Candy Land Your Way to Success: Put your Goals into Visual Actions

Camelia Rubalcada, M.A.E.Student Success Advisor

Cara Kelly Werner M.S.Student Success Advisor

Objectives

• Acquaint with a best practice(s) that assists with the persistence, learning, and success of students

• Develop a self-monitoring system in which students can track their progress and visualize their goals towards persistence and completion

• Distinguish resources to implement the SMART goal concept

• Learn strategies to design a workshop suitable for advising, online and in-class curriculum, and workshops that contribute to student engagement

Participants will:

MAC Center

Student Populations Served: Placed into student success courses Referred by professors/ mentors Seeking additional success skills Participating in the GROW program

GGC GrizzliesStudents with the most Potential!

“A dream written down with a date becomes a goal.

A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan.

A plan backed by action makes your DREAMS come true." Greg Reid

Crossing the Finish Line

Putting your GOALS into reality A unique platform to visualize and strategize each step

Vision Board + SMART Goals = Candy Land your way to success

Keys to Make your Dreams a Reality

Vision boardSMART goalsEmotional intelligenceTime management skillsCandy Land board

Vision Board Activity

Importance of Goal Setting

DirectionFocusResilienceVisualizeGraduationCareer planningPersonal fulfilment

Identifying Short & Long Term Goals

SMART GOALS

Relevant

Let’s Make SMART Goals

I will get good grades in all of my classes.I will pass all of my classes with A’s and B’s this spring semester. I

will know I have reached my goal when I receive my final grades this semester.

I will declare a major this year.First, I will schedule an appointment with a career counselor.

Second, I will research careers in which I am interested. Lastly, I will declare a major by May 1, 2019.

I will buy a car.I will buy a 2019 Kia Forte from the Atlanta Kia Dealership by

January 2019.

Emotional Intelligence

Recognize, understand, use and manage your emotions

MoodsFeelingsAttitudes

Nitty-Gritties to Achieving Emotional Intelligence

Influences that Shape Emotional Intelligence

Mindset• The way you think about yourself and your qualities• Personality, intelligence, and talents

Fixed Mindset• Believe abilities/situations won’t change• Constantly proving yourself• Not open to constructive feedback• Sensitive about being wrong/mistakes• Feeling not smart enough

Growth Mindset• Believe abilities/situations will change• Open to new ways of doing things• Believe change is possible• Effort means capable and talented• Able to learn/grow from mistakes

Benefits of Integrating Goal Setting with Emotional Intelligence

Positive attitude Persevere Learn valuable lessons Become well rounded Improve time management skills Graduate Begin dream career Achieve success

Benefits of Combining Vision Board with Goals

Evaluate your current situation Identify obstaclesCreate action steps for each obstacleRedo when priorities change

Making the goal SMARTER

Obstacles and Challenges

• Occur at any given moment• Can slow progress• Frustrated with finding another path • Seem like there is no way out

Common Challenges

Flat tire Lost job Working too many hours Bad roommate situation Death of loved one Sick Family emergencies Don’t understand professor

Plan to Overcome!

One Step at a Time!

Application

Can be used in…..– one-on-one advising sessions– student success workshops– in-class presentations– online modules

Advising Tool Kit!

MagazinesColors

MarkersScissors

GlueStickers

Cardstock paper

ReferencesSofer, B. Short-Term and Long-Term Goal-Setting Worksheet. retrieved from http://free-training-

tutorial.com/lifeskills/worksheets/goalsetting-shortvslongterm.pdf

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Success Quick. Boston, MA: Pearson. Gardner, J. N. & Barefoot, B. O. (2017). Step by Step To

College and Success (7th edition). Boston, MA:Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2017.

Shushan, Jamie H. (20170. A Pocket Guide To College Success (2nd edition). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s 2017.

Questions

Cara Kelly Werner M.S.Student Success Advisor

cwerner@ggc.edu678-407-5046