More Than a Goal

SMART goals have been used in business for decades; now, they are showing up everywhere in the educational enterprise. From using data to determine the district or school¿s greatest area of need to creating a SMART goal with a singular focus, More Than a SMART Goal discusses how to set a data-informed, high-priority SMART goal. However, having a goal is but one small part of being SMART about improvement. Goals themselves don¿t drive improvement; they must be aligned to the school improvement process, curriculum, instruction, assessment practices, mandates, and professional development. This book goes beyond merely setting the goal and shows readers how to properly use the SMART goal process to affect change. To increase the probability of resulting in improvement, the SMART goal process incorporates professional learning, leadership, shared responsibility for the goal, implementation, and monitoring of the implementation and progress. More Than a SMART Goal moves the reader along the change continuum toward success.