Title: Set a personal goal.
Course: Family and Consumer Sciences Exploratory I (19903-9) > Section: Exploring Human Development

Setting should include the following:

- Distinguish between the individual’s personal wants and needs.
- Establish priorities.
- Explore the variety of personal value systems (based on age, culture, and other factors) and the effect of personal values on goal setting.
- Define specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time-bound (SMART) goals.
- Explain the difference between short-term, mid-term, and long-term goals.
- Establish a short-term personal goal.
- Reflect on how the goals relate to the individual’s personal values.

Teacher Resource:

The Power of One, FCCLA

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What is a goal? What could happen if you had no goals?
- What is a SMART goal? What are the advantages of making a goal SMART?
- What happens if you have goals and fail to achieve them? What happens if you have goals and succeed in achieving them?

Communication

- How do people choose which goals are most important to them?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of writing down your personal goals?

Leadership

- What is the difference between a short-term, a mid-term, and a long-term goal?

Management

- What resources do you need to act on your goal?
- How do you evaluate your progress toward a goal?