Firm but Flexible Goals

What are firm but flexible goals and why are they essential for effective lesson design?

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RESOURCES

Big Ideas

How Clearer Learning Intentions Lead to Deeper LearningLearn how 6 teachers transformed their classroom by changing how they shared lesson goals and setting clear learning intentions with UDL and training.

Helping Students Set Goals in 5 Easy Steps - Goal-Setting InfographicEducators follow these 5 easy steps to help students set meaningful goals, fostering self-direction and engagement to drive student success.

CAST Goal Setting Tips.pdf

Goals and Lesson Design (Content and Process Goals)

VIDEO/ARTICLES RESOURCES

Novak shares that lessons start with standards that help us clarify our goals. Clear goals allow us to find flexible ways for students to demonstrate learning.

Moore shares the importance of believing all students are capable of high levels of success

Digging into standards helps us develop firm and flexible goals to support all students

Empower students through goal setting and create authentic tasks (16:12)

What are the goals?Whether we are looking at individual or class wide planning, one of the most under utilized supports in our classrooms today is DESIGN, and an essential component to designing inclusive units and l…

FLOWCHARTS AND SCAFFOLDS: Where do you see a focus on goals and what are the recommendations as you develop goals?

Here is our B-E version of the the Inclusion/UDL Flowchart. Check out where Goal setting happens and what questions you need to ask yourself.

Check out the flowchart and find where goal setting happens and questions you need to ask yourself.

UDL_FlowChart_Novak Education.pdf

UDL: De-Tangle Goals

Goals Big Idea Book

Verbs for Open-Ended Goals

Assessment/Closure Activities

GOAL SETTING FOR STUDENTS

Embracing the New Year: Five Approaches to Goal-Setting and Growth in the Classroom - John SpencerThe start of the new year is a great opportunity to reflect on your goals, set new goals, and focus on building momentum moving forward. Some people love the notion of New Year’s Resolutions and they use this time to set goals and design structured...