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Goal Setting

+Goals

Goals

The end result of something a person intends to acquire, achieve, or accomplish

in the near or distant future

Short Term Goal- Less than one year

Improving Grades

Saving Money for a new

Phone

Making the basketball

team

Long Term Goal-More than one year

Attending College

Successful Career Retirement

Long term goals are easier to achieve if you have set short term goals that lead up to them

+Here Is A Challenge!

Supplies: A pinch of

toothpicks and a handful

of small marshmallows

Task: Create a free standing tower using

your supplies

But….Before you build,

write down a GOAL for the

task!

Ready – Set – Build!

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Did you reach your goal?

Was your goal specific?

How did you measure if you reached your

goal?

Was your goal attainable or

possible?

Was your goal realistic?

How much time did you set aside to

achieve your goal?

+ SMART Goals

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Measurable

Attainable

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Time Bound

State exactly what is to be done

Include how the goal can be measured.

Create a step-by-step plan outlining exactly how the goal can be reached

Think  through  the  trade-­‐offs  and  opportunity  costs  to  analyze  the  consequences  of  your  goal  to  make  sure  it  isn’t  una;ainable  

Specifically state when the goal will be reached

+ Goal: Make a paper airplane!

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Using markers and an 8 ½ x 11 piece of white paper I will create a one of a kind paper airplane.

Using markers and an 8 ½ x 11 piece of white paper I will create a one of a kind paper airplane that can fly a minimum of 5 ft.

. . . paper airplane. I will research paper airplane folding instructions to help me create a plane that can fly 5ft.

-- Using markers and an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of white paper I will create a one of a kind paper airplane.    I  will  research  paper  airplane  folding  instruc@ons  to  help  me  create  a  plane  that  can  fly  a  minimum  of  5  C.      

Using markers and an 8 ½ x 11 piece of white paper I will spend ten minutes creating a one of a kind paper airplane. I will research paper airplane folding instructions to help me create a plane that can fly a minimum of 5 ft. I will test the plane at approximately 9:00 a.m.

+Paper Airplane SMART GOAL

n Using markers and an 8 ½ x 11 piece of white paper I will spend ten minutes creating a one of a kind paper airplane. I will research paper airplane folding instructions to help me create a plane that can fly a minimum of 5 ft. I will test the plane at approximately 9:00 a.m

+ Goal: I want to attend college!

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Measurable

Attainable

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Time Bound

I want to attend a four year college.

Because I want to attend a four year college I will earn a A in Algebra.

Because I want to attend a four year college I will earn a A in Algebra by attending all math tutoring sessions.

-- Because I want to attend a 4 year college I will earn a A in Algebra by attending all math tutoring sessions instead of spending time (insert favorite time waster).  

Because I want to attend a 4 year college I will earn an A in Algebra by attending all math tutoring sessions instead of spending time (time waster) this semester.