Goal Setting

Krista Openshaw
CLSS 2100
December 10, 2011
Goal Setting/Action Plan

I have selected a few goals to help me reach my goal of becoming an elementary school teacher. They are:

Short Term Goals:
• Begin the Elementary Education program through UVU.
o I will begin the program in January 2012
• Pass all of my classes
o It will require hard work on my end to pass my classes.
o Classes must be passed with a B or higher. This will take a lot of studying and time.
• Complete my first year junior job shadow.
o This is considered “field work” and is done in an elementary classroom assigned to you.
o You do three weeks of field work in both the first and second semesters of your junior year. This is a great way to network and get to know other teachers and principals.

Mid-Term Goals:
• I will choose whether to complete a student teaching assignment or an internship.
o An internship is great because I will get paid half salary and benefits while doing the internship. But I will have to wait until May to graduate instead of December when I SHOULD graduate. I will also have my own class without the help of a cooperating teacher there to help me with questions.
o A student teaching assignment would be good because I can graduate with my class and I will also have the help of a cooperating teacher. Although I will be standing in as the actual teacher for 12 weeks, the cooperating teacher will be there to support me and help me anyway I need. But I won’t get paid anything for 12 weeks that I’m student teaching.
• I will graduate with honors
o This is going to take a LOT of work and sacrifice for me to achieve this goal, but I believe I will be able to if I stick to it.
• I will get a job as a teacher in the Nebo School District.
o This goal is very specific, but I would like to work close to home. I could go as far as to say I hope to get a job teaching in Payson, but I don’t want to limit my choices too much.
o I will start going and volunteering where I can so I can get to know the teachers and principals in my area, so when it comes time for me to get hired, they will know me and want to hire me.