Mineola Union Free School District
SMART Goal Worksheet
2010-2011
School:
Mineola High School
Team Name:
Foreign Language
Team Leader: Shared leadership among
Department
team members
Team Members: Mrs. Elsa Coelho, Mrs. Lisa Elgart, Ms. Gigi Foge, Ms. Wendy Forte, Mrs. Josie Iaboni, Mr. George
Maurer, Mrs. Eleni Theodorakis,
 Department Goals: To improve student achievement and learning for all students in the area of Foreign Language.
To improve reading, writing, listening and speaking skills for all students in the Foreign Languages.
To create and implement differentiated learning lessons.
To utilize district technology to promote collaboration between teachers and students.
Team SMART Goal
Strategies and Action
Steps
Responsibility
Timeline
Evidence of
Effectiveness
Our Reality:
Last year, 97.4% of
students taking a Foreign
Language Regents Exam
successfully passed.
Our Goal:
This year we continue to
aim to increase the level of
students scoring at Level 4
Mastery.
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We will collect and analyze
data from previous NYS
Assessments to explore
areas of strength and
places to focus on within
our programs in order to
improve achievement.
Building Administration
We will use our in-house
assessments and create
common formative
assessments to be given
in January 2011 and
monitor student progress
Foreign Language Team
Data from Data
Warehouse
Foreign Language
Department
Students and Families
Ongoing throughout the
year (Interim Period
Reports, Marking Period
Reports, June Regents
Exams).
Common Formative
Assessments
Other work / projects
Marking Period results
throughout the year and
then help by devising
strategies for struggling
learners.
Regents results
Increase collaboration
among department
members.
We will collaborate as
members of a PLC to
share examples of best
practice and to design
common formative
assessments in concert,
where applicable.
Each member of the
Department will lead a
meeting that shares a
“Best Practice”.
Department members
will also “follow” one
another using Google
Reader to build shared
knowledge on Foreign
Language topics.
Ongoing
Shared practice at
meetings, shared
articles on Google
Reader.
Improve reading, writing,
listening and speaking
skills for all students.
Create and share as a
department “best practice”
lessons that incorporate
these skills, with a focus
on utilizing Web 2.0
technologies such as
wikis, podcasts, Google
Reader and Skype.
Members of the
department.
Ongoing
Sample lessons
Student Work Samples
To continue our
celebration of National
Foreign Language Week /
Multi-Cultural Night
Plan and prepare for the
events that take place
during Foreign Language
Week and our MultiCultural Night
Entire Department,
Building Administration,
Students, Families, Local
Business
Planning is a major
ongoing component.
Foreign Language
Week activities / Multi –
Cultural Night
Celebration.
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