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 THIN K IT TH Look ROU close ly GH actio at Ju n pla li e's n belo her p w. Ev lan: is aluat it rea e she f listic? ollows If t h step, rough will sh on ev e be ery succ essfu l? 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. 3. Borrow a book with practice tests from the school library. 4. Get Alesha and Robin to be in a study group with me. 5. Stay after school for extra help with Mr. Jones. Time frame per step: 1. EVERY DAY! 2. Next Thursday, after school. 3. Next week. 4. Once per week. 5. Every Monday. Milestones/Rewards/Check-ins: Complete and review 10 practice tests. Earn at least an 80 on my report card each marking period. LESSON 3: YOUR ACADEMIC GOALS Property of PeerForward/© 2020 PeerForward; All Rights Reserved. lesson 3: Your Academic Goals 53