Map Name: 2025-2026 Wachter Middle School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 8/14/2025 - 5/26/2026
Vision

Together, our strong relationships build inclusive, collaborative, and innovative environments that create agency and inspire a passion for learning, excellence, and discovery.

Mission

"Empower every learner to thrive"

Beliefs

Excellence

Innovation

Inclusion

Leadership

Environmental Excellence
Create an environment that is safe and supportive for staff, students, and families
Personal Excellence
Implement a support system that promotes positive behavior, ensures inclusive practices, and expands access to engaging extracurricular and co-curricular opportunities
Learning Excellence
Increase rigor and student engagement
Objectives
  • Create an environment that is safe and supportive for staff, students, and families
Objectives
  • Implement a support system that promotes positive behavior, ensures inclusive practices, and expands access to engaging extracurricular and co-curricu
Objectives
  • Increase rigor and student engagement
Critical Initiative
  • Create experiences that promote student engagement, celebrate success, and strengthen a sense of belonging.
  • Identify and implement schoolwide strategies that foster welcoming, supportive and inclusive school environments.
Critical Initiative
  • Increase efficiency and effectiveness of supports that promote positive student behavior
Critical Initiative
  • Provide professional development to enhance classroom systems, instructional strategies, and/or lesson unit plans that exemplify rigor and student engagement
  • Strengthening teaching practices through instructional frameworks and AVID strategies
Key Measures
  • BPS Staff and Student Survey
  • Vital Survey
Key Measures
  • Number of students in extra curricular activities
  • Number of students involved in inclusive programs
  • Student Behavior Data
  • Student Intervention Data
Key Measures
  • Classroom Observations
  • Student Academic Data
  • Student Engagement Survey
Operational Excellence
Maintain sound operational processes responsive to student and staff needs.
Objectives
  • Maintain sound operational processes responsive to student and staff needs.
Critical Initiative
  • Create collaborative partnerships that enhance building operations and learning experiences for all learners.
Key Measures
  • BPS Staff and Student Survey
  • Vital Survey
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