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Setting Daily Goals

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Goal Setting Overview

• Provide clear expectations for students
• Enable end-of-day progress tracking
• Create accountability structure
• Generate variance data for analysis

• Supervisors (for their assigned centres)
• Monitors (for their assigned centres)
• Administrators (for any centre)

• Every morning before students begin work
• Typically 15-30 minutes before school starts
• Takes 5 minutes for 20 students (with templates)

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Accessing Goal Entry

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Navigation

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Date Selection

• Interface defaults to current date
• Most common use case
• Click “Set Goals” and you’re ready to enter

• Click date picker at top of page
• Select any past date
• Use if you forgot to set goals yesterday
• Historical goals are editable (until progress marked)

• Cannot set goals for future dates
• System prevents selection
• Goal setting should happen same-day for accuracy

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Goal Entry Interface

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Table Structure

• Rows: One row per student in your centre(s)
• Column Groups: Each student has columns for their assigned PACEs
• Cells: Goal start page, goal end page, goal total pages

Student Name | Math 1015             | English 1025          | Science 1035
             | Start | End | Total   | Start | End | Total   | Start | End | Total
John Smith   | 15    | 20  | 6 pages | 10    | 16  | 7 pages | 5     | 10  | 6 pages
Mary Jones   | 22    | 28  | 7 pages | 18    | 23  | 6 pages | 12    | 17  | 6 pages

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Fields Explained

• Page number where student will begin work today
• Example: 15 (student starts on page 15)
• Must be ≤ goal end page
• Must be ≤ total PACE pages (typically 36)

• Page number where student should finish work today
• Example: 20 (student should reach page 20)
• Must be ≥ goal start page
• Must be ≤ total PACE pages

• Auto-calculated: End - Start + 1
• Example: Pages 15-20 = 6 total pages
• Read-only field (cannot edit directly)
• This is the target page count for the day

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Entering Goals Manually

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Basic Entry Process

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Keyboard Shortcuts

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Auto-Save Behavior

• Data saves 500ms after you stop typing
• No “Submit All” button required
• Each field saves independently

• Green checkmark appears when field saved
• Spinner shows while saving
• Red X indicates save failed (check internet)

• Just enter data and navigate away when done
• All entered data is already saved
• Safe to close browser after seeing checkmarks

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Using Quick Templates

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Copy Previous Day

• Manual entry: 5+ minutes for 20 students
• Copy previous day + adjust: 2-3 minutes
• 50%+ time reduction

• Most days (this should be your default)
• Provides continuity day-to-day
• Students progress through PACEs sequentially

• First day of term (no previous day exists)
• After long break (students may need reassessment)
• After major PACE changes

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Adjusting After Copy Previous Day

• Update start page to yesterday’s end page + 1
• Set new end page based on standard goal pages
• Example: Yesterday was 15-20, today should be 21-26

• Option 1: Repeat same pages (if struggling)
• Option 2: Adjust to partial completion (if made some progress)
• Example: Yesterday was 15-20 but only completed to 17, today could be 17-22

• Update start page to yesterday’s actual end page + 1
• May increase goal pages if student is excelling
• Example: Yesterday goal 15-20 but completed to 23, today could be 24-30

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Standard Goal Templates by Grade

• 5-6 pages per subject per day
• Shorter attention spans, slower reading
• Example: Math 1-6, English 1-6, Science 1-5

• 7-8 pages per subject per day
• Building speed and comprehension
• Example: Math 10-17, English 5-12, Science 8-15

• 9-10 pages per subject per day
• Faster readers, stronger work habits
• Example: Math 15-24, English 20-29, Science 10-19

• Adjust based on individual student ability
• Some PACEs harder than others (adjust accordingly)
• Student motivation and focus matter

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Validation and Error Handling

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Validation Rules

1. Goal Start Page ≤ Goal End Page
   • Valid: Start 15, End 20
   • Invalid: Start 20, End 15 (end must be ≥ start)
2. Goal End Page ≤ PACE Total Pages
   • Valid: End 30 (if PACE has 36 pages)
   • Invalid: End 40 (if PACE only has 36 pages)
3. Goal Start Page ≥ 1
   • Valid: Start 1
   • Invalid: Start 0 or negative number
4. Numeric Values Only
   • Valid: 15
   • Invalid: “fifteen”, “15a”, blank

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Error Messages

• Cause: Start page > end page
• Example: Start 25, End 20
• Fix: Swap values or adjust one of them

• Cause: End page > PACE length
• Example: End 40 (PACE only has 36 pages)
• Fix: Set end page to 36 or less

• Cause: Non-numeric input
• Example: “twenty” instead of 20
• Fix: Enter digits only

