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Goal Setting for Students
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Article Overview: No matter your age, goal accomplishment is a life long process. Goal accomplishment is the backbone of creating hopeful, engaged, and thriving lives. Learn about Rising Stars, a program designed for youth development, in this article.
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Goal Setting for Students
From June
11 to July 6, 2010, 642 U.S. students (ages 10-18) participated in the Gallup
Student Poll. “The students were asked
20 questions meant to gauge their hope, engagement, and wellbeing—and then were
classified as “ready for the future” if they scored high in all three
dimensions. Gallup’s research suggests that students who do well on all
three metrics tend to achieve higher grades, complete more credits, and report
fewer health problems than their peers. The research is meant to help leaders
and educators improve student performance and in turn the high school
graduation rate nationwide.” - Lymari Morales
The Gallup
study’s final conclusion: 34% of respondents in grades 5-12 are hopeful,
engaged, and thriving—others fall short in at least one of these dimensions.
Part of
what facilitates a hopeful, engaged, and thriving attitude is the ability for a
student to see a bright future and feel confident it is attainable. Another
important statistic from the Gallup poll is that 42% of the students polled
said they were energetically pursuing goals. Life is a journey and it is the
most important journey we as individuals will ever take. The sooner young
people are exposed to the value of goals in all aspects of their life and are
taught how to use a proven goal accomplishment model the sooner they will be
“ready for the future.”
Seventeen years
ago our company developed a youth leadership process entitled Rising Stars. It focuses on helping
young people prepare for a bright future and be contributing members of their
community, while exposing them to and teaching them how to use a proven goal
accomplishment model. In addition to sharing the S.M.A.R.T.Y. criteria, which
many people know is important to consider when building goals, we also focus on
the six core components of goal setting.
1. Listing your dreams. Every
purposeful journey aims for a destination. Where do you want to go with your
life? What do you want to accomplish? What are your overall objectives? What
are your dreams? Listing your dreams allows you to develop a master list of
things you want to do and become—as well as things you want to achieve and
attain.
2. Conducting personal self-evaluations. You can
go wherever you choose on your life’s journey, but you can only start from one
place. You can only start from where you are today.
3. Developing goal categories. Once a
springboard is created to clarify your dreams and you’ve identified your
current starting point, the next step requires developing the categories of
your life that you’d like to change and improve in order to realize your
dreams. Goal categories provide an important step between your dreams and your
goals, and they help you translate your general ideas and thoughts into action.
4. Creating goal statements. Goal
categories are then translated into specific, measurable, attainable, realistic
and time trackable goal statements that are solely yours (S.M.A.R.T.Y.). In our
experience the more focused and specific the better.
5. Developing specific action steps. The next
step is to identify the actions you need to take in order to achieve your
goals. Creating specific action steps will provide the daily, weekly, and
monthly activity necessary to make your goals a reality.
6. Prioritizing of your goals and action steps. Making a
conscious decision through a prioritization process which goals or action steps
are the most important. It is also a necessary step. The prioritization process
will never stop, as you will need to continually evaluate what is important to
your success now.
No matter
your age, goal accomplishment is a life long process. It is rewarding to see
young people embrace the concepts and apply them early for success in all areas
of their life: school, home, career, health, and community. Goal accomplishment
is the backbone of creating hopeful, engaged, and thriving lives.
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About the Author: Tammy Kohl RSS for Tammy's articles - Visit Tammy's website www.resourceassociatescorp.com www.theinstituteforsustainability.com 800-762-6227 Tammy Kohl, President of Resource Associates Corporation, has been with the corporation since 1986. During that time she has held a series of increasingly responsible positions until her appointment in January 2002 to the position of President. Tammy's experience in working with personal clients and RAC affiliates has given her practical and extensive experience in the areas of creating customer value, comprehensive knowledge of RAC and TQI processes, and generating results on both the personal and organizational level. This knowledge and experience is invaluable in establishing the future course of Resource Associates Corporation on a national and international level. As part of her duties as Executive Vice President she was responsible for managing the production, customer service and affiliate support areas of the corporation. This knowledge and understanding of running operations gives her an in depth and well rounded working knowledge of how to run a successful business. In addition to her business sustainability, management and people skills she is proficient in setting strategic directions and accomplishing them. Tammy holds a degree in Business Administration. She is the founder of The Institute for Sustainability, an instructor for Achievement Seminars International and heads the RAC Executive Committee. Click here to visit Tammy's website   Leadership Responsibility Leading in Times of Change Try Not Do or do not There is no try Yoda What Does a Customer Really Want Defining Sustainability |
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