STUDENT LEARNING GOALS
Facilitated by Brett Cheever
Salem-Keizer Public Schools 24J
WHAT’S THE
BIG IDEA?
Senate Bill 290 has specific
goal-setting requirements for all
licensed and administrative staff
in the State of Oregon.
TODAY’S AGENDA:
PROFESSIONAL AND STUDENT LEARNING GOALS
Background
SMART Goals
Student Learning Goals
 Who, What, When?
OVERVIEW: THE ROADMAP TO
OUR WORK TODAY
“Educator evaluation systems are intended to promote professional growth based on standards
of professional practice and meaningful measures of teacher and administrator effectiveness.”
Oregon Framework for Teacher and Administrator Evaluation and Support Systems
Oregon Department of Education
OVERVIEW:
THE ROADMAP TO OUR WORK TODAY
Senate Bill 290
ESEA Waiver
Oregon
Framework
OVERVIEW:
THE OREGON FRAMEWORK
(1)
Standards of
Professional
Practice
(2)
Differentiated
Performance
Levels
(3)
Multiple
Measures
(4)
Evaluation
And
Professional
Growth
Cycle
(5)
Aligned
Professional
Development
From the Oregon Framework for Teacher and Administrator Evaluation and Support Systems
Oregon Department of Education
http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=3637
OVERVIEW:
THE OREGON FRAMEWORK – GOAL SETTING
(1)
Standards of
Professional
Practice
(2)
Differentiated
Performance
Levels
(3)
Multiple
Measures
(4)
Evaluation
And
Professional
Growth
Cycle
(5)
Aligned
Professional
Development
From the Oregon Framework for Teacher and Administrator Evaluation and Support Systems
Oregon Department of Education
http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=3637
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EVALUATION AND PROFESSIONAL
GROWTH CYCLE: GOAL SETTING
1 Professional Growth Goal
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• SMART Format
• Informed by prior observations, evaluations,
and self-assessment
• Outlines a plan for professional growth and
development
• We currently do these!
2 Student Learning Goals
• SMART Format
• Data-driven, using Measures of Student
Learning and Growth
• Specific requirements on sources of data
• The name is new, but …
OVERVIEW:
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS
Student Learning Goals
(SLGs) seem new and
confusing, but are really
just the SMART goals
we’re already using!
OVERVIEW:
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS
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Key Point:
Student Learning Goals
are non-evaluative
for 2013-14
LET’S GET SMART:
WRITING SMART GOALS
“A SMART goal clarifies exactly what is expected and the measures used to determine if the goal is
achieved and successfully completed.”
“SMART Goals Template” - Stanford University
LET’S GET SMART:
WHAT IS A SMART GOAL?
LET’S GET SMART:
IS THIS A SMART GOAL? (GROUP DISCUSSION)
I have been invited to speak as an expert at a
conference on SMART goals. The conference requires
all experts to have published at least one book on their
topic of expertise. In order to establish myself as an
expert on SMART goals, I will write a 150-page book
on how to create SMART goals. I will do this by writing
one chapter per month (3-5 pages per week). The book
will be completed in 10 months, and will then be selfpublished via Amazon.com.
LET’S GET SMART:
IS THIS A SMART GOAL? (GROUP DISCUSSION)
In order to establish
myself as an expert on
SMART goals, I will write
a 150-page book on how
to create SMART goals. I
will do this by writing
one chapter per month
(3-5 pages per week). The
book will be completed
in 10 months, and will
then be self-published.
IS IT SPECIFIC?
YES.
In order to establish myself as an expert
on SMART goals, I will write a 150-page
book on how to create SMART goals.
The book will be completed within 10
months…
LET’S GET SMART:
IS THIS A SMART GOAL? (GROUP DISCUSSION)
In order to establish
myself as an expert on
SMART goals, I will write
a 150-page book on how
to create SMART goals. I
will do this by writing
one chapter per month
(3-5 pages per week). The
book will be completed
in 10 months, and will
then be self-published.
IS IT MEASURABLE?
YES.
I will write a 150-page book…
I will do this by writing one chapter
per month (3-5 pages per week)…
LET’S GET SMART:
IS THIS A SMART GOAL? (GROUP DISCUSSION)
In order to establish
myself as an expert on
SMART goals, I will write
a 150-page book on how
to create SMART goals. I
will do this by writing
one chapter per month
(3-5 pages per week). The
book will be completed
in 10 months, and will
then be self-published.
IS IT ATTAINABLE?
YES.
I will do this by writing one chapter
per month (3-5 pages per week)…
…will then be self-published.
LET’S GET SMART:
IS THIS A SMART GOAL? (GROUP DISCUSSION)
In order to establish
myself as an expert on
SMART goals, I will write
a 150-page book on how
to create SMART goals. I
will do this by writing
one chapter per month
(3-5 pages per week). The
book will be completed
in 10 months, and will
then be self-published.
IS IT RELEVANT?
YES.
