Map Name: 2025-2026 Longfellow Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 6/1/2025 - 3/31/2026
Vision

Assuring Learning for Lifelong Success.

Mission

Empower All Learners to Succeed in a Changing World.

Beliefs

We believe in equitable learning opportunities for all learners.  We believe safe and secure learning environments will support student growth.

Climate & Culture
Climate & Culture
Resources & Processes
Resources & Processes
Student Success
Student Success
Objectives
  • Provide a safe, positive environment by enhancing communication, boosting family engagement, and expanding role-specific training.
Objectives
  • Strengthen Professional Learning Communities to focus on standards alignment, enhance student engagemnt, and ensure understanding of safety protocols.
Objectives
  • Provide academic opportunities and support through MTSS to prepare students for the next level.
Critical Initiative
  • Communicate with families utilizing the district communication framework, phone calls, or postcards.
  • Implement PBIS initiatives to positively impact school climate and culture.
  • Invite parents, guardians, and community stakeholders to engage with the school.
  • Use data to strengthen student connectedness and ensure students feel known, supported, and engaged.
Critical Initiative
  • Ensure PLCs will engage in discussions and data analysis using resource guides to guarantee all students have access to rigorous, standard- aligned curriculum and achievable learning experience.
  • Increase intentional and consistent student engagement strategies across all classrooms.
  • Provide a safe and secure learning environment for all stakeholders.
Critical Initiative
  • Teachers will set a goal to improve a best practice and participate in instructional coaching at least once per semester to support implementation and student growth through MTSS tiers 1-3.
  • Utilize MTSS flowchart to guide intervention decisions and ensure systematic documentation of supports.
Key Measures
  • Administer and analyze BOQ.
  • Administer Cognia student engagement surveys- 3-5
  • All classrooms teach and reinforce expectations.
  • All students receive one positive postcard.
  • Celebrate growth by sharing data.
  • Each teacher nominates 1 BOLTS leader quarterly.
  • Monitor parent-teacher conference rates.
  • Send BOLTS postcards to build relationships.
  • Share BOQ and Cognia Survey data with staff.
  • Track number of BOLTS slips completed each month.
Key Measures
  • Coach models student engagement strategies.
  • Conduct required emergency drills.
  • Data days scheduled to triangulate assessment data
  • Emergency plan is reviewed and drills practiced.
  • PLCs meet weekly to discuss the 4 guiding question
  • Staff wear ID badges daily.
  • Teachers use district resource guides/pacing guide
Key Measures
  • 1 coaching/session per grade level each semester.
  • MTSS steps documented consistently.
  • Standards-based assessments given.
  • Teachers set goals to improve best practices.
  • Use data to target gaps in small groups.
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