Goal Setting in Grade 9-10
Yokohama International School
Step 1: Identifying strengths and areas for improvement
- Think about your achievement last year in school and in the first few weeks of this school year and make a list of your strengths as well as areas for improvement.
- List them in the table below.
Strengths:Example: I work well with others
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Areas for improvement: Example: I need to pay more attention in class
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Step 2: Organizing the information
| 1.Sleep more.
2.don’t rush. 3.manage time better. |
Looking at the table, identify the top 3 strengths and the top 3 areas for improvement.
| 1. handed homework on time.
2. worked well with others. 3. concentrated well on homework. |
Step 3: Identifying my goals
Over the next semester, I want to …. (Insert goal here)
Aim for three achievable goals over the next semester.
Be very specific in your goals. Do not state, “I want to do better” or “I want better grades”.
Be specific about what you would like to improve. For example, “I would like to improve my understanding of the concept of change in Humanities or “I would like to learn 100 new words in French.”
Goal #1:
Over the next semester, I want to ….
Do better in Japanese class.
Goal #2:
Over the next semester, I want to ….
Know more about Chemistry.
Goal #3:
Over the next semester, I want to ….
Never forget my laptop.
Step 4: Developing strategies to achieve my goals and ways of measuring them to know if I have achieved them. For example:
Goal# 1: Over the next semester, I want be less distracted by my computer.
To achieve this goal I will … (these are my strategies)
- Make eye contact with the person who is speaking
- Close the computer down even if the teacher hasn’t told me to do so because I know that I listen better that way
- Never have anything open which the teacher hasn’t asked me to open
I will know I have reached my goal when…
- These are how I will measure whether I have achieved it
- See Y Chart on PPT slide to help you
Step 4: Developing strategies
Goal # 1: To achieve this goal I will…
Step 1
Speak more
Step 2
Try to understand more
Step 3
Write better
I will know that I have reached my goal when . . .
It feels like…
I’m a native speaker in Japanese.
It sounds like…
I’m good at Japanese.
It looks like….
I’m better at Japanese.
Goal # 2: To achieve this goal I will…
Step 1
Study more
Step 2
Read more about Chemistry
Step 3
Listen in class more.
I will know that I have reached my goal when . . .
It feels like…
I can understand most of Chemistry.
It sounds like…
I can answer all chemistry answers.
It looks like….
I can complete the exams well.
Goal # 3: To achieve this goal I will…
Step 1
Check every morning that it’s in my bag.
Step 2
Put it in my bag after I use it every night.
Step 3
I am going to charge it when it needs battery so I can use it the next day.
I will know that I have reached my goal when . . .
It feels like…
I can survive 9th grade.
It sounds like…
I can succeed when I try.
It looks like….
I’m organized.
