1. Developing Goals

2. Next Generation Science / Common Core Standards Addressed!
WHST Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. (HS-PS1-3)

3. Agriculture, Food, Natural Resource Standards Addressed!
CRP Evaluate and consider the near-term and long-term impacts of personal and professional decisions on employers and community before taking action.
CRP b. Assess the pros and cons of personal decisions based on their anticipated impact on self and others.

4. Bell Work! Explain the process of goal setting.
Describe the terms and types of goals.
Explain seven aspects of effective goals.

5. Terms Goal Goal identification Intermediate goal Interpersonal goal
Long-term goal

6. Interest Approach
List two or three thing that you want to accomplish in your life.
List what you need to do to accomplish these goals.

7. More Terms Personal goal Professional goal Short-term goal
Ways and means

8. How are goals set? A goal is something a person wants to achieve.
When people describe what they want to accomplish in life, they are setting or developing goals.

9. Developing goals involves two important steps.
Goal identification - developing a list of the things to accomplish in life.

10. Goal Identification
Individuals need to look inward at their values and their personal situations to determine what is realistic for them.
They need to determine what is important and realistic.

11. Ways and Means Ways and means - the strategies for achieving goals.
A goal is of little value if it doesn’t have a strategy for being achieved.

12. Ways and Means
During this step, individuals often determine that their final goals may be unrealistic and revise the goals to make them more realistic.

13. What are the different terms and types of goals?
Goals can cover varying periods of time.
Some can be attained fairly soon while others will take longer to achieve.
They can also be divided into different areas of life in which they are important.

14. Goal term or length
A short-term goal can be achieved within a year in just a few steps.
An intermediate goal can be achieved in one to five years. Intermediate goals can involve achieving short-term goals along the way.

15. Goal term or length
A long-term goal will take five or more years to achieve and usually involves many steps.
Long-term goals usually include short-term and intermediate goals along the way.

16. Goals can apply to different areas of life.
Personal goals are those that represent self improvement.
Professional goals are those that represent success in a job or group activity.
Interpersonal goals are those that represent improved relations with other people.

18. What are the aspects of good goals?
When setting goals, individuals need to consider seven aspects that relate to effective goals.

19. Seven Aspects of Effective Goals
Clarity - goal is easy to picture.
Optimistic - the belief that the goal will have the desired outcome.
Challenging - individuals must strive to achieve the goal.
Prioritized - involves deciding which goal is most important.

20. Seven Aspects of Effective Goals
Flexible - goals must be able to change as individuals change.
Measurable - eliminates doubt as to whether the goal has been achieved.
Ways and means - plans for achieving the goal.

22. Review/Summary How are goals set?
What are the different terms and types of goals?
What are the aspects of good goals?

23. The End!