Volume 11, Spring 2005

Reflections

How can you and your professional learning community use the SMART accountability recipe for student performance: focused goals + assessment FOR learning + shared responsibility for student achievement?

Use this helpful form to create a key SMART Goal for improving student learning, including ways to engage students in the learning and measurement process.

Team Goal Setting / Action Planning Form
Adapted from the Tonowanda Elementary School, Elmbrook School District

Team Members:

The team will have a weekly conversation regarding goal progress. We will meet on
fill-in line.

  1. Write one SMART goal based on the building goal.

    Should answer the question: "What do we expect students to learn?"
    Attach your team's SMART Goal Tree to this form.

  2. List the strategies the team will use to achieve this goal.

    Strategy:

    Strategy:

    Strategy:

    Should address best practice / effective practices.

  3. How will you measure student progress on the goal?

    Should answer the question, "How will we know students are learning?"

  4. What resources are needed to support this goal? (e.g. What specific professional development is needed? What curriculum support? Staffing support?)
  5. How will we respond if a child is not learning?
© 2004 QLD Learning, LLC
adapted from Tonawanda Elementary School,
Elmbrook (WI) School District