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Smart Goal Setting: Achieving Success Through Effective Planning

Learn how to set SMART goals for academic and personal success. Understand key elements and phrasing to create achievable objectives. Practice writing realistic goals and measure progress effectively.

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Smart Goal Setting: Achieving Success Through Effective Planning

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  1. Study Skills Goal Setting

  2. A goal must be challenging, but realistic. A goal must be broken into steps . A goal must be measurable. A goal must be flexible. A goal must be written down. A goal must be in your control. Key Elements of Goals

  3. Identify the following as Realistic or Unrealistic I will earn all A’s by the end of the school year. I will eat 250 marshmallows for dinner tonight. I will read 10 pages of my book before bedtime. I will pitch at an Atlanta Braves baseball game. I will remember to take my homework to school each day this week. Realistic or Unrealistic

  4. Realistic or Unrealistic? I will remember to bring homework assignments home every day. I will move up in orchestra from second violin to first violin. I will go to a movie every day for a year.   I will eat my weight in strawberries. I will write my assignments in my agenda daily. Practice writing realistic and unrealistic goals. Realistic or unrealistic continued:

  5. Goals needs to be positive. Example: I will earn a B in science. Non-example: I won’t get any more D’s or F’s in science class. Practice writing positive goals. Phrasing of Goals

  6. A SMART goal is a much-defined mission which must incorporate the following components: specificity, measurability, achievability, relevancy, and timeliness. What is A Smart goal?

  7. Specific – What exactly do I want to achieve? Measurable – How will I know the goal is successful? Achievable/Attainable – Is this goal reachable? Relevant/Realistic – Is the goal in alignment with my mission at hand? Time-Bound – When do I want to achieve my goal? What does smart Stand For?

  8. Example # 1 (Academic): • By the end of May 2014, I will increase my first semester math score of an 85 (B) to a minimum score of 90 (A) as measured by Fulton County Schools grading scale. Example # 2 (Personal) • By the end of May 2014, I will have saved $75.00 as required to open a bank account with USA Bank. Examples of smart goals

  9. Write 2 smart goals that are academic in nature. Write 1 smart goal that is personal in nature. Now it is your turn

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