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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.
Student Achievement:
- Give out character awards at the end of the quarter
- Hand out Pizza Hut certificates for reading goals for Book-It
- Fun Fridays for students who completed work on time
- Hand out quarterly awards for AR achievers
- Display Student projects and writing in classroom and hallway
- 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
- Challenging grading scale
- Incentives for positive behavior
Incorporate technology in all areas of instructions
- Use of Smartboard
- Lunch and Attendance and daily lesson activities on Smartboard
- Chromebooks in the morning to practice math skills, typing skills, and spelling skills
- Accelerated Reader used for reading comprehension
- Power point projects
- Internet research
- Virtual field trips
- JMC online grading
- NWEAs
- School Website
- Using Google Classroom
Effectively evaluate student performance and use evaluation to drive instruction and improve curriculum
- 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
- Homework planners
- Parent and community volunteers
- Special Education IEP’s
- Communication with parents through weekly newsletters emailed and paper copied
- Community Guest Speakers
- Parent Teacher Conferences
- VIP
- Raking leaves
- E-mails, phone calls and notes to parents
- Teacher Web page
- Field trips
- Parent volunteers
- Website updates
- Midterms
- Group parent e-mail for special announcements
- Using the town newspaper to show classroom activities
- Parent chaperones for field trips
- Ski trips
- Christmas Crafts with parents and other friends
- Soil and Water Conservation District presentation and poster contest
- Prairie Fire Theatre
- 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
- Extra curricular Activities
- Research projects- states presentations