North Border-Pembina Elementary School

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2024-2025 Pembina Elementary School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 8/19/2024 - 5/30/2025
Vision

The North Border Public School's primary vision is to educate young people for a satisfying and productive life.

Mission

To facilitate a balance of strong academic approach enhanced by moral and social values to develop responsible citizens.

Beliefs

We believe that the purpose of education is to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to become active, informed, and productive members of society.  

Guaranteed Curriculum
Ensure a guaranteed and viable curriculum focused on enhancing student learning.
Safe and Collaborative
Provide an environment that is safe and maximizes collaboration for the enhancement of student learning.
Standard Reporting
Student achievement is reported for specific measurement topics within each subject area in grades PK-4 (2021-2022) and 5-6 (2024-2025).
Objectives
  • The school curriculum is focused enough that it can be adequately addressed.
  • The school curriculum is focused enough that it can be adequately addressed.
Objectives
  • Teachers have formal roles in the decision-making process regarding school initiatives.
  • Teachers regularly interact to address common issues regarding the achievement of all students.
  • Teachers have formal roles in the decision-making process regarding school initiatives.
  • Teachers regularly interact to address common issues regarding the achievement of all students.
Objectives
  • Data are analyzed, interpreted, and used to regularly monitor progress toward achievement goals.
Critical Initiative
  • The essential elements of the content taught in our school has been identified, and the adequate time needed has been addressed (curriculum maps and pacing guides).
  • The essential elements of the content taught in our school has been identified, and the adequate time needed has been addressed (curriculum maps and pacing guides).
Critical Initiative
  • A professional learning community (PLC) process is in place.
  • Surveys and staff input are used are targeted to provide insight regarding specific decisions.
  • A professional learning community (PLC) process is in place.
  • Staff input is used to provide input regarding specific decisions.
Critical Initiative
  • Teachers and teams regularly analyze and track student achievement growth. Formal Standard Based report cards are shared with parents three times a year in grades PK-4.
Key Measures
  • Curriculum maps / Curriculum cycles
  • Pacing Guides
  • Curriculum maps
  • Standards alignment
Key Measures
  • Frequency counts of collaborative team meetings
  • Frequency counts of PLC meetings
  • Relationship Mapping
  • School Safety Map
  • Student Achievement Data
  • Survey Data
  • Use of data binders
  • Frequency counts of PLC meetings
  • Frequency counts of staff data digs
  • Relationship Mapping
  • School Safety Map
  • Student Achievement Data
  • Survey Data
Key Measures
  • Documents to track student and class progress
  • Trimester reports of student progress
Effective Teaching
The school communicates a clear vision as to how teachers should address instruction.
Objectives
  • Predominant instructional practices throughout the school are known and monitored.
  • Predominant instructional practices throughout the school are known and monitored.
Critical Initiative
  • Data from classroom observations are aggregated to show our school's predominant instructional practices. Teachers are given feedback about their instructional practices.
  • Data from classroom observations are aggregated to show our school's predominant instructional practices. Teachers are given feedback about their instructional practices.
Key Measures
  • Average teacher scores on teacher evaluations
  • ND First and Second Year Teacher Support System
  • Average teacher scores on teacher evaluations
  • ND First year teacher support program
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