Map Name: 2020-2021 Grafton Junior High School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 5/1/2020 - 5/31/2021
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.
Standards Reporting
Implementing referenced standards reporting will align what is being taught/learned for increased student achievement.
Guaranteed Curriculum
Integrating Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum will improve professional practice, student performance, and organizational effectiveness.
Objectives
  • Implement, monitor, and adjust predominant instructional practices throughout the school
Objectives
  • Create standards based assessments to align with proficiency scales.
Objectives
  • Develop a formal structure to ensure learners are supported in their educational experiences
  • Implement innovative and collaborative activities to improve 21st Century Skills
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
  • Provide professional development for standards referenced reporting and implementation of assessments.
  • Implement standard based assessments to increase student engagement with proficiency scales.
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
  • Monitor and adjust for changing technology requirements
Key Measures
  • Stakeholder participation and feedback
  • Culture and Climate survey data
  • Individual goal progress monitoring
  • Eligibility list
  • Teacher focus group response data
  • MTSS monitoring data
  • Classroom observation
  • Instructional Coach conference notes and tracking
  • Teacher evaluation results
  • Culture and Climate survey and inventory data
  • Student Engagement survey data
  • Technology Needs Assessment
  • Schedules and class lists
  • PLC schedules and agendas
  • Student performance growth
  • Proficiency scale monitoring and adjustment
  • eleot Observation results
Key Measures
  • Proficiency scale monitoring and adjustment
  • Student performance growth
  • PLC schedules and agendas
  • eleot Observation results
  • Technology Needs Assessment
  • Schedules and class lists
  • Culture and Climate survey and inventory data
  • Teacher evaluation results
  • Instructional Coach conference notes and tracking
  • Classroom observation
  • MTSS monitoring data
  • Teacher focus group response data
  • Eligibility list
  • Student Engagement survey data
  • Individual goal progress monitoring
  • Culture and Climate survey data
  • Stakeholder participation and feedback
Key Measures
  • Culture and Climate survey data
  • Stakeholder participation and feedback
  • Individual goal progress monitoring
  • Eligibility list
  • Teacher focus group response data
  • MTSS monitoring data
  • Classroom observation
  • Instructional Coach conference notes and tracking
  • Teacher evaluation results
  • Culture and Climate survey and inventory data
  • Student Engagement survey data
  • Schedules and class lists
  • Technology Needs Assessment
  • PLC schedules and agendas
  • Student performance growth
  • Proficiency scale monitoring and adjustment
  • eleot Observation results
Safe and Collaborative
Providing a Safe and Collaborative Culture enables stakeholders to work together to make the school run optimally.
Objectives
  • Customize communication efforts to meet the needs of Grafton Junior High School stakeholders
  • Ensure learners develop positive relationships with adults who support their educational experience
  • Develop social emotional competency that leads to increased academic engagement
Critical Initiative
  • Personalize Parent/Teacher Conferences and Open House Nights
  • Continue to streamline and improve modes of communication
  • Continue to monitor and adjust 8th Hour for efficiency
  • Continue to implement a system for individual goal setting and progress monitoring
  • Provide professional development in the technical adequacy evaluation tool to special education staff
  • 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
Key Measures
  • Proficiency scale monitoring and adjustment
  • Student performance growth
  • PLC schedules and agendas
  • eleot Observation results
  • Technology Needs Assessment
  • Schedules and class lists
  • Culture and Climate survey and inventory data
  • Teacher evaluation results
  • Instructional Coach conference notes and tracking
  • Classroom observation
  • MTSS monitoring data
  • Teacher focus group response data
  • Eligibility list
  • Student Engagement survey data
  • Individual goal progress monitoring
  • Stakeholder participation and feedback
  • Culture and Climate 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