Creating and Submitting a Student Growth Goal

Student Growth Goals focus on purposeful and thoughtful instructional design and delivery. At the beginning of the year, teachers work with peers, appraisers, and other support staff to identify student growth focus, create instructional plans, and establish academic baselines. Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) are synonymous terminology with Student Growth Goals.

Quick Guide:

1. Select My Evaluation Process to access evaluation tasks.
2. To open the student growth goal, select the drop-down menu from the list of tasks (Observation, Walkthrough, Evaluation, etc.). 
3. Select the plus (+) button for the Student Growth Goal. 
4. In the New Student Growth Goal form, enter General Information, Success Criteria, Standards & Tags, and Actions. Then, click the Create Student Growth Goal button. 
5. Make additional edits and/or use the embedded Message tool with your appraiser to clarify a goal before submitting. 
6. Select Submit for Approval or Send to submit the goal. 

Illustrated Guide:

Step 1: Select My Evaluation Process to access evaluation tasks.

Step 2: To open the student growth goal, select the drop-down menu from the list of tasks (Observation, Walkthrough, Evaluation, etc.). 

Step 3: Select the plus (+) button for the Student Growth Goal.

Step 4: In the New Student Growth Goal form, enter General Information, Success Criteria, Standards & Tags, and Actions. Then, click the Create Student Growth Goal button. 

Note: If your district has manually entered student learning standards into Forethought, those standards will not appear in Strive for the Student Growth Goal setting. Educators who teach locally created standards can skip the Standards & Tags section of the Student Growth GoalGeneral Information section.

Step 5: Make additional edits and/or use the embedded Message tool with your appraiser to clarify a goal before submitting. 

Step 6: Select Submit for Approval or Send to submit the goal.