Watford City Middle School

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2026-2031 Middle School Strategy Map
Time Period: 2026 - 2031
Vision
To provide a safe and caring environment that empowers students to exhibit the determination and resilience to meet high quality and relevant curriculum challenges.
Mission
Empower every student to succeed today and into the future.
Beliefs
Aspire to Excellence – We are committed to helping every student give their best effort in all pursuits, fostering growth and inspiring the continual pursuit of something greater.Be resilient – We value preparing students to adapt with confidence, equipping them with the skills and mindset to navigate life’s challenges and thrive in a world of constant change.Commit to the Future – Guided by a nimble, student-centered approach, we embrace change and adapt quickly to provide meaningful opportunities for every student in our community.
Academic Excellence
Resilient Learning Culture
Commit to the Future
Key Measures
  • Classroom Observations and Student learning data
  • Walkthroughs, PLC data, and improved student outcomes
Critical Initiative
  • Implement a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) addressing academics, behavior, and social-emotional learning.
  • Provide professional development in research-based MTSS programs for academic, behavior, and social-emotional learning.
Critical Initiative
  • Develop and implement an equitable, coherent framework that aligns responsibility with student learning and cultivates ownership, accountability, and growth.
  • To design and implement a cohesive, transition framework ensuring continuity of learning, supports the whole child, and builds student readiness, confidence, and responsibility.
Critical Initiative
  • Implement a research-based instructional framework.
  • Provide professional development and collaborative planning time to sustain instructional practices.
Key Measures
  • BARR data
Key Measures
  • Percentage of student in BARR Community Connect and Big Block data.
  • Percentage of students in Small Block verse Big Block and Community Connect.
Objectives
  • Improve student achievement in literacy and mathematics by establishing and sustaining a unified, research-based instructional framework.
Objectives
  • Create a safe, predictable, and supportive learning environment by implementing a research-based framework to increase student engagement.
Objectives
  • Prepare students for postsecondary success and choice readiness by partnering with families, community organizations, and local industry to support early career exploration, intentional high school course planning, and the development of educational pathways aligned to students’ interests, strengths, and future goals.
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