Setting and Achieving Teaching Goals with AI Mate
Platform: Browser
Roles: Administrators, Educators, Learners, Viewers
Important: Users can only set goals on videos they've uploaded or recorded. "Set a Goal" option is not available on videos others uploaded and shared with you.
Effective teaching improvement comes from more than just reflecting on past lessons—it requires clear, specific, and measurable goals. By setting goals directly from your lesson videos, you’re able to:
- Reflect with Context – Your goals are grounded in real examples from your own teaching, not generic checklists.
- Receive Evidence-Based Suggestions – AI Mate uses your video and answers to targeted questions (based on Jim Knight’s PEER goals) to suggest goals that are realistic and research-informed.
- Track Growth Over Time – Follow-up videos can be reviewed against your goals, helping you see progress and areas that need more attention.
- Collaborate with Your Coach – Sharing goals and progress reports helps make coaching conversations more focused and actionable.
This approach ensures that goal-setting isn’t just a task—it becomes a personalized improvement plan based on actual teaching moments.
How to Set a Goal Using AI Mate
Upload or Record Your Lesson Video
Begin by recording or uploading a classroom video in Vosaic.
Reflect on Your Teaching
Watch your video and note strengths, challenges, and key moments using a Vosaic Form. You can also use AI Mate prompts to get initial feedback
On the video player, choose “Set/Review a Goal”
Under the AI Mate tab, click the Set a Goal option.
Answer the Goal-Setting Questions
AI Mate will guide you through a short series of questions based on Jim Knight’s PEER Goals framework. Provide details about what you’d like to improve, why it matters, and how you might achieve it.
Review AI Mate’s Suggested Goal
AI Mate will analyze your responses along with the video transcript to suggest a clear, measurable goal.
Save Your Goal
Once you’re satisfied, save it to your account
Upload a Follow-Up Video
When you’re ready, upload a new lesson video. Go to AI Mate and click the "Select your saved goal, and AI Mate will review the new video against that goal to determine progress
Share Goals with Your Coach (Optional)
If you work with a coach, you can share both the goal and the goal review to get targeted feedback and next steps.
How to Share a Goal
Exit the video player (if you're on the video player page) and select "Goals" in the main navigation, or from the "Hi, FirstName" drop-down in the top navigation.
Click the Share/Unshare this Goal button and select with whom you'd like to share the Goal.
Pro Tip: The more specific your answers when setting a goal, the more actionable and relevant AI Mate’s suggestions will be.
