From SMART Goals to Action!

SMART Goals

S – Specific

M – Measurable

A – Achievable

R – Relevant

T – Time-bound

Is this Goal SMART?

I will lose weight.

Specific? No

Measurable? No

Achievable? Who knows?

Relevant? Maybe

Time-bound? No

Is this Goal SMART?

To improve my health, I will lose 10 pounds by August 15, 2004.

Specific? Yes (lose 10 pounds)

Measurable? Yes (compare weight before & after)

Achievable? Yes (about 1 pound a week)

Relevant? Yes (lose weight to improve health)

Time-bound? Yes (by August 15, 2004)

Let’s Practice

Sample School Improvement Goal

• Improve reading

Improve reading…

To improve reading, double the number of books checked out from the school library by May, 2005.

Specific Double the number of library books checked out from the school library

Measurable Compare # in 2004 and 2005

Achievable Yes (e.g., if less than 50% of kids currently checking out books)

Relevant Reading books at home is one step toward improving reading

Time-bound By May, 2005

Selecting Goals

• What is the greatest area of need?

• Can we verify this with data?

School Wide Goals

• What should our school wide SMART Goals be?

• School wide goals are usually 1-3 year out.

With in 3 years, 90% of our students will be proficient readers at their grade level.

School Wide Goal

Indicator

• What indicates that this is an area of weakness?

• Indicators are based on current data

• Consider reviewing strands or domain where student score lower

• Select broad categories for improvement

Example of Math Indicators

• Basic math fact

• Computational Skills

• Application

• Reasoning

• Problem solving

• Spatial relations

• Statistics

With in 3 years, 90% of our students will be proficient readers at their grade level.

School Wide Goal

Drawing Conclusions

Indicator

Measuring Goals

How will we measure progress?

• Measures: Tools used to monitor progress toward our goals.

• Measures are specific to the indictors.

School Goal Measures

Quarterly Common Assessments Timed tests Weekly quizzes Unit test Performance rubrics

With in 3 years, 90% of our students will be proficient readers at their grade level.

School Wide Goal

Drawing Conclusions

Indicator

Making Inferences

Common Assessment

State MEAP Test

Measure

Words in Context

Targets

• What should our Targets be?

• Shorter term incremental steps toward the goal

• Targets are set for each measure

Selecting Targets

• Based on the data

• Based on our resources

• If we have no data, what is a reasonable yet challenging level of improvement we think we have a chance of achieving?

what’s attainable?

Always remember to focus on

With in 3 years, 90% of our students will be proficient readers at their grade level.

School Wide Goal

Drawing Conclusions

Indicator

Making Inferences

Common Assessment

State MEAP Test

Measure

Words in Context

70% of students will be proficient by the end of

year one

Each sub-group will

improve by at least 10% each year

Target

From Goal to Action!

1. Brainstorm strategies that can help you achieve your goal

2. Then, evaluate:• Which are the most doable?• Which would have the biggest impact?• Which would be fun?

Remember: The “best” activity or strategy means nothing if you’re not motivated to complete it.

For Each Activity…

Identify: • Expected Results

• When Activity will be implemented

• What is needed to implement it

• Persons responsible

• Target audience

Getting Results

• Review progress toward goals (at least once a month)

• Communicate the status to team members (email works great)

• Be Accountable for ALL your results– What’s Working– What’s Not

• Revise goals, as needed