SMART Goals

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SMART Goals For Professional Learning
Communities
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Goals, Goals, Goals Why Do We Set Goals? (Fill in
the blanks)
Obstacles are those frightful things you
see when you
take your eyes off your goal. Henry Ford
If you don't know where you are going, you will
probably
end up somewhere else. Lawrence J. Peter
Success isn't a result of spontaneous
combustion.  You must
set yourself on fire. Arnold H. Glasow
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Writing SMART Goals Strategic and
Specific Measureable Attainable Results
Oriented and Relevant Time Bound
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Strategic and Specific Describe the goal in
precise terms. What are you going to do? Who is
the goal for? How are you going to do it? When
will the goal be reached?
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A specific goal has a much greater chance of
being accomplished than a general goal.
A general goal is, I will read more. But a
specific goal would say, I will read for 30
minutes each day for the next year."
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Strategic and Specific Non-Example Students
will do better in math. Example
All __th grade students will score level 4 or
higher in math on the 2010 FCAT.
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Measureable If it can't be expressed in figures,
it is not science it is Use specific criteria
for measuring progress toward the goal. How many?
How much?
opinion.
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Measureable Non-Example All _ th grade
students will do better in math. Example
All __th grade students will score level 4 or
higher in math on the 2010 FCAT.
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Attainable Goals should be set high (rigor)
but Unattained goals do not indicate
within reach.
failure.
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Creating Attainable Goals

• To determine if your goal is attainable, ask
  questions such as
• Do we truly believe that it can be
  accomplished?
• What are the resources that we need in order to
  accomplish this goal?

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Attainable Non-Example All __th grade students
will score level 5 in math on
the 2010 FCAT. Example
80 of ____th grade students will score 4 or
higher in math on the 2010 FCAT.
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Results-Oriented Relevant, and Rigorous Does The
Goal Make A Difference? Are My Students Being
Challenged? Am I Being Challenged?
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Results-Oriented Relevant, and Rigorous Non
Example 50 of the students will increase the
amount of time spent reading at home. Example
All students will score level 4 on the 2010 FCAT
Spring reading assessment.
Wheres The Rigor?
Results are student achievement focused and not
on parent or teacher behavior.
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Time Bound / Timely When? What is the time
frame? Next month, the month after? By grade 6?
The goal is to be grounded within a time frame.
With no time frame tied to it, there is no sense
of urgency.
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Time Bound / Timely Non Example Students will
increase their reading scores
by..? Example
80 of ____th grade students will score 4 on the
2010 Spring FCAT Reading Assessment.
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Is This a SMART Goal? Sixth grade students will
meet or exceed the state average in reading as
measured by the Spring FCAT.
YES it is!
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Is This a SMART Goal? 75 of the fourth grade
students will meet proficiency levels on the next
reading Formative Assessment.
Expect More
No, it is not. Where is the rigor?
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Is This a SMART Goal? 80 of our 8th grade
students will complete their homework which will
raise their Achievement Levels to meet or exceed
state averages.
No, it is not. It is tied to their homework.
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What Is Wrong With These Goals?
1. All the students will improve their reading
by doing more homework. 2. 45 of
our students will achieve level 2 on the
FCAT. 3. 80 of 11th grade students will achieve
level 2 in science. 4. Most of the students in
our classes will learn what Main Idea
means.
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Seacrest School
Reading Gladiators
Jeanne Winston
Marge Blankston, Adam Markey, Paul Croft, Sheila
Stone
All high schools will improve their school
performance by at least one letter grade.
Increase the percentage of students scoring at or
above level 3 in Reading by 10.
Students will be identified who need assistance
in the two subtests. Source ODMS report
CAR0025
Entire team
End of August
Our Reality 61 of our currently-enrolled 10th
grade students scored an achievement level of
three or higher on FCAT Reading last
year. Source ODMS report DEM0050 Subtests of
least growth include Main Idea -12 and
Comparisons -7. Source ODMS report CAR0010
List of students who will be assigned to one of
the two groups.
Each day, students will be grouped and instructed
for 25 minutes in the subtest of greatest need.
Develop common formative assessments.
Common formative assessments will be administered
every two weeks.
Number of students demonstrating proficiency in
the subtests of instruction based on assessment
results.
Entire Team
Our Goal Increase the percentage of students
scoring proficient in the two subtest categories
to 80.
2009/2010 District Goals for Osceola County
Public Schools Click Here
http//www.osceola.k12.fl.us/Superintendent/docume
nts/SuptGoals20092010final.pdf
2009/2010 Osceola County Public Schools
Improvement Plans Click Here
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http//www.osceola.k12.fl.us/depts/ResearchEvalAcc
t/SchoolImprovementPlans.asp
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SMART Goals.......... Strategic and
Specific Measureable Attainable Results
Oriented and Rigorous Time Bound
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Contact Information
Art Tweedie PLC District Coach The Office Of
Research, Evaluation Accountability 817 Bill
Beck Boulevard Kissimmee, FL 34744 407-870-4932 In
ternal x66159 tweediea_at_osceola.k12.fl.us