Goal-Focused Communication (GFC) Details
Student learning improves and students become more cooperative when they believe school is relevant to their own personal goals.
The Goal-Focused Communication Program
Equips educators with strategies that make the classroom relevant to students so that they are personally invested in their school success
Equips the educator to enable students to clarify their personal, school, and classroom goals
Shows educators how to move the locus of responsibility for achievement onto the student
Goal-Focused students are engaged learners
Educators Who Benefit From GFC
Teachers (all disciplines)
Classroom/lab assistants and aides
Principals and other administrators
Other school leaders (formal and informal)
Counselors and other support staff
The GFC Program
Student learning improves and students become more cooperative when they believe school is relevant to their own personal goals.
The Goal-Focused Communication Program
Equips educators with strategies that make the classroom relevant to students so that they are personally invested in their school success.
Equips the educator to enable students to clarify their personal, school, and classroom goals.
Shows educators how to move the locus of responsibility for achievement onto the student.
Goal-Focused students are engaged learners.
GFC Program Outcomes
Completion of the GFC program results in the following outcomes.
Immediate Outcomes
A productive relationship is created between the student and the Educator.
The relevance of the school and the classroom to the student’s personal career goals is established.
The locus of responsibility for learning is moved from the Educator to the student.
Future Outcomes
Students focus on achievement by:
Focusing on personal career, school, and classroom goals
Identifying relevance for their own learning
Taking responsibility for their own learning
Employing a sound protocol for achieving goals, solving problems, and learning new things
How the Outcomes are Achieved
As a result of completing the GFC program, Educators learn the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve the program’s outcomes by engaging in the three following activities.
Educator conducts a Basic GFC conversation at the career, school and/or classroom level
Educator conducts a Complete GFC conversation at the career, school, and/or classroom level
Educator plans and implements a GFC application in his/her own educational environment (classroom, counseling session, school, after school activity, etc.)
Structure of the Program’s Content
The GFC program is divided into four discrete Units.
Unit 1 Introduction to the GFC program
Unit 2 Basic Goal-Focused Communication
Unit 3 Complete Goal-Focused Communication
Unit 4 GFC Applications