| Introduce topic by describing, activity name, content standard, and objectives. Start the session by asking the following questions: Ask the participants to assist you in writing a list of 5 wishes. After you write at least 5 wishes on the board, ask the participants to help identify at least one common characteristic found in most if not all the wishes. Now ask the participants to help you identify at least 5 goals. Again, ask the participants to help you identify a common characteristic between all the different goals. Inform the participants that we will introduce information that will assist us identifying wishes from goals and that we will practice specific strategies in order to reach goals. Explain that according to Edwin A. Locke, Ph.D., Dean's Professor of Leadership and Motivation at the RH Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, it is important to set SMART goals. SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Write the acronym on the board. Say that both Edwin A. Locke, PhD and Gary P. Latham, PhD, spent many years researching the theory of goal setting, identifying five extra elements. Ask them to pay attention so they can identify those 5 elements in the video. After the video is finished,ask the participants to comment on what the five principles of SMART goals are. Write the principles on the board, beside the SMART goals. Tell participants you will give them a copy of an article that provides further information about the video. Make five teams and assign each team a principle to discuss how it can be applied to personal goals. Make sure that they know that one of their team members must report what they discuss to the larger group. After the team had enough time to discuss their assigned principle, have the team member share part of their discussion. As a final activity, ask the participants to think of a goal they want to reach in the future. Have them name the goal and think of a specific strategy that they think is a must in order to reach that goal. Ask at least one volunteer to share. |