PERSONAL GOAL
Competency
What Does Personal Goal Mean?
A documented process of goal-setting, and systematic planning, action and reflection in pursuit of the goal.
What You Need To Do:
Set, plan, pursue and reflect on the process of pursuing a personally meaningful goal that stretches your comfort zone.
Will My Reflection Be Approved?
A student uses a process that involves four stages:
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Setting a personally meaningful goal outside of his/her comfort zone (or something that would be a stretch to accomplish)
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Planning
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Taking action to work towards achieving the goal
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Reflecting on the process.
Exemplars
Interview Post Examples
Driving to Varsity
Listen to Alinda's interview as she discusses her Personal Goal of improving her golf drive to 200 yards to in order to qualify for the Falcons Varsity Golf Team. She shares the obstacles and challenges she encountered during her intensive practice schedule, which involved two to three sessions a week. Alinda explains the systematic plan she developed to correct her form, using analysis machines and strength training exercises to achieve her distance target.
Guiding Questions
Metacognition
Developing new understanding - Overall, how did this experience develop new understandings/change you as a global citizen?
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In what ways will the way you set goals in the future be influenced by this experience?
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What was your goal? Describe it.
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How did you set the goal? What are some things that you considered in
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What made it personally meaningful?
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What made it challenging? How was the goal beyond your comfort zone?
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How did you plan? Describe your planning process. What evidence of your planning can you share?
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How did you take action to work towards achieving the goal? Describe your process. What evidence of your process can you share?
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Did anything happen that was outside of your control? How did you reconcile with it?
Guiding Questions
Personal Goal Podcasts
Motivation, Perseverance and Commitment
Mr Andy gives us insight into what motivated him to start running. He also shares his past experiences with trail running as well as his new goal to run 100km by himself.