Configure Goals

🔐 Account type(s) with default permissions to manage this: Administrator

💻 Tier(s) this is available for: Foundation, Essential, Pro

To keep your EL program records current, you can configure how Goals work across your district: build a custom Goalbank, define how progress is tracked, and control who can assign and edit Goals. This gives your team a consistent framework for setting and monitoring English language proficiency Goals.

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As an Administrator, you can manage every part of Goal settings:

• Navigate to the Goal Management page
• Customize your district Goalbank
• Configure Progress Status Options
• Set Goal Restrictions

Navigate to the Goal Management Page

To open the Goals settings page:

1. Click the Admin menu icon.
2. Click Ellevation Settings.
3. Select Student Goals.

Customize Your District Goalbank

Ellevation provides a standard Goalbank aligned to each state's English Language Proficiency model. As an Administrator, you can customize a district Goalbank that users with edit access to Goals can pull from when assigning Goals.

To customize a district Goalbank:

1. Navigate to the district Goalbank.
   1. Click the Admin menu icon.
   2. Click Ellevation Settings.
   3. Select Student Goals.
   4. You will be brought to the District Goals tab.
2. Add or edit Goals.
   • To add a Goal: click + Add Goal at the bottom of the page, add a Goal Title, add a Goal Description, add optional Goal details (Domain, Grade Level(s), ELP Standard, and/or Proficiency Level(s)) to make the Goal easier to find using filters, then click Save or Save/Add to continue adding Goals.
   • To edit a Goal: locate the Goal in the District Goalbank (use the Text Filter search bar or the Domain/Type, Grade, ELP Standard, or Proficiency Level filters), click the Goal name, update the Goal Title, Description, Domain, Grade Level(s), ELP Standard, and/or Proficiency Level(s), then click Save.
   • To delete a Goal: locate the Goal in the District Goalbank, click the Goal name, then deactivate or delete it.

ℹ️ Note

Any changes you make to a Goal in your District Goalbank will update the Goal information for students who have that Goal assigned. To see which students have the Goal assigned, click Students with this Goal at the bottom of the page. Changes to the Goal Title or Goal Description will not affect existing assignments if the Title or Description was edited at the time the Goal was assigned.

⚠️ Warning

If a Goal is assigned to one or more students, deactivate it instead of deleting it so that historical assignments are preserved. To deactivate, click the checkbox to the right of Active at the top of the page, then click Save. Once deactivated, people can no longer assign that Goal from the District Goalbank. You can delete a Goal only when it is not assigned to any students.

To generate a listing of Goals in the District Goalbank, click Generate Listing at the bottom of the page.

Configure Progress Status Options

Ellevation provides standard Goal Progress Status Options, each with a corresponding color:

• No evidence: ■
• Off track: ■
• On track: ■
• Not met: ■
• Met: ■
• Exceeds: ■

To customize the Progress Status Options:

1. Navigate to the Progress Status Options.
   1. Click the Admin menu icon.
   2. Click Ellevation Settings.
   3. Select Student Goals.
   4. You will be brought to the District Goals tab.
2. Click Progress Status Options.
3. Add or edit Progress Status Options.
   • To change the labels, update the names of each option in the text boxes.
   • To change the colors, use the color dropdowns to the right of each option label.
   • To change the order, use the up and down arrows to the right of the status options.
   • To delete options, click [Remove] to the right of the option label.
   • To add options, click +Add, input a label, select a color, and click Save.
4. Click Save at the bottom of the page to apply any changes.

Set Goal Restrictions

To set Goal Restrictions:

1. Navigate to the Goal Restrictions.
   1. Click the Admin menu icon.
   2. Click Ellevation Settings.
   3. Select Student Goals.
   4. You will be brought to the District Goals tab.
2. Click Goal Restrictions.
3. Set Goal Restrictions.
   • Allow teachers to access Ellevation Goalbank: Set to Read to allow users to assign Goals to students from the Ellevation Goalbank; set to None to hide it.
   • Allow teachers to access District Goalbank: Set to Read to allow users to assign Goals to students from the District Goalbank; set to None to hide it.
   • Allow teachers to create their own goals: Set to Full to allow users to create custom Goals to assign to students and add to their Teacher Goalbank; set to None to disable this ability and hide the Teacher Goalbank.
   • Allow teachers to edit goals when assigning to students: Set to Full to allow users to edit Goals when assigning them from the Student Profile or the Student List; set to None to disable this ability.
4. Click Save at the bottom of the page to apply any changes.