Term Paper

Goal Action Plan

Goal: My goal is to not receive a grade lower than a B in any of my classes!

Type of Goal: Academic Goal

Purpose of Goal: By achieving this goal, I will ensure my financial aid for the year and prove to myself and my family that I made the right decision by going back to school.

Major benefit to me: I will secure my financial aid by maintaining my grades.

Benefit to others: My Family will benefit be cause if I can maintain my grades and guarantee my financial aid, I won’t have to use our family funds to pay for my classes. Plus my kids will see that if you set your mind to something you can accomplish it and hopefully they will try and do the same for their academic career.

Barrier: Some barriers I anticipate in reaching my goal are. Classes may be difficult or require a lot of my time to complete assignments. My family may require more attention therefore my school work my suffer.

Solution: For classes that are difficult, I will obtain help from my fellow classmates or my instructor. And if I still feel unsure, I will look to my family or friends for help. When my family requires more attention and I see my school work being affected, I will talk with my wife and kids and explain to them how my school work is being affected and set aside some time to spend with them. They know this is important to me and I know they are here 100% for me.

Action milestone: I will create a checklist for every class where I can keep track of my assignments and for every grade above a B I will reward myself.

Overall target date: My overall target date to complete my goal is when I complete my college classes and depending on if I want to go after my bachelor after I complete my associates we are looking at a target time of 2-4 years. But I am looking at small goals right now and plan on completing my goal for each block of classes I take, which is 9 weeks.