Welcome to iMasterclass-Episode 2Hume Region presents: Student Learning Goals – Part 2

Brendan OBrien, Gail Stanley and Libby Delbridge

Purpose of these Sessions

These online professional learning sessions will:

Build a community of teacher/learners beyond your school

Provide a framework for effective PLTs

Develop an effective process for Student Goal Setting

Provide confidence and skills in using Ultranet

The Learning Intention for today is...... How do my students create SMART learning goals

The Success Criteria will include........

1.I will be able to explain SMART learning goals and their benefits to my students and my colleagues2.I will learn how to model SMART goals 3. I will be able to understand how a PLT can effectively use the SMART goals framework to plan student goal setting

In Episode 1 we learnt what are personal learning goals and why are

they important

Personal learning goals are about improving students’ learning and achievement and building their capacity to learn. Students become active participants in the learning process, empowered to become independent learners, and motivated to achieve their full potential.“Learning Goals and the Ultranet” DEECD January 2010

POLL

As part of the series of sequential PL did you participate in iMasterclasses Learning Goals

part 1 last Thursday?

Where are we from?

Poll-Whole School using an agreed framework to create Learning

Goals A. All our students use a framework to support them to create

specific, measurable, action-based, realistic and timely goalsB. Some classes use a framework to support goal creation C. Students at risk use a framework to support goal creation D. No, ad hoc at best, some teachers only use a frameworkE. Just before report time, maybe, not at all

What frameworks have you used to support students to create

goals?

Developing goals-Core conversations about learning between

student and teacher

• When developing learning goals, students need an understanding of their current knowledge and an understanding of what knowledge they need in order to improve.

• What data is shared with your students?• Is there other data that could be shared with

your students?

Using VELS standards to help goal setting?

•The VELS are a good, discipline-based reference for describing achievements. Whilst the language may not be accessible to younger students, they can be used, or paraphrased, to describe specific goals. Interpreting VELS ‘standards’ with students (Assessment As Learning) is in itself a valuable exercise:

•As teachers are required to assess students against the VELS, making the desired outcomes explicit to students enables them to use them as learning goals.

“Learning Goals and the Ultranet” DEECD January 2010

Could these goals be even better?????

• The goal ‘I will use several strategies to locate, select and record key information from texts’ (Level 3.0) is more specific than ‘I will read more.’

• The goal ‘I will automatically recall multiplication facts up to 10 x 10’ (Level 3.0) is more specific than ‘improve my maths’ or ‘learn my times tables.’

SMART goals

SpecificTo set a specific goal you must answer the six "W" questions:

Who: Who is involved? What: What do I want to accomplish? Where: Identify a locationWhen: Establish a time frameWhich: Identify requirements and constraintsWhy: Specific reasons, purpose or benefits of accomplishing the goal, could relate to a VELS progression point.

Example:I would like to be better at …. because …….

MeasureableTo determine if your goal is measurable, ask questions such as......How much? How many? How will I know when it is accomplished?

Example: I know I will have achieved my goal when I …..I will know that I am improving when …..

Actions•Your goal should be set by you rather than by someone else.•You know your strengths and weaknesses and can use this information to maximise your chance of success.Example: •I can achieve my goal by ….. (outline your strategy) 

Realistic•Don’t plan to do things if you are unlikely to follow through. Better to plan only a few things and be successful than to plan many and be unsuccessful. Success breeds success! •Start small, with what you can do, experience the joys of meeting your goal, and then increase the amount of challenge you give yourself.Example: •I can seek help from …..•I will aim to complete by … then (set short term successes) •The first thing I can do is ….. the second thing I can to is …

Timely•A goal should be grounded within a time frame. •With no time frame tied to it there's no sense of urgency. Example: •I will achieve my goal by …..(set milestone dates)•I will achieve my goal by …..(set an end date)

Let’s watch a 2 minute video to see how PLTs might plan to support students to create SMART Goals via Web Tour

FUSE LINK:https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/THEN ENTER FUSE ID 9CPZBJ

Please press PLAY yourself

Response to the Video

Put your hand up to grab the microphone

a)What did you learn about SMART goals?

a)How can the PLT benefit teachers to support students to create SMART goals?

What about modelling a Class SMART goal?Let’s try making a SMART goal now? ‘I will improve my maths’ or I will read more’

Possible starting points for creating SMART learning goals linked to VELS

DEECD Student Reports-Personal Learning Goals website

How to join iMasterclasses Design space...

1. Join the Hume Region iMasterclass Design Space 2. Go to Design Spaces 3. Click Available Spaces tab4. Search by Space ID number (139211104) 5. The space is Open access so click the Actions

box and Join 6. After you have joined click on the title to open

the space

In Episode 3…•Make SMART Goals available to students, teacher and parents 24/7..•Share how students put their SMART Goals into Ultranet Wikis •Link students short-term SMART Goals to Student digital portfolios in Ultranet

How are you feeling about using SMART goals in the classroom?

Open microphone/Questions

Thank You!

•Libby Delbridgedelbridge.elizabeth.n@edumail.vic.gov.au

•Brendan O’Brien @brendanoobrien.brendan.p@edumail.vic.gov.au

•Gail Stanley stanley.gail.d@edumail.vic.gov.au