PowerPoint to be used in first weeks of school to encourage Milwee students to use academic planner.

1. Design a Successful Middle
School Student

2. Identify the
Problem
Brainstorm
Possible
Solutions
Make a
Plan
Implement
Review and
Revise
The Design Process

3. Identify the
Problem
Brainstorm
Possible
Solutions
Make a
Plan
Implement
Review and
Revise
The Design Process

4. Step 1: Identify the Problem
Been unprepared
for class because
you were busy with
something else?
Lost an
assignment
that you
KNEW you
finished
Forgotten
a quiz or
test?
Forgotten
you had
homework?
Have you ever…

5. Identify the
Problem
Brainstor
m
Possible
Solutions
Make a
Plan
Implement
Review and
Revise
The Design Process

6. How do I become a more successful
student?

7. What do successful students do?
Step 2: Brainstorm Solutions

8. Identify the
Problem
Brainstorm
Possible
Solutions
Make a
Plan
Implement
Review and
Revise
The Design Process

9. Begin with the end in mind
Set Goals

10. Define your mission and goals in life.
Definition:
Beginning with the end in mind means knowing where you want to be in the
future; you can’t make a plan if you don’t know where you are going!
Where do you want to be?
Imagine you are on your deathbed, looking back on your life.
List five things that you would want to look back on with pride.
Now pick ONE of them and think about how to get there.
Work backwards; detail each step from the end to now.
This is what it means to begin with the end in mind!

13. Setting Organizational Goals
Set your targets!

14. What tool do you have that
helps you…
• Complete homework by the due date?
• Start assignments early and not leave them until the last
minute?
• Plan and schedule homework and study time?

15. Identify the
Problem
Brainstorm
Possible
Solutions
Make a
Plan
Implement
Review and
Revise
The Design Process

16. To Reach your Academic Goals
Use all the tools available to you…
Friends
Teachers
Resources
Family

17. Using your Student Planner

18. Getting to Know Your Planner

19. Review!
• Insert picture of planner

20. Prioritizing…Big vs Little Rocks
Big rocks represent the
important things in your
life. The medium
rocks are important but
not as important, and the
small rocks and sand
are the trivial things that
are not necessary (but we
may enjoy)
If you start with the small rocks, then put in medium rocks, you will not have room for the
big rocks
If you start with the big rocks, then medium rocks, and THEN the small rocks and sand you
will have room for it all
School
School
Practice
Practice
Friends
Friends
Family
Family
Videogames,
TV,

24. Forming Good Habits
Tricks for making them Stick
Tip #1 Commit to Thirty Days – Three
to four weeks is all the time you need to
make a habit automatic. If you can make
it through the initial conditioning phase, it
becomes much easier to sustain. A
month is a good block of time to commit
to a change since it easily fits in your
calendar.

25. Forming Good Habits
Tricks for making them Stick
Tip #2 Make it Daily – Consistency is
critical if you want to make a habit stick.

26. Forming Good Habits
Tricks for making them Stick
Tip #3 Run it as an Experiment –
Withhold judgment until after a month has past and use it as
an experiment in behavior. Experiments can’t fail, they just
have different results so it will give you a different
perspective on changing your habit.

27. Forming Good Habits
Tricks for making them Stick
Tip #4 Know the Benefits - Familiarize
yourself with the benefits of making a change.
Imagine getting better grades after improving
your organizational skills and study habits.

28. Forming Good Habits
Tricks for making them Stick
#5 Know the Pain – You should also be aware of the
consequences. Reminding yourself about the downsides
of not making a change will give you added motivation.
(Think about those quizzes you will fail if you forget to
study)

29. Don’t let this happen to you!

30. Identify the
Problem
Brainstorm
Possible
Solutions
Make a
Plan
Implement
Review
Revise
The Design Process