--- title: "Webinar - Mapping a Path to Change: Aligning Teacher Goals to Student Success" description: Learn how backward design tenets can align teacher goals with student success, fostering qualities like confidence and resilience in students. image: https://blog.foliocollaborative.org/hubfs/custom-video-thumbnails/Folio%20August%202024%20Webinar%20Peter%20Metsopoulos.png --- [![Folio Site Logo 250 x 100 px](https://blog.foliocollaborative.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Folio%20Site%20Logo%20250%20x%20100%20px.png?width=175&height=70&name=Folio%20Site%20Logo%20250%20x%20100%20px.png "Folio Site Logo 250 x 100 px")](https://foliocollaborative.org/) [![Folio Collaborative company logo](https://blog.foliocollaborative.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos/Folio_ColoronTrans_Full%20lockup%20horz.png?width=1801&height=1500&name=Folio_ColoronTrans_Full%20lockup%20horz.png "Folio Collaborative company logo")](https://foliocollaborative.org/) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. - [Speak with an expert](https://meetings.hubspot.com/alaena1/consultation-call) - Solutions - [Our Approach](https://foliocollaborative.org/our-approach) - [Platform](https://foliocollaborative.org/solutions) - [Professional Learning](https://foliocollaborative.org/professional-learning) - [Research](https://foliocollaborative.org/the-state-of-faculty-growth-in-independent-schools) - [Events](https://45568612.hs-sites.com/folio-events) - [Resources](https://blog.foliocollaborative.org) - [Newsletter](https://info.foliocollaborative.org/the-folio-quarterly-professional-growth-delivered) - [Members](https://foliocollaborative.org/member-schools) - About - [Board of Directors](https://foliocollaborative.org/board-of-directors) - [Advisory Board](https://foliocollaborative.org/advisory-board) - [Team](https://foliocollaborative.org/team) - [Company](https://foliocollaborative.org/about-2) - [Careers](https://foliocollaborative.org/about-2#careers) - [Contact Us](https://foliocollaborative.org/contact) # Webinar - Mapping a Path to Change: Aligning Teacher Goals to Student Success by [The Folio Team](https://blog.foliocollaborative.org/author/admin)   |   Sep 9, 2024 This webinar is for school leaders who want to empower their teachers to set meaningful goals that drive student achievement. ###### **Presenters will share a targeted approach that will set you up to:** - Learn to start with the end in mind by focusing on **desired student outcomes**. - Discover how to guide teachers through a powerful reflection process that **connects their goals to student success**. - Plan for how to leverage Folio for **facilitating meaningful reflection** and mapping a clear path to change for the entire school year. ### [Peter Metsopoulos Founding Consultant Arcadia Strategy Group](https://blog.foliocollaborative.org/mapping-a-path-to-change-aligning-teacher-goals-to-student-success-webinar#inline-content-1widget_1fbbf5e0-cae3-4476-b802-60576604b1a8) ![Peter Metsopoulos headshot](https://blog.foliocollaborative.org/hubfs/Email%20Signatures%20and%20Headshots/Peter%20Metsopoulos%20headshot.png) Peter Metsopoulos Founding Consultant Arcadia Strategy Group About Peter Metsopoulos Peter Metsopoulos focuses on envisioning how the organizational and strategic pieces of programs fit together so that the world can be a better, more equitable, and more understandable place. He believes in equity, education, and empathy as the solutions to pretty much every problem. Over the course of his career, Peter has worked in changemaking work that has spanned broadcast design and special effects production, independent film and global distribution, classroom teaching, and nonprofit leadership and program development. He has also served as the co-founder of a charter middle school in Baltimore City, a presenter at national and local conferences, and a board member for youth-focused social enterprises and executive director of the Center for Theory of Change. He is a collaborative leader dedicated to enrolling people in the movement toward meaningful change. ### [Meredith Monk Ford Executive Director Folio Collaborative](https://blog.foliocollaborative.org/mapping-a-path-to-change-aligning-teacher-goals-to-student-success-webinar#inline-content-2widget_1fbbf5e0-cae3-4476-b802-60576604b1a8) ![Meredith Monk Ford headshot](https://blog.foliocollaborative.org/hubfs/Email%20Signatures%20and%20Headshots/Merideth%20.png) Meredith Monk Ford Executive Director Folio Collaborative About Meredith Monk Ford Meredith Monk Ford is the Executive Director of FolioCollaborative and guides the organization’s support for its 140+ member schools. Meredith was an independent school classroom teacher and coach, first at the Bryn Mawr School (her alma mater) and then at McDonogh School, both in Baltimore. At McDonogh, Meredith was also a grade level administrator and chaired a task force to enhance professional growth opportunities for faculty. When McDonogh received a grant from the E.E. Ford Foundation to develop a professional growth and learning process that additional schools could use, FolioCollaborative was created and Meredith transitioned to become Executive Director. Meredith’s passion for school leadership and managing the process of change in educational institutions shows through her Folio management. She visits and meets virtually with Folio members around the country to lead seminars, train administrators and teachers, and facilitate conversations around professional growth, leadership and feedback. Meredith received her BA from the University of Maryland and a master’s degree in Liberal Arts from the Johns Hopkins University. She earned a second master’s degree in School Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. ## Fall Webinar Series Want to continue learning throughout the fall? Check out our fall webinar series! [Learn With Us](https://45568612.hs-sites.com/free-webinar-series)   #### About the author The Folio Team [Follow me on my website](https://foliocollaborative.org/) [Follow me on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/foliocollaborative/) Folio is your partner in facilitating professional growth strategies that last. Our customizable framework empowers school leaders to help their teachers thrive and our platform sustains the process. Originally spun out of McDonogh School and proudly built in Baltimore, Maryland, Folio is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit used by independent schools nationwide. 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