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SEL Learning Goal 2: Self-Management

Subgoal 2c: Plan, apply, and evaluate goals to achieve success in school and life

Definitions: Goal setting; organizational skills

GRADES 7-Adult

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A Review: SEL Description

CASEL’s (The Collaborative for Social Emotional Learning) New Definition describes SEL as: “Social and emotional learning (SEL) is an integral part of education and human development. SEL is the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions.”

We’ve updated our definition and framework to pay close attention to how SEL affirms the identities, strengths and experiences of all children, including those who have been marginalized in our education systems.”

CASEL: https://casel.org/what-is-sel/

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Self- Management SEL Wheel

Focus of Module 2: Self- Management

Slide Pic from: CASEL

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Tenets of the SEL Self-Management Learning Goal

Demonstrate and Practice from CASEL:

Resilience in the face of obstacles
Regulating one’s emotions
Compassion for self and others
Perseverance
Pause between stimulus and response
Healthy Boundaries
Setting and Monitoring Personal and Academic Goals

Source: CASEL

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SEL Learning Goal 2: Self-Management

MVSD Benchmark Skills and Strategies: 7-9

Sub-goal 2C: Plan, apply, and evaluate goals to achieve success in school and life Definitions: Goal setting; organizational skills (strategies in red from MVSD SEL Curriculum)

Benchmark Skills	Strategies
.I can recognize the importance of long and short-term goals for success in school and in life. I can identify school, family. And community resources that may assist in achieving a goal. I can set a short-term school or life goal with action steps to achieve success. I can monitor progress toward a specified goal by developing checkpoints or adjusting the plan as needed.	Support your student/s to create a system in which students track their school, home, and/or community responsibilities. Support student/s in setting up academic and personal SMART goals that are short and long term. Support student/s in setting up an action plan for each SMART goal that lists resources (home, school, community) they would utilize. Support student/s in reflecting on the progress of each goal, why the goal was important, and what they would do differently. Support student/s through peer-to-peer interviews, in setting a character goal on a virtue that is most important to him/her. Create a visual timeline to show students how much of a person’s life is spent working, going to school, spending time w/ family, sleeping, having personal time. Assist students in creating a high school plan that includes transition to post secondary and the workforce. Use biographies to discuss how people persevered through hard times to turn their lives around or reach a goal.

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Strategy: Support your student/s to create a system in which students track their school, home, and/or community responsibilities.

Tracking My Daily Responsibilities

Daily School Responsibilities	Write in below:: HOME SCHOOL COMMUNITY	Check if Done	Comments- If not done, why? When will it get done? Outline a plan to complete it.

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Strategy: Support your student/s to create a system in which students track their school, home, and/or community responsibilities.

Tracking My Weekly Responsibilities

Daily School Responsibilities	Write in below:: HOME SCHOOL COMMUNITY	Check if Done	Comments- If not done, why? When will it get done? Outline a plan to complete it.

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Strategy: Support your student/s to create a system in which students track their school, home, and/or community responsibilities.

Tracking My Monthly Responsibilities

Daily School Responsibilities	Write in below:: HOME SCHOOL COMMUNITY	Check if Done	Comments- If not done, why? When will it get done? Outline a plan to complete it.

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Setting SMART Goals; Action Plans, and Tracking

Read this Edutopia article: A Framework for Student Goal Setting

The author suggests students should set goals at the beginning of the school year in these 8 areas:

Academics When should they do this? During a Home room or Advisory time
Social life
Sports and exercise
Healthy eating
Family and community
Hobbies and interests
Screen time
Long-term plans

Help students prioritize 2 or 3 per marking period/trimester. Revisit often with students to see how the goal is coming along.Use the SMART format. See next slide.

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The SMART Format

Read the article: SMART Goal Setting With Your Students

Teach students how to create and frame their SMART Goals to make them SMARTER and how to adjust them.
SMART goals are SMART when they have action plans and benchmarks included.
Check out the example in the article of making a SMART goal SMARTER.
SMART goals need to be realistic; writing them takes time and practice!

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Strategy: Support student/s through peer-to-peer interviews, in setting a character goal on a virtue that is most important to him/her.

Read the second half of the Edutopia article on SMART Goal Setting. It talks about how to set Character Goals via Peer Interviews

Interview Structure: read the article for details

Students set a school-related goal at the start of the school year to work on.
Students set a personal character goal for themselves (a list of virtues is included).
Teacher set up pairs or trios to discuss the virtues and has students set their personal goal. Students follow the series of interview/conversation questions to ask each other.
Teacher makes a list of the pairs/groups and the virtues each is working on. Have pairs check in at the end of each week.
Encourage students to self-evaluate at the end of each marking period and seek feedback from their partner.
Provide direction for the next marking period.

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Setting Your Own Personal SMART Goal

Now it’s your turn. We have all created professional goals using the SMART process. Now pick a character trait/virtue from the list (from the article you just read) and create a personal SMART Goal that you want to achieve.

Virtue/Character Trait: _______________________________________________________

S (Specific) _______________________________________________________________

M (Measurable) ____________________________________________________________

A (Attainable) ______________________________________________________________

R (Relevant) _______________________________________________________________

T (Time Bound) _____________________________________________________________

Now put it all together… My Personal Goal is: _______________________________________

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Action Plan for Tracking My Goal- adapt for student use as needed

Action Plan and Tracking.

I will track my goal (how often) daily weekly monthly bimonthly

How I will track my goal: ________________________________________________

How will I know that I am making progress? (What behaviors will be evident?) _______�_____________________________________________________________________

What behaviors should other people start to be able to notice about me as I work toward achieving this personal goal ? ______________________________________

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Once I have achieved it? _______________________________________________

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Goal Setting and Tracking Resources

FREE Resources to check out!

Goal-Setting and Tracking Printables

4 Tools for Tracking SMART Goals

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Show students these pics.

Life Spent Doing Tasks- take a look at Your Life in a Jar image. How much sleep do you get compared to working, socializing, laughing, learning in school, eating?

Now scroll further to show students the jar unpacked Discuss the Graph: Which task do we spend the most time doing? How many years are spent doing them? Compare each task to learning/school. See how huge the gap is in years.

Now scroll further to see each task unpacked. Truly amazing!

From: We've Broken Down Your Entire Life Into Years Spent Doing Tasks | HuffPost Australia Life (huffingtonpost.com.au)

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Transition to High School- The Student’s Perspective

Take a moment to read this article from Hannah’s perspective as she transitions to high school. Read about her concerns as she makes the transition and the ideas that may help make it a less stressful move.

After you read the article, think of a good piece of advice would you give Hannah and other students with this concern to help them feel more comfortable with this move.

Area:

Making Friends: ___________________________________________________

Academic Readiness/Workload: ___________________________

Teachers: ____________________________________________

How classes are set up: _________________________________

Article Source: AMLE: Transition to High School: The Student Perspective (amle.org)

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Perseverance Through Hard Times- You’ve Got This!

Trivia: Did you know that Colonel Sanders was fired from dozens of jobs before finding a place

to sell his famous fried chicken and create an empire (KFC)?

Did you know that Oprah was fired in public from her first TV job?

Thomas Edison, the man who invented the lightbulb, failed thousands of

times with testing the lightbulb. Her was told he was “too stupid” to learn anything.

Walt Disney was fired from the newspaper that he worked at because he “didn’t have

any imagination?” He went on to create Disney World.

Student activity: Research a famous person who had a hard time achieving their goals and failed before becoming famous.

