Life Skills and Leadership Manual - Peace Corps

Life Skills & Leadership: Unit 3, Session 3: Steps for Action | Page 31 of 67

Session 3: Steps for Action

Date: Time: 120 minutes Facilitator(s):

Facilitator preparation:

1. Prepare Flip charts 1 and 2 using as much detail on Flip chart 2 as you wish.

Materials:

Equipment

1. Flip chart paper, markers or crayons


2. Paper


3. Pens or pencils


4. Markers or crayons
   Prepared flip charts
   Flip chart 1: Road Map 1 (little detail)
   Flip chart 2: Road Map 2 (much detail)
   Flip chart 3: My Dream (from Unit 3, Session 1, “Goal Setting, the Basics”)
   Flip chart 4: Problem-Solving Steps (from Unit 2, Session 6, “Solving Problems”)
   Handouts
   Handout 1: My Target Goal
   Handout 2: My Plan of Action

Trainer materials

Trainer Material 1: Target Goal: Short-Term Example

Trainer Material 2: Target Goal: Long-Term Example

Learning Objectives:

1. 
   

   Working with a partner, participants will define at least one short- and long-term goal related to
   their dreams and discuss advantages and disadvantages of setting goals for their lives

   
   


2. 
   

   Working individually, participants will use a template to structure an action plan that (a) describes
   their goals, (b) assets they have to help them achieve the goals, (c) assets they need to achieve
   them, (d) how they will get those assets, (e) and how they will measure the achievement of each
   goal.