Map Name: 2025-2026 Virtual Academy Strategy Plan
Time Period: 5/28/2025 - 5/28/2026
Vision

Empower every student to succeed today and into the future.

Mission

To provide a safe and caring environment that empowers students to exhibit the determinations and resiliency to meet high quality and relevant curriculum challenges.

Beliefs

We believe:

  • the environment of the building should be positive and productive.
  • all students should have their educational needs met daily.
  • students will learn and apply social and emotional skills.
  • in clear, consistent communication for parents, staff and students.
Academic Excellence
All students at the Virtual Academy will engage in a comprehensive curriculum designed to provide various academic experiences.
Culture and Climate
The Virtual Academy will provide a safe and civil environment for student success.
Resource Management
The Virtual Academy will secure and allocate the resources needed to fund and carry out this strategic plan adequately.
Objectives
  • Improve student achievement in a virtual setting.
Objectives
  • Increase student engagement in a virtual setting.
Objectives
  • Support implementation practices of NDCDE programming resources.
Critical Initiative
  • Implement data-driven instructional practices through NDCDE.
Critical Initiative
  • Improve the expectations and requirements for NDCDE course loads.
  • Improve the system to support stronger completion rates and attendance in our NDCDE programming.
Critical Initiative
  • Implement NDCDE coursework system with the Director of Student Services.
Key Measures
  • NDCDE Dashboard Results
Key Measures
  • NDCDE Dashboard Results
The Strategy Map has been created in collaboration with The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction and Cognia™.

All schools in North Dakota participate in a Continuous Improvement process. Continuous Improvement means examining a school’s current reality including demographics, culture, technology, finances, and academic progress, among many other factors. In addition, Continuous Improvement means looking into the future and predicting what may change – what will be different a year from now, or 10 years from now.

 

During the 2018-2019 school year, all schools in North Dakota participated in this Continuous Improvement journey. School personnel participated in training and collaborated with diverse stakeholders such as community members, teachers, parents and students to map out what the school’s priorities are, what the school’s objectives are and what critical initiatives needed to be implemented to achieve those objectives. This planning process resulted in a Strategy Map – a 3 to 5-year plan for the school.

 

It is important to note that the Strategy Map is a snapshot in time. It is documentation of what the school’s priorities were the past school year. In this case the Strategy Map below was captured and submitted on May 1, 2019. It is equally important to note that the Strategy Map below may have changed since its submittal. This is because priorities may have changed quickly depending on numerous factors. Factors can include, but are not limited to, a natural disaster, a high staff turn-over rate, or an influx or decrease of students. To obtain a copy of this schools current and update Strategy Map, please contact the local school administrator.



Please contact North Dakota's Department of Public Instruction with any questions and feedback via email to the following address: dpidashboard@nd.gov