S.M.A.R.T Goals
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Results-Oriented
Time Bound
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Then click on Hudson 2 Learning Community.
Then click the Classlist tab, and lastly click on Abigail Marish's locker.
SMART GOAL:
During the 2010-2011 school year I will strengthen parent communication by increasing the amount of time spent on parent communication by 30 minutes per school week (on average 6 minutes per school day) until June.
Time spent with consist of:
updating classroom website daily
updating Message Center 3 times per day
leaving a Homework Hotline message daily
calling/emailing parents due to behavioral or academic concerns
responding to parent emails, phone calls, notes within 24 hours of receiving them
writing and sending home pride cards each term
Parent Survey:
How often did you access and use Mrs. Marish's Classroom Webpage that posted daily assignments?
never monthly weekly daily
How often did you access Message Center through Family Access to view daily math assignments?
never monthly weekly daily
How often did you access Family Access to view Mrs. Marish's gradebook?
never monthly weekly daily
How often did you call the Homework Hotline to listen to a voicemail with daily math assignments?
never monthly weekly daily
How well did Mrs. Marish respond to your phone calls and/or emails this year?
excellent -the same school day it was received
very good - within 24 hours of receiving
average - within 48 hours of receiving
poor - within 72 hours of receiving
Overall , how would you rate the communication with Mrs. Marish, your child's math teacher?
excellent, very good, average, poor
Any additional comments?
I will compare my results from 2010 - 2011 with my results from 2011 - 2012.
In order to encourage my students to visit my webpage, I offered extra credit points for completing surveys. I asked students very basic questions to respond to in order to show evidence of visiting my teacher webpage. They could do this at home or at school during their study hall time. I thought this might "hook" students to go to my website and even show their parents, so they could both be better informed of assignments and important information. I also added puzzles to my website. Students were timed as to how fast they could complete the puzzles. They could enter their initials if they made the top 10 times. While the puzzle itself does not improve communication, but it does hook students to use the website. The more comfortable they are accessing it, the more likely they are to use the website to stay informed.
The Website Results:
During the 2010 - 2011 school year, the first year I created a classroom website, I had 329 hits on my main page. During the 2011 - 2012 school year I had 485 hits on my classroom website. This is without counting the month of May. It should also be noted that while on maternity leave from Jan - mid March I did not update my teacher website, and my long-term sub did not either. I put a message on the main page stating that it would be down until my arrival. Keeping in mind that those two factors would bring the number of hits for this school year down, I am happy with the growth of the number of people viewing my teacher website from the first year to the second. I know I can improve further and increase the number of students and parents viewing my website in the years to come. I am guessing that the number of hits are primarily from students as parents and students can access much of the same information via Family Access and Message Center. Overall, I am pleased with the growth I see in numbers.
SMART GOAL:
During the 2010-2011 school year 80% of my math students will increase their MAPS test scores by making positive growth by May 2011. During the 2010-2011 school year 70% of my math students will increase their MAPS test scores by meeting or surpassing their growth target. During the 2010-2011 school year 60% of my students will be at benchmark.
I will take my math intervention time seriously, trying to follow the new materials with integrity and fidelity.
I will go above and beyond my teaching and working with students when needed.
I will make my students more informed about the MAPS test.
Green: Positive Growth from Spring 2010 to Spring 2011
Orange: Met Target
Blue: At Grade Level Benchmark
AND THE DATA SAYS......
6th Grade 8th Grade
Positive Growth: 83.6% Positive Growth: 79.3%
Met Target: 58.6% Met Target: 58.6%
At Benchmark 54.3% At Benchmark: 55.1%
Met Target OR above Benchmark: 79.3% Met Target or Above Benchmark: 68.9%
“All data are limited and incomplete, and perfection is not an option.”
What do I really want?
I would like to improve student learning.
I would like my students to take their education more seriously.
I would like my students to be intrinsically motivated to achieve and succeed.
I would like my students to be filled with a growth mindset, to enjoy challenges, to have a positive math confidence and enjoy solving problems.
