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Setting SMART goals help students succeed
Filed Under Goals, Graphic Organizers, Special Education, underachieving students
When I talk to my students about goals, many of them tell me that they don’t have any goals. I tell them they actually do, but they don’t realize it. They call their goals plans. The plans that they make for later in the day , later in week or later in the year are really goals. Then we discuss the characteristics of good goals. I try to lead the discussion so that we conclude that good goals are SMART goals and show the slide show below to illustrate the idea of SMART goals. If you’d like a copy, I’d be delighted to send you one. Just leave a request in the comment box.
After we watch the slide show, I have my students set their own short term, medium term and long term goals using the graphic organizer below.
Smart Goal Setting Organizer
Goals
Specific
(What/Why/How)
Measurable
(Time/Amount)
Attainable
(Strengths to use)
Realistic
(Why you can do it)
Timely
(Target date)
Short Term
Medium Term
Long Term
If you’d like this as well, just ask and I’ll send it to you as an attachment.
I’ve always had good results with this activity. We will revisit their goals during the semester to see how things are going and to set more goals.
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Yes please! I’d love to use this presentation with my kids! They really struggle with the idea of “attainable” and want to choose things that they think *I* want for them…
Yes Please! I am already looking forward to using this presentation with my students. Thank you!
You are full of practical ideas! If you could mail me the graphic organizer, I would really appreciate it!
I would LOVE to have a copy of your SMART goal slide show and the organizer. Thanks so much!!
PLEASE send me a copy of your SMART goal slide show and the organizer. Could you also send it to my home email address. I’m not sure if it’ll go through to my school email. Thanks so much! tamibolton@msn.com
Hi! I love the slide show and organizer – would love to use this with my kids! Please send me a copy of both! Thanks so much for sharing your great work!
Would love the slide show and organizer…thank you so much…very excited to show my kids