Course Contract Review

1. What are you doing well? I am putting a lot of time into studying for the exams. I am completing all my assignments on time. I am participating in class. I am on time to class and I have no absences. I am making and keeping good relationships with family, friends, and new friends. I am doing well, emotionally and spiritually. I am moving forward with big decisions in my life rather than being at the stagnant stage I was before.
2. What are you not doing well? I am struggling with doing all the assigned reading before the class where we discuss that material. I am not eating that well or working out that often. I am not getting all the sleep I need during the week. I haven't been as prompt with work lately because of all the study groups and homework projects.
3. Are you making sufficient progress on your goals? I have A's or A-'s in all my classes, which is great. I am tired, but I'm not slacking. I am continually adding to individual class folders and notebooks the important ideas and thoughts I can use in the future.
4. List specific things you need to change in order to meet your goals. I need to read, read, read in order to do better on the exams, understand the material in class and outside of class, and be able to answer application problems/apply what I'm learning. I need to exercise a reasonable amount every week (three times). I need to make good use of my time and eat healthy. I have been trying to finish term assignments before field so that I don't have to be so stressed while I am in the role of a teacher at my field work school. It is stressful now, but it will be great to focus on the kids and my teaching responsibility during field.
5. How is your motivation? My motivation isn't focused on my ultimate goal, but the A's are my target in sight. It is only because it is drawing closer to field and classes and work have been very time consuming and draining that I have to rely on the performance goals. But I think that's why I set the performance goals... for times when I was too tired or too caught up to remember the deep intrinsic reason/motivation behind it all. Reaching those performance goals will keep me on track to obtaining my mastery goals, even if it is dragging me along for a little while.
6. Are you focusing on mastery or performance goals? I am focusing more on the performance goals at this moment because I am tired. But my overall mindset when I get down to the reasons why I am set on completing my assignments on time and attending all my classes is really a mastery goal of becoming an excellently prepared teacher.
7. Does anything need to change? Yes, there are always things I should change if I really want to be progressing. I could be getting better sleep, getting ready in the mornings instead of rolling out of bed and going to school looking like a zombie, and I need to change the negativity that has crept up on me lately with my social life and school work. If I can change my attitude to be more positive, things will run a lot more smooth.