Strategic Plan
Goal Area: Culture and Safety
Goal Language : Foster a culture and prioritizes the overall well-being of students, staff, and families.
Prioritize psyhological needs of student and staff.
Objectives | 23-24 | 24-25 | 25-26 |
Continue implementing Second Step. | ✓ | ||
Look into increasing hours for our school councelor. | ✓ | ||
Share with staff recources for mental health including what is included with our insurance and additional options. |
Explore ways in which the district can further support family and student wellbeing.
Objectives | 23-24 | 24-25 | 25-26 |
Continue Paw toPaw group. | ✓ | ||
Host a parent night at the Nelson School a few times per year. | |||
Continue with and share more about Nexus program. |
Establish a culture of digital saftey for students, staff, and family.
Objectives | 23-24 | 24-25 | 25-26 |
Determine a Chromebook policy to be agreed on by students and guardians. | ✓ | ||
Provide digital literacy lessons to 2nd-8th grade students. | |||
Evaluate and inventory the current school digital safety systems. |
Goal Area: Finance and Operation
Goal Language: Explore opportunities for operational improvements to meet the needs of all preschool through eighth-grade students and their families.
Consider improvements that support outdoor learning enrichment for students.
Objectives | 23-24 | 24-25 | 25-26 |
STEAM is introducing a small prairie area for students to use for learning. | ✓ | ||
Purchase a sign to honor the natural prairie along the edge of the school yard. | |||
Contine to improve the garden. Advertize to Community. Some examples of partners might be Sauk Impact and CGH Health Foundation. | |||
Investigate creating an outdoor learning area similar to a pavilion with tables. |
Prioritize building renovations that provide greater safety and flexibility for students and community events.
Objectives | 23-24 | 24-25 | 25-26 |
New sound system that can be heard throughout the school. | ✓ | ||
New sound system for plays, concerts, and large events that may be held in the gym. | |||
Add additional lights in the parking lot. | ✓ | ||
Renovate multi-purpose room. | ✓ |
Investigate early learning opportunities for community families.
Objectives | 23-24 | 24-25 | 25-26 |
Look into community partnerships such as United Way or Parents as Teachers to host programs like Born Learning Academy at our school. |
Goal Area: Teaching for Learning
Goal Language: Increase rigor, enrichment, and innovative practices within curricular and extra curicular experiences that empower students to take ownership of their individual learning potential in a constantly evolving digital culture.
Increase stakeholder awarness of rigor in all classrooms by emphasizing and prioritizing critical thinking skills.
Objectives | 23-24 | 24-25 | 25-26 |
Implement clickable links on the school website for essential standards focusing on math and reading for each grade level. | |||
Include enrichment opportunities in the classroom that focuses on problem-solving, such as math or science competitions, coding clubs, or steam projects. | ✓ |
Utilize student data to identify areas of growth and strength for students to take ownership of their learning.
Objectives | 23-24 | 24-25 | 25-26 |
Implement a social intervention team to the Rtl plan. Evaluate the process and determine areas of growth. | ✓ | ||
Set goals with students and families at parent-teacher conferences. | ✓ | ||
Poll the students on current incentives and what drives them to do well. |
Continue to explore and implement extracurricular opportunities for all students.
Objectives | 23-24 | 24-25 | 25-26 |
Expand STEAM programs. | ✓ | ||
Survey students on extracurricual opportunities they enjoy and what additional ones they may be interested in that are not available at ECN. |
Prioritize enrichment opportunities and innovate practices to continue to challenge students in a variety of academinc areas.
Objectives | 23-24 | 24-25 | 25-26 |
Look into partnering with other schools or community resources to offer additional enrichment opportunities. | |||
Evaluate current enrichment extracurricular activities and build upon them for upcoming years. | ✓ |
Goal Area: School District and Community Partnership
Goal Language: Foster collaborative relationships between the school district and community stakeholders to grow leaders in a globally competitive society.
Offer parent universities and curriculum nights to support parental involvment in student learning.
Objectives | 23-24 | 24-25 | 25-26 |
District administrators lead parent universities and post videos on the website about school-wide assessments. | ✓ | ||
At conferences have staff available to answer questions about school-wide assessments. | ✓ |
Leverage technlogy to celebrate student and educator accomplishments.
Objectives | 23-24 | 24-25 | 25-26 |
Use the website and social media to promote Students of the Month and Band Star of the Week. | |||
Celebrate multiple staff members monthly by highlighting them on social media and the website. Use bulletin boards to make visible within the school. | ✓ |
Utilize and partner with community resources to enhance students and community opportunites.
Objectives | 23-24 | 24-25 | 25-26 |
Bring in more guest speakers from various organizations throughout the community. Some examples include Sauk Valley Bank and United Way. |
Develop service-minded students through a variety of community activities and projects
Objectives | 23-24 | 24-25 | 25-26 |
Students show learning through various projects and invite the community in to view. | ✓ |