Action Planning

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Year 8/9
Action Planning
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Aims

• To introduce and develop the technique of Action
  Planning
• To enable pupils to complete an Action Plan
• To understand SMART Targets

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Goals

• By having a goal, this means that you have
  something to aim for.
• By having a goal, you have direction. (Imagine
  playing a game of football with no goals you
  would not know which way to go!!).

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Types of Goals

• Personal Goals
• Learning Goals
• Career Goals

eg. to get a new i-pod to go to
Australia eg. to complete History coursework
to learn to play the guitar eg. to get a
part-time job to become a photographer
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• In pairs, look at the following goals and decide
  whether they are Personal (P), Learning (L) or
  Career (C) goals.

Now do worksheet 1 My Goals Compare your answers
with your partner. Do you both agree that you
understand the difference between P, L, C goals?
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Targets

• When we have a large job to do, it is often
  easier to break it down into smaller parts.
• This also works with goals.
• The smaller parts of goals are called targets.
• Setting TARGETS will help you to achieve GOALS

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Example of Targets

• Gareths Goal to be a footballer
• His 1st Target to be chosen for the school team
• His 2nd Target to play in 4 of the next 6 matches
• and so on

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Target Setting

• An important part of Action Planning, is the
  setting of effective targets.
• For targets to be effective they should be
• S M A R T

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SMART Targets ?
Consider each of the following targets and
decide whether you think they are SMART or not-

• I will draw my next graph correctly.
• I will get better at English.
• I will be the first person to land on Mars.
• I will save 20 by the end of the year.
• I will get fit.
• I will be on MSN for no more than 1 hour per
  night.
• Make each target SMART if necessary
• Now back to Gareth!

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Example of Targets

• Gareths Goal to be a footballer
• His 1st Target to be chosen for the school team
• His 2nd Target to play in 4 of the next 6 matches
• Using SMART, what would he need to do to achieve
  this

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Planning

• In order to meet your goal and achieve your
  targets you need a
• CUNNING PLAN
• (otherwise known as an Action Plan)

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Action Planning

• To put together an Action Plan you have to think
  of it in 3 stages-
• Think about where you are now.
• Think about where you want to be.
• Think about how you are going to get there.
• When you go back to it later, review if you have
  met your goal, if not, draw up a new Action Plan.

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Action Planning
How am I going to get there?
Where am I now?
Where do I want to be?
Review and Evaluate
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Where am I now ?
I am at school and about to start my exam courses
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Where do I want to be ?
I want to be a motor Mechanic.
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How am I going to get there ?
I am going to get a Saturday job cleaning
cars to get experience.
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How am I going to get there ?
I am going to try and do my work experience at a
local garage.
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Your Action Plan

• It is now time for you to draw up your own first
  Career Action Plan.
• action plan
• This needs to be kept safely and reviewed at a
  future date.

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Plenary

• Name 3 types of targets.
• What is meant by a SMART target?
• What are the 3 parts to an action plan?
• What should you do occasionally
• with your action plan?

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Reflect and Review
Let us now look back at the aims of the
session to see if they have been met To
introduce and develop the technique of Action
Planning To enable pupils to complete an Action
Plan To understand SMART Targets Do you
understand about Targets and Goals? Do you know
what SMART Targets are? Have you drawn up an
Action Plan for yourself?