1. Community challenge
Suggested Sequence
2,3 (Integrate with skills audit for PDP)
Lesson Objective
To outline what is meant by Aims , Objectives and Success Criteria.
To identify own strengths and weaknesses using a skills audit.
To understand how to set personal SMART goals
Learning Outcomes
To have set aims, objectives and success criteria for a community project.
To have reflected on your personal needs for development using a skills audit
To have completed a PDP
Chunks
‘Build a tower’ challenge and reflection
Class discussion on aims and objectives for celebrities
Think, pair, share for individual aims and objectives
Group discussion on community aims
Individual completion of skills audit
Teacher talk through SMART goals
Individual completion of PDP
Resources
Scrap/recycling paper
ICT
Pen
Skills audit

2. Lesson Objectives
To outline what is meant by Aims , Objectives and Success Criteria.
To identify own strengths and weaknesses using a skills audit.
To understand how to set personal SMART goals

3. Quick Activity…. In groups of 3 or 4…
Your AIM is to build THE HIGHEST tower in the class.
You can only use the 5 pieces of paper you have been given
You have 3 minutes

4. Quick Activity…. In groups of 3 or 4…
You can only use the 5 pieces of paper you have been given
You have 3 minutes
Build THE HIGHEST tower in the class.

5. Aims Aims are clear goals you want to achieve
Objectives are steps on the way to achieving aims
Success Criteria is how you will judge if your project is successful or not

6. DISCUSS IN YOUR GROUPS…
What do you think the aim was?
What steps did you take to try and achieve it?
How did you know if you were successful or not?
What helped you win/would you do differently next time in order to win?

7. Quick Activity…. What was the aim of this activity?
The aim was to build the highest tower
What objectives did you set?
To make sure the tower was stable
To experiment with different strategies
To assign people tasks
To ensure your area was not rocked
To start with 1 piece, then use a second
To not waste resources
How did you know if you were successful?
Measured the height
Compared to other peoples towers.

8. Aims Aims are clear goals you want to achieve
Objectives are steps on the way to achieving aims
Success Criteria is how you judge if your project is successful or not

9. What aim did this couple set out in 2012?
What objectives might they have set to achieve it?
What success criteria would you use to see if they achieved their aim?

10. What aim might this woman have?
What objectives might she set to help her achieve it?
What success criteria would allow you to judge if she achieved this aim?

11. Over to you: Write down 1 aim that you have.
Write down 1 objective you could undertake which will help you achieve it
Write down the success criteria you would use to see if you achieved it or not?
Be prepared to share with the class.

12. Community Challenge
What problems did you identify in your local community?
Decide on ONE problem
What aim could you set to help overcome this problem?
What objectives could you consider to help you achieve this aim?
What success criteria will you use to recognise you have achieved this aim?

13. You will use these to help you set your personal aims and objectives.
What about you?
Complete the skills audit to help you identify where your strengths and weaknesses might lie.
You will use these to help you set your personal aims and objectives.

14. Creating SMART goals Specific
Is your goal well-defined? Avoid setting unclear or vague objectives; be as precise as possible.
Instead of: “To listen more” Make it specific: “To use the next lesson as an opportunity to practise listening behaviours and to reinforce this by writing a detailed minute of the meeting”

15. Creating SMART goals Measurable
Be clear how you will recognise when you have achieved your goal. Using numbers, dates and times is one way to represent clear objectives.
Instead of: “To find out about South Africa” Make it measurable: “To use the internet make notes on the economy, and politics of South Africa.

16. Creating SMART goals Attainable
Setting yourself unrealistic goals will only end in disappointment. Make your goals challenging, but attainable.
Instead of: “Learn German by Christmas” Make it attainable: “Register with a language school and attend classes to learn German on a weekly basis for the next 12 months. Then review progress and set new goals”

17. Creating SMART goals Relevant
Ensure that any development actions that you plan are relevant to what you are doing

18. . Time-bound Set a time scale for completion of each
Creating SMART goals .
Time-bound
Set a time scale for completion of each

19. Developing a PDP
Personal
Development
Plan

20. What is a PDP?
Personal Development Plans are written by individuals to identify how they can improve their chance of success.
They are referred to over time.
Targets can be based on previous work, such as your skills audit, and also the skills you have identified that you need to succeed.
They must use SMART goals.

21. Personal Development Plan for _______
Target
What actions will be taken?
Who is involved?
By when?
Resources required?
How will I measure Achievement?
Has this been achieved?
To manage my time effectively
Write lists of what I need to achieve, with deadlines.
Write down how long I think each task will take.
Plan in time to complete these tasks.
Myself, my group members
Lists written at the start of each half term, checked off after each task
Pen
Paper
Laptop
Phone for deadline reminders
At the end of half term I will have met all my deadlines

22. TASK: .
Complete a personal development plan you can use for showing your personal development over the course of this project.
You can look at your skills audit to help targets.