FutureLearning | Professional Goal Setting

Set a goal that makes a difference for your students

Reflect on your teaching practice, find your highest-leverage area to develop, and create a clear professional goal grounded in the science of learning.

Step 1
Your context
Step 2
Review your practice
Step 3
Find your focus
Step 4
Write your goal

Takes about 10–15 minutes. Your responses aren't saved to a server — everything stays in your browser. You can print or save a PDF of your completed goal at the end.

Your context

This helps tailor the tool to your situation. Fill in what's useful — nothing is compulsory.

Classroom teacher
SENCO / RTLB
HOD / Middle leader
Other role
Years 0–2
Years 3–4
Years 5–6
Years 7–8
Years 9–10
Year 11+
Literacy / Reading
Maths / Numeracy
Writing
All areas / General
4 weeks
6 weeks
One term
Two terms

How are you going with these practices?

Rate yourself honestly. There are no right or wrong answers — this is just to find the best focus for your goal. Click each area to see examples and choose a rating.

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Your practice at a glance

Highlighted area is your recommended focus.

Want to focus on something else?

The recommendation is based on your self-review — but you know your context best. Choose any area below.

Your goal

We've drafted a goal based on your focus area. Edit it to make it yours — change the wording, timeframe or evidence types to fit your class.

Example:

Your action steps

These are the specific things you'll do. Tick the ones you'll commit to — you can untick any that don't fit your situation.

Evidence you'll collect

What will show you that your practice is changing and students are responding? Select all that apply.

Professional Learning Goal

FutureLearning | Science of Learning

Context
Focus area
My goal
Action steps
    Evidence I'll collect
    This goal is informed by the science of learning as defined by the New Zealand Ministry of Education (Tāhūrangi). Practice dimensions are drawn from The Science of Learning Explained, structured teaching resources on Tāhūrangi, and the NZC curriculum phases. FutureLearning Ministry Priorities Vault v0.2.