Lesson Plan
School Counselor: A Shanahan
Lesson Plan Title: Introduction to SMART Goals
□ Single Classroom Lesson
□ Unit of Classroom Lessons: Lesson _____ of _____
□ Small-Group Session Lessons: Lesson 5 of 5
Target Audience: Freshman with low GPAs.
Evidence Base:
⬜ Best Practice (commonly used and believed to be of high quality)
⬜ Action Research (individual investigates own practice to improve content/delivery)
⬜ Research-Informed (a review of research provides foundation for content/delivery)
⬜ Evidence-Based (highest level of evidence, results published in peer-reviewed journal)
ASCA Student Standards Targeted: Student Learning Objectives:
Identify 1–2 student standards relevant for this For each of the selected student standards, write
targeted group and goal: or select 1–2 learning objectives
(Best practice = select one)
M&B# Mindsets & Behaviors Statement Student Learning Objectives
B-SMS Perseverance to achieve long and Students will learn how to set goals for
5 short-term goals. themselves - short term goals that will help
them in the long term.
Materials:
-PowerPoint
-SMART Goals handout
Describe how you will:
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Introduce Lesson Introduce the SMART goals and how they can help students.
Topic/Focus:
Communicate the Setting goals as early on can give students a clearer path of where they
Lesson Objective: want to be by the end of the year, and help them envision what they
want to where they want to achieve by the end of their high school
career.
Teach Content: Going over SMART goal examples as they relate to our specific student
population
Practice Content: Give time for students to create their own SMART goals.
Students are encouraged to discuss their goal with their peers.
Summarize/Close: Counselors will collect the SMART Goals and have students fill out the
post-assessment. They will encourage students to volunteer to share
what they have learned.
The counselor will remind students that their door is always open if
students want to discuss their goals further.
Data Collection Plan – For multiple lessons in a unit, complete this section only once for the unit.
Participation Data Plan:
Anticipated number 25
of students:
Planned length of 45 minutes
lesson(s):
ASCA Student Standards Data Plan:
For each lesson/unit/small group, school counselors will administer pre-/post-assessment aligned with the selected
ASCA Student Standards and student learning objectives.
Pre-/Post-Assessment items are:
1. I know what SMART Goals are is 1 2 3 4
2. I can identity my SMART Goals 1 2 3 4
3. I know how to use my SMART Goals as a learner to succeed in school 1 2 3 4
4. List my SMART Goals:
Outcome Data Plan: (choose one and describe specific data point to compare)
Examples:
Achievement: School counselor will compare reading levels of students before and after delivery of lesson.
Attendance: School counselor will compare number of absences last year to this year.
Discipline: School counselor will compare total number of disciplinary reports for peer-on-peer conflict first quarter
with second quarter
⬜ Achievement (describe): After building their goals, counselors will compare previous
quarter’s grades with the end of this quarter.
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Counselor will compare student’s academic performance before and after participation in the
small group.
⬜ Attendance (describe):
⬜ Discipline (describe):
Follow-Up Plans
Explain your plan for students who missed the lesson.
Students will view PowerPoint and create SMART Goals on their own. They meet with their
counselor for 15 minutes to go over their goals and discuss their takeaways from the lesson
and any questions they may have.
Explain your plan for students who did not demonstrate mastery on the pre-/post-assessment of
student standards (M&B)/student learning objectives.
For the students who did not demonstrate mastery on the post-assessment of the learning
objectives, a one-on-one meeting will be scheduled to go over their SMART goals together. For
students who claimed that they demonstrated mastery on the post-assessment, but their
mastery is not reflected in their work ethic moving forward, a one-on-one will also be
scheduled.
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