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    How to create SMART goals using a tree diagram

    By Learning Forward
    Categories: Data
    December 2014
    SMART goals are just one of the many valuable concepts Learning Forward Academy members use in their learning experience. Use this tool to learn how to create SMART goals for your school or district. What is a tree diagram, and why use it? A tree diagram is a graphic organizer that can help educators make their goals SMART — strategic and specific, measurable, attainable, results-oriented, and time-bound. We use graphic organizers every day ­— e.g. calendars, planners, PDAs, agendas. They help us organize our thinking, create and monitor plans, connect isolated pieces of knowledge, and make meaning. They’re especially powerful when used by teams because they help distribute everyone’s individual knowledge, making thinking visible by creating a powerful picture of what we are all thinking

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    toolbookA much larger discussion on SMART goals and the use of the tree diagram can be found in the introduction and Chapter 9 of The Handbook for SMART School Teams, Second Edition: Revitalizing Best Practices for Collaboration (Solution Tree, 2014).

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    How Do You Use It To Create SMART Goals?

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