Document All Your Mini-Goals!
Mini-goals help reach the ultimate literacy goal.
Name of student: _________________________________________________________________
Name of tutor: ___________________________________________________________________
Date mini-goal was reached: ________________________________________________________
Important Note to Volunteers!
Arlington Reads considers mini-goals as small stepping stones to the ultimate goal of improving literacy skills.
Students will reach a number of mini-goals during his/her tutoring experience. We would like the tutors to help
students recognize the small successes they will achieve. When they look back at all of their small successes
they will realize that they have made progress towards their big goal! This will be super encouraging to the
tutors and students!
Mini-goals are not the big goals. These are simple, easy to accomplish in a short period of time. These goals can
be skills that students need to enhance their ability to live more independently in society. Some examples of
previous mini-goals included; addressing and mailing a letter, learning the sounds and names of the alphabet,
reading and understanding the grocery advertisements, setting up and using email, improve casual conversation
in a social setting, learn to use Excel to obtain a job, pass one section of the GED, read a book to their child, or
learning how to balance a bank account.
Please, please, please keep copies of all the goals reached by your student AND share all goals that are
achieved by your student with the volunteer coordinator via email [email protected] or
you can drop a copy of this sheet off at the East Arlington Branch Library, Arlington Reads office. We
use this data show how Arlington Reads and volunteers like you are making a difference! Thank you!
What do I want to achieve?
Example: I want to learn how to write a letter.
Why do I want to achieve this goal?
Example: I would like to write a letter to my child’s teacher.
How will I achieve this goal? What is required to achieve this goal?
Attend tutoring sessions Meet with my tutor at least 2 hours per week
Write a letter to my child’s teacher Spend 1 hour writing a letter by myself.
Work with my tutor to make corrections Ask questions when I don’t understand.
Rewrite the letter Complete the final letter by myself
Practice writing another letter to a friend Write another letter together with my tutor.
When do I want to achieve this goal?
I want to reach my goal by January 10, 2010
What obstacles can I expect? What are the solutions to the obstacles?
I might not write the first letter because I don’t know Don’t worry about writing a perfect letter. Get my
how to write in English. thoughts on paper and my tutor will help me make
corrections to the grammar and spelling errors.