SMART GOAL: During the course of the Masters Program (August 2010 - May 2012) I will strengthen my teacher leadership skills by completing assignments within all the strands with integrity and taking risks as I try new things in my classroom.
Student choice of music to increase daily work - Mini Action Research
Learning targets - Mini Action Research
Brainology - Action Research
Six Hats Thinking Activity
Intervention - Red/Green Signals
Intervention - Maps Math Site on Tablets
Advisory everyday - Morning Meeting activities, Developmental Designs
Teacher language Guidelines
Google Docs - shared with team to improve Parent Teacher Conferences
See Blogspot Reflections
SMART GOAL: Action Research
During the course of 2012 I will develop and implement a full action research project dealing with Cultivating the Growth Mindset.
During January and February I will gather and read 15-20 books or journal articles about how to better motivate students and athletes to want to do their best through the power of my words.
During February I will write a literature review paper, 10-15 pages in length, in APA format, based on my findings and what I learned.
During March and April I will conduct mini action research in my class as a change in my practice and analyze my data to determine its effects. What are the effects of using learning targets on a daily basis in math class. This will better prepare me for conducting my big action research project.
I met with my principal regarding my action research this fall. I evaluated the Brainology software. I signed up for a free 14 day trial, and I went through each lesson. I completed our district's software evaluation forms. I found the goal of Brainology to be to raise student achievement by helping students develop a growth mindset where they think of their intelligence as something that they can develop with effort and study. Brainology helps teach how the brain functions, learns, and remembers. Students learn how the brain changes and improves the more it is exercised, like a muscle does. I devised data collecting tools for my action research project.
During the 2010-2011 school year I will strengthen parent communication by increasing the amount of time spent on parent communication by 30 minutes per school week (on average 6 minutes per school day) until June.
Time spent with consist of:
updating classroom website daily
updating Message Center 3 times per day
leaving a Homework Hotline message daily
calling/emailing parents due to behavioral or academic concerns
responding to parent emails, phone calls, notes within 24 hours of receiving them
writing and sending home pride cards each term
Parent Survey:
How often did you access and use Mrs. Marish's Classroom Webpage that posted daily assignments?
never monthly weekly daily
How often did you access Message Center through Family Access to view daily math assignments?
never monthly weekly daily
How often did you access Family Access to view Mrs. Marish's gradebook?
never monthly weekly daily
How often did you call the Homework Hotline to listen to a voicemail with daily math assignments?
never monthly weekly daily
How well did Mrs. Marish respond to your phone calls and/or emails this year?
excellent -the same school day it was received
very good - within 24 hours of receiving
average - within 48 hours of receiving
poor - within 72 hours of receiving
Overall , how would you rate the communication with Mrs. Marish, your child's math teacher?
excellent, very good, average, poor
Any additional comments?
I will compare my results from 2010 - 2011 with my results from 2011 - 2012.
In order to encourage my students to visit my webpage, I offered extra credit points for completing surveys. I asked students very basic questions to respond to in order to show evidence of visiting my teacher webpage. They could do this at home or at school during their study hall time. I thought this might "hook" students to go to my website and even show their parents, so they could both be better informed of assignments and important information. I also added puzzles to my website. Students were timed as to how fast they could complete the puzzles. They could enter their initials if they made the top 10 times. While the puzzle itself does not improve communication, but it does hook students to use the website. The more comfortable they are accessing it, the more likely they are to use the website to stay informed.
The Website Results:
During the 2010 - 2011 school year, the first year I created a classroom website, I had 329 hits on my main page. During the 2011 - 2012 school year I had 485 hits on my classroom website. This is without counting the month of May. It should also be noted that while on maternity leave from Jan - mid March I did not update my teacher website, and my long-term sub did not either. I put a message on the main page stating that it would be down until my arrival. Keeping in mind that those two factors would bring the number of hits for this school year down, I am happy with the growth of the number of people viewing my teacher website from the first year to the second. I know I can improve further and increase the number of students and parents viewing my website in the years to come. I am guessing that the number of hits are primarily from students as parents and students can access much of the same information via Family Access and Message Center. Overall, I am pleased with the growth I see in numbers.
