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FREE WEBINAR From Goals to Follow-Through: How to Help Students Stick With Their New Year Goals

FREE WEBINAR From Goals to Follow-Through: How to Help Students Stick With Their New Year Goals

January is full of fresh starts. Vision boards. Goal sheets. Big intentions.

And then… momentum fades.

If you’ve ever watched students set meaningful goals only to abandon them weeks later, this free webinar will help you understand why that happens and what actually supports follow-through in school settings.

This session focuses on two often-overlooked executive function skills that make or break goal success: goal-directed persistence and progress monitoring.

Who This Webinar Is For

This free PD is designed for:

  • School counselors

  • School social workers

  • School psychologists

  • School-based mental health providers

  • Educators supporting goal-setting, behavior change, or SEL

Perfect for elementary and upper elementary settings, with strategies easily adaptable for older students.

What You’ll Learn

In this 30-minute session, you’ll learn how to:

  • Understand why student goals fade even when motivation is high

  • Reframe goal “failure” as an executive function skill gap, not a lack of effort

  • Support goal-directed persistence in realistic, developmentally appropriate ways

  • Use progress monitoring to help students notice effort and small wins

  • Apply simple, low-prep strategies that fit into real school days

What We’ll Cover

✔ Why motivation alone isn’t enough
✔ What goal-directed persistence really looks like in students
✔ How progress monitoring keeps goals alive
✔ Common mistakes that unintentionally shut down follow-through
✔ 5 practical strategies you can use immediately with students

This is a practical, supportive session focused on what actually helps students keep going once the excitement of goal-setting wears off.

Why This Matters

Most students don’t abandon goals because they don’t care. They abandon them because the executive function skills needed to sustain effort are still developing. When we treat this as a motivation issue, students feel discouraged. When we treat it as a skill-building opportunity, students gain tools they can use for years to come.

What You’ll Walk Away With

  • A clearer lens for understanding stalled goals

  • Simple structures that support persistence and self-monitoring

  • Ideas you can use in individual counseling, small groups, or classrooms

How to Register

Add the session to your cart and complete checkout. After checking out, you will receive a PDF download with instructions for joining the session. Please use a personal email address (instead of a school email) at checkout as some schools block our emails. 

About the Presenter

Keri Powers is a school counselor and creator of practical, research-supported counseling resources for educators and school-based mental health providers. Her work focuses on executive functioning, anxiety, self-regulation, and helping students build skills they can actually use in real life.

Register for Free

Join this free 30-minute PD and learn how to help students move from good intentions to real follow-through.

👉 Reserve your spot today.