Lesson Plan

Goal-Setting Guide

Students will reflect on their SEL strengths and challenges, then set two actionable summer goals to foster self-awareness and growth.

Maintains and builds social-emotional skills over the break, promotes a growth mindset, and encourages community engagement as students transition into summer.

Audience

Time

Approach

Materials

Prep

Review and Prepare Materials

10 minutes

Step 1

Welcome & Icebreaker

5 minutes

Step 2

Mindset Mapping

10 minutes

Step 3

Goal-Setting Activity

10 minutes

Step 4

Share & Support

3 minutes

Step 5

Journal Commitment

2 minutes

Slide Deck

Map Your Mindset

Welcome students and explain that this activity will help them identify their social-emotional strengths, areas for growth, and community interests as they plan for summer. Encourage honesty and a growth mindset.

Step 1: SEL Strengths

Guide students to think about the five core SEL competencies. Invite a few to share examples of when they’ve used this strength.

Step 2: Area for Growth

Encourage students to be vulnerable and frame challenges as opportunities. If they struggle to identify an area, offer examples like stress management or active listening.

Step 3: Community Interest

Prompt students to think beyond their immediate circle—local clubs, volunteer work, campus organizations. Share quick examples if needed.

Next Steps

Explain that these reflections will feed into their goal-setting worksheet. Encourage concise, specific goals moving forward.

Lesson Plan

Goal-Setting Guide

Audience

Time

Approach

Materials

Prep

Review and Prepare Materials

Step 1

Welcome & Icebreaker

Step 2

Mindset Mapping

Step 3

Goal-Setting Activity

Step 4

Share & Support

Step 5

Journal Commitment

Slide Deck

Map Your Mindset

Step 1: SEL Strengths

Step 2: Area for Growth

Step 3: Community Interest

Next Steps

Worksheet

Journal

Summer Reset

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