Map Name: Grafton High School 2018-2021
Time Period: 8/21/2018 - 5/21/2021
Vision

Grafton Public Schools are committed to the pursuit of excellence 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 guaranteed and viable curriculum.

Effective Teaching
Implementing Effective Teaching in Every Classroom will develop learners' attitudes beliefs and skills needed for success and increase student achievement.
Guaranteed Curriculum
Integrating Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum will improve professional practice student performance and organizational effectiveness.
Safe and Collaborative
Providing a Safe and Collaborative Culture enables stakeholders to work together to make the school run optimally.
Objectives
  • Implement monitor and adjust predominant instructional practices throughout the school
Objectives
  • Develop a formal structure to ensure learners are supported in their educational experiences
  • Implement innovative and collaborative activities to improve 21st Century skills.
Objectives
  • Ensure learners develop positive relationships with adults who support their educational experiences
  • Customize communication efforts to meet the needs of Grafton High School stakeholders
Critical Initiative
  • Perform regular 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
Critical Initiative
  • Continue to develop intervention and mentoring programs
  • Provide regular opportunities for teachers to look at student data to identify intervention needs
  • Develop proficiency scales to communicate clear and measurable academic goals
  • Implement innovative and collaborative activities to improve 21st Century skills.
  • Monitor and adjust for changing technology requirements
Critical Initiative
  • Personalize GHS Parent/Teacher Conferences and Open House Nights
  • Streamline and improve modes of communication
  • Monitor and adjust intervention/8th hour to ensure learners develop positive relationships with adults and peers who support their educational experiences
  • Monitor and adjust 8th Hour for efficiency
  • Implement a system for individual goal setting and progress monitoring
Key Measures
  • Teacher focus group response data
  • MTSS monitoring data
  • Culture and Climate survey and inventory data
  • Instructional Coach conference notes and tracking
  • Student Engagement survey data
  • Teacher evaluation results
  • Student Engagement survey data
  • Classroom observation
Key Measures
  • Classroom observations
  • Schedules and class lists
  • Student performance growth
  • eleot Observation results
  • Technology Needs Assessment
  • Proficiency scale monitoring and adjustment
  • PLC schedules and agendas
Key Measures
  • Stakeholder participation and feedback data
  • Stakeholder feedback data
  • Culture and Climate survey data
  • Individual goal progress monitoring
  • Eligibility list
  • Stakeholder participation and feedback
  • Student Engagement survey data
  • Eligibility list
  • Student Engagement survey data
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