“Success is not measured by money or fame,
but by how you feel about your goal and accomplishments
and the time and effort you put into them.”
Willie Stargell, Baseball Hall of Fame
Setting and achieving goals gives teenagers a direction and a sense of accomplishment. Goal setting helps them define their growth and development needs. And, they show teenagers areas that need additional effort. Goal setting helps successful people set their priorities. Successful people know that it is important to help others. Goal setting is fundamental to their success. It helps teenagers plan for their future success.
Goal Setting for Students is a life skills, character education book that shows teenagers how to use the goal setting principles in the classroom to take more responsibility for their education.
Goal setting, strong character development traits (i.e. honesty, determination, fairness, etc.) and educational ownership are fundamental building blocks teenagers need to succeed in school and in life. When these are combined with your love and attention, your teen will have a strong foundation to build upon for their future success.
Where it is being used?
Each of the eight chapters in Goal Setting for Students® is specifically designed to facilitate meaningful discussions on these important life skills issues. This award winning book is being is used in all environments where children are being encouraged to succeed. A few examples:
Development Assets
After years of study, Search Institute has developed a list of forty development assets that young people need to become healthy, caring and responsible adults. The Goal Setting for Students book is a character education workbook that directly addresses fifteen of these life skills.
Positive view of their future
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Parent involvement in schooling
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Positive family communications
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Better planning and decision making
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Table of Contents
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What is success?
Success means different things to different people.
Success is setting and achieving your goals.
Success takes desire, planning, and action.
Success means reaching your goals even when the going gets tough.
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Principles of Goal Setting
Why goals are important.
Difference between a goal and a dream.
The four key elements of goal setting.
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Samples & Practice
The importance of stretch goals.
How to develop an “YES! Count On Me” attitude.
Sample and practice goals for each area - school, personal, and sports/hobbies.
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Investing in Yourself
The “Bummer words” that hold you back from reaching your goals –no, can’t, won’t, maybe, never, and if. .
The importance of being positive.
How to improve your self image.
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Measuring Your Progress toward reaching your goals
Two essential questions to ask each day to keep you focused.
How to take more personal responsibility.
Why helping others is important.
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Meeting the Challenges
Identify potential roadblocks to your success.
How to change roadblocks into minor setbacks.
The importance of eliminating excuses.
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How to Get Started using the Goal Setting for Students® principles.
Ten points to keep you focused on goal setting.
Where and when to start.
Ben Franklin’s thoughts on character education.
Educational contract.
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Each Chapter includes:
- Topic information
- Review
- Key Vocabulary
- Real World Example
- Discussion stimulating questions
- Home activity section
Message for Teenagers
The book has three powerful messages to help teenagers take educational ownership. Those messages are:
- Parents and teachers want you to succeed, but you have to help them!
- Teachers are educating you on science, math or English, and they are doing much more. In collaboration with your parents, they are teaching you about life, how to get along with others, how to communicate effectively, how to take responsibility, how to handle stress, and how to believe in yourself.
- Successful people know it is important to help others.
The Goal Setting for Students® book will help adults talk to children (ages 9 -15) about how to define success, how to develop a plan and how to take action on their dreams.
Additional benefits for your child:
- Additional positive family communication
- A greater sense of purpose
- Fewer hassles over homework
- Increased academic achievement
- Learn the importance of helping others
- Improved self-esteem
- Improved decision making skills
Goal Setting for Students® is the ONLY book to specifically show students how to use these principles in school. I had three goals when I wrote this book:
- To teach students how to take ownership of their education
- To help teachers reach their goals in the classroom
- To include parents in this collaborative educational experience
There are three subtle yet powerful messages to help them step up to the plate and take educational ownership. Those themes are:
- Parents and teachers want you to succeed, but you have to help them!
- Teachers are educating you on science, math or English, but they are doing much more. In collaboration with your parents, they are teaching you about life, how to get along with others, how to communicate effectively, how to take ownership, how to handle stress, and how to believe in yourself.
- The importance of helping others.
