Map Name: 2020-2021 Century Elementary School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 5/1/2020 - 5/31/2021
Vision

Grafton Public Schools are committed to the pursuit of excellence in education and the building of sound character.

Mission

Inspiring Excellence, Building Character 

Beliefs

Grafton Public Schools believe in providing a safe and collaborative culture, effective teaching in every classroom, and teaching with a guaranteed and viable curriculum while reporting based on standards referenced  assessments.

Safe and Collaborative
Focusing on Safe and Collaborative Culture can increase student engagement and improve student achievement.
Effective Teaching
Implementing Effective Teaching in Every Classroom will develop learners' attitudes, beliefs, and skills needed for success and increase student achievement.
Standards Reporting
Implementing Standards Referenced reporting will align what is being taught and learned for increased student achievement.
Objectives
  • Ensure learners develop positive relationships with adults who support their educational experiences
  • Customize communication efforts to the meet needs of Grafton Public School stakeholders
  • Develop social emotional competency that leads to increased academic engagement
Objectives
  • Monitor and adjust predominant instructional practices throughout the school
Objectives
  • Create standards based assessments to align with proficiency scales
Critical Initiative
  • Continue to develop intervention and mentoring programs
  • Implement a system for individual goal setting and progress monitoring
  • Personalize Open House Night
  • Streamline and improve modes of communication with stakeholders
  • Review relevant IEPs for the inclusion of FBA information
  • Provide teams effective progress monitoring tools for monitoring improvement of self-regulation skills
  • Provide support to staff to recognize the need for the implementing of a positive behavioral support plan or an FBA
  • Provide professional development in the technical adequacy evaluation tool to UVSE staff
Critical Initiative
  • Perform quarterly data digs to monitor student growth and adjust instruction appropriately
  • Participate in instructional rounds
  • Plan and provide job-embedded professional development that is directly related to teachers' instructional growth goals
  • Provide training on innovation in the classroom
  • Conduct teacher evaluations and observations
Critical Initiative
  • Provide professional development for standards referenced reporting and implementation of standards referenced assessments
  • Implement standards based assessments to increase student engagement with proficiency scales
Key Measures
  • IEP reviews
  • Self-regulation progress monitoring tools
  • Walkthrough and evaluation data
  • Data Dig Meetings
  • Scale Completion data after instruction
  • Teacher completion of proficiency scales
  • Teacher observation
  • Teacher feedback data
  • Teacher surveys
  • Technology needs assessment
  • Student growth data
  • Schedule meetings for teacher teams
  • Conferencing with Instructional Coach
  • Teacher evaluation result data
  • Culture and climate surveys and inventories
  • Survey data
  • Student surveys
  • Monitor attendance rates
  • LivingTree Data
  • Team meetings scheduled
  • Culture and Climate survey data
  • Stakeholder feedback data
  • Student Survey
Key Measures
  • Walkthrough and evaluation data
  • Self-regulation progress monitoring tools
  • IEP reviews
  • Teacher completion of proficiency scales
  • Scale Completion data after instruction
  • Data Dig Meetings
  • Culture and Climate survey data
  • Stakeholder feedback data
  • LivingTree Data
  • Team meetings scheduled
  • Monitor attendance rates
  • Survey data
  • Culture and climate surveys and inventories
  • Teacher evaluation result data
  • Conferencing with Instructional Coach
  • Schedule meetings for teacher teams
  • Student surveys
  • Student growth data
  • Technology needs assessment
  • Teacher surveys
  • Teacher feedback data
  • Teacher observation
  • Student Survey
Key Measures
  • IEP reviews
  • Self-regulation progress monitoring tools
  • Walkthrough and evaluation data
  • Data Dig Meetings
  • Scale Completion data after instruction
  • Teacher completion of proficiency scales
  • Teacher observation
  • Teacher feedback data
  • Teacher surveys
  • Technology needs assessment
  • Student growth data
  • Schedule meetings for teacher teams
  • Conferencing with Instructional Coach
  • Teacher evaluation result data
  • Culture and climate surveys and inventories
  • Survey data
  • Student surveys
  • Monitor attendance rates
  • Team meetings scheduled
  • LivingTree Data
  • Culture and Climate survey data
  • Stakeholder feedback data
  • Student Survey
Guaranteed Curriculum
Integrating Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum will improve professional practice and student performance.
Objectives
  • Implement innovative and collaborative activities to improve 21st Century skills.
  • Develop a formal structure to ensure learners are supported in their educational experiences
Critical Initiative
  • Provide additional training on innovation in the classroom
  • Determine technology needs
  • Provide regular opportunities for teachers to look at student data to identify intervention needs
  • Monitor intervention and mentoring programs
  • Develop proficiency scales to communicate clear and measurable academic goals
Key Measures
  • Walkthrough and evaluation data
  • Self-regulation progress monitoring tools
  • IEP reviews
  • Teacher completion of proficiency scales
  • Scale Completion data after instruction
  • Data Dig Meetings
  • LivingTree Data
  • Stakeholder feedback data
  • Culture and Climate survey data
  • Team meetings scheduled
  • Monitor attendance rates
  • Survey data
  • Culture and climate surveys and inventories
  • Conferencing with Instructional Coach
  • Teacher evaluation result data
  • Schedule meetings for teacher teams
  • Student surveys
  • Technology needs assessment
  • Student growth data
  • Teacher surveys
  • Teacher feedback data
  • Teacher observation
  • Student Survey
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