Goal Setting for Teachers

Goal Setting

Teachers will be invited to schedule a meeting with their evaluator to establish a professional growth goal/plan 


Goal Components

Choose a domain from the T-TESS Rubric for your professional goal.  See examples. 

Examples

Communication: Instruction Domain 2.3

By using repetition and modeling the correct procedures from, I will improve my communication of goals, expectations, and directions clearly to my students so that the purpose of the lesson is clear and they will know how to proceed on assignments during work time and on homework assignments.

Student Engagement: Instruction Domain 2.5

I will improve my ability to engage students in their learning researching and implementing strategies for engaging students in rigorous learning, and refining my use of student involved formative assessment practices.

Question: Instruction Domain 2.5

I will improve my abilities to monitor and adjust instruction through targeted questioning techniques at varied levels of cognition, the use of wait time, and academic feedback to students.



Eduphoria

After you write your goal, you will input it in  Eduphoria  under Goal Setting. Then, you will write your Success Criteria that will help you see how you can accomplish the goal using the T-TESS Rubric as a guide. 

Mrs. MacFarland’s Goal Statement, T-TESS 2023-2024


Goal Statement

Knowledge of Students: Instruction Domain 1.3

I will ensure high levels of learning, social-emotional development and achievement for all students through my planning. I will connect to student’s prior knowledge, experiences, interests, and future learning expectations and guide students to apply their strengths, background knowledge, life experiences and skills to enhance each other’s learning. Students will have the opportunity to use their individual learning patterns, habits, and needs to achieve academic progress and social-emotional success. 




Success Criteria



Actions

Explorations will include the following: 1) Career Exploration, 2) College Exploration, 3) MYP Personal Project, 4) ACT/SAT Preparation, 5) College Planning (financial planning, resume building, college essay, etc.) and 6) Presentation Skills. Mrs. MacFarland will start collecting data on the first summative, the Career Exploration shortly after Labor Day.

 

Start Date: August 9, 2023


Target Completion Date:  5/1/2024


Standards and Tags: Planning Domain 1.3


Uploading Evidence

In Eduphoria, under Goal Setting, on the left hand side at the bottom, there is a place to upload evidence of progress for your goal. Upload documentation throughout the year that can show your appraisal your progress.



Look Fors --helpful presentation breaking down what appraisers are looking for in the classroom for T-TESS