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PROFESSIONAL GROWTH GOALS*
Types of Goals
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Provide an opportunity measure m ore accurate to ly how well the tea cher met a preestablished goal; howe v er, the ends-orienta tion of this kind of goal-sett ing has less effect on the mea ns of instru c tion and may ch ange annua lly
3 DEVELOP
5 PROMOTE
procedures for increasing the amount and quality of student-teacher interactions
2 INCREASE
or encourage personal sustainability
4 TAILOR
use of instructional objectives in developing effective classroom teaching strategies
questioning to different ability levels in the classroom
1 REFLECT
a desire to learn new skills, master new tasks, and understand new things
PERFORMANCE GOALS
Please take some time to reflect on the following questions prior to beginning the goal-setting process
What do I want to change about my practice that will effectively impact student learning?
2 How can I develop a plan of action to address my professional learning?
3 How will I know if I accomplished my objective?
Teacher Reflection
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Specific
What you want to accomplish? Who, What, Where, When, Which, Why
Measurable
How will you demonstrate and evaluate the extent to which the goal has been met?
Ambitious/Attainable/ How can you set stretch and challenging goals within your own Actionable/Achievable ability to achieve the desired outcome? What is the action-oriented verb? Relevant
How does the goal tie into your key responsibilities? How is it aligned to the your objective? Is it aligned to best practices and research and/or district/ campus/team priorities?
Time-Bound
Does it have a clear end or target date with intermittent benchmarks to guide your goal to a successful and timely completion? Deadlines, Dates, Frequency, Etc.
SAMPLE GOAL By using strategies found in Pathways to Understanding by Laura Lipton, I will incorporate the use of at least three new instructional strategies into my teaching practice during the school year to help students become independent learners and problem solvers.
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Specific
the use of at least three new instructional strategies
Measurable
to help students become independent learners and problem solvers (The evidence for effectiveness might include the following: comparison of student work samples from assignments given before and after using the three strategies.)
Ambitious/Attainable/ Actionable/Achievable
Incorporate three new instructional strategies (action verb)
Relevant
found in Pathways to Understanding (research based)
Time-Bound
during the 2015-2016 school year
APPRAISER GOAL REVIEW & FEEDBACK
Administrators will review the teacher’s goal to determine if it meets the following criteria:
☐ Does the goal articulate what the teacher wants to change about his/ her practice that will effectively impact student learning?
☐ Does the goal include a plan of action to address the teacher’s professional learning?
☐ Does the goal include sources of evidence that would serve as success criteria for meeting the identified objective?
Impact instruction and student achievement!
DIMENSION. What is/are the correlating T-TESS dimension(s)?
GOAL. What do you want to achieve?
ACTIONS. How will you accomplish this goal?
TARGET. When do you anticipate your goal will be met? EVIDENCE. How will you know your goal has been met?
SAMPLE GOAL-SETTING PROCESS COMPLETED
Intention to Engage in Learning Action Verb
I will incorporate
Describe Area of Focus
Include Relevance
Add Actions/ Activities
What?
Why?
How?
the use of at least three new instructional strategies into my teaching practice
to help students become independent learners, which will result in a 10% increase in all STAAR-tested areas
by using strategies found in Pathways to Understanding by Laura Lipton
I will improve
my communication of goals, expectations, and directions clearly to my students
so that the purpose of each lesson is clear and they will know how to proceed on assignments.
by using repetition and modeling the correct procedures
I will use
at least five different leveled questions in my classroom discussions
to promote student by using Bloom’s thinking so that Taxonomy as a student guide understanding of all curriculum is improved, resulting in a 10% increase in all STAAR-tested areas
Estimate Completio n Date
Identify Possible Evidence of Goal Attainment
When?
How Will You Know?
June 2016
• Examine individual student work samples from lessons before and after using the new strategies to see the difference in the way they develop their essays • Compare students’ results on the STAAR exams from last year to this year December • Give my students weekly surveys 2015 between September and December asking them to rate on a scale of 1-4 how well they understood the purpose of our lessons and assignments that week • Compare weekly survey results to allow me to change teaching strategies to improve student outcomes June • Keep samples of the questions that I 2016 ask each day in each content • Compare student work samples before and after my use of the leveled questions • Compare students’ results on the STAAR exams from last year to this year
SAMPLE GOAL-SETTING PROCESS COMPLETED
What action(s) will you take? What do you How will you want to know the goal How will you achieve? has been met? accomplish the goal? Specific
Measurable
Attainable/Ambitious/ Action
Why is this important?
When do you hope to complete this?
Identify possible evidence of Goal attainment
Relevant
Time-Bound
How Will You Know?
I will increase my knowledge of effective strategies for working with ELL students
resulting in a by working with my 10% increase in PLC group and the language incorporating three proficiency of new research-based my ELL strategies into my students planning, instruction, and the learning environment
to accommodate the individual language proficiency needs of my ELL students
I will improve my abilities to monitor and adjust instruction
resulting in a 10% increase in the STAAR scores for all of my students
to increase time for instruction and reduce student misunderstan dings
through targeted questioning techniques at varied levels of cognition, the use of wait time, and academic feedback to students
* Adapted from Rochester City School District Suggested Goal Setting Process
each • grading period during the 2015-16 school year •
Compare my lessons from last year to my lessons this year and review the new strategies that I have included Compare the results on the ELL language proficiency through TELPAS of my ELL students from last year to this year each Increased ability to effectively quarter monitor and adjust instruction as during the measured through 2015-16 • Peer and administrator school year feedback • Student responses/cognition • Student performance data, i.e., student work samples, unit assessments, grades, and state assessments
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