In order to establish myself as an
expert on SMART goals, I will write
a 150-page book…
LET’S GET SMART:
IS THIS A SMART GOAL? (GROUP DISCUSSION)
In order to establish
myself as an expert on
SMART goals, I will write
a 150-page book on how
to create SMART goals. I
will do this by writing
one chapter per month
(3-5 pages per week). The
book will be completed
in 10 months, and will
then be self-published.
T – TIME-BOUND
YES.
I will do this by writing one chapter
per month…
The book will be completed in 10
months…
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS
“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.”
John Dewey
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
KEY TOPICS
 What is a Student Learning
Goal (SLG)?
 Who completes SLGs?
 What is growth?
 What guidelines should I
keep in mind?
 Student Learning Goal
Example(s)
Student Learning Goals:
What is a Student Learning Goal?
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
WHAT IS A STUDENT LEARNING GOAL?
Professional Growth Goal
Student Learning Goal
 SMART Goal
 SMART Goal
 Selected by reviewing your
prior observations,
evaluations, and selfassessment – YOUR
“baseline data”
 Selected by reviewing your
students’ prior achievement and
results – THEIR “baseline data”
 Focus on enhancing your
professional practice
 Addresses the most important
learning in a course/class
 Certain requirements set by the
State of Oregon
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
ODE DEFINITION OF SLG
A specific, rigorous, long-term growth goal for
groups of students that represents the most
important learning during an interval of
instruction.
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
ODE DEFINITION OF SLG – BREAKING IT DOWN
A specific, rigorous, long-term growth goal for
groups of students that represents the most
important learning during an interval of
instruction.
“long-term” and “interval of instruction”:
spanning a year, course, semester, quarter, or
other major segment of time.
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
ODE DEFINITION OF SLG – BREAKING IT DOWN
A specific, rigorous, long-term growth goal for
groups of students that represents the most
important learning during an interval of
instruction.
“most important learning”: addressing the most
central standards, skills, concepts, or ideas
covered in the class/course.
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
WHAT GUIDELINES APPLY?
Your SLGs Must:
 Be written as a SMART goal
 Address the most important learning in an interval of
instruction
 Focus on growth, not achievement
 Between two goals, address all students in class/course
 Between two goals, use data from 2 of 3 ODE-identified
categories
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
A REMINDER…
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Key Point:
Student Learning Goals
are non-evaluative
for 2013-14
Student Learning Goals:
Who Completes SLGs?
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
WHO COMPLETES THESE GOALS?
From ODE:
Teacher: Any individual holding a Teacher Standards and Practices
Commission (TSPC) teaching license or registration (ORS 342.125
& 342.144) or who is otherwise authorized to teach in the public
schools of this state and who is employed as an instructor at .5
FTE and at least 135 consecutive days of the school year (as per
ORS 342.840).
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
WHO COMPLETES THESE GOALS?
From ODE:
Administrator: Any individual holding a TSPC Administrator
license includes any licensed educator (ORS 342.125 & 342.144),
the majority of whose employed time is devoted to service as a
supervisor, principal, vice principal or director of a department or
the equivalent in a fair dismissal district but shall not include the
superintendent, deputy superintendent or assistant
superintendent of any such district or any substitute or
temporary teacher employed by such a district.
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
WHO DOES NOT COMPLETE THESE
GOALS?
 School Psychologists
 Program Assistants
 Social Workers
 Instructional Coaches
 Occupational Therapists
 Physical Therapists
 English Language Acquisition
Specialists
 Orientation/Mobility
Specialists
 Behavior Specialists
 TOSAs
 Mentor Teachers
Student Learning Goals:
What is Growth?
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
WHAT IS GROWTH?
Growth is…
“…a change in student achievement for an
individual student between two or more points
in time.”
US Department of Education (2009)
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
IS THIS GROWTH?
My students will be rated as “Meets” on their OAKS
Reading results.
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
IS THIS GROWTH?
75% of my students will be rated as “Meets” or higher
on their OAKS Mathematics results.
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
IS THIS GROWTH?
Each of my students will increase their OAKS RIT score
result by 20% from their prior testing results.
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
IS THIS GROWTH?
Each of my students will improve their rating received
on their pre-assessment by one level of proficiency
when completing their annual summative assessment.
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
WHAT GUIDELINES APPLY?
Your SLGs Must:
 Be written as a SMART goal
 Address the most important learning in an interval of
instruction
 Focus on growth, not achievement
 Between two goals, address all students in class/course
 Between two goals, use data from 2 of 3 ODE-identified
categories
Student Learning Goals:
What Students Need to be Included?
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
GUIDELINES – WHAT STUDENTS TO INCLUDE?
Must write 2 Student Growth Goals in SMART
format
Between the two goals, we are required to
address all students in a particular class or
course.
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
WHAT IS A CLASS/COURSE AT ELEMENTARY?
Grade Level: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, etc…
PE / Music: By Grade Level, By Content
(Orchestra)
Specialists: By Grade, By All Pullout
Counseling/Guidance: By School, By Grade
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
WHAT IS A CLASS/COURSE AT SECONDARY?
By Course: 6th Grade Block, Algebra I,
Economics
 Must select all periods of a given course – If I teach 3
periods of Algebra I and select it as a focus, I must
address my students in all 3 periods.
