Strategic Plan
2023 - 2026
McMinnville School District will honor, empower, and prepare
McMinnville School District believes in:
• Providing high quality, rigorous instruction grounded in data and research.
• Increasing the capacity of all employees so they have a significant impact on students, families, and the community.
• Building strong, open, and honest relationships with families and the community.
• Maintaining high expectations for students and staff paired with intensive strategic support.
• Providing emotionally and physically safe environments for students, staff, families, and the community.
• Inclusive and equitable access for EACH student in every aspect of their education.
• Providing multiple pathways to develop students’ options for future success.
Five Pillars
McMinnville School District utilizes five pillars upon which to ground its strategic plans for future success.
Resource Management
Community Collaboration
Teaching & Learning
Human Capital
Climate & Culture
Pillar Overview
McMinnville School
District aims for rigorous, well rounded education, targeting third ELA, eighth math, 11th grade ELA, and 11th grade math.
The district will ensure teaching aligns with Oregon state standards, focusing on equity and outcomes for all students, especially focal populations. The district will provide opportunities for rigorous college level education courses and a high level of student interest.
Support for career and technical education to students can pathway endorsements and pursue post secondary education, focusing on demographics.
District will enhance innovative practices and cutting educational practices that lead to improved student outcomes.
McMinnville School will have documented and communicated safety in all schools.
Transition manual automated ones to enhance efficiency
Document internal procedures with a set comprehensive plan to improve safety and security in all
Implement systems performance and better serve the school community.
Revise and review facilities planning
Objective 2
McMinnville School District will provide opportunities for rigorous college-level education courses and a high level of student interest, with:
• Increased enrollment in college credit courses (19% to 25%)
• Increased enrollment in advanced placement courses (16% to 18%)
• Increased enrollment in post-secondary (45% to 52%)
GOAL: Provide relevant, rigorous, and innovative academics that eliminate disparities in achievement
Objective 3
McMinnville School District will support career and technical education development and partnership and will promote representation of students in programs to align to building-wide demographics, with:
• Increased pathway endorsements at graduation (51% to 53%)
• Improved or maintained proportional representation of focal populations in all pathway programs to align with representation from total student population and demographics: SPED (13% to 14%); BIPOC (47%); ELD (9%)
Objective 4
Enhance innovative practices where artificial intelligence and cutting-edge educational practices are integrated into learning environments and operational practices which will lead to improved student outcomes, enhanced teacher effectiveness, and greater operational efficiency.
Objective 1
Support the wellness, safety, and social-emotional development of all students with all focal groups reporting and increased sense of belonging to the school and positive school culture as measured on the annual survey.
• Provide ongoing training and professional development for our employees to foster an accountable and supporting environment.
• Increase student access to Social Emotional Curriculum and mental health supports.
• Develop systems of support to meet the academic learning and social-emotional needs of all students with equitable practices across the district which includes school readiness.
Objective 2
McMinnville School District will increase regular attenders rate from 71.6% to 75% (students attending 90% of the school year or more), increase the 9th grade on track rate, and achieve at least a 92% graduation rate across all demographic groups.
• Implement strong attendance and dropout prevention activities using educator collaboration, data review, and alignment of multi-tiered systems of support
• Implement virtual learning options for students.
Objective 1
McMinnville School District will support the wellness, professional development, and safety of staff resulting in an increase in the staff retention rate by 1%.
• Design, implement, and improve interactions to create an inclusive environment for employees.
• Provide job-embedded professional development for all new hires.
Objective 2
McMinnville School District will increase the number of culturally/linguistically diverse staff by 1%.
• Recruit and develop linguistically, and culturally diverse educators that more closely reflect the diversity of our students’ demographics.
• Develop a recruitment strategy specifically designed to attract and hire candidates with a focus on hard-to-fill positions.
GOAL: Inform, engage, and empower all stakeholders
Objective 1
McMinnville School District will partner with families to promote wellness, safety, and academic achievement of all students with all parent focal groups reporting an increased sense of engagement, relationships, culture, and school safety on the annual survey
• Engage families and community partners in communication channels (e.g. surveys, listening sessions, PTA, empathy phone calls, ParentSquare) that develop and maintain accessible multilingual communication platforms to keep families informed and engaged in their child(ren)’s education, wellness, and safety with a goal that family engagement demographics for focal populations will exceed their percentage of representation in district demographics on the annual survey.
• Enhance culturally responsive practices and school activities (including conferences, athletics, concerts, family nights, etc.) that reflect and celebrate the diverse backgrounds of all students and foster an inclusive and supportive environment. This includes family cultural liaisons at each building to bridge communication between families from different cultural backgrounds.
• Expand school-based wellness programs that include mental health services, physical health initiatives, and social-emotional learning with active family participation.
• Expand school-based safety practices to promote safety, wellness, and a sense of belonging with active family participation.
• Develop a comprehensive and proactive plan to improve safety and security in all MSD buildings
• Implement systems that optimize our performance to better serve our school community
• Upgrade technology systems to increase efficiency across the district
Objective 3
MSD schools and departments will document internal processes and procedures with an identified review cycle
• Revise and review the long-term facilities planning document
