With the new year comes New Year's resolutions! Go over your own resolutions and talk with your mentee about how to set goals using the SMART method.

S. Specific: What will be accomplished? What actions take? 

M. Measurable: What data will measure the goal? (How much? How well? 

A. Achievable Is the goal doable?  Do you have the necessary skills and resources?

R. Relevant: How does the goal align with broader goals? Why is the result important? 

T. Time Bound: What is the time frame for accomplishing the goal?

Please go over this blog post from Pathful Explore:

https://pathful.com/blog/harnessing-pathfuls-goal-setting-tools-to-create-smart-goals-for-success?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Pathful%20and%20the%20Power%20of%20Setting%20Clear%20Goals&utm_campaign=Goal%20Setting

Then use this interactive goal setting tool with your mentee (will require them to log in to Pathful):

https://app.pathful.com/my-tracker/goal-setting?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Pathful+and+the+Power+of+Setting+Clear+Goals&utm_campaign=Goal+Setting 

Guiding Discussion Questions and Tasks:

1. Have you set New Year's Resolutions before? What helped you stick with them?

2. Share your own goals for the upcoming academic term

3. Have you utilized the SMART method before? How do you think you could apply this method to a goal you've set for yourself?