Map Name: 2024-2025 Hankinson High School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 6/1/2024 - 5/31/2025
Vision

We will seek to empower students with authentic and innovative educational experiences in a safe environment.  Every student will be provided the opportunity to develop the essential skills of communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity.

Mission

Empowering Success:  Every Student, Every Opportunity, Every Day

Beliefs

We believe in a safe, caring, and respectful learning environment where students are at the center of our educational decisions.  In a partnership between the school and community, students will be supported, encouraged, and challenged to reach their full potential.

Continuous Improvement
Hankinson has identified and ensured that the recommendations made by the Cognia report team are embedded throughout the strategic plan.
Academic Engagement
Hankinson will offer a school learning environment that encourages each student to engage in their own learning experience.
Professional Learning
Hankinson will promote individualized and focused professional development on enhancing professional practice that will positively impact student learning.
Objectives
  • Cognia Review Improvement Goals
  • Strategic Plan Annual Review
Objectives
  • 21st Century Readiness and Personalized Learning
  • Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Technology and Innovation
Objectives
  • Professional Development for School Board
  • Professional Development for Staff
Critical Initiative
  • Continue to build formal structures that ensure learning experiences foster lifelong skills. (Standard 18)
  • Develop and implement an instructional model that focuses on student voice and agency which includes student support for pursuing academic and non-academic goals. (Standards 19, 28)
  • Develop, implement, and evaluate processes to determine the effectiveness of curriculum and instruction. (Standard 26)
  • In June of each year, the plan will be reviewed by the administrative leadership team and presented to the School Board to consider annual adjustments to the plan.
  • Utilize data analysis more formally to make decisions on instruction, curriculum, and professional development. (Standards 24, 30)
Critical Initiative
  • Assess students on Career Ready Practices in multiple classes and add these scores to the students’ report cards. (Improvement Priority #4)
  • Develop and implement a plan for technology lessons in the areas of computer science, cybersecurity, digital citizenship, computer applications, keyboarding, and basic computer fundamentals.
  • Develop, implement, and evaluate processes to determine the effectiveness of curriculum and instruction. (Improvement Priority #2)
  • Hankinson will continue to evaluate and modify the MTSS-A process.
  • Hankinson will create a plan for and implement MTSS-A in mathematics.
  • Offer professional development opportunities for integrating technology in the classroom.
  • Personalized Learning - Hankinson teachers will use instructional best practices to meet the needs of diverse learners, positive learning environments responsive to different student needs.
  • Provide students with opportunities to become Choice Ready using the framework provided by the state.
  • Utilize data analysis more formally to make decisions on instruction, curriculum, and professional development. (Improvement Priority #3)
Critical Initiative
  • School Board members will be encouraged to participate in professional development activities to include the North Dakota School Boards Association conferences and seminars.
  • School Board members will engage in professional development through NDSBA resources during board meetings.
  • Staff members will be encouraged to participate in professional development activities as planned during the school year.
Key Measures
  • Strategic Plan
  • "Strategic Plan "
Key Measures
  • Annual review by curriculum committee
  • Annual review of graduation rates
  • Annual review of MTSS-A process
  • Annual review of the district technology plan
  • Classroom observation
  • Data analysis
  • Portfolio committee reviews process annually
  • Portfolio completion to reflect ESSA requirements
  • Student engagement surveys
Key Measures
  • Professional development will be planned & tracked
  • Professional learning will be planned and tracked
School Culture & Climate
Hankinson will support our students in their intellectual, social, and emotional growth by providing a safe and caring environment and positive relationships amongst all stakeholders.
Resource Management
The school district will secure and allocate resources needed to fund and carry out this strategic plan adequately.
Objectives
  • Positive Behavior Management
  • Student Leadership and Citizenship
Objectives
  • Long Range Technology Planning
  • Long-Range Facilities Planning
  • Long-Range Financial Planning
Critical Initiative
  • Develop and implement an instructional model that focuses on student voice and agency which includes student support for pursuing academic and non-academic goals. (Improvement Priority #1)
  • Establish and implement MTSS-B tier 2 and tier 3 behavior supports for students.
  • Establish school-wide behavior expectations and a discipline flow chart to promote consistency among staff and administration.
  • Promote positive school-wide behavior with a rewards system for students.
  • Provide leadership and service-learning opportunities for students aligned with the Choice Ready Framework.
  • Provide professional development for all staff on PBIS best practices.
Critical Initiative
  • Develop an annual budget for the school district to include all funds of the district (General, Building, etc.).
  • Maintain a 5-10 year facilities plan.
  • Maintain a district-wide technology plan.
  • Solicit input annually from staff, students, and community members.
  • Solicit input annually from staff.
Key Measures
  • Annual review of Choice Ready Framework
  • Annual review of discipline matrix
  • Complete suspension, truancy, and expulsion report
  • Discipline procedures reviewed annually
  • Monitoring behavioral referrals
  • Professional development will be planned & tracked
  • Student engagement surveys
Key Measures
  • Annual approval of financial plan by School Board
  • Annual review of financial plan by School Board
  • Annual review of tech plan by School Board
  • Annual review of the district technology plan
  • Ongoing review of tech plan by administration
  • Review facilities plan annually
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