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Student Goal Setting Worksheet – For Teens!

By Shannen Espelien 10 Comments

Teens can start making goals for themselves, and the goals should feel relevant. Use this goal setting worksheet, made just for teens to get your school year off to a great start! - www.MiddleWayMom.com

Goal setting is important every year, but as your student gets older, are you handing over the reigns so they start making their own goals? I always advocate for students to make some of their own goals, even as young as Kindergarten, but as our teens are reaching the cusp of legal adulthood, they will be expected to keep tabs on themselves. They will be expected to make their own goals, and to exceed the goals of their professor or employer.

Can they work to exceed their own goals, too? Exceeding goals you’ve set yourself is harder than something you’ll get recognition for from someone else. Time to practice now!

I’ve taken the SMART goals outline, and adjusted it for teen students in a way that I believe is fitting for my 14 year old Kira, and in sha Allah (God willing), it’s fitting for your teen also!

What are SMART goals?

  • S – Specific: Each goal should be specific in it’s aim. No vague goals that you “kinda” met. Goals set with the SMART strategy should be binary; either they were met or not.
  • M – Measurable: So you know exactly what you want to do, but can you measure it? In the workplace, it meant whether we were able to track that information. Could we see how long average call times were in the call center? Yes, we had the tool to do that. In your homeschool, do you keep actual grades that your student can measure themselves against? Should your student start writing down their start time each morning, or logging how they use their time each hour?
  • A – Attainable: Oh, goals are fun to make. I’m going to lose 40 lbs the month after this baby pops out, guys! Probably not going to happen. I’d say this is a discussion point for you and your student. When Kira started working, she had all these goals for what she was going to do with her income. We had to bring out a calculator and show her what this actually looked like. It can be useful to do the same thing with calculating time, and figuring out if there’s enough time for each goal.
  • R – Realistic: Sure, you could do it, but do you think you really will? It’s no secret to those around me that I’m likely addicted to sugar. I love it. I crave it. I want it every day. Going sugar free, carb free would be unrealistic for me. I could probably go sugar free, and work on carbs. So sure, your student can read 3 hours a day to prep for the upcoming exam, but will they likely keep that up for a month solid?
  • T – Timely: There has to be an end! “I’m going to lose 20 lbs.”… okay, when? In a year? In a decade? There has to be a time where you check in.

So, this is where the SMART goals started from. Like I said, I adjusted things a bit to be a bit more fun and relevant for teens. For instance, for R, it’s “How are you going to be REAL with yourself?” I also made two color schemes for different tastes as I thought the first one might be a bit too close to pink for the manly teens out there. 🙂

Each of the SMART goals in their original form are valuable also. If you prefer to use them as they are, please do!

The student goal setting worksheet is FREE for subscribers.

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Comments

  1. Paula says

    August 13, 2014 at 10:41 am

    I would love a copy of your goal setting worksheet. Please email it to me

    Reply
    • Shannen Espelien says

      August 13, 2014 at 10:51 am

      Just make sure you’re signed up for the Middle Way Mom mailing list using the form on this page, and a link will be at the bottom of the next email sent out. 🙂

      Reply
  2. julie says

    January 5, 2015 at 12:28 pm

    Student Goal Setting Worksheet for Teens . I would love to have a copy of this. I did register, but cannot find a link anywhere. Thank you.

    Reply
    • Shannen Espelien says

      January 6, 2015 at 8:03 pm

      Hi Julie! There’s a link at the bottom of the emails that come out with each new post, along with the password to access the Subscriber Freebie page. If you deleted your most recent email, a new post will go live on Thursday, so you should get another Thursday morning. Hope that helps!

      Reply
  3. Trishla says

    July 16, 2015 at 5:52 am

    Hey I did register twice and awaiting the link . I cannot find it anywhere ?? I want a copy of the student goal setting workbook.

    Reply
    • Shannen Espelien says

      July 19, 2015 at 10:43 pm

      Hi Trishla! I have a new post scheduled to publish in the morning, so you should get an email then, and the link will be at the bottom. Let me know if you still need help after that. Thanks!

      Reply
  4. Nabila says

    October 30, 2018 at 5:05 pm

    Kindly send that teen goal setting worksheet
    I already get your mails in my gmail account

    Reply

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