Map Name: 2023-2024 Watford City High School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 5/1/2023 - 5/1/2024
Vision

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

Mission

The MCPSD#1 will empower every student to succeed today and in the future.

Beliefs

Students, who are the focus of all decisions, will display: Aspire to Excellence, Resilience and Progressive. 

Academic Excellence
Students at WCHS will engage in a comprehensive curriculum designed to provide various academic experiences
Culture and Climate
WCHS will provide a safe and civil environment for student success.
Resource Management
WCHS will secure and allocate the resources needed to fund and carry out the strategic plan.
Objectives
  • 21st Century Literacy Grant
  • Guaranteed and viable curriculum with K-12 alignment.
  • Professional Learning Communities
Objectives
  • Community Engagement
  • Engagement in Extra and Co-curricular activities
  • Parental Involvement
  • Social-Emotional Learning
Objectives
  • Long-Range Facilities Planning
  • Long-Range Financial Planning
  • Long-Range Technology Planning
Critical Initiative
  • Improve the literacy skills of all students in WCHS.
  • Provide a guaranteed and viable curriculum to all students in all courses.
  • Provide all staff with the time and structure to participate in regularly scheduled PLC's
Critical Initiative
  • Develop a community focus group to help promote the strategic plan and provide input to the school.
  • Develop community business partnerships to promote our choice-ready skills.
  • Increase communication with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Increase student participation in diverse and high-quality activities that enhance student engagement and learning.
  • Invite community members to attend parent engagement activities.
  • Provide more access to programs, counseling, assistance, and resources for staff and students.
  • The school will create family engagement plan for the school.
  • The school will review and research different approaches to the parent-teacher conferences model to encourage higher participation levels.
  • To adopt an effective identification system and protocol for students' social-emotional needs.
Critical Initiative
  • Create a school technology plan to increase the alignment of technology school goals.
  • We will manage financial resources in a way that directly supports teaching and learning.
  • We will manage the facilities in a way that directly supports teaching and learning.
Key Measures
  • ACT Data
  • PLC Minutes
  • Unit Plans
Key Measures
  • Attendance
  • Behavioral Reports
  • Community Participation Rates
  • Completion of communication plan
  • End of the year student survey
  • Outside Service Referrals
  • Quarterly meeting agendas and minutes
  • SCUTA Reports
  • Survey results gauging parent perceptions
  • The number of community business partnerships
  • The number of family engagement activities offered
Key Measures
  • Completion of long-range financial plan
  • Completion of school technology plan
  • Completion of the long-range facilities plan
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