Setting Chapter Goals

1. Setting Chapter Goals
Allison Johnson
Regional Officer

2. •Are you clear about what your main
objective as a Phi Theta Kappa officer is
at the moment?… Do you know what you
want to have achieved by the end of
today? the week? the month? the
semester?

3. Rule #1: Set Goals that
Motivate
•When you set goals for yourself, your Phi
Theta Kappa chapter, or your region, they
need to be goals that are important to you,
to the chapter, or to the region, and
everyone must realize the value in
achieving them.
•People must be interested and vested in
the outcome and the goals need to be
relevant or no one will want to put in the
work to reach the goals.

4. What are goals?
•The process of setting goals helps you
choose where you want your chapter to
go.
•By knowing precisely what you want to
achieve, you know where you have to
concentrate your efforts.
•You'll also quickly spot the distractions
that would otherwise lure you from your
course.

5. Why Set Goals?
•Setting goals allows your chapter to know
what you are working towards
oWhat level of the Five Star Development Program
do you want to reach?
oWhat projects are you going to complete to reach
that goal?
oWill you be completing in the Hallmark Awards
Program?
oHas your chapter planned adequate programs to
compose a well written entry?

7. Rule #3: Write Down the Goals
•Writing down a goal is a very simple way to
make it tangible.
•Be firm when you write goals; use the word
“will” instead of “would like to” or “we hope
to.”
•Be positive when you write goals.
oFor example, “This semester, we will induct 90%
of the students earning invitations to become
members of Phi Theta Kappa” is more motivating
than “This semester, we will reduce the number of
students who choose not to accept the invitations
to become members,”

8. Rule #4: Define Action Items
•Use the Honors In Action Planning Model
to plan your goals into smaller steps.
•Smaller tasks allows work to be spread to
other members.
•Follow up with volunteers
oHold members accountable for their portion
oAllows your chapter to stay on track

9. Rule #5: Monitor and Assess
•Set reminders, check with others, go over
the goals and their importance in
meetings .
•Assess whether the goals are still relevant
•Keeps members on track

10. Rule #2: Set SMART Goals
•Specific, simple (clearly understood)
•Measurable (you will know exactly when it is
attained)
•Attainable, accountable (can be done, and
people to do it)
•Relevant, realistic (important, valuable, and
the resources exist to get it done)
•Timely and Time Bound (it’s the right time,
and there is enough time, and we have a time
in mind or there is a deadline for completing
the goal)

11. Goal Examples
•Scholarship Goal
oExplore Honors Study Topic Issue 3: Access to Power
by participating in a Case Study Challenge focused on
2008 presidential election, & sharing the Case Study w/
Political Science & Sociology classes on campus
•Leadership Goal
oProvide Regional leadership to the Society by hosting or
co-hosting 1 regional event or other activity involving at
least five other chapters
•Service Goal
oUse Keep America Beautiful resources in order to
educate members, college faculty/staff, & other
students about the need for wireless phone recycling &
start a cell phone recycling program on campus

12. Set Goals
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•5 Star Chapter Dev. Program
•Each Hallmark
•Honors in Action issue

13. Develop Calendar
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•Chapter meetings, inductions, activities
•Deadlines: 5-star, Hallmark Awards, Scholarships
•College Academic Calendar
•Regional Meetings
•International Events