Developing, Setting, and Achieving Instructional Coaching SMART Goals

Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Technology Integration Specialists. In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Susan discuss the importance of setting SMART Goals for Instructional Coaches. If you would like to be a part of future podcasts and share your thoughts, please contact the podcast.  We would love to have you join the show.

Question of the Week

Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our live chat, on social media, and in our comments section. This week’s question is: Question Topic: What is the best way to create yearly SMART Goals as an Instructional Coach?

Setting Goals as an Instructional Coach

• What is a SMART Goal?
• Should coaches have professional growth goals just like teachers?
• How to align coaching goals with the district/school goals/vision
• Thoughts on Creating Coaching SMART Goals
  • Goals should provide clarity
  • Goals should provide motivation
  • Goals should provide an objective standard for improvement
• If you are given a goal by someone else rather than creating it yourself, it may not resonate as strongly.
• When working with a group of coaches, how should your goals be setup?
  • All coaches have the same goals
  • All coaches have similar goals
  • All coaches have individual goals

Link of Interest:

• Should We Forget About Goals and Just Focus on Habits? by: Jim Knight
• Setting SMART Goals

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