Stanley High School

School Strategy Map

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

Stanley Community schools believe in creating relationships and opportunities that will provide skills necessary for learners to become successful through a culture of growth and life-long learning.

Mission

Preparing today's students to succeed in tomorrow's world.

Beliefs

Stanley community schools believe creating an atmosphere of learning that will provide skills necessary for students to become successful in academics and life by establishing a culture of growth, excellence, and open communication.

PLCs
Educators need scheduled time to collaborate. District test scores need improvement. Standards and instruction need to be aligned within the grade level and across content areas K-12.
Community Engagement
Effective communication with internal and external stakeholders is critical in maintaining a quality school culture.
Mastery of Content
Mastery of Content will guide lesson plan development and student learning objectives.
Objectives
  • Educators need scheduled time to collaborate. District test scores need improvement. Standards and instruction need to be aligned.
Objectives
  • We need to improve communications internally and externally with the stakeholders served by the school district.
Objectives
  • Shift from teaching content to student mastering content and using formative and summative assessment results to determine the next step of learning.
Critical Initiative
  • PLC Teams will develop quarterly goals for their weekly meeting times.
  • We will schedule a time for Professional Learning Communities to align curriculum with state standards by establishing power standards.
Critical Initiative
  • We will develop a communication plan to ensure effective communications with both internal and external stakeholders.
Critical Initiative
  • All teachers will use formative and summative assessments to plan and adjust instruction.
Key Measures
  • Administration/PLC Team meeting to discuss goals.
  • Data meeting with administration and PLC.
  • Progress monitoring 3x/year through online form.
Key Measures
  • Development of Communication Plan
Key Measures
  • Administration observation
  • PLC collaboration
  • Student grades reflect mastery of standards
Long Range Planning
Meeting the needs of all students by providing equitable opportunities across the school district will be a priority in all decisions made to educate our students.
Academic Achievement
Student Achievement: Student scores in the area of math and reading/language arts are low on standardized tests indicating our students have a weakness in these areas.
Student Engagement
Student engagement refers to the degree of attention and motivation students show when they are learning or being taught. Learning improves when students are engaged in challenging academic activities
Objectives
  • Stanley school district needs an articulated comprehensive long-range plan for financial planning and budget decisions.
  • We will build and maintain facilities necessary to carry our mission with appropriate space available for all aspects of education.
Objectives
  • Student scores in the areas of core subjects are low on standardized tests indicating our students have a weakness in these concepts.
Objectives
  • We need to change passive learning to engaged learning with the goal of all students doing everything.
Critical Initiative
  • We will develop a long-range facilities plan.
  • We will develop a long-range financial plan.
Critical Initiative
  • We will focus on improving the overall English Language Arts/ Reading achievement scores of all students K-12.
  • We will focus on improving the overall mathematical achievement scores of all students K-12.
Critical Initiative
  • We will improve student learning and participation by providing challenging academic activities supported with timely formative feedback.
Key Measures
  • Final Long Range-Facilities Plan
  • Final Long-Term Financial Plan
Key Measures
  • ACT, Pre-ACT, and NDSA
  • Classroom formative and summative assessments
  • Interim Benchmark Assessment
Key Measures
  • Classroom observations
  • Teacher self assessment survey
School Climate & Culture
Wellness is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life. It is an approach that focuses on the whole child.
Objectives
  • Address underlying issues that contribute to absenteeism
  • Decrease the number of students demonstrating signs of stress, anxiety, suicidal ideation, etc.
  • Implement behavioral plan to create a more positive school climate and culture.
Critical Initiative
  • Establish a program to improve school culture and climate.
  • Establish a system of early identification and intervention to prevent chronic absenteeism.
  • Utilize the Responsibility-Centered Discipline Training offered by our district.
Key Measures
  • Attendance rates
  • Fewer incidents of emergency mental health care
  • Fewer observations of student disconnectedness
  • Number of office referrals
  • Staff observations of negative student behavior
  • Staff observations of positive student behavior
  • Utilization of support services
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