Think about what success will look like and how you will demonstrate success in your BI project. Then, use this information to answer the question below.
As you develop your goals, objectives and tasks, try to make them SMART. A SMART goals and objectives are:
Describes an action, behavior, outcome, or achievement that is observable. (e.g., follow Department of Ecology's protocol in determining the ordinary high water mark; volunteer in community shoreline cleanups; incorporate educational materials on aquatic invasive species).
Action words also serve to group the objectives into specific learning domains.
Details quantifiable indicator(s) of progress towards meeting the goal (e.g., all local shoreline planners responsible for implementing Washington State Shoreline Management Act, 70% of participants, identify five or more aquatic invasive species).
Identifies the audience (e.g., local shoreline planners responsible for implementing Washington State Shoreline Management Act, workshop participants, community members) and describes outcomes from the perspective of the audience (i.e., what the audience will be able to do).
Is meaningful, realistic, and ambitious; the audience can (given the appropriate tools, knowledge, skills, authority, resources) accomplish the task or make the specified impact.
Delineates a specific time frame (e.g., six months after participating in the Ordinary High Water Mark class, at the conclusion of the workshop, three months after receiving outreach materials).
Adapted from Designing Education Projects: A Comprehensive Approach to Needs Assessment, Project Planning and Implementation, and Evaluation, Second Edition, NOAA (2009). (link)
Adapted from Bonner Civic Engagement Training on Setting Goals and Objectives for Service (link)
| Know | Comprehend | Apply | Analyze | Synthesize | Evaluate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| define | discuss | demonstrate | distinguish | design | appraise |
| record | explain | employ | debate | construct | assess |
| list | differentiate | illustrate | calculate | create | judge |
| name | identify | translate | diagram | propose | predict |
Adapted from Designing Evaluation for Education Projects. Office of Education and Sustainable Development, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (link)
We will partner with Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence Networked Ocean World (COSEE NOW) for the development and implementation of the following broader impacts activities. We will develop three lesson plans about satellite images of sea surface temperature and primary production. Embedded in these lessons will be information about how to interpret satellite images, how to interpret sea surface temperature and chlorophyll-a images, and how scientists these data in research. Once the lessons are developed, we will prepare and implement a two-day long professional development workshop for 30 teachers at Wizard University focusing on the use of remote technology to study the ocean. COSEE NOW staff will use existing teacher networks to recruit the teacher participants.
After this event, the 30 teachers will be able to interpret sea surface temperature and chlorophyll-a satellite images and will be prepared to deliver the three lessons in their classrooms. The teachers will be required to implement the lesson plans with their students within two months of the professional development workshop. The teachers will be required to gather and report student feedback on the lessons. Once feedback is collected, appropriate revisions will be made to the lessons. The lessons will then be posted to the COSEE NOW website, disseminated through the COSEE Network, and presented to teachers attending a National Marine Educators Association (NMEA) conference through a conference presentation.
As a result of the broader impacts activities funded in conjunction with the proposed research, the team will:
During the school year after the teacher professional development workshop, teachers will: