Developing goals should include

• defining the term goal
• visualizing one’s future
• determining the relationship between goals and success
• identifying resources to achieve goals (e.g., educational, financial, environmental, physical, community connections, relationship network)
• identifying management skills (e.g., time management, task prioritization, project management)
• creating a list of long-term and short-term goals, using the specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound (SMART) goal format
• selecting an important long-term goal and writing short-term goals to support it
• defining value and identifying the relationships among values, goals, and behavior
• examining factors that affect goals.

Teacher Resources:

• FCCLA Planning Process Worksheet
• Power of One, FCCLA

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

• What factors influence one’s short- and long-term personal goals?
• What are consequences of failing to set goals?

Communication

• How does communicating one’s goals with others influence one’s success?
• Why is it important to write short-term goals to support a long-term goal?

Leadership

• How do one’s values affect one’s goals?
• How do goals contribute to success?

Management

• What circumstances would make one feel it is necessary to re-evaluate goals?
• How can using the SMART goal format contribute to success?