Move from LEGACY PRACTICE where teachers identify expectations of what whole classes of students should be able to know and do to LEARNER-CENTERED PRACTICE where learners and educators co-develop purposeful, personalized goals to provide benchmarks and add focus, clarity, and commitment to learning.

Resources to support your practice: 

• Midwest Comprehensive Center at American Institute for Research:  Student Goal Setting: An Evidence-Based Practice

• ASCD:  How Personal Goals Steer Students Toward Success

• Dr. John Spencer:  Embracing the New Year: Five Approaches to Goal Setting and Growth in the Classroom