Map Name: 2025-2026 Underwood Elementary School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 7/1/2025 - 6/30/2026
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

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. 

Climate and Culture
Focus first on consistent 504/IEP and MTSS practices, then strengthen family-school partnerships through events and learning resources.
Leadership of Learning
Lead with targeted PD in literacy, numeracy, and culture, followed by strong PLCs and mentoring for new or struggling staff.
Learning Environment
Prioritize effective WIN time implementation, then use data and technology to personalize learning and increase student engagement.
Objectives
  • Foster a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment that supports student and staff wellbeing.
Objectives
  • Empower educators through professional growth and collaborative leadership.
Objectives
  • Create engaging, supportive classrooms that meet diverse student needs.
Critical Initiative
  • Build positive school-home community partnerships
  • Implement systematic 504/IEP processes and MTSS structures
  • Implement Tier 1 Supports
  • Increase Student Connectedness
Critical Initiative
  • Align PD to focus on school improvement initiatives
  • Empower teacher leaders to drive improvement through PLCs and Learning Rounds.
  • Provide onboarding and mentoring for new and struggling teachers
Critical Initiative
  • Embed evidence based instructional practices (NASOT) in daily instruction
  • Implement WIN (What I Need) time in all classrooms
  • Invest in evidence-based instructional materials, technology and professional development to enhance student learning
  • Use regular data days and assessments to drive instruction
Key Measures
  • Attendance Data
  • Behavior Data
  • IEP/504 compliance
  • Parent engagement surveys
  • School Wide expectations
  • stakeholder satisfaction surveys
  • U Way Assemblies
Key Measures
  • Mentoring program contracts
  • One-pagers
  • PD Calendar
  • PLC work plans
Key Measures
  • Classroom observation data/ELEOT data
  • Instruction based on data; assessment alignment
  • Learning Rounds
  • Observations
  • Student engagement survey
Academic Achievement
Prioritize high-impact instructional shifts by adopting/embedding the Science of Reading/Math curricula with fidelity, then building MTSS frameworks/intervention systems to support student growth.
Objectives
  • Improve student outcomes through rigorous, standards-based instruction.
Critical Initiative
  • Create and monitor student intervention groups
  • Establish MTSS Framework for academic and behavioral support
  • Implement Science of Reading curriculum.
  • Research and adopt evidence-based Math Curriculum
Key Measures
  • Curriculum evaluation process
  • Curriculum fidelity checks/curriculum map
  • Data Review Calendar
  • ND A+/Star benchmark data & academic growth trends
  • Progress monitoring/intervention success rates
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