The Power of Smart Goals: Using Goals to Improve Student Learning

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Many schools have improvement goals, but they are all too often written into a mandated school improvement plan and then soon forgotten. Although most of us acknowledge the power of goals in our own lives, they remain the single most underestimated and underutilized means of improving student learning-particularly in the classroom-in education today.

This comprehensive yet easy-to-read book by the authors of The Handbook for SMART School Teams shows readers how to transform their schools into places where each and every student is meeting and exceeding standards by shifting thinking to a focus on results. The authors begin by presenting several frameworks for adult and student goal-setting and then discuss: The barriers to goal-setting and monitoring, How to "keep goals alive" through supportive systems, policies, structures, and skill-building, The role of assessment in goal-setting, The power of goals to improve curriculum, instruction, and assessment, The role of professional development practices, in goal-setting and improvement, How to build capacity for goal-oriented thinking, Case studies from real schools that are turning challenges into opportunities for learning and improvement.

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ISBN-13: 9781932127874
Publisher: Solution Tree
Publication date: 11/28/2005
Pages: 203
Sales rank: 284,818
Product dimensions: 6.90 (w) x 9.90 (h) x 0.70 (d)

	About the Authors	xv
	Foreword	xix
Chapter 1	Introduction: The SMART Goals Process	1
	Barriers to Goal-Setting and Monitoring	5
	Hard Work	5
	Lack of Common Assessments	6
	Lack of Feedback	7
	Vulnerability	7
	The Power of Results Thinking	8
	The QLD Framework	11
	The Power of SMART Goals	13
	Strategic	14
	Specific	14
	Measurable	15
	Attainable	15
	Results-Based	16
	Time-Bound	16
	A Powerful Graphic Organizer for Creating SMART Goals	17
	The Goal	19
	Indicators	20
	Measures	20
	Targets	20
	A Process for Implementing SMART Goals	24
	The 30+ Minute Meeting Process: Step by Step	25
Meeting #1	Identify the Need	25
Meeting #2	Identify SMART Goal	25
Meeting #3	Correlating Promising Practices With Current Practices	26
Meeting #4	Plan Professional Development	26
Meeting #5	Analyze Results and Refocus Efforts	27
	SMART Goals Work!	30
Chapter 2	Keeping Goals Alive	33
	From Survive to Thrive	34
	The Journey: Five Key Questions	35
	Where Do We Want to Be?	35
	Where Are We Now?	37
	How Will We Get to Where We Want to Be?	37
	What Are We Learning, and Where Should We Focus Next?	38
	Leadership Capacity	38
	Will and Skill	39
	Team Skills: The Three Realms of Skillfulness	43
	Individual Development	43
	Organizational Development	43
	Implementation Management	44
	Action: Beyond the Plan	45
Phase I	Initiation	46
Phase II	Implementation	46
Phase III	Institutionalization	47
	Success in the McFarland School District	47
	Nurturing the Cycle of Growth	50
Chapter 3	Linking Assessment and Goals	53
	Team Goals	54
	Assessment That Promotes Learning	55
	The Need for Balanced Assessment	56
	Summative Assessment	57
	Formative Assessment	58
	Changing Our Practices: Using Common Assessments	59
	"Just in Time" Learning	62
	Student Involvement in Assessment	62
	The Five Dimensions of Quality Assessments	64
Dimension 1	Quality Assessments Arise From and Are Designed to Serve the Specific Information Needs of Intended Users	65
Dimension 2	Quality Assessments Arise From Clearly Articulated and Appropriate Achievement Targets	65
Dimension 3	Quality Assessments Accurately Reflect Student Achievement	65
Dimension 4	Quality Assessments Yield Results That Are Effectively Communicated to Intended Users	71
Dimension 5	Quality Assessments Involve Students in Classroom Assessment, Record-Keeping, and Communication of Results	74
	Creating Winners Through Assessment	76
Chapter 4	SMART Goal-Driven Curriculum and Instruction	77
	Traditional Curriculum Management	79
	The Ideal System	81
	Using Goals to Focus Curriculum Improvement	82
	Curriculum Improvement in Action	84
	The Team Learning Process	86
1	Identify Essential Learning Outcomes	87
2	Develop Common, Comprehensive Assessments	90
3	Identify Proficiency Levels That All Students Should Achieve	94
4	Review Results, Identify Problem Areas, and Develop Plans for Addressing Those Areas	97
	Putting It All Together	102
	Where Am I Going?	102
	Where Am I Now?	108
	How Can I Close the Gap?	108
	A Living, Breathing Process	109
Chapter 5	Using SMART Goals to Drive Professional Development	113
	Linking Goals and Professional Development	116
	Organizational Goals	117
	How They Did It	120
	The Importance of Leadership	122
	Individual Professional Goals	124
	Goals for Beginning Teachers	124
	Goals for Experienced Educators	126
	Goals That Are Motivating	126
	Goals Focused on Student Success	127
	Student Learning Goals	130
	Evaluation of Professional Development	133
Level 1	Participant Reactions	134
Level 2	Participant Learning	134
Level 3	Organization Support and Change	135
Level 4	Participant Use of New Knowledge and Skills	135
Level 5	Student Learning Outcomes	136
	Rethinking Professional Development	136
Chapter 6	Building Capacity for Goal-Oriented Thinking	139
	The Power of Optimism	141
	Optimism and Motivation	143
	Optimism and Hope	143
	Developing Competence	145
	Barriers to Teacher Leadership	147
	Strategies for Reducing-or Eliminating-the Barriers	150
	Working From Our Beliefs	150
	Restructuring Time	154
	Building Optimism	154
	What Teachers Can Do to Build Leadership	157
	The Power of Reflection	159
	Teachers Need to Collaborate	162
	A Clear Vision of Student Success	163
Chapter 7	Case Studies	165
	Jenifer Junior High School, Lewiston, Idaho	166
	The Middle School Model	166
	Goal-Setting	168
	Longfellow Middle School, La Crosse, Wisconsin	171
	Examining the Data	172
	The Outcomes	173
	The Steps	174
	SMART Goals and Action Plans	176
	Continuous Improvement	177
	New Lexington High School, New Lexington, Ohio	178
	SMART Team Planning	180
	Reflection	185
	Burleigh Elementary School, Elmbrook, Wisconsin	187
	The Rest of the Story	188
	The Path to Success	190
Chapter 8	Renewing Our Schools, Our Practices, Ourselves	191
	References	197

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