Task: Your job is to create a timeline of your life, featuring 2 short-term goals (By the end of the summer), 2 medium-term goals (By graduation) and 2 long-term goals (By your 26th birthday). These goals should be career-related.

Each goal, labeled with a title and image, it should be placed along your timeline based on the expected date of achievement. 3 of your goals must come with a paragraph-long description (Answering questions like: How does this relate to a potential career in the future? Why is this goal for you? Why is it important to your personality? How does this goal match up with your skillset?)

The paragraphs can either be written, or recorded using audio/video.

Suggested tools: To make your timeline, you may use any of the following tools (If you find something else you think will work, ask the teacher for approval):

Timeline application

Presentation software

Paper option

Your choice

Procedure:

Step 1: Identify your goals: 2 in the short-term (By the end of the school year), 2 in the medium-term (By graduation) and 2 in the long-term (By your 26th birthday).

Step 2: Turn your goals to be S.M.A.R.T. goals, using the attached S.M.A.R.T. Goal Builder handout.

Step 3: Identify which three goals you want to profile in your timeline. For each goal, answer the following questions in paragraph form: Answering questions like: How does this goal relate to a potential career in the future? Why is this goal for you? Why is it important to your personality? How does this goal match up with your skillset?

Step 4: Choose your tools. If you want to use audio or video, you must choose a timeline app or presentation software.

Step 5: Create your timeline. Ensure that each of your 6 goals includes a title image and expected date of completion. 3 of your goals must include the paragraph-long descriptions that you created in Step 2.

Step 6: Edit your work. It may be helpful to get a peer or helpful adult to look it over as well.

Step 7: Submit to my dropbox on dedato.wordpress.com OR in person. Include your rubric.

Evaluation:

Criteria Level 1 Level 4 Knowledge and Understanding Do I demonstrate understanding of the difference between short-, medium- and long-term goals?

Thinking In my paragraph-long responses, do I address all of the questions asked in a thoughtful way? Are my goals S.M.A.R.T.?

Communication Written elements: Do I use proper sentence/paragraph structure? Do I use correct spelling, grammar and punctuation? Visual elements: Are my visuals clear, related and neat? Do I use space and colour effectively? Audio-visual elements: Do I speak clearly, concisely and with appropriate tone and volume?

Application Does my overall timeline illustrate a coherent future plan, taking into account my skillset and the job situation?

Level:

Level:

Level:

Level:

S.M.A.R.T. Goal Builder Goal

What do you want to achieve?

Specific

Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?

Measureable

How much? How often? How many?

Attainable

Achievable?

Realistic

Is it important do you want to your overall career path?

Timely

When?

Short-term goal 1

Short-term goal 2

Medium-term goal 1

Goal

What do you want to achieve?

Specific

Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?

Measureable

How much? How often? How many?

Attainable

Achievable?

Realistic

Is it important do you want to your overall career path?

Timely

When?

Medium-term goal 2

Long-term goal 1

Long-term goal 2