Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Timely
The acronym refers to ways to set personal and professional objectives. It was first used in the early 1980's in the business industry and has been adopted to many models of education. Consider the way you develop your lesson plans. Are your goals specific, could be easily measured by anyone who enters your classroom (other staff, administrators, etc.), attainable by students, realistic for the group you working with, and timely in that they are contemporary and appropriate for 21st century learners? You may even see these additions to the term, making it SMARTER: E = Evaluate and R = Reevaluate
Coming to a district near you. Just an "F.Y.I." to make YOU a little SMARTER!
