(Optional) Create a plan that includes short-term goals to accomplish a long-term personal goal.

Creating a plan should include

• applying specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) criteria for goal-setting
• short-term goals—typically a goal one can accomplish over a brief period or that requires few new skills
• long-term goal—typically a goal one can accomplish only through acquiring additional knowledge and skills, thorough preparation, and/or one that requires incremental achievements over a long period to accomplish
• outlining what success (i.e., goal accomplishment) entails.

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

Process/Skill Questions:

• How do you create a plan that includes short- and long-term goals?
• How can creating a plan for short-term goals help you achieve a long-term goal?
• Why is it essential to create goals that use the SMART criteria?
• How can professional goals help affect the outcome of a personal goal?
• How are goals related to succeeding in your career?
• What are some barriers to accomplishing goals, and how can you overcome them?