Setting and Achieving Goals for Teens

Week 1. Identifying Goals: Learners will identify the importance of goals and recognize and identify different types of goals
Week 2. Setting Priorities: Learners will define prioritize and determine how to prioritize
Week 3. Developing a Positive Attitude: Learners will identify and practice the principles of positive thinking and behavior
Week 4. Accessing Resources: Learners will identify the need for resources in their community and ways to access available resources
Week 5. Learning to Be Assertive: Learners will become educated on how to recognize passive, aggressive, and assertive behavior and will practice techniques to improve their assertiveness.

As a career coach, one of my main goals is to help my clients create goals and set a plan to create their best lives.  As a college instructor, I have developed and taught courses on goal setting and action planning.  I understand that the reason many of us are not achievers is because we are unable to set goals and make a plan to achieve those goals.  I have seen first-hand the differences that take place when someone has goals and implements a plan versus someone who does not.  Focusing on your goals helps you stay motivated and gives you a sense of direction and purpose. 

No actual homework will be provided; however, extension activities will be given weekly.
Examples of Extension Activities:

1) Learners will analyze a presidential debate
2) Learners will write letters to themselves about where they want to be five years from now and what they would like to be doing then. 

Ongoing feedback will be provided during class and evaluations of extension assignments will be made.

45 minutes per week in class, and an estimated 0 - 1 hours per week outside of class.