Source: 15 Successful People Who Failed and Persevered | BeWellBuzz

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SEL Learning Goal 2: Self-Management

MVSD Benchmark Skills and Strategies: Grade 10-12

Sub-goal 2C: Plan, apply, and evaluate goals to achieve success in school and life Definitions: Goal setting; organizational skills (strategies in red from MVSD SEL Curriculum)

Benchmark Skills	Strategies
I can develop a plan that demonstrates an understanding of how to set and reach goals that contribute to lifelong success. I can utilize school, family, and community resources that may assist in achieving a goal. I can set a post-secondary life goal with action steps, time frames, and criteria for evaluating achievement. I can evaluate progress toward achieving a specific goal and re-evaluate or adapt the plan or action steps as needed.	Support student/s in setting short and long-term academic, career, and personal SMART goals; tied to personal learning plans as necessary. Have students create weekly subgoals connected to their authentic interests, monitoring progress over time, etc. Teach students how to self-assess progress toward their goals and to modify their career and academic goals to include post secondary. Support student/s in interviewing people they feel could help them set and achieve future career goals (guidance counselor, Voc Rehab, school psychologist, career exploration/transition educators) Encourage student/s to use a system to stay organized. Support student/s in creating a timeline for post-secondary applications or admissions.

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STEP 1: Practice Writing SMART Goals

Watch the video on setting SMART goals.
Identify a goal you want to achieve.
With support from an adult, practice writing it in SMART goal form.

Goal: _________________________________________

Now break it down into SMART form:

S-(Be Specific) _____________________________________

M- (What tools will you use to Measure the goal, how often? Create sub goals) ________________________

A- (Attainable- goal should be realistic) ________________________________________________

R- (Relevant- How does this goal make you better/improve your life?)_______________________________

T-(Timely- goals need an end date- each step needs a due date) ___________________________________

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STEP 2: Create Subgoals

Learn about Mind Maps- a strategy to break down SMART goals into subgoals.

Use these steps from the article to teach students how to create a mind map:

Collect Goals
Type the central theme.
Create general associations/categories bring order to the goals
Select and connect the goals
Order and structure the goals
Make your mind map look good- look for an image that represents it
Reach your goals!

Source: https://simplemind.eu/how-to-mind-map/examples/goals/

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Sample SMART Goal Template to Track Progress click here for free templates

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Teach Students How to Monitor Their Progress

This article shares easy steps to help teach students how to monitor their progress.

Measure and Track!

Step 1: Measure your progress often!

Step 2: Share your progress with someone as you track it.

Step 3: Physically record your info. Use a system for recording (graph, spreadsheet, observation notes, etc)

Read the article for details. Progress toward reaching your goal proves to be more meaningful than actually achieving the goal!

Source: How to Monitor the Progress to Achieve your Goals (teuscher-coaching.com)

Check out this list of Apps for students to use to monitor their goal progress.

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Other Progress Monitoring Tools for Students

to Use to Track Their Progress

Check out these progress monitoring resources for students to use. They can be adapted/modified and used with different age groups.

Progress Monitoring Goals with Students Counselor Up

Student and Teacher Progress Tracking through Tracker Sheets

Helping Students Track Their Own Progress with FREE tracker sheet

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Student Interviewing Worksheet

What do you see as as a future career/employment goal that you would like to explore and achieve?

Goal 1 _______________________________________________________________________

Goal 2 _______________________________________________________________________

List at least 2 people you can talk with that can help you set and achieve your future career goals:

SMART Goal	Person/Role	What questions do you have for this person about the goal you want to achieve, given their role in your life?
GOAL 1:	Person: Role:	Q 1: _________________________________ Q 2: _________________________________
GOAL 2:	Person: Role:	Q 1: _________________________________ Q 2: _________________________________

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Staying Organized

Tools to help students stay organized and manage all their things:

FREE Technology Tools to help students stay organized

FREE Organization Apps for Students from Engadget.com

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SEL Learning Goal 2: Self-Management

MVSD Benchmark Skills and Strategies: Adult

Sub-goal 2C: Plan, apply, and evaluate goals to achieve success in school and life Definitions: Goal setting; organizational skills (strategies in red from MVSD SEL Curriculum)

