Missouri Ridge Middle School (Closed 2023)

School Strategy Map

Map Name: 2022-2023 Missouri Ridge Middle School Continuous Improvement Plan
Time Period: 5/1/2022 - 4/30/2023
Vision

Foster student growth and build trusting partnerships between students, staff, family, and community. 

Mission

Inspire and prepare students for the next level of education, work, and life.

Beliefs

We believe in providing a safe environment where healthy relationships and student growth are priorities.

Innovation
Missouri Ridge will focus on innovative instructional practices to engage students in all areas of learning.
School Culture
Missouri Ridge will focus on providing a safe, respectful, inclusive, and positive learning environment for all students, staff, and families.
Academic
Missouri Ridge will focus on student academic progress and growth in math and E.L.A.
Objectives
  • Missouri Ridge will implement innovative teaching strategies.
  • Students will be encouraged to question, explore, navigate, and synthesize through hands on lessons that requires critical thinking.
Objectives
  • S.E.L.: Teachers will develop and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to understand and manage emotions.
  • Staff will model building and maintaining positive relationships.
  • The staff will provide a safe, positive, and inclusive environment.
Objectives
  • G.V.C.: Teachers will use the Guaranteed Viable Curriculum that references ND standards and defines the outcomes we desire for student achievement.
  • M.T.S.S. Teachers will use a Multi-Tier System of Supports as a framework to provide all students with the best opportunities to succeed academically.
  • PLCS: Teachers will utilize the districts P.L.C. Plan to answer the four main questions at a weekly, dedicated time.
Critical Initiative
  • Learning opportunities will be provided for students outside the traditional classroom, such as; Outdoor Classroom, Ag Shop, FACS Room, STEAM Lab, and field trips.
  • MR is 1:1 chromebooks and each teacher uses a Smart Board.
  • MR will continue to get professional development training on STEM and innovative instructional practices.
  • MR will implement project based learning and innovation in each classroom.
  • MR will require a STEM class for all grades.
  • MR will use a variety of instructional applications and programs that are on Coyonet and district approved.
Critical Initiative
  • All student will receive instruction in S.E.L. skills one period per week.
  • MR promotes positive reinforcement and kindness with the job walls and greenbacks.
  • MR will continue to host activities for all stakeholders to promote family engagement.
  • MR will continue to implement monthly student engagement rallies for students to earn with greenbacks.
  • Staff members will be encouraged to participate in student incentives.
  • The staff will utilize positive phone calls or positive postcards to guardians on a quarterly basis.
  • We will revise and implement the Missouri Ridge HAWKS Compact to be distributed to all students, staff, and families.
Critical Initiative
  • All students will receive Tier 1 and Tier 2 supports in the regular education classroom each day.
  • Intervention and Enrichment groups called W.I.N.N. (What I Need Now) will be scheduled, daily, for Math and ELA.
  • Missouri Ridge will provide one class period of the weekly schedule for each teacher to meet with his or her peers.
  • MR will use Panorama to track student achievement, attendance, logs, and interventions and report out build wide at least three times per year.
  • MR will use the district approved interventions and follow the MTSS referral flowchart.
  • P.L.C.s will assist in driving high-quality instruction and data analysis will increase student achievement.
  • Teachers will develop common formative assessments in our building to drive instruction and assessment.
  • Teachers will receive ongoing professional development in PLCs.
  • Teachers will use common summative report card assessments to assess student learning.
  • Teachers will utilize curriculum and pacing guides for instruction and implementation.
  • Tier 3 students will receive small group instruction outside of the regular classroom.
Key Measures
  • eleot Student Engagement Tool
  • ND Student Engagement Survey
Key Measures
  • Cognia Parent Survey
  • ND Student Engagement Survey
  • Panorama S.E.L. Student Survey
  • Positive Communication Log (Teachers)
  • Staff Sign in for each incentive
  • Student Behavior Logs
Key Measures
  • Coaching Cycles with Instructional Coaches
  • Common Formative Assessment
  • Common Summative Assessment
  • District Admin Observations
  • District PD Schedule
  • iReady Scores
  • NDSA Score
  • Percentage of students needing Tier 3 intervention
  • PLC Observation by District Admin
  • Scores on Common Formative Assessment
  • Scores on Common 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