Goals
Stage: Starting Point
Goal Information
Date: September 22, 2026Attainment Scale:
Starting Point:
Terms to address:
• Specially designed instruction
• Content SDI
• Methods SDI
• Instructional Delivery SDI
• Explicit teaching
• Systematic instruction
• Cumulative growth
Midpoint:
Terms to Add/Address:
• Concept mastery routines to build vocabulary and comprehension
• Advance and post organizers as instructional methods
Target Goal:
Professional Development Goal: By December 2026, Kyla will build a lexicon of 15 new terms and concepts to support professional dialogue and defensive practices in the provision of SDI as related to her implementation of structured literacy practices.
Stage: Starting Point
Goal Information
Date: September 22, 2026Attainment Scale:
Starting Point:
65% mastery on closed and open syllable coding.
Midpoint:
70% on multisyllabic word coding using learned syllable types
Target Goal:
By December 2026, Kyla will teach a student to decode multisyllabic words through explicit, systematic and cumulative instruction of decoding and spelling routines and will reinforce learning through practice with decodable texts to increase the student's decoding level from 65% to 90% on grade level materials.
Notes
Kyla is making substantial progress in her coursework. She has finished Module 5 and plans to work on Module 6 over the weekend. Kyla shared that she enjoys the course very much. She is particularly excited by the weekly ZOOM meetings with Dr. Carlson. She finds the discussions and candid reflections to be inspirational.
We spent much time talking about instructional practices related to the self-contained history course she teaches. Specifically, we addressed how various concepts teaching strategies and graphic organizers could assist in vocabulary and comprehension skill development. We discussed the methodology of pre-teaching the graphic and selecting essential vocabulary that mirror the general education course (to ensure access through the IEP). We also discussed the importance of advance and post organizers to assist students in anchoring the lesson and to evaluate learning. I will send her more information on the SIM Concept Mastery Routine and SIM Unit Organizer Routine with the intention of providing a model for use in the future if she desires.
We also discussed her semester goals. She will work on developing language around the relationship between SDI and structured literacy. We discussed initial vocabulary terms to incorporate into a lexicon. Second, we discussed her decision to work on a decoding goal for one of her students. We discussed the student’s assessment data and IEP goal. I will send her a link to sites for decodable text resources; we reiterated the need to use these for reinforcement rather than for initial teaching. We also discussed the importance of finding resources that are age appropriate for adolescents. I will send her an article (Moats) confirming the challenges and steps to take.