SMART GOAL:
During the 2010-2011 school year 80% of my math students will increase their MAPS test scores by making positive growth by May 2011. During the 2010-2011 school year 70% of my math students will increase their MAPS test scores by meeting or surpassing their growth target. During the 2010-2011 school year 60% of my students will be at benchmark.
I will take my math intervention time seriously, trying to follow the new materials with integrity and fidelity.
I will go above and beyond my teaching and working with students when needed.
- provide volunteer after school help Tuesday & Thursdays until 4:00 with the student who was my only F from last term
- working lunch break to help students
- seek out students who I think need extra help during my duty time
I will make my students more informed about the MAPS test.
- explain its purpose - why do you take it? what is done with the score?
- provide students with prior scores and targets
- discuss how it is important to not compare to others - look at self
- What does it mean if I met my target?
- What does it mean if I didn't meet my target?
Green: Positive Growth from Spring 2010 to Spring 2011
Orange: Met Target
Blue: At Grade Level Benchmark
AND THE DATA SAYS......
6th Grade 8th Grade
Positive Growth: 83.6% Positive Growth: 79.3%
Met Target: 58.6% Met Target: 58.6%
At Benchmark 54.3% At Benchmark: 55.1%
Met Target OR above Benchmark: 79.3% Met Target or Above Benchmark: 68.9%
“All data are limited and incomplete, and perfection is not an option.”
What do I really want?
I would like to improve student learning.
I would like my students to take their education more seriously.
I would like my students to be intrinsically motivated to achieve and succeed.
I would like my students to be filled with a growth mindset, to enjoy challenges, to have a positive math confidence and enjoy solving problems.
SMART GOAL: During the course of the Masters Program (August 2010 - May 2012) I will strengthen my teacher leadership skills by completing assignments within all the strands with integrity and taking risks as I try new things in my classroom.
Student choice of music to increase daily work - Mini Action Research
Learning targets - Mini Action Research
Brainology - Action Research
Six Hats Thinking Activity
Intervention - Red/Green Signals
Intervention - Maps Math Site on Tablets
Advisory everyday - Morning Meeting activities, Developmental Designs
Teacher language Guidelines
Google Docs - shared with team to improve Parent Teacher Conferences
See Blogspot Reflections
SMART GOAL: Action Research
During the course of 2012 I will develop and implement a full action research project dealing with Cultivating the Growth Mindset.
During January and February I will gather and read 15-20 books or journal articles about how to better motivate students and athletes to want to do their best through the power of my words.
During February I will write a literature review paper, 10-15 pages in length, in APA format, based on my findings and what I learned.
During March and April I will conduct mini action research in my class as a change in my practice and analyze my data to determine its effects. What are the effects of using learning targets on a daily basis in math class. This will better prepare me for conducting my big action research project.
I met with my principal regarding my action research this fall. I evaluated the Brainology software. I signed up for a free 14 day trial, and I went through each lesson. I completed our district's software evaluation forms. I found the goal of Brainology to be to raise student achievement by helping students develop a growth mindset where they think of their intelligence as something that they can develop with effort and study. Brainology helps teach how the brain functions, learns, and remembers. Students learn how the brain changes and improves the more it is exercised, like a muscle does. I devised data collecting tools for my action research project.
During the summer months of June, July, and August, I will organize my research plan by:
purchasing Brainology software and becoming familiar with it.
creating data collection tools.
writing a methodology.
During August I will review WKCE and MAP test scores for the incoming 6th grade students to determine which students would be asked to participate in the study and make sure the students are scheduled appropriately.
During September, October, and November I will conduct action research in my classroom to determine the effects of cultivating the growth mindset.
During December and January I will analyze my data collection tools and write my Action Research Paper.
During February I will create a presentation of my Action Research.
During March I will present my research to the teachers, principal, and curriculum coordinator of the Osceola School District.
