SMART SMART GoalsGoals

A “performance” in A “performance” in three acts … three acts …

Scott Adams and Scott Adams and Meagan PaveyMeagan Pavey

American School American School in Japanin Japan

Act IAct IA keen and innovative teacher presents her A keen and innovative teacher presents her

professional goal to her principal …professional goal to her principal …

Please describe your professional goal for this Please describe your professional goal for this academic year. What will success look like? academic year. What will success look like? How can you best be supported by the school?How can you best be supported by the school?

This year I would like to explore the world of This year I would like to explore the world of Web 2.0 and Learning 2.0 and apply it to my Web 2.0 and Learning 2.0 and apply it to my teaching. I will learn how to create a blog for teaching. I will learn how to create a blog for my students and have them post their crystal my students and have them post their crystal growing experiment on the blog with pictures. growing experiment on the blog with pictures.

I will be proficient with using blogging with I will be proficient with using blogging with my students and my kids will have blogs of my students and my kids will have blogs of their crystals online. their crystals online.

The school should send me to the Learning The school should send me to the Learning 2.0 workshop at Shanghai American School.2.0 workshop at Shanghai American School.

What are the kids learning?What are the kids learning?

Goal setting at your school …Goal setting at your school …

Two minute write … how does Two minute write … how does professional goal setting look at your professional goal setting look at your school?school?

In a small group share one thing you like In a small group share one thing you like about your process and one thing you about your process and one thing you would like to changewould like to change

What are people doing? Survey …What are people doing? Survey …

How many schools have How many schools have professional goals based on …professional goals based on …

Work of a pair or team of teachersWork of a pair or team of teachers Differentiated process based on category of teacherDifferentiated process based on category of teacher Multi-tiered … tied to levels of school organizationMulti-tiered … tied to levels of school organization School and/or division wide goalsSchool and/or division wide goals A unit of time tied to a unit of instructionA unit of time tied to a unit of instruction Student learningStudent learning Adult learningAdult learning

Tasks and SMART GoalsTasks and SMART Goals

• A task is work that is done that does not A task is work that is done that does not result in the measurement of student result in the measurement of student learninglearning• Integrate the Vernier probe ware into the 8Integrate the Vernier probe ware into the 8 thth

grade science labsgrade science labs• Post all homework on class web sitePost all homework on class web site• Develop a new dodgeball unitDevelop a new dodgeball unit• Discuss all students who receive a DDiscuss all students who receive a D• Utilize all forms of multiple intelligences in my Utilize all forms of multiple intelligences in my

lessons each unitlessons each unit

Tasks and SMART GoalsTasks and SMART Goals

• A SMART Goal is focused on the A SMART Goal is focused on the measurement of student learningmeasurement of student learning

• StrategicStrategic• MeasurableMeasurable• AttainableAttainable• Results OrientedResults Oriented• Time BoundTime Bound

Tasks and SMART GoalsTasks and SMART Goals

• SMART goals should be useful to you! SMART goals should be useful to you! • Measure what it is your students are learning Measure what it is your students are learning

and what is important to your curriculumand what is important to your curriculum• Consider using your SMART goal work as a Consider using your SMART goal work as a

focus for a CFG/department/subject/grade level focus for a CFG/department/subject/grade level meeting … focused on analyzing student meeting … focused on analyzing student learning. learning.

• Need to be data wise!Need to be data wise!

SMART GoalsSMART Goals

• 80% of students will improve their fitness 80% of students will improve their fitness level by 10% from their baseline level by 10% from their baseline measurement by June 2008measurement by June 2008

• 80% of the students will be able improve 80% of the students will be able improve by at least one point in each of the by at least one point in each of the categories on the Six Traits Rubric in their categories on the Six Traits Rubric in their persuasive writing assignments over the persuasive writing assignments over the semestersemester

SMART GoalsSMART Goals

• 80% of the students will be able to identify 80% of the students will be able to identify control and variable errors in experiments control and variable errors in experiments designed by their peers and make experimental designed by their peers and make experimental modifications to correct these errors by the end modifications to correct these errors by the end of this unitof this unit

• 80% of students in advisory will be able to 80% of students in advisory will be able to identify their own role within a group and identify their own role within a group and articulate a plan as to how they can increase articulate a plan as to how they can increase their positive participation this quartertheir positive participation this quarter

Tasks and SMART GoalsTasks and SMART Goals

• You may need to complete a task before You may need to complete a task before you are able to tackle a particular SMART you are able to tackle a particular SMART GoalGoal

Task:Task: Develop a fitness assessment that Develop a fitness assessment that uses our current equipment and is uses our current equipment and is appropriate for all three grade levels.appropriate for all three grade levels.

SMART Goal:SMART Goal: 80% of students will improve 80% of students will improve their fitness level by 10% over the course their fitness level by 10% over the course of the year.of the year.

Tasks and SMART GoalsTasks and SMART Goals

Task:Task: Rewrite the SLO’s and school values Rewrite the SLO’s and school values in middle school appropriate languagein middle school appropriate language

SMART goal:SMART goal: There is a 20% decrease in There is a 20% decrease in reported thefts over the semester.reported thefts over the semester.

Task:Task: Learn how to use tablet technology for Learn how to use tablet technology for teaching Kanjiteaching Kanji

SMART goal:SMART goal: Students will increase their Students will increase their accuracy by 20% in the semester Kanji accuracy by 20% in the semester Kanji testtest

Act IIAct IITalented principal coaches keen and eager Talented principal coaches keen and eager

teacher to revise her proposed goal to make teacher to revise her proposed goal to make it a SMART goal focused on student learningit a SMART goal focused on student learning

80% of students will show ability to clearly 80% of students will show ability to clearly document over time and communicate their document over time and communicate their crystal growing process AND that they were crystal growing process AND that they were able to analyze the work of their peers well able to analyze the work of their peers well enough to ask them questions and adjust enough to ask them questions and adjust their own procedure based on their learning.their own procedure based on their learning.

Challenges …Challenges …

• Lack of extensive standardized baseline Lack of extensive standardized baseline assessment data in most international assessment data in most international schoolsschools

• Need to develop data analysis skills Need to develop data analysis skills among facultyamong faculty

• TimeTime• Need for individual coaching in the Need for individual coaching in the

beginning and throughout the processbeginning and throughout the process

What have we learned in three What have we learned in three years?years?

Value of SMART goals by teamsValue of SMART goals by teams Coaching to help focusCoaching to help focus Encourage time boundEncourage time bound It is ok to have the goal evolve as understanding about It is ok to have the goal evolve as understanding about

student learning changesstudent learning changes Make it tied to an identifiable problem with student Make it tied to an identifiable problem with student

learning, not an add onlearning, not an add on Use as a source of conversation around supervision and Use as a source of conversation around supervision and

evaluationevaluation Provide debriefing questions to teachers to help Provide debriefing questions to teachers to help

structure dialogue around SMART goal outcomestructure dialogue around SMART goal outcome

Act IIIAct III

Talented principal dialogues with Talented principal dialogues with enlightened teacher about the progress of enlightened teacher about the progress of her students as a result of the SMART her students as a result of the SMART goalgoal