New Town Middle School

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2024-2025 New Town Middle School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 6/1/2024 - 5/31/2025
Vision

New Town School District #1 envisions schools where teachers learn together and students experience success through authentic, real-life learning activities, focusing on an appreciation of the diversity of society and an ever-changing world, thereby creating the greatest opportunities possible. 

Mission

The mission of the New Town School District #1 is to create an environment which develops, nurtures, and reinforces the success of students, as well as all people served by the district, through the shared involvement of home, community and school. 

Beliefs

We at New Town Publlic school District #1 believe that a positive, supportive, and challenging environment is necessary to maximize student learning, that teaching is an important profession, and that all people have worth and should be treated equally with dignity and respect.

Culture
"New Town Middle School will foster a postive environment for all stakeholders. "
Collaboration
New Town Middle School will implement the cooperative learning model throughout all curriculum.
Social Emotional Learning
New Town Middle School will refine the implementation of the School Connect Social Emotional Learning Curriculum.
Objectives
  • Engage all learners in the classroom.
  • "Families will be engaged in the learning environment."
  • "Stakeholder feedback data will be utilized in the Continous Improvement Process."
Objectives
  • All New Town Middle School Staff will be trained in the SFA Learning Model.
  • "Cooperative learning skills will be used in all academic areas."
Objectives
  • School Connect programming will be monitored for fidelity.
  • Train all staff in the School Connect programing.
Critical Initiative
  • Administration will work with staff to embed the Engagement Wheel in everyday planning.
  • Administration will work with staff to provide opportunities to bring all stakeholder groups together for collaboration.
  • "District will train staff to conduct ELEOT Observations regularily."
  • "New Town Middle School will host a variety of family engagement activities throughout the year."
  • New Town Middle School will offer activities for students outside of the school day.
  • "Student, Parent, and Staff surveys will be collected and analyzed to utilize in School Improvement Planning."
  • "The School Improvement Team will analyze ELEOT date and utilize in the School Improvement Process."
Critical Initiative
  • "Collaborative strategies will be used in non-ELA instruction."
  • Continued training for staff throughout the year with SFA coaches.
  • SFA Solution Teams will meet regularily.
  • "Student engagement will be monitored through observations by administration."
  • Train all staff two days with SFA coaches in the fall.
Critical Initiative
  • All classrooms will have built in time for School Connect Programming.
  • Provide all new staff onboard training.
  • Provide on-going training to all staff throughout the year.
  • School Connect lessons will be monitored by administration and counselling department.
  • Student surveys will be collected three times a year.
Key Measures
  • ELEOT Data
  • Engagement Wheel Data
  • Meeting Notes
  • Stakeholder Surveys
  • Student Participation Rate
Key Measures
  • Admin Walkthroughs
  • Meeting Notes
  • Stakeholder Surveys
  • Student Performance Data
  • Training Plans
Key Measures
  • Admin Walkthroughs
  • Stakeholder Surveys
  • Training Plans
Student Data
New Town Middle School will utilize student performance data to drive instruction.
Objectives
  • Staff will utilize SFA Data to drive instruction
  • "The district will begin the process of vertical alignment."
  • Utilize STAR data to drive instruction.
Critical Initiative
  • All staff will be trained in the use of SFA programming.
  • "Discuss and analyze student performance data in solution team meetings."
  • "Provide effective professional development to all staff in the use of STAR data."
  • "School staff will work collaboratively with staff of other schools to analyze trends in student performance."
  • "Sixth Grade staff will work with Middle School Staff to offer continued strategic support to 7th graders."
  • Staff will utilize the SFA data as a supplement to SEL programming.
Key Measures
  • Admin Walkthroughs
  • Curriculum Maps
  • Meeting Notes
  • Stakeholder Surveys
  • Student Performance Data
  • Training Plans
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