Mission/Vision
A priority of Underwood Public Schools is to align our district with our mission and vision. By doing this all entities will know the direction of our school.
Objectives
  • Underwood Public Schools will align our curriculum to meet the state standards and choice ready criteria.
Objectives
  • Create and maintain a healthy learning and working environment.
Objectives
  • Align our mission and vision with our strategic plan.
Critical Initiative
  • Curriculum alignment. Staff will align their curriculum to streamline content taught amongst different grade levels.
  • Curriculum evaluated on a yearly basis by committee and administration.
  • Professional development in researched based best practices.
Critical Initiative
  • Build a system to target all stakeholders to improve culture and positivity in the school district.
  • Have students take part in the NDSU extension leadership program.
  • Recruit and retain quality teachers and support staff.
  • Utilize our Comet connections program to foster student relationships and social/emotional learning.
Critical Initiative
  • Develop a system to share our mission and vision to all stakeholders.
  • To formally adopt mission and vision and communicate to all stakeholders.
Key Measures
  • Data summary will be provided 3 times annually
  • Professional Development, PLC, Committees
Key Measures
  • NDSU leadership program as part of curriculum.
  • Parent teacher conf., Back to school night,
  • Reading month, activities, senior buddy
  • Teacher recruitment, student teachers
NDMTSS
A priority of Underwood Public Schools is to increase supports for implementing MTSS supports with fidelity.
Career and Tech
A priority of Underwood Public Schools is to make sure that students have the skills and dispositions to be productive citizens in their chosen career path.
Data
A priority of Underwood Public Schools is to utilize data to adjust teaching practices/strategies to maximize student growth.
Objectives
  • Develop tier one framework for academics for our MTSS system
  • To develop structured lessons and supports that align with our MTSS behavioral framework expectations.
Objectives
  • Providing resources to students and staff to create a safe and caring school.
Objectives
  • Underwood Public school will use data to improve student learning.
Critical Initiative
  • Complete NDMTSS sub-committee work: Behavioral Policies and Procedures.
  • Design lessons to teach and reinforce behavior expectations at all grade levels.
  • "Formulate a data tracking/evaluation system for student behaviors. "
  • MTSS sub committee work to develop baseline for academic supports (tier 1)
Critical Initiative
  • Develop an FBLA program to provide opportunities for future business leaders.
  • Partner with local businesses and industries to provide off campus training and exploration.
  • Utilize a PACE lab to provide students with hands on career and tech curriculum.
Critical Initiative
  • Data committee will provide STAR, State Assessment, ACT, and SLDS reports to staff for evaluation of learner growth.
  • Staff will use data from STAR testing and SLDS to make decisions about our curriculum and student learning.
Key Measures
  • Data tracking system, PowerSchool Log entry
  • Handbook, Board Policy
  • Lesson Plans, QR codes
Key Measures
  • Expo, state conventions, participation
  • Survey, news letter, curriculum
Key Measures
  • Professional Development, Data Committee
  • STAR,SLDS, State 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