Setting+Big+Goals+for+your+Class

=Key Points:=
 * Your Big Goal is the anchor of your classroom vision. In order to be a successful teacher, you must first develop a clear vision of success.
 * Big Goals that matter are linked to students' academic and personal success in both the short and long term.

=Big Goals must:=
 * connected to the academic content you will be teaching
 * ambitious
 * measurable
 * appropriate
 * communicated

Examples: Every student in Ms. Spears' class will achieve all of their IEP goals this year, and end this year on track to achieve next years' IEP goals. Every student in Ms. Spears' reading class will improve by 2 instructional levels on their Oral Reading Fluency.