Goals in Professional Learning Setup

Goals help align professional learning (PL) sessions with district, school, or personal learning objectives, ensuring that workshops contribute to broader priorities and strategic plans. In Workshop Settings, administrators can set up goals documents to be used district-wide or by a specific school. These goals documents can then be linked to workshops during the workshop creation process. 

Note: The goals on this screen are the school or district goals addressed by professional learning workshops. They are not related to the Professional Goals or Student Growth Goals created by teachers during the evaluation process. 

Adding a Goals Document

Step 1: Select the Settings option from the main menu and then select Professional Learning Setup.

Step 2: Select Workshop Setup to expand the options and then select Goals.

Step 3: From the Goal Options menu that appears, select Add New Document to open the Create New Goals Document pane.

Step 4: In the Goals Document Title field, enter a name for the document and then select Next to continue.

Step 5: Choose whether the document applies to the whole District or to a School. Select Next to continue.

Step 6: If you selected School in Step 5, the Select School step appears. Choose the school to which the goal applies and then select Next. If you are creating a district-wide goal, skip this step.

Step 7: Select Finish to create the goal and close the wizard. You can now edit the goals document to manage the attached goals and then publish it for use.

Editing a Goals Document

Once a goals document exists in Strive, you can edit its details or manage which goals are attached to it.

Step 1: Select the Settings option from the main menu and then select Professional Learning Setup.

Step 2: Select Workshop Setup to expand the options and then select Goals.

Step 3: From the Goal Documents list, select the document you want to edit.

Step 4: On the Document Details tab, you can edit the Goals Document Title or the Document Type.

Step 5: On the Goals tab, you can perform the following actions for goals:

• To add a new goal, assign a number to the goal in the Goal Number field, enter a goal name and description in the Goal Text field, and then select Add Item. The goal is added to the list below.
• To edit a goal, select a goal from the list and then select Edit Item. The Goal Number and Goal Text fields populate with the current goal details. Edit as needed and then select Update Item.
• To remove a goal, select a goal from the list and then select Remove.
• You can also use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to change the order in which goals appear.

Step 6: When you finish editing the goals document, select Save to save your changes.

Publishing and Unpublishing Goals Documents

After creating a goals document, you must publish it to make it available for use in workshops.

To publish a goals document, select the goals document you want to publish from the Goals Documents list and then select the Publish button above the Goals Document details.

To unpublish a goals document, select the goals document you want to unpublish from the Goals Documents list and then select the Unpublish button above the Goals Document details.

Archiving a Goals Document

Archiving a goals document helps maintain an organized and up-to-date system while preserving past data for reference. For example, you might archive all goals documents from the previous school year before adding goals documents for the new school year. Archived goals documents cannot be edited or assigned to new workshops but can still be referenced in reports.

To archive a goals document, select the goals document you want to archive from the Goals Documents list and then select the Archive button above the Goals Document details.

Deleting a Goals Document

You can delete a goals document if one was created by mistake or as a duplicate of an existing goals document.

Caution: Deleted goals documents cannot be retrieved. All related data is removed from the system. If your district needs to reference any information from the goals document, consider archiving it instead.

To delete a goals document, select the goals document you want to delete from the Goals Documents list and then select the Delete button above the Goals Document details.