The Goal Setting Toolkit was designed to help students move beyond just being given goals and begin understanding what goals mean, why they matter, and how progress happens over time.
 
Through guided reflections, student-friendly goal translations, progress monitoring activities, and future planning prompts, students develop greater self-awareness, confidence, and ownership of their learning journey.
 
While many activities align naturally with IEP goals and transition planning, this resource can be used with any student who would benefit from additional support with motivation, perseverance, self-reflection, or self-determination.
 
Included in this resource
Welcome page for educators
Suggested implementation ideas
Two complete lessons on understanding and monitoring IEP goals
Reflection activities focused on personal growth and mindset
Goal translation practice from teacher language to student language
Academic strengths and challenges inventory
Guided activities to help students write goals that matter to them
Goal discussion visual cue cards and sentence starters
Letter to Future Me reflection activity
Editable version for customization
 
Great for
Resource classes
Advisory periods
Student-led IEP meetings
Counseling sessions
Transition planning
Executive functioning instruction
Progress monitoring conferences
 Middle school, high school, and transition-age students
 
Students leave this toolkit with a better understanding of their strengths, a clearer picture of what success looks like, and practical tools to help them set goals, track growth, and advocate for themselves along the way.