Fort Yates Middle School

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2024-2025 Fort Yates Public School Strategy Map
Time Period: 6/1/2024 - 5/31/2025
Vision

Fort Yates Public School will develop lifelong learners by educating the whole child.

Mission

Fort Yates Public School will develop students' intellectual, emotional, social, physical, artistic, creative, and cultural potential.

Beliefs

Every student, every day!

Instructional Framework
If teachers employ best practice instructional strategies, then student achievement will increase.
School Culture & Climate
If we create a culture and climate that promotes a safe and supportive environment, then students and staff will experience a sense of belonging and ownership.
Cybersecurity Integration
If we create a safe and secure digital learning environment for our middle school students, staff, and stakeholders, then they will be productive digital citizens.
Objectives
  • Teachers will employ best practice instructional strategies to increase student achievement.
Objectives
  • We will ensure our community feel welcome, safe and challenged at Fort Yates school district.
Objectives
  • We will integrate computer science principles, methods, and technologies to foster stakeholder innovation and problem solving skills.
Critical Initiative
  • Continue with next steps with our common learning writing instructional practices for all tiers.
  • Develop pacing guides, curriculum maps, and assessment work aligned to the state standards.
  • Develop teacher/peer observation tool and process that includes training to compile data for engagement and instructional practices.
  • Employ pathways for ELA, Math, and behavioral health.
  • Establish clear expectations for Tier I instructional practices for effective teaching
  • Evaluate, select, and purchase resource materials to align with our curriculum.
  • Staff will be knowledgeable, skilled and innovative in using data and technology to drive instruction.
  • Synthesize and analyze current instructional framework and using data to determine what factors most impact student learning.
Critical Initiative
  • Create a respectful atmosphere and address clearly defined roles, responsibilities and communication of staff.
  • Create a social network among all staff to build positive relationships.
  • "Provide professional learning opportunities to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all students and staff. "
Critical Initiative
  • Develop and implement Computer Science/Cybersecurity curriculum.
  • Provide staff with professional development opportunities and incentive for obtaining level 3 CSC credential.
Key Measures
  • Academic Pathways
  • Achievement and Benchmark Data
  • Curriculum Mapping/Pacing Guides
  • Curriculum Review and Purchase Cycle
  • Explicit Lesson Plans
  • Fastbridge, ND+, NDSA
  • Formal and informal observation tools
  • PLC Structure and Protocols
  • Professional Learning and Coaching
Key Measures
  • Crucial Conversation Training
  • Formal and informal observation tools
  • Professional Learning attendance and certification
  • Restorative Practices
  • SLT Meeting Protocols
  • Staff Attendance Goal
  • Staff Wellness Goal
  • Stakeholder Feedback
  • Update Staff and Student Handbooks
Key Measures
  • Curriculum Mapping/Pacing Guides
  • Professional Learning attendance and certification
  • Professional Learning Opportunity
  • Student Schedule
  • Teacher Credentialing
Community Engagement
If we inform, involve, and engage families and community partners, then we will have positive relationships with families and community partners.
Personalized Learning
If we personalize each student's learning based upon strengths, needs, skills, and interests, then students will be on track with mastering standards.
Objectives
  • We will foster meaningful partnerships with families, and promoting a positive school climate, and supporting the students' overall well-being.
Objectives
  • We will personalize each student's learning based upon strengths, needs, skills, and interests.
Critical Initiative
  • Establish partnerships with the local and extended communities.
  • Host community engagement activities to reach all stakeholders quarterly.
  • Increase parent participation in school activities that focus on both academic and social learning.
  • Provide opportunities for stakeholders to share cultural knowledge, customs, and values of the local communities.
Critical Initiative
  • Annual plan for supplemental services for remediation and enrichment.
  • Collectively increase proficiency by 5% in ELA and Math achievement.
  • College and Career Readiness Plan
  • Continue with the next steps with our writing goal schoolwide.
  • Employ data-based decision making to create individualized student response plans.
Key Measures
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Calendared activities
  • Communication Channels
  • Community Workshops
  • Flexible Schedule
  • List of community partnerships
  • Local Transportation
  • Parent Advisory Committee
  • Review and update community resources
  • Stakeholder Feedback
  • Surveys
Key Measures
  • Achievement and Benchmark Data
  • Afterschool Programming
  • College and Career Readiness Plan
  • Exploratory Career Paths
  • Extra-Curricular Activities
  • Goal Setting
  • Writing Resource
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