GOAL

For each activity, aim for a goal that answers all the above questions.

Examples of S.M.A.R.T. Goals

Piano: I am currently pursuing my Grade 8 Piano exam. My goal is to pass it with a distinction. I will attend weekly lessons and practice technique and songs at home for 3 hours each week. (35 words - great example at Bronze. Not enough detail for Silver or Gold)

Language: Over the course of the 26 weeks, I aim to improve my ability in Arabic. I, with the use of the internet, aim to go from having no knowledge of Arabic at all to being able to read and write a small amount of Arabic that a native Arabic speaker can understand. I aim to be able to produce a short essay about myself, in Arabic, that can be understood by my assessor, who is a native Arabic speaker. (great Silver level)

Soccer: My aim is to improve my own soccer ability, especially my attacking play including my passing and shooting ability, and also become fitter in the process, and I aim to achieve this by April 2019. In order to achieve this, I will partake in soccer training once every week. (49 words - great example at Bronze)

Swimming: I have been swimming since I was eight years old, but I only started to swim competitively and seriously when I was eleven. My aim is to 1) improve my time for backstroke (50 m) from 45 seconds to 39 seconds, 2) improve time for butterfly stroke (50 m) from 39 seconds to 35 seconds. This will happen through my training at Fast Swimming Swim Club each week.

Tutoring/ help to others: I am going to help out at my local Boys & Girls Club by listening to grade 5 students read and by helping them develop their reading skills. I have received training on how to do this. I now know that I need to ask at least 5 specific questions and give them tips to make sure they understand what they are reading and improve their reading in general. I’ll be able to achieve my goal by going to an hour a week (twice a week to complete an hour). I will know I achieved this goal when I see the teacher is satisfied by the progress the children and I made and indicates this on the Assessor's report. (Great Silver or Gold level example)

Food bank/ Soup kitchen: My goal is to help at the soup kitchen in my town, to volunteer my time to help those less fortunate than myself. To start with I’ll help prepare the food in the kitchen, but by the end of three months I would like to have grown in confidence in working in the soup kitchen and progress to serving the food and interacting with the vulnerable people.

Adventurous Journey: My aim is to understand and interpret the human impact in Algonquin Park and study how much humans have affected the wildlife and flora and fauna. I also want to work well within our team and efficiently cover the required distance while taking appropriate and necessary pictures and notes for our project over 3 days. (55 words - great example at Bronze)