Title: Identify career goals.
Course: Early Childhood, Education, and Services II (19153-II) > Section: Seeking Employment in Early Childhood and Related Careers

Identification should include goal statements that reflect the steps in the goal-setting process and an action plan for implementing each goal.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What is the difference between short-term and long-term goals? Why is it important to have both?
- What factors may influence career goals?
- What are the consequences of making/not making thoughtful career choices?

Communication

- Why is it important to formulate career goals in writing?
- How and why may career goals and strategies be communicated to others?

Leadership

- What leadership qualities are reflected in long-term career goals?
- What are some motivational techniques that help achieve short-term and long-term goals?

Management

- What are the steps in the goal-setting process?
- What is the relationship between career goals and objectives or strategies?

Teacher Resource:

- Career Pathways