Ohio School Improvement Workshop on SMART Goals and Strategies
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Join us for a productive day of setting SMART goals, developing strategies, and reaching consensus on critical areas of improvement in your school. Learn effective team norms and action steps for success.
Ohio School Improvement Workshop on SMART Goals and Strategies
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Ohio School Improvement Day 2 February 27, 2009
Team Norms • Start on time & end on time • Listen actively-respect others when they are talking. • Participate to the fullest of your ability; growth depends upon the inclusion of every individual voice. • Respectfully accept and challenge one another when asking questions. • Respect everyone’s opinion (be aware of your own body language and non-verbal responses).
Norms continued: • Turn off cell phones. If you must take a call, please step out of the room. • Data and process are transparent, but dialogue is not. • Decision by consensus (definition: all points of view have been heard and the will of the group is evident)
Today’s goals • Reach consensus on critical areas of need • Reaffirm SMART goal writing skills • Write SMART goals, strategies, and indicators, action steps
Committee Reports • Team reports to DLT • DLT discussion of findings • Consensus reaching
District Profile • Consider sub scales, curriculum, instruction, assessment, et cetera • Drill down to greatest area(s) of concern
Brain storm the root causes for identified high priorities • Work with partner • Use post-it notes • Creation of affinity diagram
Goal(s)(What we will accomplish) • SMART goal • Focused on critical need(s) • Limit the number of goals • Usually 5 year vision
Strategies(How we accomplish) • The how we are going to accomplish goal(s) • 1-3 years duration • Limit the number of strategies that support the goal
Indicators(Measurement) • Monitor progress • Base line data • Performance data • Set time line
Indicators • Adult indicator - actions • Student indicator - student performance
Action Steps(To do list) • Each strategy has action steps • Usually in place for a year • Task lists
SMART Goals • S = strategic or specific • M = measurable • A = attainable and achievable • R = realistic • T = time bound or timely
Goal Writing • Count off by 1 through 6 • Teams 1,2,3 will write a goal for critical need 1 • Teams 4,5,6 will write a goal for critical need 2
Gallery Walk • Spend three minutes at each goal discussing it with your group
Strategies are… • Action orientated • Describe the key approaches the district will implement • Specific measurable statements about what is going to be accomplished
Strategy Criteria & Examples • Limited to reasonable number per goal (2-4) • Focused • Feasible • Practical • Based on decision framework profile results • Consistent with current research • Written in a format that anyone can understand the concept • Often multi-year
Refining our goals • Three people will refine Goal 1 • Three people will refine Goal 2
Develop Strategies • Team 1,2,3 will develop strategies for Goal 1 • Each team develop 1 or 2 strategies • All three teams meet and share strategies • Teams will come to consensus on 1 - 4 priority strategies
Strategies • Team 4,5,6 will develop strategies for Goal 2 • Each team develop 1 or 2 strategies • All three teams meet and share strategies • Teams will come to consensus on 1 - 4 priority strategies
Questions to Consider • What evidence would make us feel we were making progress? • How can we collect this evidence? • Off of all of the measures we could have chosen, why did we choose these? Data sources: classroom observations, survey data, formative assessment results, analysis of lesson plans or team meeting notes, et cetera.
Indicators • Adult indicator - actions • Student indicator - student performance
Measures • Baseline measures • Starting point • Progress measurers • Short term • Track progress