Action Steps Framedate Or Time

Next Stepsto Education Plans

The Set Goals worksheet you just completed provides the contents for drafting your Next Step to Education Plan. Achieving goals requires good planning and the resources to achieve these goals. You develop good plans by developing specific objectives;these objectives are the action steps you must take to reach your goals. One way of writing objectives is to look at what will help you achieve your goals and what may prevent you from achieving them, known as Force Field Analysis. (This process is useful for many types of decisions.)

This worksheet will walk you through a process for craftingtheaction steps needed to achieve your education goals. Next, you will want to complete the Managing My Resources activity and theSenior Year – College Planning Checklist, if you plan to attend college as a next step in your career development. These worksheets are also housed in this section of the Career Plan. When you finish these, you will be ready to update your CIS Course Planfor the last time during your high school career. Congratulations!

GOAL:

Driving or Positive Forces / Barriers or Restraining Forces

Now identify the objectives or action steps to achieve this goal on the next page.

OBJECTIVES:

ACTION STEPS FRAMEDATE OR TIME

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Time Frame / Goals / Objectives (Action Steps)
Seven years from now, I will:
Six years from now, I will:
Five years from now, I will:
Four years from now, I will:
Three years from now, I will:
Two years from now, I will:
One year from now, I will:
This year I will:

PLAN FOR SUCCESS

To succeed in your career development you should continue to set personal, academic, and career goals and implement plans of action. As you enter the labor market, your career goals may require you to develop additional skills. They may involve seeking employment with another employer, require mentoring or retraining.

Remember that your goals and plans are likely to change over time. The tools you have used in your Career Plan can be used over and over in various settings. Goals and plans provide you with purpose and direction and enable you to channel your energy into meaningful activity. Having clearly expressed goals and plans will help you recognize the choices that will move you in your chosen direction. If you actively manage your career using this action-planning tool, you will be able to continue to grow and change.

Reflect on the activity you completed below and transfer your key learning into the reflection boxes in the Next Steps: Make Education Plans section of the Career Plan.

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