Adviser Essentials: Goal Setting

A student organization—whether it's student council, Honor Society, pep club, chess club, science club, or any of the other myriad student groups—exists for a reason. Rather than letting your organization’s members jump right in to plan activities each year without thinking about why they are sponsoring the activities and if they really want to do them, taking time to set goals will help clarify for members the reason for the group's existence and what they hope to accomplish. Goals serve as a guide to help members create the organization they desire and make a more significant impact. Adviser Essentials: Goal Setting offers guidance for both novice and veteran advisers on how to set goals for themselves and their organizations and how to teach student leaders to do the same. This essential resource for anyone who is responsible for planning projects and activities at school features: • Benefits of goal setting • Guidelines for goal setting • Setting group goals • Linking projects to goals • Calendar planning • Goals for advisers • Teaching goal setting • Reproducible forms • And much more! By making the use of the information and forms in Adviser Essentials: Goal Setting part of your organization’s standard routines, student leaders will begin to develop their own expertise at goal setting and your organization will have a new roadmap for success.