Goal Setting The Power Behind Meeting Growth Targets

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Goal Setting The Power Behind Meeting Growth
Targets

• Winfield District 34
• Patti Palagi, Cori Nelson, and Patti Hennessy

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Our First Year

• Not share how the test works
• Teachers role in process
• Did not explain RIT score
• Did not involve students

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Yikes!

• Our results were disappointing
• Overall our kids did not meet their target growth
• Now what do we do?

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Our plan.with students

• Involve students in the process
• Share information about how the test works
• Share the importance of goal setting Yardstick

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Our plan.with staff

• Importance of teacher presence during testing
• Goal setting with students
• Getting comfortable with MAP/data and how to use
  it

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Goal Setting

• Look at present RIT score
• Explain projected target growth with student
• Set student goal to improve achievement

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Other changes

• Change of attitude of staff
• More helpful info
• Not threatened
• District provided time to work with MAP/data
• Comfort level of staff

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Other thoughts

• Open dialogue among staff
• Time provided to learn
• Administrative support
• Let us use something that benefits us and student
  learning
• Flexibility and open minds

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Goal setting

• Children want to do well
• Things children said
• I got more than I needed
• I beat my score!
• Did I get an A?

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Remember our first year LU?
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Remember our first year R?
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Remember our first year M?
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Reflection

• Do ya think we were happy?
• Still reflect on the best use of data
• Continue to grow
• Expansion of knowledge

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Thank you!

• Any questions?
• ppalagi_at_Winfield34.org
• cnelson_at_Winfield34.org
• phennessy_at_Winfield34.org