This goal setting activity example is from the Blue Ribbon Mentor Advocate Program and can also be accessed here: http://superstars.americalearns.net/2006/06/june-2006-syndee-kraus-go-to-for.html

1. OUR GOALS 2005-06
Mentee name & Mentor name
Goal Activities/Steps to complete goal Roles and Responsibilities Timelines
Mentor Mentee
Mentor’s involvement in Help Mentee w/ her Fashion class. For Will seek help from tutors Show interest in academic Fall, 2005 thru
Mentee’s academic academic classes, Mentee will use tutors when needed progress Spring, 2006
progress from university for assistance Open to discussion w/ parent if
requested
Read and discuss Read books, write summary, and then Selected following books: Read selected books by Summer, 2005
books from Summer discuss, like a book club format Romeo & Juliet agreed upon date.
Reading List That Summer 1st book by June 23
When we do this, we’ll also plan Chinese Cinderella
something else for part of our time
together Will take the lead on starting
the discussion because she
has been involved in book
clubs before.
Stay involved in outside Activities that we both like: Wants to run at least Contact horse stable for Tennis: Fall 2005
activities Bike riding once/week at middle school summer schedule All others: monthly
Tennis track Will build up to running 5 times 2005-06
Horseback Riding around track
Running
Cook together Learn about cooking foods from other Look on internet for foods to Teach mentor to cook the Winter 2005
countries cook international foods I already
Put together a cookbook of these foods knows how to cook
from other countries
Writing Ideas we had: Will continue working on fairy Get more writing buds from Summer 2005
Finish fairy tale sequel tale this summer internet
Writing buds from Stuart

2. Goal Activities/Steps to complete goal Roles and Responsibilities Timelines
Mentor Mentee
Work on art skills Improve drawing of people After Mentor introduces her to Look in arts newspaper &
the local arts newspaper, brochure from arts center for
Mentee will look at on a short-term class on drawing
weekly basis for ways to learn people
more about drawing people
Work on Oral History Both of us will complete a family tree Read material from internet on Will get info from internet on Two interviews
Project Learn skills used in this project: conducting interviews. creating family tree Summer, 2005
Interviewing Assist Mentee in staying on After reading info from Joy and
Tape recording equipment & task w/ this by planning our practicing with Mentor, will
techniques used in time to include it. contact:
interviewing Great grandmother
Types of questions Great Aunt
Possibly put together a product
that can be presented to
group outside of just family
Activities w/ other Cooking Will contact mentors about Jodeci Ongoing
mentors & mentees Bike riding ideas Devontae
Technology project? Latisha F.
Technology project Possibly build telescope Will contact husband about Other ideas? Spring, 2006
helping us w/ this
Visit historical places, Places, museums in Western part of NC Contact friends, family in Open to staying one overnight Spring, 2006
museums, cultural or southern VA. Western NC & VA if trip is 3-4 hours away
events Asheville, Black Mt. Look in newspaper for places
Luray Caverns to visit
Also, Raleigh (science & history
museums); Greensboro Historical
Museum, Center for Doc. Studies
Other ideas from other mentors
Visit Library Read books, browse about 1 hour/2 x Include in activities scheduled Summer, 2005
month this summer
Make holiday gifts Start thinking about ideas of what gifts Fall, 2005
could be made for family members
Explore Interest in Think about places we could go to attend Summer, 2005
documentary films showings or check out, like arts and
entertainment newspaper, video store,
arts center.
Prepare for future in Visit a college Don’t know quite how to pull Use internet to research 3 Spring, 2006
high school & college off the college visit, but will talk colleges she would like to visit.
w/ program coordinator &
other mentors