GOAL SETTING CONFERENCES:

The Kent School District Elementary Schools will be conducting Goal Setting Conferences next school year, 2011-12. The purpose of goal setting conferences is to provide meaningful conversation with students and parents regarding students’ academic strengths and to set achievement goals and plans for that current school year. Goal Setting aligns with the many current practices that we use to drive and support our teaching and learning. “Research shows that student achievement is increased when students know what the learning target is, where they are in relation to the target and what they need to do to meet the goal.”

Teachers and students will set learning goals in September/October and goal setting conferences will take place October 24-28.  These goals are monitored throughout the year formally and informally using classroom and district assessments. 

The report card will be on a semester basis – January and June and will indicate where students are relative to established State standards and provide a progress report/statement of the student’s progress on the goals set in October and/or revised during the year.  Goals/progress/plan or next steps are indicated in the comment section of the report card for reading, writing and math.  The mid-year conference will occur in February and is a discussion of the report card and goal progress.