NEWS: Powerful goal-setting tool now available for School Development Plans

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 Goal Mapping is a system that shows people how to change their thinking in order to release their inner genie – the subconscious. This means that the system trains the brain to become more success-focussed, developing healthier, more proactive thinking habits. The Goal Mapping Process motivates people to believe in themselves more and provides a tangible step-by-step guide to raising attainment and achieving meaningful goals.

Already a hit in the corporate world, Goal Mapping has been embraced by companies like Orange, Microsoft, Barclays and British Airways (where it is used as part of their MBA programme). Now this powerful and effective goal-setting tool is available to schools – not just to help students improve the quality of their lives and learning, but also, proposes Alan Winter, founder of Positively MAD, to help schools create, implement and revaluate their School Development Plans.

“We have spent the last 8 years bringing Goal Mapping into schools to help students set and achieve meaningful improvement-focussed goals,” Mr Winter goes on to explain. “Now we are inviting schools to consider the Goal Mapping process as a viable means to create and shape School Development Plans.”

The Goal Mapping system is an image-based, success-focused method of setting and achieving goals that encourages people to develop healthier thinking patterns in order to make the changes to improve their lives.  Proven and effective at boosting motivation and raising aspirations, Goal Mapping now has an online hub, which makes it ideal for helping schools create and evaluate their  school improvement plan.

Goal Mapping Online is a fantastic opportunity for schools to make their Development Plans come alive, to harness the collective wisdom and energies of all those involved, to provide a meaningful process that can be used to improve all aspects of the school experience.

Goal Mapping Online uniquely allows all members of the school community to share their goal maps in a collaborative way. It also provides free webinars on all aspects of goal mapping and even has a success centre which allows you to access a multitude of personal development models.

Goal Mapping Online also has a planning feature which allows you to add actions, track your goals and keep tabs on your progress. It empowers you to view the big picture and prioritise actions at a touch of a button.  

Goal Mapping invites the school leadership team to consider not just what they need to achieve, but also enables them to understand why change is important and how it can be managed effectively.

Goal Mapping inspires teachers to set more meaningful goals with regards to enhancing their abilities to curriculum development and teacher development.

Goal Mapping helps students understand where they need to improve and shows them how to steer their thinking so that they stay focussed on raising attainment.

“So,” explains Alan Winter, “with the establishment of Goal Mapping online, we can now integrate the goal mapping process into the creation and implementation of the School Development Plans and thus synchronise all the efforts of those involved in achieving targets.”

Positively MAD has a special new Goal Mapping Practitioner Course for members of the school leadership team to become Goal Mapping Champions, able to use Goal Mapping Online to help create School Development Plans.

The Goal Mapping Practitioner course is also very useful for Aimhigher co-ordinators, PSHE leaders, and teachers in charge of CPD as the course equips teachers with the tools and resources needed to teach others how to Goal Map.

It is also an ideal course for teachers in charge of INSET training because it helps schools to create a pool of in-house Goal Mapping experts who are able to provide future training in Goal Mapping.

Teachers who have already enjoyed this course had the following comments to make:

• "Inspired. Inspirational. Fun. Interesting. Above all, it demonstrates it can be done. Trust in your goal and achievement will follow. Without doubt, this is ‘Positively making a difference’ to me and my future.'
• "Interactive, interesting, invigorating."
• "Put the subject across in a precise clear and entertaining manner. Really enjoyable and constructive."
• "Great demonstration and advice on how to deliver the Goal Mapping workshop. I now feel confident in getting out there and giving it a go."
• "Good momentum, depth of background. Led to good enthusiasm of material."

For more information on how to book this course for teachers at your school, visit the Goal Mapping page on our website.