SUCCESS, ACCESS, AND SUPPORT DOMAIN

(I) Tenet - Educational Opportunities and Access  

This tenet - Each student has access to effective, comprehensive, and continuous learning opportunities that prepare them for ongoing school success, postsecondary education, and career goals. 

Our focus of school improvement for the past 5 years has been working on priority standards, proficiency scales, pacing guides and assessments.  Jan Hoegh started our efforts in the Fall of 2018.  The process started with determining 8-10 priority standards in each of our classes.  We then followed a template to unpack the standards, develop our pacing guides, and create our learning targets.  Moving on to assessments, we ensured that the assessment is assessing the skills on the proficiency scale.  The work we are doing is preparing us for standards referenced reporting.  

 Priority Standards, Proficiency Scales, and Pacing Guides

Key Indicators of Educational Opportunities and Access

• Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum

• Professional Development and Building Capacity with Jan Hoegh

• District Level - Priority Standards, Proficiency Scales, Pacing Guides, Assessments

• Building - Unit Plans, Instructional Strategies

(II)  Tenet - Transitions

This tenet - Quality educational opportunities focus on effective supports and high quality collaborations for each student transitioning within, into, and between grade levels, programs, schools, districts, postsecondary education, and careers.  Gibbon Public School's Transition Plan

Key Indicators of Transitions

• Advisory period

• Buffalo Council 

• Pathways (for scholarships)

• 7th Grade orientation 

• High School Registration night

• Kindergarten Round-Up

• Transitions Class for SPED

• MDT/IEP/504 Meetings

• High School Careers class  (grades 8-12)

• Buffalo Stampede 

• FBLA

• Career Pathways of Study

• 5th and 6th grade core subject departmentalized

• MTSS/RTI 

• Gibbon Greats

• Elementary and Secondary CTE Labs

(III)  Tenet - Positive Partnerships, Relationships, and Success 

This tenet - Schools and districts implement best practices in student, family, and community engagement to enhance experiences and opportunities that are culturally inclusive and relevant for each student.  Student success and engagement relies on positive partnerships and relationships to fundamentally improve the outcomes for each student, school district and community.

Gibbon Public Schools strengths are positive partnerships and relationships to ensure each and every student succeeds. The district provides many opportunities for family engagement throughout the school year. The district hosts an annual Buffalo Stampede at the beginning of each school year for families to learn more about aspects of school and how to help their students be successful. Gibbon holds many opportunities for family engagement such as orientations, parent-teacher conferences, elementary family nights, and key communicator meetings. Along with engaging families, the district partners with the local community for support. Community partnerships with the public library, fire department, sheriff's department, and local business have allowed GPS to expand learning opportunities outside of the building.

Key Indicators of Positive Partnerships, Relationships, and Success

• Buffalo Stampede

• Key Communicators

• Red Cross Blood Drive

• Elementary Family Nights

• Registration night for grades 8-11

• 7th Grade Orientation

• Kindergarten Parent Orientation Meeting

• Elementary PTO

• Athletic Registration Night

• Parent Teacher Conferences

• GPS website, Schoology, Powerschool

• MDT/IEP/504 meetings

• Elem counselor

• Buffs Cupboard

• Mental Health PLC

• DESSA Screener

• Developing Mental Health Standards

• Lions Club Vision and Hearing screenings

• Two Rivers Public Health Department LifeSmiles program

• Host UNK undergrad students for practicum hours

• Partnerships with the local businesses

• Partnership with Gibbon Public Library 

• Partnerships with Community Service Workers (GVFD/BCSD)