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BPS Value: Excellence

Excellence

Ensure all learners receive an exemplary education that is academically challenging and meets their social and emotional needs.

We will ...
  • Be Intentional about Building Relationships With & Among All Stakeholders
  • Develop & Model a Framework And System that Builds Collective Efficacy
  • Have High Expectations for All
  • Establish Common Language of Effective Practices

BPS Value: Inclusion

Inclusion

Strengthen our community by valuing people for who they are, nurturing our diversity, and embracing the contributions of all students, families and staff.

We will ...
  • Provide Opportunities / Involvement for All Stakeholders
  • Listen and Learn from One Another
  • Engage the Community
  • Celebrate Each Other
  • Teach, Model, and Advocate for All

BPS Value: Innovation

Innovation

Engage in forward-thinking to identify bold ideas that enable us to be responsive to the expectations of our organization and community while cultivating creativity, critical thinking, and resourcefulness.

We will ...
  • Take Risks and Learn Through Failure
  • Engage in Intentional Problem Solving
  • Cultivate a Growth Mindset
  • Promote Internal / External Collaboration

BPS Value: Leadership

Leadership

Grow all learners as reflective leaders with high levels of integrity who are inspired and inspire others to work, learn, and solve problems.

We will ...
  • Honor Creativity
  • Build Capacity and Foster Competence
  • Model Behaviors that Develop Strong Character and Compassion
  • Provide Clarity of the Mission and Vision and Never Forget Our Why
  • Build Connections / Relationships with All Stakeholders

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Environmental Excellence - Culture and Climate

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Environmental Excellence

Culture and Climate


RATIONALE:

Bismarck Public Schools believes all our stakeholders deserve to learn, work, and have meaningful educational experiences in safe, welcoming, and nurturing environments which allow them to reach high academic standards and peak personal potential.

DEFINITION:

A positive school culture and climate is the foundation for supportive relationships among staff, students, and parents. School culture is a group’s shared beliefs, customs, and behavior. School climate is the “feel” of the school environment and how people perceive their relationship with the school.

GOAL:

All stakeholders contribute to and benefit from welcoming and supportive environments.

OBJECTIVES:

  • Identify and implement strategies to foster welcoming and supportive school environments.
  • Create experiences for all learners which instill joy and celebrate success.
  • Create school cultural proficiency plans to help stakeholders interact effectively in our diverse community.
  • Implement leadership opportunities for all learners.

Environmental Excellence - Digital Stewardship

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Environmental Excellence

Digital Stewardship


RATIONALE:

Bismarck Public Schools believes developing digitally fluent learners is vital to navigating and contributing to the technological world in which we live, work, create, and communicate.

DEFINITION:

Digital stewardship is the obligation of all learners to be positive digital citizens and to manage their online environments. Digital environments are used with sophisticated intent to accelerate and improve the educational system. An education in and practice of high levels of digital citizenship, online safety, data security, data use for decision making, and information literacy skills are vital to digital stewardship.

GOAL:

All learners have the tools, skills, and behaviors to positively contribute in digital environments.

OBJECTIVES:

  • Set clear expectations for data use and security in the district; ensuring the highest quality of data-driven decisions.
  • Develop best practices and procedures for monitoring, re-teaching, and promoting digital stewardship for all learners.
  • Increase school/family communication on expectations for data use and digital citizenship.

Environmental Excellence - Safety

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Environmental Excellence

Safety


RATIONALE:

Bismarck Public Schools believes safe environments are foundational for all students, staff, and community members to thrive at school and in the community.

DEFINITION:

Safe environments are free from harassment, violence, bullying, drugs, and harm in order to ensure students, staff, and visitors are physically, emotionally, academically, and socially supported. School safety includes building solid relationships with students and first responders, reporting threatening behavior to identify threats, physical hardening of buildings with regular safety inspections, and regular training and drills to support emergency response.

GOAL:

All learners are physically, emotionally, academically, and socially safe.

OBJECTIVES:

  • Increase collaboration on safety between internal and external departments.
  • Establish a cross departmental team from student support services, special education, safety, administration, and teachers.
  • Design a continuum of safety supports and training for all learners.
  • Develop and train all stakeholders on safety processes and procedures including safety mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
  • Improve communication to all stakeholders on safety processes and procedures.

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Learning Excellence - Authentic Learning

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Learning Excellence

Authentic Learning


RATIONALE:

Bismarck Public Schools believes authentic learning experiences empower learners to develop agency, efficiency, and passion.

DEFINITION:

Authentic learning allows students to explore, discuss, and meaningfully construct concepts and relationships in contexts that involve real-world problems and projects. This can take the form of learning trips, projects, capstones, internships, alternative pathways for graduation, or other learning opportunities that result in relevant and useful products or experiences.

GOAL:

Every learner has access to a variety of experiences that facilitate meaningful connections to relevant real-life situations.

OBJECTIVES:

  • Design and implement a model for developing authentic learning experiences.
  • Collaborate with community partners to develop authentic learning experiences.
  • Ensure that experiences are grounded in and connected to standards.

Learning Excellence - Effective Teaching Practices

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Learning Excellence

Effective Teaching Practices


RATIONALE:

Bismarck Public Schools believes that all learners deserve effective teaching that supports them in growing to their full potential.

DEFINITION:

Effective teaching is the application of evidence-based practices based on collaboration and intentional, reflective planning. To optimize learning, experiences are inclusive of supportive relationships, clarity of purpose, and appropriate challenge.

GOAL:

All educators implement research-based instructional strategies, inclusive of social emotional support, culturally responsive practices, success skills, and disciplinary literacies.

OBJECTIVES:

  • Increase competence of all staff in implementing effective teaching strategies in all tiers represented within each school’s instructional framework.
  • Ensure all staff participate in professional learning opportunities aligned to personal professional development goals.
  • Expand our existing coaching model to include more co-teaching and peer coaching.
  • Build internal capacity to facilitate professional learning and PLC collaboration.

Learning Excellence - Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Academics (MTSS-A)

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Learning Excellence

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Academics (MTSS-A)


RATIONALE:

Bismarck Public Schools believes in empowering all learners to be choice-ready through a tiered systems framework.

DEFINITION:

Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is an integrated framework for continuous improvement of high-quality instruction, data- driven decision-making, collaboration, and shared leadership to provide all students with the best academic opportunities to succeed.

GOAL:

Every student experiences growth through multi-tiered instruction and assessment practices inclusive of differentiated learning paths and supplemental support.

OBJECTIVES:

  • Ensure that all students experience core instruction that is responsive to their needs.
  • Ensure that intervention and enrichment opportunities support students by closing achievement gaps and accelerating growth.
  • Focus the work of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) in each building on the essential questions of high functioning PLCs.


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