Tips for Moving Forward: Using Goals to Focus on Results

1. Tips for Moving Forward:Using Goals to Focus on Results Twin Rivers Unified School District Staff Development Day November 12, 2010

2. Adapted From Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work Dufour, Dufour, Eaker, Many 2006

3. Outcomes • Review critical elements of the video • Continue to set the data literacy culture of the school • Study current student data, analyze and write SMART goals or participate in the cycle of inquiry

4. Reflection Share with a partner – What are three things you learned from the video, that would improve student outcomes, and that you can implement tomorrow?

5. Tips for Moving Forward – Using Goals to Focus on Results 1 - Limit number of school initiatives – prioritize 2 - Each school/team should establish goals aligned with district goals 3 - Provide templates for goal setting for every team 4 – Teams should establish clear goals 5 - Monitor work toward a goal by requiring teams to create specific products related to the goal 6 - Celebrate progress. Plan for/seek/celebrate small wins

6. Norms for Crucial Conversations • Clarify what you want and what you do not want to result from the conversation • Find mutual purpose • Create a safe environment for honest dialogue • Use facts because “gathering facts is the homework required for crucial conversations” • Share your thought process and the facts that have led to the conversation (Grenny, McMillan, Switzler, 2002)

7. Tip 1-Limit Number of School Initiatives List School Initiatives Here

8. Tip 2 – Each school/team should establish goals aligned with district goals Insert district goals from school plan

9. Tip 3 - Using Goals to Focus on Results Provide templates for goal setting for every team. The templates should reinforce the premise that the team must focus on results rather than activities and must clarify how the achievement of the goal will be monitored and measured.

10. Tip 4 - Using Goals to Focus on Results Make certain goals are team goals rather than individual goals. Team goals should be established by teams rather than for teams. Teams should be expected to create goals that align with school and district goals and to write goals that are consistent with specified parameters.

11. Tip 5 - Using Goals to Focus on Results Monitor work toward a goal by requiring teams to create specific products ( norms, common assessments, collective analysis of results, improvement plans and so on) that are directly related to the goal.

12. Tip 6 - Using Goals to Focus on Results Celebrate progress. Plan for, seek out, and celebrate small wins.

13. Quotes • I take personal responsibility for my students’ success and failure … I take personal responsibility – Raja • He’ll run after you until you get it – Grant High School Student • Test is a time for us to show what we know – Sharon • Exit price allows me to see if the students can demonstrate the objective before they leave out of the door – Raja • Every day you are making a difference and turning lives around … Remarkable work is going on in our classrooms thanks to the work of teachers -Frank

14. Acknowledgements Video and Data Set– Frank Porter - Superintendent Dr. Kadhir Rajagopal - Grant Roman Rykun -Communications Steve Scott – Instructional and Information Technology Gwyn Lamar – Categorical Programs Graciela Garcia-Torres – Del Paso/Grant/North Sacramento Neighborhood Network Uve Dahmen – Assessment and Accountability Mahala Archer- Strategic School Funding for Results Charlene Van Allen - Facilitator Contributors – Linda Kyle, Amy Kraft – Smythe/Oakdale LaTonya Derbigny – Fairbanks/MLK Craig Murray/Kim Davie/Wesley Marshall – Grant Paul Orlando – Rio Tierra Ellen Giffen – Frontier David Nevarez – Harmon Johnson Renee Scott-Femenella – Northwood Leo Alvarez – Del Paso Heights Elementary Sylvia Hanna – Rio Linda Neighborhood Network Ramona Bishop - Facilitator