TRUMBULL COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER

LEADING FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE

SESSION GOAL

After completing this session, teachers will be able to establish challenging and measurable classroom goals.

 

OHIO TEACHER EVALUATION SYSTEM EVIDENCE: DURING INSTRUCTION THE TEACHER…

establishes challenging and measurable learning goals

uses purposeful formative assessments uses flexible grouping based on student needs uses a variety of strategies and materials adjusts pacing makes learning accessible and challenging for

all students promotes independent learning and mastery

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INTERNALIZING LEARNING GOALS

On your Learning Log, paraphrase and personalize today’s goal.

Turn and Talk

SUPPORTING LEARNING GOALS

Activities/Assignments

Activities Guided learning activity experiences that take

place in a classroom setting.

Assignments Learning experience to be completed

independently in class or as a homework opportunity to extend classroom learning.

LEARNING GOALS

The learning goal is what students should know, understand, or be able to do as a result of completing the learning activity or assignment.Goals may not be perfect, however, they are valuable and measurable.

SUPPORTING LEARNING GOALS

Research and theory about setting learning objectives. Is the goal…. Too specific? (restricts/limits) Too general? (too broad) Appropriately specific?

(opportunities for differentiation)

Examine the specificity of learning goals.

LEARNING GOALS & ACTIVITIES AND/OR ASSIGNMENTS

Assignment: Handout page 5

Subject Learning Goal Activities/Assignments

Science Students will be able to identify similarities and differences between various planets in the solar system.

*Students will watch the video on the characteristics of the planets, moons and sun.*Take notes and list the characteristics of the planets.*Read pp 24-32 and complete the graphic organizer.

Goal 1: After this lesson, the students will be able to create a line graph to represent data.

This statement is procedural.

Goal 2: By completing the classroom activities, students will be able to describe the events that led to the Cold War.

This statement is declarative.

Learning Goal Formats

Goal 1: After this lesson, the students will be able to create a line graph to represent data.

This statement is procedural.

There is a certain amount of declarative information required, but the emphasis is on the creation of a line graph that accurately reflects a set of data.

“The student will be able to do… ie. strategies, skills or processes.”

Procedural Format Goals

Goal 2: By completing the classroom activities, students will be able to describe the events that led to the Cold War.

This statement is declarative.

A certain amount of procedural knowledge is required in that students must describe what they know, but the emphasis is clearly on knowledge of the Cold War and not on speaking or describing.

“The student will understand… knowledge or information.”

Declarative Format Goals

Procedural Stem Students will be able to __________.

Declarative Stem Students will understand ____________. Both: Students will understand ___ and be able to ___.

Example: Students will understand the dynamics involved in stretching the hamstring muscle and be able to demonstrate the proper form.

Learning Goal Stems

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Learning Goals: Stems and Samples

Step 1: Create a stem. Examples:

After completing the lesson, the student will be able to…After this unit, the student will have…By completing the activities, the student will…At the conclusion of the course/unit/study the student will…

Step 2: After you create the stem, add a verb.Examples: Analyze, recognize, compare, provide, list, etc .

Step 3: Once you have a stem and a verb, determine the actual product, process or outcome:

Example: After completing these lessons, the student will be able to recognize foreshadowing in various works of literature.

Design rubrics/scales to support your goal(s): Make sure that your scales are “user-friendly”

and clearly define what a student must do to achieve mastery.

Student self-assessment Tracking progress by students fosters deeper student

engagement and acceptance of responsibility for their own learning.

Learning Goals: Measurable