Title: Identify a personal and a professional goal.
Course: Education for Employment - Exploratory (Development) (22901-6) > Section: Acquiring Self-Awareness and Self-Advocacy Skills

Identification should include

- describing specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) criteria for goal-setting
- differentiating between short- and long-term goals
- setting a personal goal (e.g., to acquire an object, to run a marathon, to read 25 books in a year)
- setting a career goal (e.g., job title, responsibility, income, expertise)
- outlining what success entails.

Teacher Resource: Goal Plan, I’m Determined project, Virginia Department of Education (https://imdetermined.org/resource/goal-plan/)

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is an example of a professional goal? Personal goal?
- Why is it important to set goals?
- How might a personal goal assist one in achieving a professional goal?
- How are goals related to career success?