SMART Goal Tips & Goals

When building a results-oriented culture, leaders must find a balance between the attainable goals teams feel they can achieve in the short term and stretch goals--goals so ambitious they could not possibly be achieved unless practices within the organization change significantly. --Tichy, 1997

There is nothing more important than each member's commitment to common purpose and a related performance goal to which the group holds itself jointly accountable. --Katzenbach & Smith, 1993

SMART Goal Background

SMART Goal Acronym

Developed by George T. Doran, S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym and mnemonic device used as a guide to develop goals or setting of objectives. For the 2022-2023 school year the BHM Advisory Board modified the criteria for SMART Goals: Educators must be making progress toward their goal to receive the stipend.

S​: Specific targeted subject area, grade level, and student population.

M​: Measurement instrument to be used and the element examined must be measurable, with current reality or baseline data available or can be established.

A​: Achievable percentage gains or increases in terms of expected change.

R​: Relevant ­ goal is tending to an urgent need.

T​: Timeline when the assessment will take place as well as timely in terms of identified need.

SMART Goal Non-examples

SMART Goal Criteria:

These are not SMART Goals

● Develop and administer at least 6 common assessments.

● Address the Common Core State Standards in 100% of our lessons.

● Address all points of the SMART acronym

● Align your PLC team goal to site and district goals

● Focus on results, not activities. To achieve your goal, more students should learn at higher levels and must be making progress towards the goal.

● Create a goal that fosters a collective effort and an interdependent relationship.

● Don't accept a project for a SMART goal. It has to be results-oriented to be a SMART goal. A teacher-oriented goal is a SMATT goal.

● Making progress toward the goal is verified through multiple checks through out the term of the goal.