Goals and Objectives

1. Goals and Objectives Guidance for Tech Plans

3. “The ends justify the means” • Before beginning you must know where you are headed. • Goals give you direction. • Goals are global and not too specific. • Ask yourself, “where do I see us in 3-5 years?” in each area.

4. Think as a contractor…. • Your job is to build a building In order for your building to be stable you need to start with a foundation.

5. Your building foundation is your goal • It is what holds your plan together • It is the outline and the basis • It is not too specific but more of a blanket statement.

6. Goal Example: • Students will become proficient in math and language arts California Content Standards. • Students will become educated on the safest practices for using the internet and becoming safety-conscious internet citizens.

7. Objectives defined: • Measurable, defined, operational, simple steps, and specific. Objectives contribute to the fulfillment of goals.

8. Think as a contractor again… • Your foundation is poured • Now how will you make it sturdy? • You will frame the structure of the building.

9. Your Objectives are your frame. • They can not stand without the foundation • They give stability to the foundation • They set the structure for the building.

10. Objectives • Think specific • Think measurable • Think of who you are targeting: students, staff, administration, parents • What will they do? • By when? • How will you measure it?

11. Objective sentence frame: • Objectives: _________ will be ____% proficient on _____________by ______ as measured by ___________

12. First section of Objective • Who are you targeting? Pleasant Valley students will Indianola certificated staff will Roosevelt parents will

13. Second section of objective • What will they do? • Make sure it supports your goal. • Think measurable Students will be 75% proficient in internet safety

14. Third section of an objective: • By when? • Think towards the end of the tech plan. Students will be 75% proficient in internet safety by June 2012,

15. Final section of objective • How will you measure growth? • Make sure that you use concrete measures like: EdTech profile, CST, Benchmarks, parent surveys, unit tests etc. • Do not use things such as: anecdotal notes, observations, sign in sheets, etc. • If it is not measurable it will be sent back for revisions.

16. Final section of objective • Students will be 75% proficient in internet safety by June 2012, as measured by the cyber safety curriculum student survey.

17. Benchmarks defined • Measures of progress toward a goal, taken at intervals prior to the program’s completion or the anticipated attainment of the final goal.

18. Back to our building…. • Think of the building inspector. • His job is to come out to the building site at specific points to make sure your progressing towards your goal. • The inspectors report will tell you that you are fine or to fix things before you move on.

19. Benchmarks • Use the same frame as the Objectives: _________ will be ____% proficient on _____________by ______ as measured by ___________ break it down into manageable chunks.

20. Benchmarks • They are the inspectors that make sure we are making steady progress towards our objectives and goals. • You may use the same sentence frame as in your objective.

21. Year 1 Benchmark • Students will be 50% proficient on internet safety by June 2010,as measured by the cyber safety student survey.

22. Year 2 Benchmark • Students will be 60% proficient on internet safety by June 2011,as measured by the cyber safety student survey.

23. Year 3 Benchmark • Students will be 75% proficient on internet safety by June 2012,as measured by the Cyber Safety student survey.

24. Activities and our building analogy… • Activities would be all the materials and work that go into completing the structure.

25. Activities • All activities need to support your objective and goals. • Remember to have activities that reflect student learning not just teachers teaching. Ex. Teachers will teach 12 lessons on cyber safety. Change it to: All K-12 students will be taught a minimum of 12 lessons on internet safety per year using the Cyber Safety curriculum. Keep it student centered.