Activity B

How to set goals

It is easier to help someone else set goals if we have gone through the process ourselves. Setting goals can be difficult due to terms used in some resources. As you work through the next step, try to keep the process as simple as possible.

Reflection

Materials and equipment

Flip chart and markers

STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS

  1. Write What are my goals? on the flip chart. Ask tutors to think about the goal or goals they have for being tutors. What would they like to do or do better? Have them write down their goals.
  2. Next write What do I need to learn? below the first question. Have tutors think about what they need to do to reach their goals. What skills and concepts do they need to develop? Have them write that down beside their goals.
  3. Then write What will I do to learn? below the first two questions. Have tutors think about what materials, training and strategies they will need to achieve their goals. Have them add that to their list.
  4. Let tutors know this is one way of setting goals and the questions help them to focus on the process. If tutors had difficulty in deciding on a goal and using the process, the next activity will give further help in setting goals.

Facilitation tip

If people are uncertain how to express their goals for becoming tutors, you could ask them to think about what they will think, feel or do differently after becoming a tutor.



Goal setting is the beginning of the learning journey.

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