2-hour online session
Aligning Goal Setting with Professional Growth and Strategic Mission
Members $800
Non-member pricing available upon request
Description
In independent schools, the most impactful professional growth happens at the intersection of an individual’s passions and the school’s strategic mission. Unfortunately, goal setting often devolves into a mere compliance exercise. What happens when we shift the paradigm from evaluation to empowerment and strategic alignment? When treated as a continuous, collaborative cycle, goal setting becomes one of the most powerful drivers of professional fulfillment, team cohesion, and institutional success.
This dynamic workshop is designed for the entire independent school ecosystem, from teachers and non-faculty staff to instructional coaches and school leaders. Participants will learn how to design internally motivated goals that actively support the school's strategic vision, while mastering the conversational frameworks needed to support genuine growth from the beginning of the year to the end.
Target Audience
Teachers, non-faculty staff members, instructional coaches, department chairs, and school administrators at independent schools who want to take ownership of their own professional growth or better align their teams with the school's strategic vision.
Key Learning Outcomes
Connect to the Strategic Vision: Discover how to bridge the gap between individual professional aspirations and the broader strategic goals of your independent school. Learn how to ensure that every role, whether in the classroom or the front office, actively contributes to the school’s unique mission without sacrificing employee autonomy.
Redefine Effective Goal Setting: Move away from top-down mandates and learn how to design actionable, process-driven goals. Discover how to create meaningful objectives that apply just as effectively to operations and administration as they do to academic instruction.
Implement the Rule of Two: Discover strategies to combat initiative fatigue by focusing deeply on just one or two targeted professional goals per year, such as pairing one role-specific goal with one mission-aligned community goal.
Navigate the Goal Conversation: Gain practical strategies for engaging in the three critical goal conversations, whether you are the supervisor facilitating the meeting or the employee advocating for your own growth:
- Beginning-of-Year: Anchoring goals to a personal why, aligning them with the strategic plan, and defining exactly what resources and leadership support are needed.
- Mid-Year Check-Ins: Normalizing the pivot and troubleshooting roadblocks without judgment or fear of failure.
- End-of-Year Reflections: Celebrating growth, learning from missteps, and extracting lasting value from the entire process.
Build a Culture of Continuous Growth: Leave with a shared blueprint for replacing high-stakes evaluative meetings with collaborative, ongoing dialogues that make all school employees feel supported, seen, and empowered to advance the school’s mission.