The document discusses the Goal-Setting and Professional Development (GSPD) process for teachers in Texas. It is intended to help teachers reflect on their practice, identify goals for professional growth, develop a plan to achieve those goals, and track progress over the year. The process is meant to be ongoing and help teachers improve instructional skills and better meet student needs. Key aspects of GSPD include setting SMART goals aligned to performance standards, developing an action plan, reviewing progress with an appraiser, and using evidence to demonstrate goal attainment and impact on student achievement.

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2. GSPD is an ongoing, recursive process through which teachers
authentically engage in reflection about current professional
practices, identify individualized professional growth goals,
establish and implement a professional development plan to attain
those goals, and track progress toward the goals over the course of
the year.
What is the purpose of the Goal-Setting and
Professional Development Plan process?

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5. Texas Teacher Evaluation
and Support System
 Professional Growth
 Dialogue
 Learning Together
 High Expectations
 Sense of Urgency
 Academic Performance
 Effective Instruction
 Shared Leadership & Ownership
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6. • Standards and Alignment
• Data and Assessment
• Knowledge of Students
• Activities
Planning
• Classroom Environment, Routines,
and Procedures
• Managing Student Behavior
• Classroom Culture
Learning
Environment
• Professional Demeanor and Ethics
• Goal Setting
• Professional Development
• School Community Involvement
Professional Practices
and Responsibilities
• Achieving Expectations
• Content Knowledge and Expertise
• Communication
• Differentiation
• Monitor and Adjust
Instruction
T-TESS Rubric Overview
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T-
TESS
Growth
Development Support
Collaboration

8. Goal Setting Expectations
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9. Goal Setting
Helps teachers…
 Reflect on their current professional practices
 Identify their professional growth goals
 Build their professional development plan to attain those goals, and
 Track progress toward their goals over the course of the year
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10. Teacher Reflects on
T-TESS Rubric
& Personal
Practice to Draft
Goal
Teacher Shares
Goal with
Supervisor for
Feedback
Supervisor
Approves Goal or
Asks for Revision
Teacher
Implements
Learning Strategies
for Attaining Growth
Goal
Teacher Reflects on
Progress;
Supervisor and
Teacher Discuss
Progress
Professional Growth Process
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11. Professional growth goals drive significant
progress in student achievement and
personal effectiveness.
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12. T-TESS Professional Growth Goals
 Focus on improving professional practices and instructional skills
 Align with educator performance standards in the T-TESS system
 Use a variety of sources and types of student data that reflect student
needs and strengths, educator data, and school/district data
Should be created in consultation with appraiser
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13. Performance Goals
 Reflect a desire to learn new skills, master new tasks, and understand new things
 Increase use of instructional objectives in developing effective classroom teaching
strategies
 Develop procedures for increasing the amount and quality of student-teacher
interactions
 Tailor questioning to different ability levels in the classroom
 Increase involvement of students through the use of more student-centered teaching
techniques
 Promote or encourage personal sustainability
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14. Teacher Reflection & Considerations
Please take some time to reflect on the following
questions prior to beginning the goal-setting process:
 What do I want to change about my practice that will effectively impact
student learning?
 How can I develop a plan of action to address my professional learning?
 How will I know if I accomplished my objective?
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15. Post – It Time!
On a post-it, write down three things you would
like to change or improve about your instruction
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16. Sample SMART Goal
By using strategies found in Pathways to Understanding,
by Laura Lipton, I will incorporate the use of at least three
new instructional strategies into my teaching practice
during the 2015-2016 school year to help students
become independent learners and problem solvers.
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17. Appraiser Goal Review & Feedback
Administrators will review the teacher’s goal to determine
if it meets the following criteria:
 Does the goal articulate what the teacher wants to change about his/her
practice that will effectively impact student learning?
 Does the goal include a plan of action to address the teacher’s professional
learning?
 Does the goal include sources of evidence that would serve as success
criteria for meeting the identified objective?
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18. T-TESS Goal-Setting Components
 Goal
What do you want to achieve?
 Dimension
What is/are the correlating T-TESS dimension(s)?
 Actions
How will you accomplish this goal?
 Targeted Completion Date
When do you anticipate your goal will be met?
 Evidence of Goal Attainment
How will you know your goal has been met?
How will you know whether it is has impacted instruction and student
achievement?
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19. T-TESS Goal Setting Template
Part I: Data Analysis and Goal Setting
1. Identify the data and processes used to assess students’ academic and developmental needs.
2. Identify the data and processes used to assess your professional growth areas.
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20. T-TESS Goal Setting Template
Professional Goal #1
Goal: (what do you want to achieve?) Dimension: (from T-TESS rubric):
Action: (how will you accomplish your goal?)
Target Completion Date: (when will your goal be met?):
Evidence of Goal Attainment: (How will you know your goal has been met? How will you determine
the impact on instruction and student achievement?)
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21. How do we Document Goal Creation?
 Goal-setting conference with appraiser
 CWTs and coaching sessions
 Formative reviews with colleagues (PLC/faculty meetings, peer partners,
etc.)
 Pre-conference with appraiser
 Post-conference with appraiser
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22. How do we Document Goal Progress?
 Personal evidence/artifact collection throughout the year
 Personal goal reflection to prepare for end-of-year conference
 Identify the evidence of goal attainment/progress, including the impact on student
achievement.
 Identify the professional development participation connections for this goal.
 Describe how you used this goal and the professional development above to impact
instruction and student achievement.
 What, if anything, would you have done differently? How will you extend this
goal/learning?
 End-of-year conference with appraiser
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23. The GSPD Plan shall be:
• Shared with the appraiser prior to the end-of-year conference.
• Used after the end-of-year conference in the determination of
ratings for the goal setting and professional development
dimensions of the T-TESS Rubric.
A GSPD Conference is required for all teachers in the first year of
appraisal under T-TESS and for teachers who are new to the
district.
Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 150.

24. T-TESS
Rubric
Teacher
Data
Student
Data
Texas
Teacher
Standards
GSPD Plan
Other
GSPD as a Connected Process