1. SMART Goals A “performance” in three acts … Scott Adams and Meagan Pavey American School in Japan

2. Act I A keen and innovative teacher presents her professional goal to her principal … Please describe your professional goal for this academic year. What will success look like? How can you best be supported by the school?

3.  This year I would like to explore the world of Web 2.0 and Learning 2.0 and apply it to my teaching. I will learn how to create a blog for my students and have them post their crystal growing experiment on the blog with pictures.  I will be proficient with using blogging with my students and my kids will have blogs of their crystals online.  The school should send me to the Learning 2.0 workshop at Shanghai American School.

4. What are the kids learning?

5. Goal setting at your school …  Two minute write … how does professional goal setting look at your school?  In a small group share one thing you like about your process and one thing you would like to change  What are people doing? Survey …

6. How many schools have professional goals based on … How many schools have professional goals based on …  Work of a pair or team of teachers  Differentiated process based on category of teacher  Multi-tiered … tied to levels of school organization  School and/or division wide goals  A unit of time tied to a unit of instruction  Student learning  Adult learning

7. Tasks and SMART Goals A task is work that is done that does not result in the measurement of student learning A task is work that is done that does not result in the measurement of student learning Integrate the Vernier probe ware into the 8 th grade science labs Integrate the Vernier probe ware into the 8 th grade science labs Post all homework on class web site Post all homework on class web site Develop a new dodgeball unit Develop a new dodgeball unit Discuss all students who receive a D Discuss all students who receive a D Utilize all forms of multiple intelligences in my lessons each unit Utilize all forms of multiple intelligences in my lessons each unit

8. Tasks and SMART Goals A SMART Goal is focused on the measurement of student learning A SMART Goal is focused on the measurement of student learning Strategic Strategic Measurable Measurable Attainable Attainable Results Oriented Results Oriented Time Bound Time Bound

9. Tasks 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 and what is important to your curriculum Measure what it is your students are learning and what is important to your curriculum Consider using your SMART goal work as a focus for a CFG/department/subject/grade level meeting … focused on analyzing student learning. Consider using your SMART goal work as a focus for a CFG/department/subject/grade level meeting … focused on analyzing student learning. Need to be data wise! Need to be data wise!

10. SMART Goals 80% of students will improve their fitness level by 10% from their baseline measurement by June 2008 80% of students will improve their fitness level by 10% from their baseline measurement by June 2008 80% of the students will be able improve by at least one point in each of the categories on the Six Traits Rubric in their persuasive writing assignments over the semester 80% of the students will be able improve by at least one point in each of the categories on the Six Traits Rubric in their persuasive writing assignments over the semester

11. SMART Goals 80% of the students will be able to identify control and variable errors in experiments designed by their peers and make experimental modifications to correct these errors by the end of this unit 80% of the students will be able to identify control and variable errors in experiments designed by their peers and make experimental modifications to correct these errors by the end of this unit 80% of students in advisory will be able to identify their own role within a group and articulate a plan as to how they can increase their positive participation this quarter 80% of students in advisory will be able to identify their own role within a group and articulate a plan as to how they can increase their positive participation this quarter

12. Tasks and SMART Goals You may need to complete a task before you are able to tackle a particular SMART Goal You may need to complete a task before you are able to tackle a particular SMART Goal Task: Develop a fitness assessment that uses our current equipment and is appropriate for all three grade levels. SMART Goal: 80% of students will improve their fitness level by 10% over the course of the year.

13. Tasks and SMART Goals Task: Rewrite the SLO’s and school values in middle school appropriate language SMART goal: There is a 20% decrease in reported thefts over the semester. Task: Learn how to use tablet technology for teaching Kanji SMART goal: Students will increase their accuracy by 20% in the semester Kanji test

14. Act II Talented principal coaches keen and eager teacher to revise her proposed goal to make it a SMART goal focused on student learning 80% of students will show ability to clearly document over time and communicate their crystal growing process AND that they were able to analyze the work of their peers well enough to ask them questions and adjust their own procedure based on their learning.

16. Challenges … Lack of extensive standardized baseline assessment data in most international schools Lack of extensive standardized baseline assessment data in most international schools Need to develop data analysis skills among faculty Need to develop data analysis skills among faculty Time Time Need for individual coaching in the beginning and throughout the process Need for individual coaching in the beginning and throughout the process

17. What have we learned in three years?  Value of SMART goals by teams  Coaching to help focus  Encourage time bound  It is ok to have the goal evolve as understanding about student learning changes  Make it tied to an identifiable problem with student learning, not an add on  Use as a source of conversation around supervision and evaluation  Provide debriefing questions to teachers to help structure dialogue around SMART goal outcome

18. Act III Talented principal dialogues with enlightened teacher about the progress of her students as a result of the SMART goal