Pathways to Success: Visual Tools for Goal-Setting, Self-Evaluation & Progression
Empower Your Learners, Your Teams & Yourself with Engaging Visual Tools
Are you looking for a creative way to help your learners set meaningful goals, track progress, and reflect on their learning journey? Pathways to Success is your ultimate toolkit! This collection of 14 engaging visual templates is designed to bring clarity, focus, and motivation to goal-setting and self-evaluation.
Who are these visual tools for?
✨ English language teachers – Support learners in identifying and achieving their goals while tracking their language learning or career progression.
✨ Teacher trainers – Use interactive and inspiring tools to help participants set targets, work towards them, and reflect on their development.
✨ Directors of Studies, leaders, and managers – Plan strategically, set team or organizational goals creatively, and reflect on what’s working (and what needs to change).
✨ ELT professionals – Identify personal and professional goals, monitor progression, and reflect on your journey to success.
✨ Visual Thinking Lovers - Essentially these tools are so adaptable, they can be used almost anywhere, any time. If you love fun, creativity and thinking visually, you'll love these.
What You'll Gain:
💫 Proven visual thinking strategies to set and track goals effectively.
💫 Tools that help learners, teachers, trainers, and managers stand out, work collaboratively, and think in a focused way.
💫 A structured yet flexible approach to goal-setting, reflection, and self-evaluation.
What's Inside?
This 126-page downloadable PDF includes:
✅ 14 unique visual templates – specially designed to transform chaotic thoughts into clear, actionable steps.
✅ Black-and-white and color versions – print-friendly and ideal for digital use.
✅ User’s guides – with implementation ideas for both face-to-face and virtual settings.
✅ Suggested topics and language focuses – including well-being, goal-setting, and reflection. ✅ Introduction to Visual Templates – understand how they work and how to use them effectively.
A Sneak Peek Inside:
These tools are bright, fun, interactive and guaranteed to inspire & bring a smile to people's faces.
How to Use These Visual Thinking Tools:
Print and distribute as worksheets - for individuals or groups.
- Display on interactive whiteboards or digital platforms like Canva, Miro, or Mural.
- Draw large-scale versions on whiteboards or flipcharts for collaborative work.
- Use with sticky notes or markers to make them even more interactive.
Why You'll Love These Graphic Tools:
✨ Turn abstract goals into clear, visual plans
✨ Track progress & celebrate achievements
✨ Make self-evaluation engaging and stress-free
✨ Minimal preparation required – just print and go!
✨ Fun, interactive, and innovative
The Hot Air Balloon Visual Template in Action
Checking-in at the beginning of a webinar. Participants rate their confidence / knowledge on the webinar topic using annotation tools in zoom, or the collaborating using Canva Whiteboad.
These tools will bring your classes, webinars, meetings and workshops to life!
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Upgrade your teaching, training, or professional development with these powerful visual tools.
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Welcome to Emily Bryson ELT: a home for visual thinkers.
I'm Emily Bryson. I help ELT professionals to harness their super-powers, engage their audiences and stand out from the crowd using visual thinking. I have written various print and digital materials, including National Geographic Learning’s Voices & Impact series, 50 Ways to Teach Life Skills and Pathways to Success: Visual Tools for Goal-Setting, Self-Evaluation and Progression. I am passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion and the use of visual tools and graphic facilitation strategies to make learning more engaging, accessible and fun. I am a resident blogger for Ellii learning and frequently delivers teacher development sessions for a variety of ELT organisations. My development courses with a visual twist have been described as ‘the nicest corner of the internet’ and my sketchnotes are extremely popular on socials.
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