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MPS Solution Team: MTSS High School

Focus Goal: High School MTSS will strive to improve attendance and student engagement.
Drivers: Tier 1 instruction strategies, attendance rates

Change Practices/Initiatives: Improving tier 1 instruction strategies, explicit instruction training with the NESC, MTSS trainings, Advisory attendance protocols, BARR attendance protocols

Measurements: Infinite Campus attendance data, walk through data, BARR small block/big block meeting data

24-25 attendance rate for high school was 84%
25-26 attendance rate for high school was 87%
26-27 attendance goal is 90%

Team Members: Tammy, Shilo, Wanda, Jason, Chris, Jordan

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MPS Solution Team: MTSS Elementary

Focus Goal:

By spring, 100% of homeroom teachers will have completed their goal setting conferences and data entered by the time of their quarterly progress checkin with Connie and Carson.

Using the STAR Math Assessment, 50% of MPS students who scored in the 41st-60th percentile during the fall screening period will achieve proficiency (61st percentile and above) by the spring screening period.

Drivers:

Data Analysis Spreadsheet

Student Goal Setting

Progress Monitoring

Change Practices/Initiatives:

Data Analysis Spreadsheet - Point System for MTSS Referral and determinations (grouping student based on tiers.)

Student Goal Setting - Action plans and interventionist check in on data

Progress Monitoring- Data collection sheet to show progress

Measurements: Data from progress checkins

Team Members: Connie Soderholm, Alyssa Walter, Jane Groven, Lori Ricter, Carson Rood, Ashton Rode

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MPS Solution Team: Cooperative Culture

Focus Goal: Minnewaukan Public Schools will decrease the percentage of 3-12th graders indicating they would prefer to skip school from 30% to no more than 25% by May 2025 as measured by the SEL Connection Survey.

Drivers: Outside Supports, Special Events/Days, Culturally Relevant Curriculum

Change Practices/Initiatives: Having a NA representative speak to students quarterly, Dr. Clayton Smalls (Good Road to Life- Grades 7-12), Pow Wow Day, Student Dress Up Days, Mentor Groups (SEL), K-12 Teachers Implementing NDNAEU Lessons twice a month, Restorative Circles (elementary), Mentor Groups (7 Grandfather Teachings), having challenges for students to have good behavior or good attendance as a class against other classes to earn prizes, hall of fame activities throughout the school displayed, chain links with what we like about school displayed

Measurements: SEL Connection Survey (data will be looked at three times a year- fall/winter/spring), attendance data (Pow Wow Day, mentor groups), student exit tickets (Ricky), and notes from teachers (NDNAEU lessons and restorative circles).
Looking at SWISS data to see if students behaviors are increasing or decreasing to decide whether our culture is cooperative within the school and that be tied to our goal.

Example

Use SWISS data to monitor student behavior trends in order to evaluate whether behaviors are increasing or decreasing. By analyzing this data regularly, we will determine the overall cooperativeness of our school culture and set targeted action steps. Our goal is to see a measurable decrease in office discipline referrals and other negative behavior incidents by [X%] over the school year, demonstrating growth in a positive, cooperative school culture.

Team Members: Kari Jo, Beth, Jay, Rachel, and Madi

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MPS Solution Team: Family Engagement/Attendance

Focus Goal:

In the elementary, one of the conferences will have an attendance rate of 80%. The high school will have a 50% attendance rate.

Drivers: Student goal setting, advisory times

Change Practices/Initiatives: Student led goal setting conferences

Measurements: Conference attendance.

Team Members: Sarah, Jon, Amy, Lindsey, Michael, Brandon

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MPS Solution Team: Social Emotional

Focus Goal: MPS will ensure that all students K-12 have at least one staff that they feel connected to by Spring 2026 as measured by our Spring Student Connections Survey

Drivers: Healthy Adult Relationships, Behaviors, SEL Curriculum

Change Practices/Initiatives: Monthly mentor groups, Morning Greetings, Behavior Pathways, Caught You’s and Point systems, Classroom lessons with Counselor and also with Teachers

Measurements: Connections Survey 3x a year (Fall, Winter, Spring)

Team Members: Tasha Baumtrog, Alex Wede, Tara Hoffner, Brian Baumtrog, Hilary Kratzke, Jeremiah Gonzaga