Goals

In my Leadership class, we are working on goal setting.  Today, we were working through an activity where students were practicing identifying and writing SMART goals.  SMART is an acronym for the following:

Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Time-Bound

A goal written well should meet all five of these criteria.  So in the process of the activity, a student asked me if I thought I could give up junk food for a week.  (It was one of the goals we were critiquing.)

Yikes…

I answered that I wasn't sure, but he challenged me to give it up and said he would too.  Another student overheard us talking and said he would do that too.  So, we wrote the goal on a poster and signed it.  In the course of the morning, four more students added their name to the goal, plus after I "tweeted" it out - one other teacher and our principal also added their name to the goal.

We start tomorrow…for a whole week.

The thing about goal writing is that not only should it be SMART, but it should also be written down.  I'm also telling you - so you can hold me accountable.  Here is our poster after 1st period today:

Today I wish you the courage to set a goal…and stick to it.