UNIT 1: PlaN STUDENT HANDOUT your senior year action plan: academic goals Now that you have some ideas about positive steps you can take to meet your academic goals, you are ready to create your Senior Year Action Plan. A good action plan explains: ● Why you are implementing the plan: this is your short-term goal ● How your short-term goal supports your long-term goals ● What you will do: these are the " steps " in your plan ● When you will do it: this is the time frame for your plan ● How you will know you are on the right track: these are your " check-ins " or milestones along the way Julie's Short-Term Goal #1 Get a 3 or a 4 on the AP Biology exam How this goal supports my long-term goals: A 3 or a 4 will allow me to get into an advanced Biology class at college. If I want to be a forensic scientist, I need to have a good background in science, math, technology and the arts, and passing this test proves that I do. Action steps to achieve goal: 1. Get to AP Biology class on time every day. 2. Make up the lab that I missed last week when I was sick. Time frame per step: 1. EVERY DAY! 3. Borrow a book with practice tests from the school library. 3. Next week. 4. Get Alesha and Robin to be in a study group with me. 5. Stay after school for extra help with Mr. Jones. Milestones/Rewards/Check-ins: Complete and review 10 practice tests. Earn at least an 80 on my report card each marking period. 2. Next Thursday, after school. 4. Once per week. 5. Every Monday. LESSON 3: YOUR ACADEMIC GOALS Property of PeerForward/© 2022 PeerForward; All Rights Reserved. lesson 3: Your AcAdemic GoAls 53 THINK IT THROUGH Look closely at Julie's action plan below. Evaluate her plan: is it realistic? If she follows through on every step, will she be successful?