Sweetwater Elementary School

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2023-2024 Sweetwater Elementary School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 5/1/2023 - 5/24/2024
Vision

The vision is to empower students, families, staff, and our community based on our student-centered values.  Students will strive for growth by building resiliency, advocacy, and 21st Century learning skills. As a result, every student will be equipped to impact their community positively.

Mission

The mission is to nurture students by supporting their individual growth.

Beliefs

We believe in life-long learning, relationships, and integrity, where all students are valued in a safe and supportive environment.

Reading
If all students are to be proficient in reading, then interventions and classroom instruction should be targeted and focused.
Math
If all students need to be proficient in math, then interventions and classroom instruction should be targeted and focused.
Project-Based Learning
If students need to be equipped to positively impact their communities, we need to provide innovative, hands-on experiences that foster problem solving, creativity, grit, and perseverance.
Objectives
  • Provide and communicate clear learning goals. Use scales and rubrics to track student progress. Celebrate student success
Objectives
  • Provide and communicate clear learning goals. Use scales and rubrics to track student progress. Celebrate student success.
Objectives
  • Use an instructional model that develops student's ability to apply knowledge and skills.
Critical Initiative
  • Administer a Universal Screener to all students to determine student needs. Follow the academic pathway to ensure appropriate instruction of specific needs is delivered and that it is effective.
  • Develop scales, rubrics, and formative assessments linked to prioritized standards at weekly PLCs.
  • Discuss the progress of students and effectiveness of determined interventions monthly at team PLC meetings. Make appropriate adjustments to student programming based on data gathered by teachers.
  • Frequently monitor progress of students using formal and informal assessments matched to their areas of need; FastBridge, running records, F&P Benchmark assessments, etc.
  • Match interventions with specific student needs; phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency and comprehension.
Critical Initiative
  • Administer a Universal Screener to all students to determine student needs. Develop an academic pathway to ensure appropriate instruction of specific needs is delivered and that it is effective.
  • Discuss the progress of students and effectiveness of determined interventions monthly at team PLC meetings. Make appropriate adjustments to student programming based on data gathered by teachers.
  • Frequently monitor progress of students using formal and informal assessments matched to their areas of need; FastBridge, exit tickets, etc.
  • Match interventions with specific student needs; number, operations, general math.
Critical Initiative
  • Inquiry led lessons that require the application of knowledge and skills.
  • Provide opportunities to engage students with real-world problems, encouraging inquiry, solution building, and product construction to help address the real-world issues or challenges.
  • Student centered projects allowing students to foster independence and development of 21st century skills with the use of Genius Hour & Project Based Learning.
Key Measures
  • A developed pathway of interventions
  • Completion rates for interventions
  • Interventions, assessments, clear learning goals
Key Measures
  • Completion rates for interventions
  • Develop a pathway of interventions
  • Frequently monitor progress of students.
  • Interventions, assessments, clear learning goals
Key Measures
  • Interdisciplinary approach to solve problems.
  • Rigorous application of knowledge and skills.
  • Student completion and communication of learning
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