Time-bound Provide a time frame indicating when the objective will be measured or a – time by when the objective will be met. For example, new peer educators will be “Five recruited by the second quarter of the first funding is a better objective than year” “New peer educators will be hired.” Examples: Non-SMART Objective Critique SMART Objective Teachers will be trained on The objective is not SMART By June 1, 2018, LEA supervisory the selected evidence-based because it is not specific, staff will have trained 75% of health substance use disorder measurable, or time-bound. It can education teachers in the local prevention curriculum. be made SMART by specifically school district on the selected, indicating who is responsible for evidence-based substance use training the teachers, how many disorder prevention curriculum. will be trained, who they are, and by when the trainings will be conducted. 90% of youth will participate This objective is not SMART By the end of the 2018 school year, in classes on assertive because it is not specific or district health educators will have communication skills. It can be made SMART by conducted classes on assertive indicating who will conduct the communication skills for 90% of youth activity, by when, and who will in the middle school receiving the participate in the lessons on substance use disorder and HIV assertive communication skills. prevention curriculum. This objective is not SMART as it By the end of year two of the Train individuals in the is not specific, measurable or project, the Health Department will community on the prevention It can be made SMART by have trained 75% of EMS staff in the of prescription drug/opioid specifically indicating who is County Government on the selected overdose-related deaths. responsible for the training, how curriculum addressing the prevention many people will be trained, who of prescription drug/opioid they are, and by when the training deaths. will be conducted.
Time-bound – Provide a time frame indicating when the objective will be measured or a time by when the objective will be met. For example, “Five new peer educators will be recruited by the second quarter of the first funding year” is a better objective than “New peer educators will be hired.” Examples: Non-SMART Objective Critique SMART Objective Teachers will be trained on the selected evidence-based substance use disorder prevention curriculum. The objective is not SMART because it is not specific, measurable, or time-bound. It can be made SMART by specifically indicating who is responsible for training the teachers, how many will be trained, who they are, and by when the trainings will be conducted. By June 1, 2018, LEA supervisory staff will have trained 75% of health education teachers in the local school district on the selected, evidence-based substance use disorder prevention curriculum. 90% of youth will participate in classes on assertive communication skills. This objective is not SMART because it is not specific or It can be made SMART by indicating who will conduct the activity, by when, and who will participate in the lessons on assertive communication skills. By the end of the 2018 school year, district health educators will have conducted classes on assertive communication skills for 90% of youth in the middle school receiving the substance use disorder and HIV prevention curriculum. Train individuals in the community on the prevention of prescription drug/opioid overdose-related deaths. This objective is not SMART as it is not specific, measurable or It can be made SMART by specifically indicating who is responsible for the training, how many people will be trained, who they are, and by when the training will be conducted. By the end of year two of the project, the Health Department will have trained 75% of EMS staff in the County Government on the selected curriculum addressing the prevention of prescription drug/opioid deaths.
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