Laura is right. SMART goals must be measurable. Have you look at your state standardized test scores? You could use that as a benchmark (35% of students will raise their score by 10 points...or however it's scored or whatever percentage you want to use). Or you could do smaller chunks...By February, 80% of students will be proficient in writing personal narratives...
At least, this is my experience in writing SMART goals. Good luck, Kristin Mitchell/4th/CO "Be the change you want to see in the world" -Ghandi ________________________________ From: Ann <[email protected]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:58:32 AM Subject: [MOSAIC] SMART goal Our school is also developing a SMART goal for ELA. So far we have: All students will be proficient in reading and writing. The goal needs to be specific, manageable, attainable, realistic and timely. We all know it's not realistic because our school is not set up to keep students until they reach this goal. It's not going to happen in the two years they enter in seventh grade and leave to go to ninth grade two years later. The goal needs to meet the needs of all students, including special needs students and those students who have chosen to do nothing to help themselves reach the goal. -- Ann [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
