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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.