McVay Elementary School

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2024-2025 McVay Elementary School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 5/28/2024 - 6/1/2025
Vision

Create an environment that encourages growth for both students and staff. 

Mission

McVay staff will build a safe and nurturing environment where all staff and students can grow and reach their full potential.

Beliefs

McVay Elementary staff believe in creating a positive learning environment that promotes lasting relationships with all stake holders.

Innovation
McVay will focus on innovative instructional practices to engage all students in all areas of learning.
School Culture
McVay will focus on providing a safe, respectful, inclusive and positive learning environment for all students.
Academic Focus
McVay will focus on student academic progress and growth in reading and math.
Objectives
  • Teachers will utilize innovative teaching strategies that enhance student learning.
Objectives
  • Staff will create a positive learning environment that promotes lasting relationships with all stakeholders.
Objectives
  • Guaranteed Viable Curriculum will lead the teaching and learning process.
  • McVay will implement academic strategies to increase student performance and success on state testing.
  • Teachers will use Big Block meetings (MTSS) to drive Tier levels of support to impact all students.
  • We will implement Professional Learning Communities to promote building wide collaboration.
Critical Initiative
  • Innovative teaching strategies can include technology, project-based learning, and classroom transformations.
  • Media specialist and teachers will use a variety of digital resources and applications to instruct students.
  • Students will engage in weekly STEAM projects.
Critical Initiative
  • Administration will share daily announcements with students and staff that focus on the Energy Bus principle of the month, U-Time lesson focus for the week, and Conscious Discipline initiatives.
  • McVay Elementary will hold monthly Bus Driver of the Month assemblies to honor students and staff.
  • McVay Elementary will implement classroom morning meetings during which Energy Bus lessons and U-Time lessons will be shared with students.
  • McVay will implement family engagement activities.
  • Staff members will implement Conscious Discipline initiatives and SEL practices. Professional development and coaching opportunities are provided to staff to ensure best practices are implemented,
  • Staff will use Bus Tickets to reward students for good behavior and following the Energy Bus principles.
Critical Initiative
  • All students receive WINN (What I Need Now) time for reading and math.
  • Grade level teachers and strategists meet weekly in PLC meetings to discuss students success, review data, create common formative assessments (CFAs), and implement changes for instruction.
  • McVay will increase the number of students who are at or above grade level on the i-Ready diagnostic.
  • Staff will continue to receive professional development on the Science of Reading and other academic PD.
  • Teachers implement district pacing and curriculum guides (GVC). Teachers will use multiple assessments to assess student learning during the academic year.
  • Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 students are supported by a collaborative team of members guided by decisions made from the Professional Learning Community (PLC) process and Big Block (MTSS) meetings.
Key Measures
  • ELEOT and Admin Observations
  • ELEOT, Admin observations, lesson plans
  • PowerSchool, Panorama, and school data
  • Student Engagement Survey
  • Weekly STEAM Lessons
Key Measures
  • Parent Survey
  • PowerSchool and Panorama
  • PowerSchool, Panorama, and school data
  • Staff and Student SEL Surveys
  • Student Engagement Survey
  • Vital Network Survey for staff
Key Measures
  • Admin Observations, ELEOT
  • Data tracking
  • ELEOT and Admin Observations
  • ELEOT, Admin observations, lesson plans
  • NDSA data
  • PLC agenda's and data tracking
  • PowerSchool, Panorama, and school data
  • School schedule
  • Small block meeting discussions
  • Student Benchmark Data
  • WINN group data
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