Careers Education & Guidance

Year 9:

What are my goals and plans?

Short-term targets (to achieve this year)

• ARD 1

• ARD 2

• ARD 3

• Other academic

• Extra-curricular

• Outside school

eg improve my handwriting / presentation

Remember targets should be

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M

A

R

T

PECIFIC

EASURABLE

CHIEVABLE

EALISTIC

IME-RELATED

eg join a club or society this term

eg join a boxing club / learn to knit

November 2007 ARD: ONE target

Medium-term targets (to achieve at school)

• GCSEs?

• Sixth Form?

• Further/ higher education?

• Qualifications?

I want to get 5+ good GCSEs (grade C or above)

AS Media Studies sounds interesting

University (I hope)

I’m not sure about this one. I need to

1. Talk to my parents

2. Visit the Library to see if Mrs Hooker can help me

3. Listen to Lucy Goodyer (our school’s Connexions Personal Adviser) - & make an appointment with her

4. …?

Longer-term goals (my Dream Cloud)

Planning (How I’m going to get there)

Try to find 3 SMART targets – focused ways to move you ahead…

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to help you narrow down to one for next week’s ARD

Short-term targets (to achieve this year)• ARD 1• ARD 2• ARD 3•

• Other academic• Extra-curricular• Outside school

eg improve my handwriting / presentation

Remember targets should be

S

M

A

R

T

PECIFIC

EASURABLE

CHIEVABLE

EALISTIC

IME-RELATED

eg oin a club or society this term

eg join a boxing club / learn to knit

Medium-term targets (to achieve at school)

• GCSEs?• Sixth Form?• Further/ higher education?• Qualifications?

I want to get 5+ good GCSEs (grade C or above)

AS Media Studies sounds interesting

University (I hope)

I’m not sure about this one. I need to

1. Talk to my parents

2. Visit the Library to see if Mrs Hooker can help me

Careers Education & Guidance

What are my goals and plans?

Longer-term goals (my Dream

Cloud)

Planning (How I’m going to get there)Try to find 3 SMART targets –

focused ways to move you ahead…

•

•

•

Narrow down to ONE for next week’s ARD