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Student Growth Goals & Plan

KASA Conference July 17, 2014

This Session

Review a Student Growth Goal and identify feedback to provide to the teacher.

Identify and create questions to use when conferencing with teachers on Student Growth Goals.

SMART goal

Proficiency component & Growth component

One classroom of students, one content area

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SGG Basics…

Specific, Measureable, Appropriate, Reliable,

Time-Bound

___% of students will reach the level of

proficiency as determined by…

All of my students will grow at least

_____.

3rd Grade math students1st period 7th grade language arts students

6th period high school concert band students

Science Sample Growth Goal

This school year, all of my sixth grade students will demonstrate measurable growth in their ability to apply the scientific practices. 100% of my students will improve by 2 or more levels on the district’s science rubric in the areas of engaging in argument from evidence and obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information. 85% of students will perform at level four on the 5-point science rubric.

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Science Sample Growth Goal

This school year, all of my sixth grade students will demonstrate measurable growth in their ability to apply the scientific practices. 100% of my students will improve by 2 or more levels on the district’s science rubric in the areas of engaging in argument from evidence and obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information. 85% of students will perform at level four on the 5-point science rubric.

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Science Sample Growth Goal

This school year, all of my sixth grade students will demonstrate measurable growth in their ability to apply the scientific practices. 100% of my students will improve by 2 or more levels on the district’s science rubric in the areas of engaging in argument from evidence and obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information. 85% of students will perform at level four on the 5-point science rubric.

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How will you know

A & R?

1 Class Minimum

What Do Administrators Need to Know to Give Effective Feedback on

Goals?

Determining Feedback

Technical

Rigor

Comparability of the assessment

Feedback on SGGs

Introducing…….Truly Progressing

8th Grade Science Teacher

12 Years Teaching Experience

Sponsor of the Science Club

Has been offered several leadership roles but has never accepted.

Pilot teacher for PGES

Technical Considerations

Does the goal: Contain a Growth Target Contain a Proficiency Target Match SMART Criteria

What Happens if We Stop Here?

RIGOR COMPARABILITY

Use the 1st Sample Rubric

Where would you place this goal on the rubric?

What feedback would you give the teacher?

Let’s look at your feedback

Who is doing the work of making the changes – you or the teacher?

Did you tie your feedback back to the language of the rubric? If not, how could you have worded things differently?

Would your conference be collaborative given your feedback?

Think and Plan Tool

Aligned with

EDS Questions

around the SGG

Process

Next Step

Review the Goals from the Draft and Revision Packets What changes did the teacher

make? What feedback would the

principal need to give to move the teacher to the new goal?