THEME: Goal Setting, Reflections and Self-Assessment

Lesson: Setting SMART Career Goals

Learning Outcomes
▪ Students will be able to identify career goals and develop action plans using the SMART goal setting process.

Essential Question
▪ Do you have “SMART” career goals?

Level
▪ Grade 12

Time
▪ 4 x 15 minutes

Materials
▪ SMART Goals Handout
▪ Careers and Goal Setting Handout
▪ Setting Up Smart Goals Worksheet

Procedure

Lesson 1 – 15 minutes

1. Write essential question on the board.

2. Review the SMART goal setting acronym; ask students what each of the letters in the acronym represent. Review the S.M.A.R.T. principle to goal setting. (See SMART Goals Handout). Have students write examples of goals that follow the SMART goal principle. (See the blank area on the SMART Goals Handout, titled, “Your Example________________”).

3. Read through the “Tips to setting Effective Goals” on the SMART Goals Handout.

Lesson 2 – 15 minutes

4. Briefly review the S.M.A.R.T. principle to goal setting (Once again, see the SMART Goals Handout). Handout Careers and Goal setting Handout. Have students complete this individually.

5. When students are finished the Career and Goal setting Handout, they will hare some of their goals with a partner or small group.

Lesson 3 – 15 minutes

6. Ensure the students have complete the Career and Goal setting Handout. Give a few minutes to complete if needed.

7. Hand out Setting Up SMART Goals Worksheet. Students must choose one goal from their first list (See the Careers and Goal setting Handout) and write it at the top of this worksheet. Working individually, students must describe the necessary steps to achieve their goal, where they are now, and the potential obstacles and solutions.

Lesson 4 – 15 minutes

8. Give some time to complete the Setting Up SMART Goals Worksheet.

9. After