Student Success Action Plan: Setting SMART Goals for Academic Success, Slides of Business

Download Student Success Action Plan: Setting SMART Goals for Academic Success and more Slides Business in PDF only on Docsity! Student Success Action Plan Student Name: Banner ID: Semester: Assigned Advisor: The Student Success Action Plan is a tool designed by you and your certified academic advisor to help you to overcome the challenges you identified on your Academic Dismissal Petition and focus on achieving the goals you set. Based on the goals you list below, your advisor will help you to identify your strengths, address opportunities for improvement, and discuss potential resources that will help you to achieve your academic and career goals. Goal Setting: To be completed and submitted to your assigned certified advisor a minimum of 3 business days prior to your Advising session. You will identify and write out your goals in the SMART format. A SMART goal is specific, measurable, achievable, relevant to you and time-limited. During the advising session, you and your advisor will review your goals and discuss your plan of action. Please see the example provided below on how to complete. Example. Goal: To earn an “A” in my Math class by the end of the fall semester. Goal: ___I will earn an “A” in my Math1414 class by the end of the fall 2019 semester. _____ How is it SMART? - Fill in each section below: Specific: It is specific in that I plan to earn an “A” not just pass my course. Measurable: It is measurable because I will be able to see my grades for each assignment I complete and calculate my course GPA. Achievable- describe what actions you will take to achieve your goal: Action Deadline Potential Obstacles Potential Solutions Utilize my course syllabus to plan ahead for assignments, quizzes, and exams. Have information added to my planner by end of the first week of class. Not reading my syllabus completely/ not planning for assignments when updated by my instructor. Make sure I take complete notes in class/ Ask my instructor for any updates if I missed a class/ update my planner immediately when changes are made. Relevant-how is this goal relevant to you? - This goal is relevant because it is a prerequisite course for me to be able to register for MATH2412 (Pre-Calculus). Time-Limited-length of time it will take to achieve this goal: It will take me one semester to achieve this goal. How will you know that you have achieved this goal? __I will know I achieved this goal when my final grades post at the end of the fall semester. ____ As you can see from the example, a SMART goal is specific to one goal, however impacts your larger goals. In order to help you it must be written out and be able to align to all SMART areas The example was specific to one class, was measurable, as the results will be visible at the end of the semester, it is achievable with the right actions, is relevant as it relates to the degree plan requirements and it is time-limited as it must be completed by the end of the fall semester. Now it is your turn. Identify one (1) long-term SMART goal that you will strive to accomplish while at Northwest Vista College. Goal: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How is it SMART? - Fill in each section below: Specific: Measurable: Achievable- describe what actions you will take to achieve your goal: Action Deadline Potential Obstacles Potential Solutions Relevant-how is this goal relevant to you? Time-Limited-length of time it will take to achieve this goal: How will you know that you have achieved this goal? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Identify two (2) short-term SMART goals that you will strive to accomplish this semester. Short Term Goal #1: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How is it SMART? - Fill in each section below: Specific: Measurable: Achievable- describe what actions you will take to achieve your goal: Action Deadline Potential Obstacles Potential Solutions