Makiyah is finishing her junior year in high school. She enjoys her math classes and is interested in working with money in a bank. She′s not interested in going to a four-year college but wants to earn a professional certificate so she can be better prepared and earn more money at her first job. She did some research using the College Navigator website and found a community college near her home that offers an 18-month Banking and Finance Certificate. She plans to apply to the program. What is a long-term career goal for Makiyah? What are two short-term educational goals she can set as steps (that she can take in high school) towards her long-term career goal?

Write a long-term career goal statement that includes two short-term educational goals for Makiyah using the information from the paragraph above. Make sure that the long-term goal statement and the short-term goal statements are Smart Goals: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and has a Time frame