Community challenge

Suggested Sequence 2,3 (Integrate with skills audit for PDP)

Lesson Objective • To outline what is meant by Aims , Objectives and Success Criteria.

• To identify own strengths and weaknesses using a skills audit.• To understand how to set personal SMART goals

Learning Outcomes • To have set aims, objectives and success criteria for a community project.

• To have reflected on your personal needs for development using a skills audit

• To have completed a PDPChunks • ‘Build a tower’ challenge and reflection

• Class discussion on aims and objectives for celebrities• Think, pair, share for individual aims and objectives • Group discussion on community aims• Individual completion of skills audit• Teacher talk through SMART goals• Individual completion of PDP

Resources • Scrap/recycling paper• ICT• Pen• Skills audit

Lesson Objectives• To outline what is meant by Aims ,

Objectives and Success Criteria.• To identify own strengths and weaknesses

using a skills audit.• To understand how to set personal SMART

goals

Quick Activity….• In groups of 3 or 4…• Your AIM is to build THE HIGHEST tower in

the class.• You can only use the 5 pieces of paper you

have been given• You have 3 minutes

Quick Activity….• In groups of 3 or 4…• You can only use the 5 pieces of paper you

have been given• You have 3 minutes

• Build THE HIGHEST tower in the class.

Aims• Aims are clear goals you want to achieve• Objectives are steps on the way to achieving aims• Success Criteria is how you will judge if your

project is successful or not

DISCUSS IN YOUR GROUPS…

• What do you think the aim was?

• What steps did you take to try and achieve it?

• How did you know if you were successful or not?

• What helped you win/would you do differently next time in order to win?

Quick Activity….• What was the aim of this activity?

• The aim was to build the highest tower

• What objectives did you set?• To make sure the tower was stable• To experiment with different strategies• To assign people tasks• To ensure your area was not rocked• To start with 1 piece, then use a second• To not waste resources

• How did you know if you were successful?• Measured the height• Compared to other peoples towers.

Aims• Aims are clear goals you want to achieve• Objectives are steps on the way to achieving aims• Success Criteria is how you judge if your project is

successful or not

• What aim did this couple set out in 2012?

• What objectives might they have set to achieve it?

• What success criteria would you use to see if they achieved their aim?

• What aim might this woman have?

• What objectives might she set to help her achieve it?

• What success criteria would allow you to judge if she achieved this aim?

Over to you:• Write down 1 aim that you have.

• Write down 1 objective you could undertake which will help you achieve it

• Write down the success criteria you would use to see if you achieved it or not?

• Be prepared to share with the class.

Community Challenge• What problems did you identify in your local

community?

• Decide on ONE problem • What aim could you set to help overcome

this problem?

• What objectives could you consider to help you achieve this aim?

• What success criteria will you use to recognise you have achieved this aim?

What about you?

Complete the skills audit to help you identify where your strengths and

weaknesses might lie.

You will use these to help you set your personal aims and objectives.

Creating SMART goalsSpecific

Is your goal well-defined? Avoid setting unclear or vague objectives; be as precise as

possible.Instead of: “To listen more” Make it specific: “To use the next lesson as an opportunity to practise listening behaviours and to reinforce this by writing a detailed minute of the meeting”

Creating SMART goalsMeasurable

Be clear how you will recognise when you have achieved your goal. Using numbers, dates and times is one way to represent clear objectives.

Instead of: “To find out about South Africa” Make it measurable: “To use the internet make notes on the economy, and politics of South Africa.

Creating SMART goalsAttainable

Setting yourself unrealistic goals will only end in disappointment. Make your goals

challenging, but attainable.Instead of: “Learn German by Christmas” Make it attainable: “Register with a language school and attend classes to learn German on a weekly basis for the next 12 months. Then review progress and set new goals”

Creating SMART goals

RelevantEnsure that any development actions that you

plan are relevant to what you are doing

Creating SMART goals.

Time-boundSet a time scale for completion of

each

Developing a PDP

Personal

Development

Plan

What is a PDP?• Personal Development Plans are written by individuals to

identify how they can improve their chance of success.

• They are referred to over time.

• Targets can be based on previous work, such as your skills audit, and also the skills you have identified that you need to succeed.

• They must use SMART goals.

Target What actions will be taken?

Who is involved?

By when? Resources required?

How will I measure Achievement?

Has this been achieved?

To manage my time effectively

• Write lists of what I need to achieve, with deadlines.

• Write down how long I think each task will take.

• Plan in time to complete these tasks.

Myself, my group members

Lists written at the start of each half term, checked off after each task

PenPaperLaptopPhone for deadline reminders

At the end of half term I will have met all my deadlines

Personal Development Plan for _______

TASK:.

• Complete a personal development plan you can use for showing your personal development over the course of this project.

• You can look at your skills audit to help targets.