There are four parts to this assignment. Be sure to follow the sequential order provided below.
- Bringing together the concepts you have learned throughout this course, generate three separate lists of strengths relevant to resilience. The first list will focus on your own resilience.The second list should focus on your students. The third list of strengths will focus on your colleagues. Submit a completed Focusing on Strengths template below.
| Focusing on Strengths | ||
| Self | Students | Community |
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- Reflecting on your lists of strengths, identify a specific goal related to resilience. For example, there may be something you are doing that is highly effective for building resilience. Your goal might draw on that strength and address how you might bring it into the classroom or share it with your colleagues. Another example could be that you are part of a group of colleagues at work who are all interested in strengthening students’ resilience. You might draw on the strength of this community and determine specific actions the community can take to collaborate, such as launching a Professional Learning Community (PLC). Articulate your goal following the SMARTER goal approach: specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound, evaluate and reflect. There is a template in your resources to guide you. You will submit the template below.
| SMARTer Goal-Include goal here | ||
| Specific | What skill, knowledge, disposition, process, or product will be developed and by whom? | |
| Measurable | How will you track progress? | |
| Achievable | Who has agreed to this goal? What supports are already in place for achieving this goal? What potential barriers may be present in achieving this goal? | |
| Relevant | How does this goal relate to individual and/or community resilience? | |
| Time-Bound | When will this goal be completed? At what point(s) will you evaluate success of the goal? | |
| Evaluate | What is your plan for evaluating your goal? How will you know if it’s been successful (i.e., what does success look like?). | |
| Reflect | How and when will you (and/or others) reflect on this effort? | |
| Adapted from: Doran, G. T. (1981). There’s a S.M.A.R.T. way to write management’s goals and objectives, Management Review,70(11), 35-36. Haughey, D. (2014, December 13). A brief history of SMART goals. Project Smart. Retrieved July 15, 2021, https://www.projectsmart.co.uk/brief-history-of-smart-goals.php | ||
- Develop an action plan that includes 2-4 specific actions you will take to achieve the goal. You are also welcomed to draw on other resources you have located.)Submit a completed Action Plan template.
| Action Plan Template | |
| Goal in one sentence-Include goal here | |
| Identify a Specific Action | Explain the details of how and when this action will be accomplished. Make a clear connection between this action and strengthening individual and/or community resilience. Provide a rationale that is connected to the literature. |
| Identify a Specific Action | Explain the details of how and when this action will be accomplished. Make a clear connection between this action and strengthening individual and/or community resilience. Provide a rationale that is connected to the literature. |
| Identify a Specific Action | Explain the details of how and when this action will be accomplished. Make a clear connection between this action and strengthening individual and/or community resilience. Provide a rationale that is connected to the literature. |
| Identify a Specific Action | Explain the details of how and when this action will be accomplished. Make a clear connection between this action and strengthening individual and/or community resilience. Provide a rationale that is connected to the literature. |
- Write a 1-page letter to the leader(s) of your school or organization (preferably the principal). The purpose of this letter is to persuade the leader to support the action plan. Be sure your letter identifies your goal and the actions you want to take in a concise manner. You can refer to the “attached” action plan template for additional details as if the action plan template from this assignment is accompanying your letter to this person. A rationale that justifies the goal and actions should be incorporated into the letter.
Length: Focusing on Strengths template, SMARTer goal template, Action Plan template, and letter to the school or organizational leader. A separate page for references should be submitted.
References: Include a minimum of 5 scholarly references.
So essentially, you will use the three templates provided and then just write the one-page letter!
