GOAL SETTING: A Practical Plan for Student and Professional Success

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GOAL SETTING: A Practical Plan for Student and Professional Success
3 In-service Credits/45 hours Instructor: Ryan Sonne April 1-29, May 1-30,  June 1-30, July 1-30, August 1-30, November 1-30, December 1-30, January 3-30, February 1-28, March 1-30

Through this course students will be introduced to numerous practical methods and concepts related to setting and achieving goals. They will learn a comprehensive process of goal setting, enhance their educational vocabulary, and learn how to write S.M.A.R.T. goals with reflection on steps, obstacles, solutions, and supports. Students will gain a deeper understanding of what motivates them through learning about what some of the top thinkers in education, psychology, and education have shared. There will also be connections made in relation to the principles of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to broaden the application of goal setting.

Theoretical concepts and tangible tools will be researched and put into practice as they are added to a single virtual notebook that includes all they have learned and completed in one place. The assignments will be similar to what a classroom teacher might realistically provide to a class of students, thereby giving you usable formative and summative assessment ideas. All participants taking this class will have close access to the instructor for clarification, guidance, and feedback for each assignment.

This course is relevant to all who work in schools with children ages in both regular and special education settings. It has been designed for all school administrators, regular and special education teachers (grades K-12 and ages 5 to 21), special area teachers (gym, art, music, technology) school psychologists, school counselors, guidance counselors, social workers, speech and language therapists or speech pathologists and occupational or physical therapists