1. SMART Goals Accountability NET3 Session September 14, 2015 Facilitated by Charlotte Baker, ESC3 & Dionne Hughes, Victoria ISD

2. Resources The Power of SMART Goals: Using Goals to Improve Student Learning, by Jan O’Neill and Anne Conzemius More Than a SMART Goal: Staying Focused on Student Learning, by Anne Conzemius and Terry Morganti-Fisher Victoria ISD – Targeted Improvement Plan

3. Lewis Carroll Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” asked Alice. “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.

4. Lewis Carroll Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland “I don’t much care where –” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.

5. The Power of Goal Setting The impact on student achievement on setting instructional goals ranges from 19 percentile points to 41 percentile points

6. Typical Goals in Planning Mandated and soon forgotten Do not drive behaviors Not used to prioritize efforts and resources Not focused on people Return to daily schedules, problems, issues

7. Barriers… Hard work, commitment – buy in Time to develop, implement, monitor and adjust Lack of data Lack of feedback Communication Vulnerability

8. Rick DuFour on Results Thinking Motto… “I teach, I test, I hope for the best”

9. The Power of SMART Goals Strategic and Specific Measurable Attainable Results Based Time bound

10. The Power of SMART Goals Strategic and Specific: focus on the “vital few,” high-leverage areas with greatest gaps Question: What does the DATA tell us?

11. The Power of SMART Goals Specific: concrete, tangible evidence of improvement Question: Are the stated actions understandable, direct, clear to the purpose?

12. The Power of SMART Goals Measurable: focus on summative and formative goals Question: Will the action results give data to support the goal or drive change?

13. The Power of SMART Goals Attainable: motivate us to strive, focus energy, time and resources Question: Can the actions be achieved?

14. The Power of SMART Goals Reasonable: directly related to improvement, understandable and aligned to data needs Timely: within timeframe, achievable

15. Putting SMART Goals to WORK Goals guide ACTIONS that align everyone in the system, including students, toward the desired outcome of student learning

16. Putting SMART Goals to WORK Effective district and campus level leadership serve as advocates of goal-driven work

17. Putting SMART Goals to WORK Professional Learning Communities provide the time and place for collaborative learning, instructional improvement, and goal- relevant actions

18. Putting SMART Goals to WORK Bring focus and meaning to learning by involving STUDENTS in directing and monitoring their own performance

19. Keeping Goals Alive “Beginning with the end in mind” Stephen Covey concept Move from SURVIVE to THRIVE Thriving takes COMMITMENT Gap Closing Assessment promotes learning

20. Renewing Schools, Practices, Ourselves “ We teach and assess, adjust and reassess until each and every student can say, I GET IT.”