1. Professional Learning Communities Developing Team SMART Goals Module 2

2. Listening to hear not listening to speak.

3. Everything we know has its origins in questions. Questions, we might say, are the principal intellectual instruments available to human beings. Neil Postman

4. Opening Mixer: Hi, How Are Ya? What are some questions or statements you can ask that encourage sincere dialogue?  At the signal, find a partner at another table and introduce yourself  After introductions, ask a “real” question.  Practice your listening skills.

5. Agenda  Welcome  Opening Mixer  The Power of SMART Goals  Goal Setting Scenarios  Wrap Up

6. Change is Not Easy  People persist when they are given no clear reason to change  People persist when they do not trust the person who tells them to change.  People persist when they view the alternatives as more frightening  People persist because to change may mean admitting failure. N. Maclean, Young Men and Fire

7. Making Change  Make the Case  Develop the Relationships  Make the Process Doable Anthony Mohammed, 2008

8. Goals “You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.” Yogi Berra

9. Importance of Goals  Guides for action  Rational for decisions  Standards for performance

10. Table Talk At your table, identify examples of goals that have been established at your school or within a team you have worked.

11. SMART Goals S pecific M easurable A ttainable R esults-Oriented T ime-bound

12. Team SMART Goal-Setting Plan  What is our team’s ‘current reality’?  Based upon our current reality, we have identified the following area of focus to improve student learning…  We have collectively created the following SMART goal(s) to address this area of focus:

13. The Current Reality In the third grade, we had 32% of our students who scored advanced or proficient, 41% scored basic, 20 scored below basic, and 7% scored far below basic as measured by the California STAR English-Language Arts test.

14. Next Steps  Based upon our current reality, we have identified the following area of focus to improve student learning…  We have collectively created the following SMART goal(s) to address this area of focus…  Responsibility..  Time Frame…  Evidence of Effectiveness…

15. Goal Setting Scenarios  Using the scenario at your table, take five minutes to form a goal for your team  Write your goal on the provided chart paper

16. SMART Goals S pecific M easurable A ttainable R esults-Oriented T ime-bound

17. SMART Goal Worksheet

18. SMART Goal Activity Using the SMART Goal Worksheet, take your original goal and either turn it into a SMART goal or revise it using the worksheet.

19. What might be some resources, research, templates or parameters that would be helpful to a team that was called upon to develop SMART goals? Table Talk

20. Questions and Discussion