Goal Setting

Olweus Responses from Mrs. Moore’s ACE

Why is it important to set goals?

• It is important to set goals because then you can try to achieve the goal.
• It is important to set goals because it gives you the chance to do something that you want to do.
• It is important to set goals because then you have something to strive for. If you have high goals for yourself you can accomplish more. Also, if you have goals set, you will work harder towards it.
• Setting goals is important because if you set goals, it will break work into smaller parts.

Why are team goals important?

• You can make bigger goals because there are more people.
• With team goals many people are striving for the same thing, but in personal goals only one person is striving for the goal.
• In a group you work together and when you work together you can achieve higher goals and harder goals.

how does team goals drive individual goals?

• Your team goals drive individual goals by maybe inspiring you to achieve your individual goals.
• Your team goals drive your individual goals by having someone work with you and help you reach your goals.
• Team goals drive your individual goals because the team goal could be part of your individual goal  and since you have already done part of your individual goal you want to do the rest.
• Team goals drive my individual goals because my teammates encourage me to try harder for my own goals.

How might team goals conflict with individual goals?

• My individual goals might conflict with the team goals because to reach my goals, I may need to practice them so I might have to miss out on something with the team. Or, team goals might be different than mine, and that might be a conflict because the team is working towards theirs.
• Your individual goals have a conflict with team goals because your individual goal is what you want to achieve and team goals are goals for the whole team.
• Team goals may conflict with individual goals because everyone may not agree with the goal they are trying to achieve.
• Your individual goals may conflict with the team goals because if your goal is to bad, unkind, and disruptive but everyone elses’ goal is to listen and be quiet then the goals could interfere in a bad way.