Brighton High School

CE 2010 Final Project

Name: Lincoln Bunker Title of Plan: Cultivating Motivation Among Brighton Students

Action Plan

Goal: In order for students to be prepared and successful in school and life, introduce the focus of motivation at Brighton High
School

Objectives:
1. Have the Admin of Brighton meet and discuss with the Counselors about what to talk about motivation with students at yearly
College and Career meetings

2. Discuss each student's motivation at the yearly College and Career meetings.

3. At the students college and career meeting, students will have one S.M.A.R.T goal that they will make and have the opportunity to
accomplish throughout the year.

Objective 1: Have the Admin of Brighton meet and discuss with the Counselors about what to talk about motivation with students
at yearly College and Career meetings
Implementation Evaluation

What evidence indicates How and when will

What needs to be done? By whom and when? What resources?
success? evidence be gathered?
 The Admin will need to
meet with the Counselors.
The Admin of Brighton
In order to have
will need to meet and
motivation being a focus
discuss the topic of
in students' lives by the
motivation with the
2021-2022 school year, a
Counselors of Brighton.
meeting between the
Here, the Admin will
Admin and Counselors
inform the Counselors on
would need to take place
the importance of
before the completion of
discussing motivation
the 2020-2021 school
with each student.
year. A motivation
Collectively, the Admin
meeting between the
and Counselors can
Admin and Counselors the
decide what they think is
last week of March of
best to discuss with
2021 would allow a great
students about
amount of time in order to
motivation. (Ex: What
let Counselors prepare to
motivates you? Are you
begin discussing
able to recognize an
motivation in College and
increase or decrease in
Career meetings. This
motivation? Are you
would begin at the start of
motivated in school? etc.)
the 2021-2022 school
year
Objective 2: Discuss each student's motivation at the yearly College and Career meetings
Implementation
What needs to be done? By whom and when?
Resources necessary for
this are already in place.
All that is needed is a Evidence will be gathered
designated time for the once the College and
Admin and Counselors of Career meetings begin for
Brighton to meet and the 2021-2022 school
Evidence that will indicate
discuss. As stated year. Data can be written
success is the Admin and
previously, this could be down and recalled each
Counselors actually
done in the last week of year at the yearly College
having a meeting, and
March, allowing a great and Career meetings with
figuring out what specific
amount of time to prepare each individual student.
details about motivation
and finalize the discussion During these meetings,
will be discussed at the
of motivation in College students will not only
yearly College and Career
and Career meetings. discuss their preparation
meetings with each
Since students already for college, but also start
individual student.
meet with their to shift their focus on
Counselors yearly, setting their own personal
up meetings will not be an motivation and begin to
issue. There would only see the importance of it
be an add on of discussing
the students motivation.
Evaluation
What evidence indicates How and when will
What resources?
success? evidence be gathered?
 Resources needed for this
Each student from grades Evidence will be gathered
plan are already being
9 through 12 attend a each year at the one on
used. Counselors meet Students leaving the
college and career one college and career
This will be done by the with their specific yearly college and career
meeting once a year. At meeting with a student
Counselors at Brighton at students once a year, all meeting with a better
these meetings, and their counselor.
college and career that would be changed is understanding on what
counselors will dedicate a Starting in 9th grade, the
meetings. This will adding a discussion of motivates them, what
few minutes to discuss student will answer
happen each year starting motivation. From there, they can do to stay
what is currently questions about their
in 9th grade and ending in Counselors can motivated, and any
motivating the student, motivation. Their
12th grade as students recommend students to specific resources needed
whether the student responses will be
have a one on one others based on their will show both the
thinks motivation is documented and then
meeting with their motivational needs. (Ex: student and the Counselor
important or not, and if brought up the year after
counselor Coaches for sports, that success has been
they need any help or and discussed. This will
further meetings with made.
guidance with anything happen each year from
counselors, scholarship
related to motivation. grades 9 through 12.
meetings for college, etc)

Objective 3:At the students college and career meeting, students will have one S.M.A.R.T goal that they will make and have the
opportunity to throughout the year.
Implementation Evaluation

What evidence indicates How and when will

What needs to be done? By whom and when? What resources?
success? evidence be gathered?
At the yearly College and Both the students and the Resources needed for this Evidence that will indicate Evidence will be gathered
Career meetings, students counselors will be the are already in place. Each success will be a student at the next college and
will make a goal, about individuals making and year students meet with making a S.M.A.R.T goal at career meeting that is had
anything they wish discussing the goal. The their counselors and the yearly college and with the student and
(school, college, sports, goal will be made at the discuss college and career career meeting, and then counselor. Here, the
work, hobbies, etc). The yearly college and career plans. This would add the reporting back on it the counselor will follow up
goal needs to be S.M.A.R.T meeting. The student will idea of applying the next year. Whether they with the student on how
and attainable before the take what was discussed students motivation to a accomplish it or not, the the goal went for them
next college and career previously about their goal they want to student will discuss what throughout the year. The
meeting. At the next motivation and then be accomplish in the next they learned about counselor will ask
year's college and career able to apply it to a goal year. For a way to motivation and what they questions regarding what
meeting, Counselors will that they actually want to incentivise this, if a think they could improve the student learned about
discuss how the goal complete. Then, one year student were to on. motivation, how
went, what the student later at the next college accomplish the goals motivation helped them
learned, and their and career meeting, it will made each year for all the accomplish or progress in
thoughts about the be debriefed and years they attended their goal or as a person,
process. discussed. Brighton, they could get a and then make another
special graduation cord goal for the upcoming
recognizing their hard year.
work and motivation.