A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Making Information Work for You - 1997

Sample Goal Matrix Expanded to Include
Resources and Activities

Goal

Current  Understanding  

Where are we in relation to where we want to be?

Resources   

Informal------------------------------------------------->Formal 

Community

Parents

Children and Youth

Schools

Service Providers

Our children will demonstrate academic success. 
 
 
 		 High absenteeism is a barrier to improving academic performance. Unexcused absences are common. Students often do not complete missed assignments and fall behind in their classes. In some schools, older students often miss school to care for younger siblings when parents are unable to do so. The problem is especially acute for girls. Most are in single-parent families. Parents keep older children out of school to provide child care when younger children are sick or when parents must keep appointments for services or conduct other family business where taking younger children is difficult. Resources: 

Local businesses 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Existing Activities: 
 
None

 Resources: 

Ability to monitor student attendance 
 
Ability to use alternative child care arrangements rather than requiring older students to miss school to care for younger siblings 
 

Existing Activities: 
 
None

 Resources: 

Ability to be responsible for completing missed assignments 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Existing Activities: 
 
None

 Resources: 

School counselors 
 

Teachers 
 

PTA 
 
 
 

Existing 
Activities: 
 
School counselor monitors which students are frequently absent 
 
Some teachers have procedures in place for communicating homework assignments and classroom work to students who miss school

 Resources: 

Child care providers 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Existing 
Activities: 
 
None

   Adapted from Lodge and Hart (1994), p. 30.                  

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