4 customisable OKR examples for Instructors
What are Instructors OKRs?
The OKR acronym stands for Objectives and Key Results. It's a goal-setting framework that was introduced at Intel by Andy Grove in the 70s, and it became popular after John Doerr introduced it to Google in the 90s. OKRs helps teams has a shared language to set ambitious goals and track progress towards them.
Formulating strong OKRs can be a complex endeavor, particularly for first-timers. Prioritizing outcomes over projects is crucial when developing your plans.
We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for Instructors to help you. You can look at any of the templates below to get some inspiration for your own goals.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
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Our customisable Instructors OKRs examples
You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Instructors. We also included strategic projects for each template to make it easier to understand the difference between key results and projects.
Hope you'll find this helpful!
1. OKRs to successfully repeat last year's performance in the current academic year
Successfully repeat last year's performance in the current academic year
Maintain consistent participation in class discussions and group projects
Engage in every discussion and share your thoughts- Regularly liaise with group members on project statuses
- Dedicate daily time slots for class discussions and group projects
- Dedicate at least 20 hours each week for revisions and self-study
- Schedule four hours daily for focused study and revision
- Eliminate distractions during study hours
- Prioritize studying over less important activities
- Secure a minimum average of 90% score in all assignments and exams
- Consult instructors for clarification on confusing concepts
- Revise course materials daily to improve understanding
- Schedule regular study sessions for better retention
2. OKRs to collaboratively enhance the robustness of ILT with M&E manager
- Collaboratively enhance the robustness of ILT with M&E manager
- Organize bi-weekly, focused brainstorming sessions with M&E manager to address ILT issues
- Schedule recurring bi-weekly meetings with the M&E manager
- Prepare detailed agenda focused on ILT issues for each session
- Follow up while documenting and implementing proposed solutions after sessions
- Achieve a 25% increase in ILT effectiveness, measured through specific KPIs
- Train and develop instructors in advanced teaching methodologies
- Identify and implement best practices to enhance ILT approaches
- Regularly review and update ILT content for improved relevance
- Implement strategically developed improvements in 3 key areas of ILT by quarter's end
- Develop effective strategies for improving identified ILT areas
- Implement the planned strategic improvements in the identified ILT areas
- Identify 3 key areas in ILT requiring strategic improvements
3. OKRs to enhance instructional strategies for better student comprehension
- Enhance instructional strategies for better student comprehension
- Conduct two peer-observed teaching sessions and apply received feedback
- Schedule two teaching sessions with peers observing
- Document changes and track progress
- Apply feedback from those sessions to practice
- Complete two professional development courses focused on innovative teaching methods
- Identify two development courses targeting innovative teaching methods
- Sign up for selected professional development courses
- Finish coursework and obtain completion certificates
- Increase student engagement by 20% as measured by classroom participation and assessment scores
- Conduct regular quizzes for assessment score improvement
- Provide personalised feedback to encourage student involvement
- Implement interactive learning methods to boost class participation
4. OKRs to enhance and scale up pilot training programs
- Enhance and scale up pilot training programs
- Increase the number of trained instructors by 30%
- Establish a comprehensive instructor training schedule
- Identify potential instructors for the training program
- Implement an enhanced recruitment strategy for trainers
- Increase student enrollment in pilot training programs by 20%
- Offer scholarships or financial assistance for pilot training enrollees
- Partner with high schools for career counselling and pilot program promotions
- Launch a marketing campaign highlighting benefits of pilot training programs
- Develop and implement 2 new advanced training modules
- Implement the new training modules
- Identify areas requiring advanced training within the organization
- Create comprehensive modules for the identified areas
Instructors OKR best practices to boost success
Generally speaking, your objectives should be ambitious yet achievable, and your key results should be measurable and time-bound (using the SMART framework can be helpful). It is also recommended to list strategic initiatives under your key results, as it'll help you avoid the common mistake of listing projects in your KRs.
Here are a couple of best practices extracted from our OKR implementation guide 👇
Tip #1: Limit the number of key results
Having too many OKRs is the #1 mistake that teams make when adopting the framework. The problem with tracking too many competing goals is that it will be hard for your team to know what really matters.
We recommend having 3-4 objectives, and 3-4 key results per objective. A platform like Tability can run audits on your data to help you identify the plans that have too many goals.
Tability's audit dashboard will highlight opportunities to improve OKRsTip #2: Commit to weekly OKR check-ins
Setting good goals can be challenging, but without regular check-ins, your team will struggle to make progress. We recommend that you track your OKRs weekly to get the full benefits from the framework.
Being able to see trends for your key results will also keep yourself honest.
Tability's check-ins will save you hours and increase transparencyTip #3: No more than 2 yellow statuses in a row
Yes, this is another tip for goal-tracking instead of goal-setting (but you'll get plenty of OKR examples above). But, once you have your goals defined, it will be your ability to keep the right sense of urgency that will make the difference.
As a rule of thumb, it's best to avoid having more than 2 yellow/at risk statuses in a row.
Make a call on the 3rd update. You should be either back on track, or off track. This sounds harsh but it's the best way to signal risks early enough to fix things.
How to turn your Instructors OKRs in a strategy map
OKRs without regular progress updates are just KPIs. You'll need to update progress on your OKRs every week to get the full benefits from the framework. Reviewing progress periodically has several advantages:
- It brings the goals back to the top of the mind
- It will highlight poorly set OKRs
- It will surface execution risks
- It improves transparency and accountability
We recommend using a spreadsheet for your first OKRs cycle. You'll need to get familiar with the scoring and tracking first. Then, you can scale your OKRs process by using a proper OKR-tracking tool for it.
Tability's Strategy Map makes it easy to see all your org's OKRsIf you're not yet set on a tool, you can check out the 5 best OKR tracking templates guide to find the best way to monitor progress during the quarter.
More Instructors OKR templates
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OKRs resources
Here are a list of resources to help you adopt the Objectives and Key Results framework.
- To learn: What is the meaning of OKRs
- Blog posts: ODT Blog
- Success metrics: KPIs examples
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