White Shield Elementary School

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2024 - 2025 White Shield Elementary School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 6/1/2024 - 5/31/2025
Vision

We envision students who will have attained a healthy mind, body, and spirit through understanding and appreciation of the Native American culture which will promote education, awareness, and respect for all cultures.

Mission

Success for every student in every class!

Beliefs

We believe students will have a solid academic foundation and be prepared to be productive citizens in our community.   

Improvement Planning
School Leadership team will meet monthly to analyze team reports and data to recognize school wide needs, establish goals, hear professional develop suggestions and to suggest policies and procedures.
Classroom Instruction
Teachers will continue to build the frequency of transparent teaching practices and the clarity of their instruction, so students demonstrate mastery of skills.
Collaboration
Teachers will meet weekly in PLCs to analyze data and to expand the writing process and continue using the Common Learning Challenge. Transparent teaching practices will be utilized.
Objectives
  • District leadership team will meet the first Wednesday of each month (September-May) to monitor progress toward school wide goals and priorities.
Objectives
  • Instructional staff will enhance 21st-century teaching strategies through continuous professional development, trainings, and workshops.
Objectives
  • Grade level PLC's will meet biweekly to analyze student achievement, attendance, and behavioral data to make adjustments to students learning pathway.
Critical Initiative
  • PDSA Cycle analysis
  • Reinforce Stakeholder input to annual needs assessment and short- and long-term goals.
  • School Continuous Improvement team will carryout district-wide goals at the K-8 level.
  • Utilize updated school Vision and Mission Statement and establish school wide values.
Critical Initiative
  • Explicit lesson planning focused on differentiated/individualized instruction, vocabulary, and authentic assessments.
  • Provide individual student instructional pathways based on benchmark and progress monitoring assessments.
  • Teachers will continue to develop student engagement strategies & techniques through a variety of evidence-based modalities.
Critical Initiative
  • Grade Level PLC's will use Stars and NWEA assessment data, along with Attendance & Behavioral data to place students into Tiers of Intervention in Math and ELA for individualized instruction.
  • PLC 's will establish Assessment Teams to coordinate Stars Testing benchmarking and progress monitoring.
  • PLC Teams will create common learning themes for monthly activities that focus on non-mastered skills identifies by teams.
Key Measures
  • Baseline data
  • Needs Assessment
  • School Improvement Plan
  • Stakeholder Survey Results
  • Student Engagement Survey Results
Key Measures
  • Assessment Data
  • Attendance Data
  • Classroom Observations
  • Individual Assessment Folders
  • Lesson Plans
  • NWEA (MAPS) Assessments
  • PLC Minutes and Agendas
  • Professional Development Participation
  • Skills Data (Supplemental Assessments)
  • Stars assessment
Key Measures
  • Assessment Calendar
  • Building Level Support Team Documentation
  • Individual Assessment Plans
  • School Diagnostic Data
  • SpEd & Title Data and GATE Student Data
  • Student Placement Documentation
Stakeholder Communication
White Shield School will actively communicate with stakeholders and provide meaningful, regular opportunities for parent and community engagement in student learning.
Objectives
  • We will actively communicate with stakeholders to provide meaningful regular opportunities for parent and community engagement.
Critical Initiative
  • Partner with PTO to reinforce and maximize stakeholder involvement.
  • Provide afterschool community engagement opportunities to showcase student active learning, displays of work, receive feedback through conversations & surveys.
  • Provide tools, training, resources to reinforce topics and concepts taught at school for social emotional learning.
  • Use various tools to actively communicate with stakeholders including Thrillshare and social media sites to communicate events, activities and important announcements.
Key Measures
  • Attendance Documentation
  • Calendar of Events
  • PTO Meeting Minutes
  • School Social Media Accounts
  • School Website
  • SWIS Behavioral Data
  • Text/Phone Calls
  • Weekly classroom newsletter
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