Steps 3 & 4: State Your Goal and Establish Objectives

If you think of the community vision as a place you want to live in someday, then a project goal is one of many possible pathways to get there.

Writing the goal and objectives can be tricky. Your project goal is a broad statement about the purpose of your project. A project goal is supported by up to three objectives. Objectives describe the ways in which you will carry out your project goal. You will be able to use these objectives throughout your project to see how well you are doing in reaching your project’s goal.

Make sure you write in the active tense. For example these project goals are written in the active tense:

• Parents read and do literacy related activities more with their children.
• Educators include health related topics in their program.

The objectives for the above goals could be:

Goal: Parents read and do literacy related activities more with their children.

Objectives:

1. Youth experience on-the-land activities.
2. Youth listen and learn from Elders.