Lesson Plan

School Counselor: A. Shanahan

Lesson Plan Title: Effective Goal Setting: Climbing a Mountain

 Single Classroom Lesson

 Unit of Classroom Lessons: Lesson _____ of _____
 Small-Group Session Lessons: Lesson _____ of _____
Target Audience:

Evidence Base:
 Best Practice (commonly used and believed to be of high quality)
 Action Research (individual investigates own practice to improve content/delivery)
 Research-Informed (a review of research provides foundation for content/delivery)
 Evidence-Based (highest level of evidence, results published in peer-reviewed journal)

ASCA Student Standards Targeted: Student Learning Objectives:

Identify 1–2 student standards relevant for this For each of the selected student standards, write or
targeted group and goal: select 1–2 learning objectives
(Best practice = select one)
M&B# Mindsets & Behaviors Statement Student Learning Objectives
B-SMS Perseverance to achieve long and short- Student(s) will: Be able to set a goal and work
5 term goals toward achieving this goal.

Materials:
-PowerPoint
-Smart Goal Sheet

Describe how you will:

Introduce Lesson The start of 9th grade can feel like a scramble for many students.
Topic/Focus: However, the data reflects how critical it is for 9th graders to establish
solid footing so that they may succeed in high school and beyond. This
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 lesson will focus on goal setting within the class that the lesson is
provided in.

Communicate the Students will learn how to set and work towards a goal.
Lesson Objective:
Teach Content: -Reflection: You want to climb a mountain to see a wonderful view. How
do you get there? What do you need to do to get there? Will you stop
and enjoy your progress along the way?
-SMART Goal presentation

Practice Content: -Students will write their SMART goals for the class of their choosing
-Students will share with all of class how they would like to achieve their
goal (they do not have to share their goal if they do not want to)

Summarize/Close: -How does it look at the top of the mountain?

-Students will keep this with them and provide a copy to their teachers
so that teacher can make sure they are helping the students achieve
their goals

Data Collection Plan – For multiple lessons in a unit, complete this section only once for the unit.
Participation Data Plan: 
Anticipated number 30
of students:
Planned length of 45 minutes
lesson(s):
ASCA Student Standards Data Plan:
For each lesson/unit/small group, school counselors will administer pre-/post-assessment aligned with the selected
ASCA Student Standards and student learning objectives.
Pre-/Post-Assessment items are:
1. Do you know what a SMART goal is?
2. Do you have plan for how you would like to your achieve goal?
3. Does your teacher know what your goal is?
4. Do you feel prepared to succeed in this class?
Outcome Data Plan: (choose one and describe specific data point to compare)
Examples:
Achievement: School counselor will compare reading levels of students before and after delivery of lesson.
Attendance: School counselor will compare number of absences last year to this year.
Discipline: School counselor will compare total number of disciplinary reports for peer-on-peer conflict first quarter
with second quarter
 Achievement (describe):

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School counselor will compare students’ level of achievement in class before and after the
SMART goal lesson plan.
 Attendance (describe):

 Discipline (describe):

Follow-Up Plans
Explain your plan for students who missed the lesson.
School Counselor will provide a copy of the SMART goal planning sheet so that they may
complete their goal on their own. School counselor will follow up with teacher, to make sure
that the teacher has received the goal from the student.

Explain your plan for students who did not demonstrate mastery on the pre-/post-assessment
of student standards (M&B)/student learning objectives.
School counselors will check in with students that did not achieve their goals and ask them if
they found the SMART goal setting to be helpful (why or not). School counselors will track and
tabulate this data so that we may look for trends that may better suit this group’s needs.

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S.M.A.R.T. GOALS WORKSHEET
Crafting S.M.A.R.T. Goals are designed to help you identify if what you want to achieve is realistic and determine a deadline.
When writing S.M.A.R.T. Goals use concise language, but include relevant information. These are designed to help you
succeed, so be positive when answering the questions.

Write the goal you have in mind

INITIAL
GOAL
 

S What do you want to accomplish? Who needs to be included? When do you want to do this? Why is this a goal?

SPECIFIC  

M How can you measure progress and know if you’ve successfully met your goal?

MEASURABL
 
E

Do you have the skills required to achieve the goal? If not, can you obtain them? What is the motivation for this goal? Is the
A amount of effort required on par with what the goal will achieve?

ACHIEVABLE  

R Why am I setting this goal now? Is it aligned with overall objectives?

RELEVANT  

T What’s the deadline and is it realistic?

TIME-BOUND  

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 Review what you have written, and craft a new goal statement based on what the answers to the questions above have reveale
SMART
GOAL
 

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