Teacher Strategic Plan
HANCOCK ISD NO. 768
DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLAN
MISSION
Hancock Public School exists to develop in all students the skills, knowledge,
and passion to be lifelong learners.
VISION
Our Vision is to see…
• Students committed to the learning process through engaged teachers, parents, staff, and community.
• Students who learn and demonstrate 21st Century skills and knowledge
• Students who identify and apply their individual strengths.
VALUES
We value…
• Effective and innovative instruction
• Developing and teaching healthy relationships
• Parent and community involvement
• Personal responsibility and accountability
• Honesty and hard work
• Giving back to our community
STRATEGIES
• Create an environment for students to be committed to the learning process
• Incorporate 21st Century skills and knowledge into the curriculum
• Create an environment that identifies individual strengths and applications
TEACHER GOALS
• Recognize student accomplishments
• Have high expectations for student performance
• Incorporate technology in all areas of instruction
• Effectively evaluate student performance and use evaluation data to drive instruction and improve curriculum
• Provide individual assistance that is targeted to improve student performance
• Engage parents, teachers, staff and the community in school activities and learning opportunities
• Provide opportunities for students to learn and develop their
individual strengths.
Mrs. Nelson’s Mission for 5th grade- Teacher Action Plan
Student Achievement:
- Give out character awards at the end of the quarter
- Hand out subway certificates for good work
- Hand out Pizza Hut certificates for reading goals
- Continue Fun Fridays to promote good organization and completion of homework on time
- Hand out quarterly awards for AR high point achievers.
- Prizes for educational games held in classroom
- Display Student projects and writing
- Spelling Bee recognition
- Geography Bee recognition
- Poster and Essay contests
- Very Important Person “VIP” of the week
- Eating in the classrooms when AR points are met
Have High Expectations:
- Discipline policy that encourages good behavior
- Midterm grades sent out
- Weekly progress talk with each student
- Challenging grading scale
- Incentives for positive behavior
Incorporate technology in all areas of instructions
- Use of Smartboard in my room
- Lunch and Attendance and daily lesson activities on Smartboard
- Regular computer lab time learning typing skills and word processing
- Accelerated Reader used for reading comprehension
- Power point projects
- Internet research
- Virtual field trips
- JMC online grading
- Teacher web page
- Newsflash parent e-mail alerts
- Scanning documents capability from copier to desktop
- AIMS
- NWEA’s
- School Website
- Using flash drives for storage
-- Senteo assessment
Effectively evaluate student performance and use evaluation to drive instruction and improve curriculum
- AIMS reading assessments/ weekly monitoring
- MCA/GRAD standard testing
- NWEA math, reading and language assessment
- States projects
- Power points throughout the year
- Special Ed referrals and assessments
- Attend workshops and conferences
- Curriculum review with staff
- Student portfolios
- Demonstrations
Assistance to Students
- Teacher available before and after school
- Para help- Title I
- Volunteers available for help
- PALS reading program
- Reading buddies
- Homework planners
- FTA’s
- Parent and community volunteers
- Special Education IEP’s
- Communication with parents
Engage parents, teachers, staff, and the community in
school activities and learning opportunities:
- Community Guest Speakers
- Parent Teacher Conferences
- VIP- parents eat with student on Fridays
- Nutrition specialist- Jodi Gravening
- Earth Day cleanup
- E-mails, phone calls and notes to parents
- Teacher Web page
- Field trip to science museum, Feuchtenberger’s Pumpkin Patch, SWELL, Willies, Water
treatment plant
- Parent volunteers
- *Newsflash on the website that sends out alerts
- Website updates
- Midterms
- Weekly AR updates
- *group parent e-mail for special announcements, hard copy for others
- Safety First Day field trip
- Using the town newspaper to show classroom activities
- Parent chaperones for field trips
- Ski trips
- “All About You” after school program
- Christmas Crafts with parents and other special friends
- Soil and Water Conservation District presentation and poster contest
- Prairie Fire Theatre
- Zoomobile
- Growth and Development talk with Public Health Nurse
-- Ottertail and AGralite presentations on electricity
Provide opportunities for students to learn and develop their individual strengths
- Prairie Fire Theatre
- Zoomobile
- Extra curricular Activities
- Research projects- states presentations