Intended Purpose: 

Students use their individual performance data to reflect and create goals.  This format supports students in creating clearly written expectations and supports teachers/mentors to review progress and discuss supports and next steps for progressing.

Benefit for LTELs

One of the characteristics of LTELs is that they have idiosyncratic schooling gaps due to inadequate language support in past school years and subjects. Therefore, goal setting looks not only at the trajectory toward English proficiency and reclassification but also at areas of academic struggle. Whether it is their Designated ELD teacher, a counselor, or a designated mentor, someone needs to have the explicit role of supporting students in setting goals. This involves getting to know the students, learning about their background, dialoguing about their future and what they want, and engaging students in clarifying their thinking and committing to a path to address some specific gaps or areas for progress. Goals and timelines with benchmarks are established for each student to help them track and measure their progress.  This particular goal-setting format allows students to use their individual performance data to reflect and create goals.

Resources/ Teacher Examples

Road to RFEP Goal Sheet