Lesson Plan

School Counselor: Alyx Korn Date: March 2014

Activity: Setting SMART Goals
Grade(s): 9
th
grade
ASCA Student Standards (Domain/Standard/Competencies):
A:A1.5 Identify attitudes and behaviors that lead to successful learning.
A:B1.1 Demonstrate the motivation to achieve individual potential.
A:B2.1 Establish challenging goals in high school.
A:B2. Apply !no"ledge of aptitudes and interests to goal setting.
Learning O!ective(s):
1. Students will e ale to identi!y what SMART goals are.
2. Students will e ale to set their own SMART goals in acade"ic# $ersonal%social# and
college%career do"ains.
&. Students will identi!y action ste$s necessary to reach their SMART goals.
"aterials: The students will need a $en and $a$er to write down their SMART goals# and their
assign"ent noteoo' to record their SMART goals.
Procedure:
1. (iscussion) *hat are goals+ *hy is it i"$ortant to set goals+ *hat is the rationale !or
deter"ining goals+
2. ,esson) SMART Goals. *hat are they+
S$eci!ic - .xactly what do you want to acco"$lish+
Measurale - A "easure hel$s to gi/e !eedac' on how the goal is $rogressing and when the
goal is co"$lete.
Attainale - Goals need to e assigned !or that indi/idual or grou$.
Rele/ant - The goal should e rele/ant to the $erson you are and the s$eci!ics o! your li!e.
Ti"e Sensiti/e - Guides your goal to ti"ely co"$letion. Aggressi/e# ut realistic.
.xa"$le0 Run !or 20 "inutes# & days a wee'# until the end o! the school year.
&. (o the students ha/e any 1uestions+
4. .ach student will "a'e two goals0 one acade"ic and one $ersonal%social or college%career
related.
2. *al' around roo" and hel$ students to re/ise goals in order to "a'e the" SMART goals.
3. A!ter goals are "ade into SMART goals# students should write their goal in their $lanner.
4. Students will then rea' down their goals into action ste$s. *hat will it ta'e in order to
co"$lete your goal and e success!ul+ .xa"$le0 5! 5 a" going to run 20 "ins# &x%wee'# until
the end o! the 1uarter# "aye 5 need to get so"e new running shoes# or "a'e a $laylist o!
songs to run to.
6(iscussion0 *hy do goals need to e ro'en down into action ste$s+ *hy is it necessary to
write down these ste$s+
Students should ta'e one goal and rea' it down into action ste$s.
7. (iscussion0 *as it di!!icult or easy to co"e u$ with goals and action ste$s+ 8ow did it !eel
to write these down+ Are their any ostacles that you "ight encounter+ 5! so# how will you
o/erco"e these ostacles+
Plan #or $valuation: In order to evaluate this lesson plan# I "ill chec! in "ith students during our
"ee!ly meetings to see ho" their grades "ere progressing.
Process Data: 10 !resh"an students in Guided Studies class will $artici$ate in this lesson.
Perception Data: 100 9 o! students will e ale to identi!y why goals are i"$ortant# and will
'now how to identi!y and set SMART goals.
Outcome Data: 5 ho$e to see 409 o! students grades increase y setting and i"$le"enting
acade"ic SMART goals# and !ollowing action ste$s.
%ollo& 'p: :or those students who do not "aster the co"$etencies o! setting SMART goals# 5
will "eet with the student one on one in order to assess whether this goal needed to e
re/ised and "ade "ore "anageale !or the". *e will also ex$lore why they thin' the
s$eci!ic goal did not wor' !or the" and what they "ight do di!!erently.