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Specific

Measurable

Attainable

Realistic

Timely

adapted from SMART goals for ASCD

We will be writing SMART goals that you are expected to specifically relate to your backward plan.  We will be using the data from instructional practices to create a culture rich in positivity and action orientated results.  It will be our intent to have 100% commitment and work toward 80% fidelity.  THAT is how we will achieve result.

• Specific: Goals must be clear and unambiguous; vagaries and platitudes have no place in goal setting. When goals are specific, they tell you exactly what is expected, when, and how much. Because the goals are specific, you can easily measure progress toward completion.
• Measurable:What good is a goal that you can't measure? If your goals are not measurable, you never know whether you are making progress toward successful completion. Not only that, but it's tough to stay motivated to complete goals when they have no milestones to indicate their progress.
• Attainable: Goals must be realistic and attainable. The best goals require you and students to stretch a bit to achieve them, but they aren't extreme. That is, the goals are neither out of reach nor below standard performance. Goals that are set too high or too low become meaningless,.
• Relevant: Goals must be an important tool in the grand scheme of reaching the school vision and mission. You may have heard that 80 percent of worker productivity comes from only 20 percent of their activities. You can guess where the other 80 percent of work activity ends up! This relationship comes from Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto's 80/20 rule. This rule, which states that 80 percent of the wealth of most countries is held by only 20 of the population, has been applied to many other fields since its discovery. Relevant goals address the 20 percent of worker activities that has such a great impact on performance and brings your organization closer to its vision. (Source: Blanchard, Schewe, Nelson, & Hiam, Exploring the World of Business.)
• Time-bound: Goals must have starting points, ending points, and fixed durations. Commitment to deadlines helps to focus efforts on completion of the goal on or before the due date. Goals without deadlines or schedules for completion tend to be overtaken by the day-to-day crises that invariably arise in an organization.