Personal & social development // Self-Regulation & Resilience

Personal Goal-Setting

Set realistic personal goals, create a simple plan to achieve them, monitor their own progress, and adjust their approach when things aren't working

Ages
9 to 11
Type
Method
Builds on
3 topics
Leads to
2 topics
Standards
1 code

Quick check

Can the learner set themselves a goal — like improving their swimming or finishing a book series — and actually work towards it step by step, adjusting their plan if needed?

Ask this to see whether the topic is secure.

Topic // Mastery

What mastery looks like

What a learner can do once this topic is secure.
  • Write or state a specific, achievable personal goal with a timeframe
  • Describe the steps they will take to reach the goal
  • Review their progress and adjust their plan when something isn't working

Topic // Map

Where this fits

What to learn first and what this topic opens up, with the reason for each link. Required links come first.
  • RequiredMust come first
  • HelpfulHelps, but not essential

Before this

3 topics
  • Breaking Tasks into StepsRequired

    Self-Regulation & Resilience // Ages 7 to 9

    Goal-setting builds on ability to break tasks into steps

  • Vocabulary: resilience and selfHelpful

    Self-Regulation & Resilience // Ages 7 to 10

    Goal-setting and progress monitoring uses vocabulary of self-regulation and managing distress when things go wrong

  • Setting Learning GoalsHelpful

    Learning to Learn // Learning to Learn // Ages 10 to 11

    PSD goal-setting scaffolds the learning goal practices taught in Learning-to-Learn

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Personal Goal-Setting

Ages 9 to 11 // Method

Leads to

2 topics
  • Habits and MotivationRequired

    Self-Regulation & Resilience // Ages 12 to 13

    Advanced resilience skills depends on earlier coping strategies

  • Personal Coping ToolkitHelpful

    Self-Regulation & Resilience // Ages 9 to 11

    Reflecting on strategies benefits from goal-setting experience

Topic // Standards

Curriculum standards

Codes for the curriculum statements this topic maps to. Each publisher owns its standard text.
IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence
PSPE-ID-LO-P2-5

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