Map Name: 2024-2025 Yellowstone Virtual Academy Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 5/1/2024 - 4/30/2025
Vision

Our vision is to create a physically and emotionally safe and effective learning environment which encourages growth mindset and engages students in the learning process to prepare them for future success with the understanding that failure is part of the process.

Mission

It's Your School

Beliefs

Relationships before Rigor
Grace before Grades
Patience before Programs
Love before Lessons

Virtual Learning
Embracing virtual schooling options to create a bridge from the inclusive home-school environment to the public school rigor and oversight so as to increase North Dakota public school enrollment.
Objectives
  • Provide a virtual learning academy that provides a high-quality online educational experience meeting or exceeding the state's expectations.
Critical Initiative
  • Complete all reporting requirements issued by DPI as a result of HB 1376.
  • Encourage virtual academy students/families to participate in the NDSA. While many homeschool families don't believe in standardized tests, this would help us ensure their learning was on-par.
  • Progress monitor student learning three times throughout the year using ND A+.
Key Measures
  • Increase NDSA participation
  • ND A+ formative and summative assessments
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