SGO's for Educational Specialists

1. SGO's for Educational Specialists Presented by: Tim Conway Nate Grosshandler

2. AGENDA Backchannel (live stream) -http://todaysmeet.com/edspec-sgo Define "Educational Specialists" Summary of State SGO Information SMART Goal Development and Exemplars Using Data.... Lunch Morning Reflection Collaborative Goal Planning Design Your Own SGOs Review/Share SGOs Closing Remarks

3. Who are Educational Specialists? School Counselors Student Assistance Counselor LDTC Social Workers School Psychologists Speech Pathologists School Nurses Media Specialists

4. Expectations What are the expectations of educational specialists? • Breakout groups by occupation (i.e. social workers) • Summarize what your supervisor should know that would help him/her to understand your role • What expectations should your supervisor have for your role? • Group Discussion

5. Basic Steps to Creating an SGO In setting SGOs, educational specialists should take the following steps: 1. Choose or develop a quality measurement tool that is aligned to applicable standards. 2. Determine students’ starting points based on available data. 3. With supervisor input and approval, set ambitious yet achievable student learning goals. 4. Track progress and refine instruction accordingly. 5. Review results and discuss score with supervisor.

6. Measurement Tool Educational Specialists will likely use the following: • Surveys (i.e. locally developed pre/post tests) • Periodic Monitoring (i.e. quarterly review of failing grades) • Formative Assessments • Portfolios • Communication Logs • School Profile Report In order to use school based assessments, educational specialists must get pre-approval from their supervisor. Additional forms provided by the NJDOE to complete this process are below: • Standards Alignment and Coverage Check • Assessment Rigor Analysis and Depth of Knowledge • Approval Checklist for School-based Assessments

7. School Data Review School Data Profile! • What does it tell you? • Determine baseline data for SGO! The number of economically disadvantaged students has increased in 2009 from 238 to 286 in 2011, an increase of 20 percent. Attendance rates have decreased in all demographic categories. The attendance rate has fallen from 93 percent to 89 percent since 2009. There has been an increase in school safety offenses in all categories. For instance technology offenses (i.e., cyberbullying) have increased from 10 to 47 offenses, an increase of 370 percent.

8. Sample School Data Profile

9. Creating SMART Goals

10. Creating SMART Goals Specific • Specific Issue • What is the specific issue based on our school’s data? • Example: 25% of 9th graders (76 students) have at least one failing grade. The number of failing grades has increased by 53% increase (240) from the year prior.

11. Sample School Data Elements

12. Creating SMART Goals Measureable • How will we measure the effectiveness of our interventions? • Example: Export students with failing grades from historical data in Power School for the 2012 – 2013 school year. On a quarterly basis, export data from Power School in 2013 – 2014 to monitor progress towards the goal. At the end of the 2013 – 2014 school year, export students with failing grades from historical data and compare to the prior year data.

13. Creating SMART Goals Achieveable • What outcome would stretch us but is still attainable? • Example: Reduce the number of failing grades by 10% by the end of the 2013 – 2014 school year.

14. Creating SMART Goals Relevant / Rigorous • Is the goal in alignment with department, school and/or district goals? • Is the educational specialist able to achieve this goal? • Is this goal worth pursuing? • Does it stretch our limits and is results based? • Example: The reduction of 9th grade failures is a school based goal for all staff in the 2013 - 2014 school year. • Process Data: 76 students, 240 failing grades • Perceptual Data: Pre/Post survey of students and teachers on reasons that are impacting the failing grades show study skills to be a prevailing issue. • Outcome Data: Reduce the number of failing grades by 10%

15. Creating SMART Goals Time-Bound • When will our goal be accomplished? • Example: By the end of the 2013 - 2014 school year

16. EXEMPLARS New Jersey has been utilizing similar templates to other states. * In your handouts find sample exemplars for educational specialists! * It is also important to note that the NJDOE is looking to professional organizations (i.e. NJSCA) to partner in development of custom evaluation models for each type of educational specialist - Be prepared to adapt! Templates to create your SGOs: • Student Growth Objective Form (Simple) • Student Growth Objective Form (Tiered)

17. Setting Achievement Ranges Simple School Counselor Scoring Rubric * Rule of thumb is 80% (range is +/-) of the target goal would be the "Effective" range ** NJDOE has not yet determined scoring rubric guidelines for Educational Specialists

18. Setting Achievement Ranges Tiered School Counselor Scoring Rubric

19. Tracking Progress How can you track progress? • Surveys • Periodic Monitoring (i.e. quarterly review of failing grades) • Formative Assessments • Portfolios • Communication Logs • School Profile Report Utilize the mid-course check in form to assess progress by February 15th and review with your supervisor if any changes to the SGO need to occur.

20. Surveys

21. Review Results

22. Impact on Educational Specialists

23. ALIGNING SGO's DISTRICT GOAL: Increase district graduation rate to 95% SCHOOL GOAL: Increase school graduation rate to 95% by 2015 (baseline is 90%) DEPARTMENT GOAL: Increase school graduation rate by 2% each year, over next 3 years EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST GOAL: Increase graduation rate for students in assigned caseload by 2% (baseline is 93%)

24. Future Expectations of Educational Specialists

25. QUESTIONS???

26. Resources Student Growth Objectives Guidebook Evaluating Educational Services Staff, Counselors, and Other Specialists NJDOE - Overview of SGOs What are Student Growth Objectives? Achieve NJ Specialists and Others Overview Student Growth Objective Other State Resources

27. Contact Information Tim Conway Director of School Counseling / Curriculum Coordinator (973) 835-1900 x123 tconway@lakeland.k12.nj.us Dr. Nate Grosshandler Director of School Counseling (732) 264-8411 ngrosshandler@hazlet.org