Assignment Overview
If you want to accomplish your goals, you need to create a s
Assignment Overview
If you want to accomplish your goals, you need to create a step by step action plan to achieve them. We don’t want you to make the mistake of creating goals without making an action plan to achieve them. Wanting something does not a plan make.
What is an action plan?
An action plan is the step-by-step method that you will use to reach your goal. It’s like a plan of attack. It’s a way to break up huge, overwhelming tasks into smaller, more manageable ones. If you’re overwhelmed by the amount of work your goal will take, an action plan will make it feel achievable.
Why do I need an action plan?
Creating action plans is an important step in reaching your goals. Usually, students have vague goal ideas floating around in their heads until they forgot about them or just create a new one (which can go on and on providing no real direction for accomplishing anything; flying by the seat of their pants). Breaking your goals down into an action plan will help you get more done and generally feel more on top of your life. Also, it’s rewarding to feel like you’re making progress even if you haven’t achieved the end goal yet.
Directions
Follow the steps below to create a detailed action plan based on the goal you set on Discussion Board Question: Goal Setting. Make sure you follow and label all the steps below; identify each step in your completed assignment.
This assignment will require you to do some research.
Write your SMART Goal (This should have been completed in your Discussion Board Question: Planning for Your Future; see examples within Module 1).
Set a deadline for your goal. Be realistic with your time frame, but challenge yourself to get it done sooner rather than later. In most cases, you’ll only need to make sure that the date in step 1 is realistic, then write it again here.
Write your reason for pursuing this goal. Your ‘why’ is important for helping you identify the positive impact this goal will have on your life.
Identify a daily or weekly habit that will keep you on track with your goal. For example, keeping your phone in airplane mode while you study. Habits are the framework for success, so it’s important to align your habits with your goals.
Do some research. Your research may involve looking online, going to the library, talking to your Academic or Faculty Advisor, perusing the website of your career field’s national organization(s), or speaking with people who have prior knowledge or experience with your end goal. You need to find out exactly what it’s going to take to accomplish your goal. Explain what you’ve researched in your submission.
List every single step that needs to happen to achieve this goal. What does it take to accomplish your goal? How will you get from point A to point Z? These are also called ‘short-term goals’.
Review your list of action steps (in step 6) and order them in a way that makes sense based on what needs to happen first. Next to each step, identify every resource you currently have and those you will need to complete your steps (this takes a little foresight and/or help from someone with some wisdom and experience).
Identify smaller tasks. For each action step you’ve identified, ask yourself what smaller tasks need to get done to make the larger action step easier for you. Break down the steps even further to achieve your goal down into the smallest steps possible. If there is more than one action to take for each step, continue to break it down until there is only one thing to do for each action step. Once you’ve done that, if you’re comfortable doing so, you can then condense/group your list into several action steps (depending on the magnitude of your goal). For example, if you need to register for classes, you may also need to review your program requirements, check your transcript for those classes you’ve already taken, schedule an appointment with an Academic Advisor, attend that appointment, etc.
Set the due dates. Create a weekly/monthly list of actions that you will accomplish/complete each week/month to reach your goal. Set a start date and end date for each action step and smaller tasks. Make the due dates attainable based on the factors needed for its completion, so you don’t lose faith and give up. Add them to your calendar or to-do list.
Set reminders and post your plan. Set up reminders on your phone or computer so that you always know when to work on each action step or habit. Post your plan somewhere you will see it daily (bathroom mirror, refrigerator, dashboard, wallet, cell phone or computer screen saver, etc.). Review your goals every morning or week as part of your routine. Focus on completing the goal action plan each day, week, and month to make your goal, or dream, a reality. Explain where you posted your plan and where/how you set reminders. Use pictures if you choose.
Guidelines
Identify each step in your answers. Your answers need to be detailed.
Submit the assignment using the provided template
.
Ensure your assignment contains proper grammar and is free of spelling errors.
My Advice
Do not procrastinate! Procrastination is working on another task that you need/want to accomplish (usually something more fun/interesting or easy) instead of completing the necessary action steps to achieve your high priority goal. Procrastination can fool you into thinking that you are being productive. Unfortunately, any form of or procrastination, no matter how productive, will steal your focus and keep you from reaching your goals.
Take responsibility for your own actions. You have an obligation to yourself, so commit to yourself and your future. Don’t blame others for holding you back or delaying your success. Work on being consistent with your actions and putting effort into your goals day in and day out.
Don’t give up on achieving your goals just because you fall behind in completing them. Instead, rework them each month to keep yourself on track to accomplish your goals. If you get off track, pick up and keep going. There’s no point using up your energy by worrying about how far behind you are. You might have to adjust some deadlines here and there (or completely), and that’s okay. Keep your vision for your future top of mind, and you’ll find a way to get there. You are resilient!
The reward component is a MUST! It should be Step 11 on your Action Plan assignment. If you want, for an additional 2-points, you can add a blurb about how you plan to celebrate the achievement of your goal
Links to an external site.. This extra credit is not on the assignment itself because I want to see who’s reading 🙂
Comments from Customer
The goal is Social Service working with children.
also it need to be 10 steps
I need to be able to add this to our Discussion board Discipline: Pas 1000 first yearr experience
Your Name
Professor
PAS 1000
Date
Action Plan
SMART GOAL: I will graduate with Honors from Prince George’s Community College
with an Associate of Arts in Teaching and a 3.75 GPA by May 2023.
The deadline for me to achieve my SMART goal is May 2023.
I am pursuing this goal because