PE / Music: By Grade Level, By Content
(Orchestra)
Specialists: By Grade, By Pullout
Counseling/Guidance: By School, By Grade
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
GUIDELINES – WHAT STUDENTS TO INCLUDE?
For example:
 If I was 4th grade teacher, I could write 1 goal around
OAKS Reading (which includes 100% of my students).
My 2nd goal could focus on either all of my students,
or could target a specific sub-population of students I
would like to work with.
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
GUIDELINES – WHAT STUDENTS TO INCLUDE?
For example:
 If I was a Social Studies teacher, I could select my
three periods of “World History” as my course. My 1st
goal could focus upon my TAG-identified students in
my course, and my 2nd goal could focus on my nonTAG identified students.
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
WHAT GUIDELINES APPLY?
Your SLGs Must:
 Be written as a SMART goal
 Address the most important learning in an interval of
instruction
 Focus on growth, not achievement
 Between two goals, address all students in class/course
 Between two goals, use data from 2 of 3 ODE-identified
categories
Student Learning Goals:
What Data Sources Should be Used?
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
GUIDELINES - DATA CATEGORIES
Three Categories of Assessment Data
Category One
Category Two
Category Three
State or National Standardized
Assessments
Common National, International,
Regional, or District-Developed
Measures
Classroom-based or School-wide
Measures
ACT, PLAN, EXPLORE, AP, IB,
DIBELS, Easy CBM
OAKS, Smarter Balanced (when
adopted), ELPA
Other common assessments
approved by state/district as valid,
reliable and able to be scored
comparably across schools or
classrooms
Student performances, portfolios,
products, projects, work samples,
tests
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
GUIDELINES - DATA CATEGORIES
Are you in an OAKS Reading or Math tested grade or
subject?
(ODE defined as ELA and mathematics in grades 3-8 and 11)
YES
• 1 Goal MUST use OAKS or ELPA
• 1 Goal will use a data source from
Category 2 or 3
NO
• 2 Goals using data sources from
Categories 1, 2, or 3
• May only use a category once; two
categories total must be selected
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
WHAT GUIDELINES APPLY?
Your SLGs Must:
 Be written as a SMART goal
 Address the most important learning in an interval of
instruction
 Focus on growth, not achievement
 Between two goals, address all students in class/course
 Between two goals, use data from 2 of 3 ODE-identified
categories
Student Learning Goals:
The Form Itself
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
THE SLG FORM
 Located in TalentED Perform
 2 Goal Forms
 Form Questions
 Context
 Baseline Data
 Goal Statement
 Strategies
 Related Professional Development
 Data Source(s)
 Demographics (e.g., total # of students)
 Learning Needs (e.g., # ELL, % TAG vs non-TAG, # IEPs)
 Other Relevant Class/Course Characteristics (e.g., Credit Recovery,
Advanced Placement)
 Student data used as baseline to set goal (e.g., pre-assessment results,
prior year’s OAKS, work sample scoring)
 Could include additional, non-baseline data used to show performance
trends for students
 Written as a SMART goal
 Growth, not achievement
 Meets ODE guidelines (for students included, data sources)
 Answers the question: how will I work to attain this goal?
 Can be adjusted throughout year.
 Learning (training, books, classes, workshops) that you feel would assist
you in supporting this goal
 Optional
Year-End Goal Conference
Mid-Year Review
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
THE FORM ITSELF –
MID-YEAR AND END OF YEAR
Goal Progress Review
Strategy Modification (if any)
End-of-Year Data
Reflection on Results
Implications for Next Year’s Goals
Student Learning Goals:
Due Date and Practice
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
WHEN ARE THEY DUE?
Student Learning Goals and Professional Growth
Goals must be submitted via TalentED Perform
by November 27, 2013.
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
IS THIS A SMART STUDENT GROWTH GOAL?
During the 2013-14 school year, each of my
sixth-grade physical education students will
improve on the Presidential Fitness subtests
(curl-ups, shuttle run, endurance run/walk, pullups, V-sit reach) by an overall average of 20%.
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
IS THIS A SMART STUDENT GROWTH GOAL?
All students will demonstrate measurable
progress in each of the art scoring rubric areas
(Elements & Principles, Creativity & Originality,
Craftsmanship/Skills). At least 50% of students
will score 3 on the 5-point rubric.
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
IS THIS A SMART STUDENT GROWTH GOAL?
In my year-long, 2013-14 Art I elective, all
students will demonstrate measurable progress
in each of the art scoring rubric areas
(Elements & Principles, Creativity & Originality,
Craftsmanship/Skills). At least 50% of students
will score 3 on the 5-point rubric.
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
TABLE ACTIVITY
Using the data lists your table created, select a
data source and write a potential SMART
Student Growth Goal Statement.
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS:
QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU!
Brett Cheever
Staff Quality Coordinator
Email: cheever_brett@salkeiz.k12.or.us
Salem-Keizer Public Schools
Human Resources Department
Ph. 503-399-3061