1
CETS Setting Goals/Planning
Workshop
Teaching Focus:
1. To introduce CETS consultants to the basics of “Setting Goals and Planning”
2. To encourage CETS consultants to explore and share ideas about short and long-term goals
for their students and for themselves.
Resources:
1. Setting Goals/Planning PowerPoint
5 minutes – Intro
1. Greeting and Announcements
2. The importance of setting goals: Demystifying the writing process (slide 1), Instilling a
sense of empowerment (slide 2), Making a commitment to success (slide 3)
3. The difficulty of setting goals for students: Understanding your student, Addressing the
unique needs of each student (slide 4)
4. The basics of Setting Goals and Planning
10 minutes (total: 15) – The Characteristics of Effective Goals
5. Ask CETS consultants to spend 5 minutes in small groups discussing the most important
characteristics of short and long term goals. (slide 5)
6. Generate a list of “The Characteristics of Effective Goals” from the suggestions of CETS
consultants. Add the following characteristics if any of them are missing from the list:
Realistic, Clearly Stated, Measurable, Flexible, Not Subject To/Dependent On Outside
P
Influences, Personally Relevant
R
7. Ask CETS consultants to debate and critique the merits of the characteristics on the list.
O
15 minutes (total: 30) – Short and Long Term Goals for students
C
8. Our students: Ask CETS consultants to think about “The Characteristics of Effective
E
D
Goals” in relation to the very specific needs of Yonsei University students (slide 6)
U
9. Ask CETS consultants to spend 10 minutes in small groups discussing what they
R
consider to be appropriate short and long term goals for a number of different “types” of
E
students. Ask them to share goals they have set for/with actual students. (slide 7)
S
10. Ask the consultants to share their experiences with other groups.
15 minutes (total: 45) – Managing the Tutoring Session
11. Theory Vs. Practice: Working within the limitations of the standard CETS tutoring
session. (slide 8)
12. Ask CETS consultants share their feelings and experiences or attempting to address short
and long-term goals for students within circumstances that are often less than ideal. Ask
them to generate possible solutions to the challenge of helping students clarify goals
within a single tutoring session. (slide 9)
15 minutes (total: 60) – What’s Good for the Goose . . .
13. Ask CETS consultants to share and record their short and long-term goals as tutors. (slide
10)
14. Ask CETS consultants to spend some time in their groups defining and short and long
term goals for the tutoring service as a whole. (slide 11)
Notes: