Map Name: 2021-2023 North Shore Plaza Elementary School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 8/1/2023 - 5/31/2024
Vision

Unlocking Possibilities for ALL Students

Mission

Unlocking Possibilities for ALL Students

Beliefs

Core Values:

  • Kids First

Minimum Behavior Standards

  • Respectful
Innovation
Create purposeful lessons focusing on What, Why, and How
Continuous Learning
Provide opportunities for staff to grow through continuous learning.
Unity
"The district unity goal is to promote and strengthen a positive connection between the district's two schools. "
Objectives
  • All teachers strive to ensure all lessons are purposeful by focusing on the What, Why, and How
Objectives
  • Promote opportunities for staff to attend valuable professional development
Objectives
  • promote and strengthen a positive connection between the district's two schools
Critical Initiative
  • Creating clarity about purposefulness. Meetings with all teachers in late October and early November
Critical Initiative
  • Create a system to fund and vet professional learning opportunities
Critical Initiative
  • Continue regular collaboration between teachers of both schools
  • Discourage stakeholder negativity
  • Promote awareness of the unity issue's sensitive nature
Key Measures
  • Student Interviews
  • Teacher Observations
Key Measures
  • Teachers attending and ideas brought back
Key Measures
  • Unity Survey
Math Achievement
NSP Elementary will increase math proficiency is students grades 3-6 by 10% in 2023-24
Engagement
NSP Elementary will increase the percentage of Committed students 10% for the 2023-24 School Year.
Strategy
The District will develop a strategic plan
Objectives
  • 85% of NSP Elementary math students in grades 3-6 scoring advanced on the NDSA will remain advanced by year's end
  • NSP Elementary will increase math proficiency in students grades 3-6 by 10% in 2023-24
Objectives
  • Evaluate current classroom instructional practices. Determine whether our current instructional practices are contributing to less commitment.
  • NSP Elementary will increase the percentage of Committed students 10% for the 2023-24 School Year.
Objectives
  • The District will develop a strategic plan.
Critical Initiative
  • Once advanced students have been identified, the elementary staff will develop a plan to maintain growth for students in this category.
  • Once novice, partially proficient, and proficient student have been identified they will be referred to to interventionist. The interventionist will develop a growth plan for each student
  • Using NDSA data, NSP Elementary staff will identify 3-6 grade students that are novice, partially proficient, or proficient on the most recent NDSA
  • Using NDSA data, NSP Elementary will identify 3-6 grade students that scored advanced in math on the most recent NDSA
Critical Initiative
  • NSP Elementary will implement the three autonomy supportive behaviors discussed by Deci - Choice, Perspective Taking, and Rationales - in classrooms to increase student perceptions of autonomy.
  • "NSP Elementary will use SDT Theory of motivation to increase the percentage of Committed kids. The teachers and Admin will engage in a book student of Deci's ""Why We Do What We Do"""
  • Survey students to determine the degree to which they are feeling autonomous or controlled in the classroom. Compare this information with the instructional practices evaluation
  • "Use information from ""Why We Do What We Do"" to evaluate our current classroom practices. We must determine if our classroom instructional practices are contributing to less student buy-in. "
Critical Initiative
  • Clarify what the strategic plan will look like once completed.
  • Determine timeline for strategic plan development and completion
  • Establish a strategic planning team
Key Measures
  • plan complete
  • task complete
Key Measures
  • Instructional Practice Inventory
  • Survey Data
  • Survey staff to determine current knowledge
  • Use SDT survey to measure student autonomy
Culture/Character
The District will identify one trait the cultivate in it's students for the 2023-24 school year
Objectives
  • The strategic planning committee will develop a plan to cultivate the critical trait.
  • The strategic planning team will identify a focus trait for 2023-24
Critical Initiative
  • Create a trait development and progress monitoring plan. Determine the person or group responsible for completing tasks.
  • Determine how the district will be evaluated relative to the critical trait
  • Determine the district's current level and desired level relative to the critical trait.
  • The strategic planning committee will identify five potential critical traits to send to the public for feedback
  • The strategic planning committee will review the community feedback and select a critical trait for the 2023-24 school year.
Key Measures
  • plan complete
  • task complete
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