• Cause: Total pages > 15 (warning, not error)
• Example: Start 1, End 20 (20 pages)
• Warning: Consider if student can realistically complete this
• Can proceed, but review goal difficulty

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Fixing Errors

• Red border around invalid field
• Error message in red text below field
• Cannot save until corrected

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Best Practices for Goal Setting

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Philosophy: Achievable Over Ambitious

• Meeting goals builds confidence and momentum
• Missing goals daily is demotivating
• Consistent achievement creates positive habits
• You can always increase goals for students who excel

• 80-85% of students should meet goals daily
• If <70% meeting goals, goals are too high
• If >95% meeting goals, goals may be too low

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Individualization

• 10-12 pages per subject possible
• Can handle more challenging PACEs
• May complete multiple PACEs per term

• 6-8 pages per subject typical
• Standard PACE progression
• Meet most goals with effort

• 3-5 pages per subject may be appropriate
• Need more time to understand concepts
• Better to progress slowly than not at all

• Set same goals for all students (not individualized)
• Compare students to each other (different abilities)
• Push struggling students too hard (causes frustration)

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PACE Difficulty Consideration

• Review pages (student already knows content)
• Reading-heavy pages (less problem-solving)
• Early PACE pages (introductory content)
• Can set higher page counts (8-10 pages)

• New concept introduction
• Math problem-heavy pages
• Science experiments or analysis
• Can set lower page counts (4-6 pages)

• Preview PACE content if possible
• Ask students about difficulty
• Review past variance (if always missing in certain sections, they’re hard)

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Daily Patterns and Adjustments

• Students may need warm-up after weekend
• Consider slightly lower goals
• Or repeat Friday’s goals

• Students in routine, most productive days
• Standard or slightly higher goals appropriate

• Students may be fatigued
• Completion often drops on Fridays
• Consider slightly lower goals or review content

• Students need re-entry time
• Lower goals for first 2-3 days back
• Gradually return to normal goals

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Advanced Goal-Setting Techniques

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Batch Setting by Subject

• Easier to maintain consistency
• Faster than jumping between subjects
• Can apply subject-specific adjustments uniformly

1. Set Math goals for Student 1-20
2. Set English goals for Student 1-20
3. Set Science goals for Student 1-20
4. Continue for all subjects

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Progressive Goal Adjustment

• Week 1: 6 pages per day
• Week 2: 7 pages per day (if consistently exceeding)
• Week 3: 8 pages per day (if still exceeding)
• Monitor variance to ensure not pushing too hard

• Week 1: 8 pages per day
• Week 2: 7 pages per day (if consistently missing)
• Week 3: 6 pages per day (if still missing)
• Stabilize when student reaches 80% completion rate

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Term-Long Planning

• Conservative goals to establish routine
• Focus on habit-building over volume
• Example: 5-6 pages per subject

• Standard goals based on student ability
• Peak productivity period
• Example: 7-8 pages per subject

• May need to increase goals to complete PACEs on schedule
• Or reduce goals if term exhaustion setting in
• Balance completion vs. burnout

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Multi-Centre Goal Setting

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Centre Filtering

1. Use centre dropdown at top of page
2. Select one centre at a time
3. Set goals for all students in that centre
4. Switch to next centre
5. Repeat

• Less overwhelming than seeing all centres at once
• Easier to focus on one group of students
• Reduces scrolling and confusion

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Applying Consistent Standards

• If centres have similar students (grade/ability), use same goal templates
• Example: Both Faith and Grace centres: 7 pages Math, 6 pages English

• If centres differ significantly, adjust accordingly
• Example: Primary centre (5 pages), High School centre (10 pages)

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Troubleshooting Goal Setting

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”I Can’t See Any Students”

1. You’re not assigned to any centres
2. Your centres have no students
3. Students have no PACE assignments

1. Contact administrator about centre assignment
2. Add students to your centres
3. Assign PACEs to students

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”Copy Previous Day Not Working”

1. No goals set yesterday (nothing to copy)
2. Different students today than yesterday
3. PACE assignments changed since yesterday

1. Enter goals manually for first day
2. Copy will only pre-fill students who had goals yesterday
3. Manually set goals for new PACEs

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”Goals Not Saving”

1. Internet connection lost
2. Invalid data (errors in fields)
3. Session expired

1. Check internet (offline banner will appear)
2. Review fields for red error messages
3. Refresh page and log in again

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”Can’t Edit Goals After Progress Marked”

• Once progress marked for a day, goals become read-only for that student/date
• Prevents accidental changes to historical data

• If you need to correct goals, contact administrator
• They can unlock for editing (with audit trail)

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Goal Setting FAQs

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