Take Stock In Children January Lunch and Learn Presentation

1. Lunch & Learn’s “Goal Setting with Your Mentee” Hosted by Natasha Valle, Administrator of Curriculum & Training

3. Tips on helping your mentee develop a plan

4. Setting goals for their future

6. Going Back in Time Ask yourself: “What would you have done to prepare for your future and set goals to reach your dreams?” “How can you apply that experience in your mentoring relationship?”

9. Knowledge of what they have set out to achieve

10. Ability to focus their minds and actions on their target

15. Measurable

16. Attainable

17. Rewarding

19. Easily understood

22. “Who is graduating?”

23. “What are they doing?”

24. “Where is the setting?”

25. “When will the graduation take place?”

26. “Why do they want to graduate?”

27. Ask them to describe the vision with as much detail as possible.

29. The act of setting “specific” goals and writing them down allows your mentee to begin to take ownership of their desires and aspirations

31. SMART Guidelines, “S”=Specific

33. How often?

37. A goal needs to stretch your mentee slightly so they feel they can reach it and it will require them to be fully committed

38. Ask your mentee:

39. “How are you going to reach this goal?”

40. “What steps do you need to take and what resources may you need to help you achieve your goal?”

43. “What is the purpose of achieving each of these goals?”

44. “How will they feel about themselves once they have achieved their goals?”Next to each goal ask your mentee to write down the purpose and their intention for achieving each goal

45. SMART Guidelines, “R”=Rewarding

46. Remember The Vision A fun activity to keep your mentee engaged and motivated… Have your mentee cut out visual representations of their goals from old magazines and paste them on a poster board Pictures can be of famous people they aspire to be like or phrases or headlines that resonate with your mentee’s goals Paste cut outs on a poster board and place the poster board where your mentee can see it on a daily basis Whenever your mentee feels overwhelmed or not motivated they can look at the pictures on the poster board Stating the purpose of your goals and using a vision board are thought to be very powerful techniques to subconsciously reiterate the relevancy of achieving a goal and the reward that will be felt once completed

48. SMART Guidelines, “T”=Timely

49. The 5 P’s Goal setting and proper preparation will position your mentee on a better track to meeting their full potential and seeing their infinite capabilities The U.S. Military says it best: “Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance.” The better prepared your mentee is in having a plan to reach their goals, the easier it will be for them to carry out each step in the plan

53. Make specific goals for each of these categories