Writing Professional Goals

​HOW ARE YOU GROWING AS A TEACHER?

SMART Goals

The SMART principle is one well-tested framework for goals. To follow it, make sure your professional goals are:
                                            S – specific
                                           M– meaningful, measurable, motivating
                                            A – acceptable, achievable, action-oriented, agreed upon,                                                                attainable
                                            R– realistic, reasonable, relevant, results-oriented, rewarding
                                            T– tangible, timely

SMART-Goals-Template  
Achieve the Core

Example

Strengthening My Professional Learning Network (PLN)
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Specific: To extend my professional learning network. Why? Having a collaborative network of educators to engage with, both face-to-face and virtually, is pivotal to continuing my own learning as an educator. Talking with my peers or on an online forum about the best way to implement a certain standard or a creative way to engage students with a piece of text is much more enjoyable than insisting on working solo.
Measurable: I will participate in at least two Twitter chats a month (one being the monthly #CoreAdvocates chat), find and follow one new educational blog each month, participate in one book study (whether virtually or face-to-face) each semester, and join and engage with Google+ communities.
Achievable: To achieve this goal, I need to do several things. I need to schedule the time on my calendar for Twitter chats so I don’t forget to participate. I also need to research how to use Google+ communities as this online PLN is relatively new to me.
Relevant: One of our district’s goals is to promote lifelong learning. By extending my own professional learning network, I’m embracing the district goal by making it a personal goal. Daily, I’m able to glean helpful suggestions and ideas from my PLN whether it’s on Twitter, Facebook, or by chatting with my colleague across the hall about her new lesson she’s working on.

Timeline: August 2017--June 2018

Reflecting on Practice

You could try asking these three simple questions:

What went well?
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What did not go so well?

What would you do differently next time?

The Reflective Learning Process

Identify a situation you encountered in your work or personal life that you believe could have been dealt with more effectively.

Describe the experience
What happened?  When and where did the situation occur?  Any other thoughts you have about the situation?

Reflection
How did you behave?  What thoughts did you have?  How did it make you feel?  Were there other factors that influenced the situation?  What have you learned from the experience?

Theorizing
How did the experience match with your preconceived ideas, i.e. was the outcome expected or unexpected?  How does it relate to any formal theories that you know?  What behaviors do you think might have changed the outcome?

Experimentation
Is there anything you could do or say now to change the outcome?  What action(s) can you take to change similar reactions in the future?  What behaviours might you try out?

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Some Ideas for your professional growth:
Parent communication
​Child Development
Effective Instruction
Instructional Practices
​Special Education/ Supporting Parents
Behavior and Classroom Culture