SMARTer, Better, Faster, Stronger
Published on Nov 18, 2015
NACADA Region 7
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SMARTer, Better, Faster, Stronger
A Goal-Setting Workshop
this morning...
Name
Institution
Population You Serve
There’s a science to setting goals. The problem is that it often stays in the ivory tower or gets muddled with misinformation.
Nadia Goodman, ideas.TED.com
Developmental academic advising [...] goes beyond simply giving information [...] to advise students [...] at work on life tasks [...] including the college experience.
NACADA Clearinghouse
Creating clear, concrete, and specific goals with clients leads to greater client motivation.
Voorhis, Bennet, Chang
OBJECTIVE:
UNPACK
SMART and MAPS goal-setting methods
OBJECTIVE:
APPLY
these methods to real goals
OBJECTIVE:
SIMPLIFY the MAPS method for easy teaching
OBJECTIVE:
CONSIDER how we can use the MAPS method with students and ourselves
FIRST:
Set 3 goals for yourself.
S.M.A.R.T. METHOD
Emerged organically, beginning in 1940s
Blanchard (1985) in:
LEADERSHIP AND THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER
Lawlor, Hornyak, "SMART Goals"
S.M.A.R.T. METHOD
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Time-Bound
SPECIFIC
What exactly do I want to achieve?
Where?
How?
When? With whom?
MEASURABLE
How much?
How many?
How will I know I'm making progress?
How will I know when I am finished?
ACHIEVABLE
Can you achieve this goal given your:
Schedule?
Workload?
Level of Commitment?
RELEVANT
Does this goal fit your:
Values?
Strengths?
BIG PICTURE goals?
TIME-BOUND
What is my deadline?
LET'S PRACTICE
M.A.P.S. METHOD
Less end | More process
More positive
More holistic
M.A.P.S. METHOD
Measurable
Attainable
Positive
Specific
MEASURABLE
How much?
How many?
How will I know I'm making progress?
How will I know when I am finished?
ATTAINABLE
Can you achieve this goal given your:
Schedule?
Workload?
Level of Commitment?
Can you CONTROL the outcome?
POSITIVE
Is this goal worded in a positive direction?
If you could have this outcome,
would you take it?
SPECIFIC
What exactly do I want to achieve?
Where? How?
When? With whom?
Can YOU pick out the MAPS goal?
Let's
(1) REVISE
& (2) ACT
BIG PICTURE:
Unit
Self
Students
"At its most effective, [goal setting] is a process that uses [a] student-centered dialogue to [...] promote learning, self-awareness, [...] self-confidence, opportunity awareness, and [...[ planning skills."
Day and Tosey, "Beyond SMART?"
"I learned that it is difficult to change or to notice change if we are not sure what we want to change."
SMARTer, Better, Faster, Stronger
A Goal-Setting Workshop
