tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10586268.post111093978346859385..comments2020-06-02T17:19:16.311-06:00Comments on Leadership: SMART ProcessMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10523912624143446896noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10586268.post-1111188683220303722005-03-18T16:31:00.000-07:002005-03-18T16:31:00.000-07:00I think that student achievement and instruction a...I think that student achievement and instruction are two excellent choices for goal areas.<BR/><BR/>Student Achievement Goals.<BR/><BR/>Why the focus on summative rather than formative assessment? I’m guessing we want to be able to have a measure at the end (summative) of our success – makes sense. I only worry that it puts the focus of assessment on “the assessment of learning rather than assessment for learning,” in the words of Rick Stiggins. Perhaps assessment for learning falls into an instructional goal.<BR/><BR/>Instructional Goals<BR/><BR/>So, in this framework might 10 different teachers work on 10 different strategies? If they do, how does this affect the use of common staff development time? Or, are the various goals of teachers inside of this process not related to common staff development agendas? Or, does one look for some common thread amongst the chosen goals and make that the focus? Or, something else?<BR/><BR/>SMART: I like it. Excellent criteria for establishing goals and would be helpful to us all.<BR/><BR/>Reflection is essential and a great aspect of this approach. For this reason, I think goals should be set to be accomplished in less than a semester…maybe quarters or smaller increments of time. The phenomenon I notice is that ending at the semester or year leaves little to no time to take alternative action. It also allows for too much time to pass before results are inspected. So, let’s say a teacher who is overwhelmed doesn’t work on his or her project / goals. We may not know until the semester check in. I suppose this is avoided by building in shorter term due dates.<BR/><BR/>MichaelMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10523912624143446896noreply@blogger.com