1. Teacher Performance Evaluation and Professional Growth (T-PEPG) Model
Module 3: Reflection and Goal Setting
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 1

2. Module 3: Reflection and Goal Setting
Module 1: Model Overview
Module 2: Student Learning Objectives
Module 3: Reflection and Goal Setting
Participants engage in SMART goal development, a process to achieve or maintain effective practice and ensure students meet the rigorous learning targets established through the SLO process. SMART goals help strategically identify specific areas of growth and focus for the school year.
Module 4: Evidence, Observation, and Feedback
Module 5: Reflecting and Adjusting

3. Agenda Welcome (5 minutes) Connecting (15 minutes)
SLOs and Professional Goals
Learning (45 minutes)
Sources of Evidence
Overview of Self-evaluation and Goal Setting Process
Mr. Brown’s Reflection and Self-Evaluation
SMARTer Goals
Mr. Brown’s Professional Goals
Implementing (40 minutes)
Practicing Self-evaluation and Goal Setting
Reflecting and Wrap-Up (5 minutes)
Submitting SLO and Professional Goals for Approval
Preparing for Module 4

4. Intended Outcomes
At the end of this session, participants will know and be able to
Complete an accurate and evidence-based self-evaluation grounded in the MSFE Rubric
Use evidence and the language of the MSFE Rubric to set SMART professional goals grounded in their student learning objectives

5. Connecting
20 minutes

6. Connecting SLOs and Professional Goals
Learning goals for students
Grounded in student data analysis and reflection
Focused on instruction and assessment
Learning goals for teachers
Grounded in reflection and analysis of student needs
Focused on adjusting and improving instruction to support student attainment of growth targets

7. Activity: Supporting Your SLO
In pairs, share your SLO:
What skills, knowledge, or structures do you need to implement the instructional plan effectively?
What skills, knowledge, or structures do you need to support student attainment of growth targets?
Identify 2-3 ways you could develop the skills, knowledge, or structures you discuss.

8. Learning
80 minutes

9. Evidence Collection
Evidence can be collected through a variety of sources
Classroom observations (live or through video)
Observations of teacher collaboration
Feedback conversations (pre- and post-observation)
Teacher-collected evidence
Student work

10. Types of Evidence
Verbatim: Teacher: Students, please take out your notebooks.
Numeric: 5 out of 10 student work assignments involved student choice.
Factual summaries: The teacher asked the students to take out their notebooks.
Observed aspects of the setting: Rules were posted. Or Slide presentation available on handouts.

11. Learning Activity 1a: Sources of Evidence
Count off and go to the chart indicated by the facilitator
Spend 3 minutes at that chart with your group
Identify:
Evidence statements for the source of evidence included on your chart
Reminder: The most accurate evidence is objective, non-biased, and specific.
When directed by the facilitator, move to the next chart

12. Wrap-Up/Debrief From Activity 1a
Return to your original chart and determine if the statements of evidence are objective, non-biased, and specific.
Read any statements that are not objective, non-biased, or specific to the group.

13. Self-Evaluation and Goal-Setting
Step 1: Expectations and Goal-Setting
Step 4: Professional Growth Plans
Step 2: Evidence, Feedback, and Growth
Fall
Spring-Fall
Fall-Spring
Late Winter-Spring
Step 3: Reflection and Rating

14. Self-Evaluation and Goal-Setting
Step 1: Expectations and Goal-Setting
Working in Professional Cohorts, teachers use the SLO framework to develop at least one measurable student growth target.
Teachers engage in self-evaluation and professional goal setting
Teachers seek review and approval of goals and expectations.

15. Connecting Student Learning and Professional Goals
Professional Goal Setting Process
Analysis of student data and student needs
Student Growth Targets
Instruction,
(b) Formative Assessment,
(c) Instructional Adjustments
Professional Growth Goals
Self-evaluation and reflection using the MSFE Rubric and evidence

16. Activity: Mr. Brown’s Reflection and Self-evaluation
At your table, assign 1-2 standard indicators to each person (Handout 3).
Use the MSFE Companion Guide to answer the following questions for your standard indicators:
Are the statements of evidence specific, objective, and non- biased? If not, how would you rewrite them to be?
How well does Mr. Brown’s evidence align with the identified standard indicators?
How does Mr. Brown use his SLO to inform his reflection? What specific components does he reference?
What other evidence or considerations might you recommend he include?
What advice would you give Mr. Brown about strengthening his written reflection?

17. SMART Goals Specific Well-defined, clear outcome
Description
Questions to ask
Specific
Well-defined, clear outcome
Clear to anyone who does not know anything about the project
What do I want to accomplish?
Measurable
Know when it has been achieved
How is achievement measured?
How will I know it is accomplished?
Attainable
Achievable
Agreement with stakeholders on what the goal should be
How can it be accomplished?
Relevant
What are the urgent needs?
Is the goal aligned with other projects?
Is this the right time?
Time-bound
A specific date is set.
Date is realistic.
What can I do six weeks from now?
The S.M.A.R.T. goal concept was introduced by G. T. Doran, A. Miller, and J. Cunningham in “There’s a S.M.A.R.T. Way to Write Management’s Goals and Objectives,” Management Review 70, no. 11 (1981), 35–36. What Makes a Goal “S.M.A.R.T.”? also draws from the work of Ed Costa, Superintendent of Schools, Lenox, Massachusetts; John D’Auria, a Lennox teacher; and Mike Gilbert, Northeast Field Director, Massachusetts Association of School Committees.

18. Learning Activity 2: SMART.er Goals
Review Mr. Brown’s SMART goals included on Handout 6
With a partner, identify how the goals can be made SMART-er

19. Wrap-Up/Debrief From Activity 2
How did you and your partner improve the example goals?
Goal 1
Goal 2
Goal 3

20. Implementing
60 minutes

21. Implementing Activity: Setting Goals
Use Handout 1, your SLO, and the Companion Guide to start the self-evaluation and reflection process.
Draft a SMART professional practice goal using Handout 2.
Ask a partner to provide you with feedback on the quality of your goal.
Revise your draft goal.

22. Share Out
Share 1 goal, the feedback you received, and how you modified your goal.

23. Reflecting and Wrap-Up
10 MINUTES

24. Reflecting Activity: 3-2-1
On Handout 7, write down
3 ideas you want to remember
2 things you learned today
1 outstanding question you have about the T-PEPG system

25. Next Steps: Submitting Your SLO and Professional Goals
1. Complete your professional goals, including:
Appendix O. Professional Goal Setting Template, Part 2. Implementation Planning
2. Submit your SLO for pre-approval review
3. Submit your pre-approved SLO and professional goals for final approval.

26. Looking Forward to Module 4
Module 4 will provide details about the observation process, including:
The collection and organization of observation evidence
The sharing of timely, constructive feedback
All participants participate in peer observation, and the module provides information about how to make the process meaningful, collaborative, and constructive.

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