Create & Submit a Student Growth Goal

Student Growth Goals focus on purposeful and thoughtful instructional design and delivery for an end result toward student growth. At the beginning of the year, teachers work with their peers, their appraiser, and other support staff to identify the student growth focus, create an instructional plan, and identify where their students are academically at the beginning of the course. Student Learning Objective (SLO) is synonymous terminology with Student Growth Goals. 

Quick Guide:

1. Select My Evaluation Process on the left navigation panel to access your evaluation tasks.
2. From the list of tasks (Observation, Walkthrough, Evaluation, etc.), select the drop-down arrow on the right to open the container related to student growth goal setting. 
3. Select the (+) button next to the task of writing a Student Growth Goal or SLO. 
4. In the form that appears, enter your information relating to your goal and select the Save button.
5. Make additional edits and/or use the embedded Messaging tool with your appraiser to clarify your goal before submitting it. 
6. When ready, select the Submit for Approval button on the top menu. 

	Watch a video demonstration of creating a Student Growth Goal.
	Watch a video explanation of the difference between professional goals and student growth goals.

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Illustrated Guide:

Step 1: Select My Evaluation Process on the left navigation panel to access your evaluation tasks.

Step 2: From the list of tasks (Observation, Walkthrough, Evaluation, etc.), select the drop-down arrow on the right to open the container related to student growth goal setting. 

Step 3: Select the (+) button next to the task of writing a Student Growth Goal or SLO. 

Step 4: In the form that appears, enter your information relating to your goal and select the Save button.

• Enter your Goal statement for student growth.
• Enter your Success Criteria for determining goal success. 
• Select the learning standards associated with your Student Growth Goal by drilling down from grade level to specific course folder. 
• Enter a Start Date and a Completion Date for the goal. 
  • Click on the date box to open a calendar for easier date selection.
• Add at least one Action for evaluating student growth. 
• Click the Save button.

*NOTE: If your district has manually entered student learning standards into Forethought, those standards will not appear in Strive for Student Growth Goal setting. An educator who teaches locally created standards can skip the Standards & Tags section of the Student Growth Goal template. Instead, the teacher may choose to type the student learning standard into the General Information section of the template.

If your district does not use Forethought or track learning standards, you will not have the option for Standards & Tags but you can add a goal without them. 

Step 4: Make additional edits and/or use the embedded Messaging tool with your appraiser to clarify your goal before submitting it. 

Step 5: When ready, select the Submit for Approval button on the top menu. 

	Watch a video demonstration of creating a Student Growth Goal.
	Watch a video explanation of the difference between professional goals and student growth goals.