Chapter 3: Setting Goals & Objectives
Standards for Performance
Accountability
Accreditation
Funding
Component of Professional Evaluations
Some Teachers and Administrators are intimidated
Potential Risks & Rewards for Schools
Losing or gaining students
Affects the funding of public schools
Affects recruiting in private schools
Improving or Sabotaging their reputation
In VA = SOLs
The SOLs establish minimum academic expectations
Needs of the Students
Teachers must consider accomodations to meet the needs of all of their students
LEP
SLD, MR, ED, etc.
Gifted & Talented
The SOLs assume that all students are on grade level
Subtopic
Rationale for Objectives
Communication of intent
Teacher Accountability
Backward Design Approach
"Begin with the end in mind"
You must understand what you're trying to achieve before attempting to teach it!
Start by determining the enduring understandings: What should the student know in 20 years?
Understanding by Design (UbD)
Objective Specificity
Curriculum
Goals
Objectives
Relate this to my experience writing goals & objectives on IEPs
Stating Objectives
#1 Purpose of School = Cause Students to Learn!
Instructional Objectives
1. Performance
2. Product
3. Conditions
4. Criterion
Informational Objectives = Abbreviated Instructional Objectives
Communication of Objectives
Eductional Goals are very broad
Instructional Objectives are more narrow
Informational Objectives = T.S.W.
Taxonomies of Objectives
Cognitive Domain
Level 1: Knowledge
Level 2: Comprehension
Level 3: Application
Level 4: Analysis
Level 5: Synthesis
Level 6: Evaluation
Affective Domain
Level 1: Receiving
Level 2: Responding
Level 3: Valuing
Level 4: Organization
Level 5:Characterization by a value or value complex
Psychomotor Domain
Level 1: Fundamental Movement
Level 2: Generic Movement
Level 3: Ordinative Movement
Level 4: Creative Movement
Linking Standards & Objectives
Align content, SOLs, instruction, and assessment
Provides a verifiable educational system
Create a "behavior content chart"