Benchmark Skills	Strategies
I can demonstrate an understanding that the goal-setting supports lifelong success. I can set goals and monitor progress towards achieving them. I can analyze the effect integrity, prioritizing, time management, and adequate resources have on goal achievement.	Acknowledge and celebrate the achievement of short-term goals leading to success in long-term goals. Partner with colleagues and friends to prioritize and work toward common goals. Learn organizational skills to manage time and tasks efficiently. Honestly evaluate how personal integrity and self- management skills impact progress toward personal goals.

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Prioritizing and Working Toward Common Goals

Why is it important for teams to have common goals?

“No man is an island.”- John Donne

Common goals help develop creativity and innovation.
They bring people together and encourage them to communicate problems and results.

HOW -TO TIPS to Creating Common Goals:

Create group co-dependent goals.
Set milestones.
Set clear, common goal expectations.
Hold goal-tracking meetings.

Read: Team Goals- Why Having Common Goals is Important for more details

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The Importance of Collaboration Skills

Why is it so important to be able to collaborate with your work colleagues?

It is very important to be able to work toward common goals.

Collaboration Skills include:

Communicating clearly
Actively listening to others
Taking responsibility for mistakes
Respecting the diversity of others

Read the article and see examples.

See Teamwork Skills for more ideas.

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Self-Management Skills

What do having these types of skills allow a person to do?

Maximize productivity
Improve workplace performance
Efficiently achieve professional goals
Can help improve your employability and career path

Watch the short video clip and read this article for examples of self-management skills.

After reading this, evaluate your own self-management skills? Choose 1 area that you are strong in and 1 area From: Indeed that you could use more support with.

Do this same exercise with the adult/student you work with.

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Tips for Managing Time

Read about these 11 time management tips that work in the workplace!

View this short video with tips to help manage personal time.

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Managing Tasks

10 Tips for Managing Tasks: Click on the link. Read/share and then discuss the details for each of these tips with the adult you work with. Make a list and prioritize tips that could be implemented right away.

Make To-Do Lists
Prioritize Tasks
Schedule Tasks
Be Flexible
Manage Change
Delegate Tasks
Be involved
Be patient
Communicate
Use Task Management Software

Source: https://www.ntaskmanager.com/blog/task-management-skills/

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Choosing the Right Task Management Method

Additional task management resources to browse:

8 Powerful Ways to Manage Your Tasks- including the Pros and Cons of each

Source: Your To Do List and Beyond: 8 Powerful Ways to Manage Your Tasks (zapier.com)

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Task Management Resources continued...

Text Editor Kanban Method String Around the Finger

Rows, Columns, and Sheets Team-based Productivity Pen and Paper

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Personal Integrity- What is it and how can it help you achieve your goals?

Watch this short video that has a powerful ancient story on integrity.

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How can integrity help you achieve your goals?

Read this article: Personal Integrity- Be True to Yourself and Reach Your Goals by Chris Mohritz

His Message: “A more consistent way to reach your goals is to always keep your personal integrity intact.”

Find out HOW in the article…

Then reflect on these questions about yourself:

Are you always true to yourself? If so, how? If not, what can you do to work on this?

Do you live up to your word? If so, share an example. If not, what do you need to do to work on this?

Do your actions speak louder than your words? Share an example.

Do you do the right thing all the time every time, most of the time, sometimes, not often, never?

Source: https://robertjrgraham.com/personal-integrity-goals/

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Time to Reflect! Take a moment to answer this statement about how these tips and resources for setting and tracking goals and organizing time and tasks can help you achieve your goals and manage yourself in your personal life, in your job, and in interacting with others…

I used to think self -management was...____________________________

______________________________________________________________

“Now I know… _________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Other “Ah-Has”, areas I know I need to work on, or questions I still have:

__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________

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