Lesson Plan
School Counselor:
Activity: Goal Setting
Grade(s) 9
Date: Quarter 3
ASCA Student Standards (Domain/Standard/Competencies):
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Academic Standard A: Students will acquire the attitudes, knowledge and skills that
contribute to effective learning in school and across the lifespan.
A:A3.3 Develop a broad range of interests and abilities
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Academic Standard B: Students will complete school with the academic preparation
essential to choose from a wide range of substantial post-secondary options, including
college.
A:B2.4 Apply knowledge of aptitudes and interests to goal setting
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Academic Standard C: Students will understand the relationship of academics to the world
of work and to life at home and in the community.
C1.3 Understand the relationship between learning and work
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Career Standard A: Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in
relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.
C:A2.6 Learn how to write a résumé
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Personal/Social Standard A: Students will acquire the knowledge, attitudes and
interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.
PS:A1.2 Identify values, attitudes and beliefs
PS:A1.3 Learn the goal-setting process
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Personal/Social Standard B: Students will make decisions, set goals and take necessary
action to achieve goals.
PS:B1.9 Identify long- and short-term goals
Learning Objective(s):
1. Students will understand how to create goals and how to achieve them.
2. Students will be able to assess their own College and Career Readiness.
3. Students will understand the importance of extracurricular activities in relation to academic and
career goals.
4. Students will know how to build a resume.
Materials:
Instructor’s computer, Projector, Student computers and internet access, 4 Handouts: College and
Career Readiness Rubric, Interests & Activities handout (extracurricular activities), Service Learning
handout, Pre/Post-test.
Procedure:
Objective 1:
I do: Teach Goal + Path, and give directions on Goal-setting activity
Students do: In pairs, students state their goals, per specific prompts (goal-setting activity handout)
Objective 2:
I do: Teach components of College and Career Readiness
We do: As a class, we view YouTube videos on 21st Century Skills, and Academic Beliefs and
Attitudes.
Students do: Students, individually, complete their College and Career Readiness rubrics.
Objective 3:
I do: Teach about extracurricular activities – importance-of, examples, relation to academic & postsecondary goals.
Students do: Students, individually, fill-in Co-curricular activities handout.
Objective 4:
I do: Teach about resumes, and give instructions on starting resume in Naviance.
Students do: Log-in to Naviance and begin filling-in the resume builder tool.
Plan for Evaluation: How will each of the following be collected?
Process Data: This will be determined by attendance, participation in in-class activities, student
completion of 2 handouts and Naviance resume, and student responses to discussion
questions/prompts.
Perception Data: This will be gathered through pre/post-tests.
Outcome Data: This can be measured indirectly by longer-term graduation rates, post-secondary
enrollment, and employment in fields related to their interests and abilities.
Follow Up:
The counselor will follow up with students who do not complete the lesson, are absent, or need extra
support to finish the lesson by meeting with them either individually or in small groups.