The EDU Goals MOOC helps you to become a goal-minded teacher who sets small achievable goals throughout your teaching year and teaching career. Each unit motivates you to accomplish a goal to enhance learning in your classroom. The 30 Goals Challenge for Teachers is the inspiration behind this MOOC. Over 10,000 teachers have joined The 30 Goals Challenge for Teachers since 2010. After you complete this MOOC, you will be able to receive support from teachers worldwide who are also goal-minded on Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks. This MOOC contributes to the development and improvement of the Teachers’ Digital Competence in all areas, especially focusing on Area 1 "Information and data literacy", Area 2 "Communication and collaboration", Area 3 “Digital content creation” and Area 5 "Problem solving" of the Common Digital Competence Framework for Teachers. This is the first week of the The Goal-Minded Teacher and our first Google Hangout live event is full of incredible guest experts who are sure to inspire you. Our esteemed panelists are educators who were integral to The 30 Goals for Educators movement and they will share their experiences as Goal-Minded educators and talk about teacher motivation while learning online. The panelists include:

• Lisa Dabbs (@TeachWithSoul) is an author, education consultant, and the founder of The New Teacher Chat, #NTChat. She was a principal for 14 years and mentors principals and new teachers. She is also an avid blogger.
• Theodora Papapanagiotou (@DoraPap72) is a teacher, translator, and spinning instructor in Greece who started the We Are On The Air global project which had classes in different countries create videos to introduce their projects. Her project was featured in The 30 Goals for Educators book. She also presents on balance and teacher wellness. Her blog is Keep on Teaching.
• Nikki D Robertson (@NikkiDRobertson) is a veteran educator, school librarian, Instructional Technology Facilitator, ISTE Librarians Network President Elect, and recent author of the book, Connected Librarians: Tap Social Media to Enhance Professional Development and Student Learning. She will share her 30 Goals experiences and tips for connecting with educators through social media.
• Christina Chorianopoulou (@Kryftina) is a teacher and presenter in Greece who has inspired her learners to use technology in creative ways to express themselves. She will share great tips for keeping motivated and accomplishing goals. She is also the newsletter editor of TESOL Greece and her blog is Mymathima.
• Cristina Monteiro Silva (@cristimsilva) has been an EFL teacher for the past 20 years in Portugal and has lived in Belgium and Brazil, too. She’s a mum of two and a very busy person who still finds time to attend MOOCs and will share her experiences from The 30 Goals as well as how she balances her time and stays focus while completing MOOC tasks. Her blog is Englishing Around.

Your moderators will also be at Google Hangout, which takes place on Saturday, February 17th at  16:00 pm UTC/ 11:00 am ET/ 10:00 am CT/ 8:00 am PT. Check your time zones here. You can submit questions we will read out live by submitting them to the Goal-Minded Teacher Facebook group or tweeting to one of your moderators- Fabiana Casella, (@FabLCasellaEDU), Kelly Jake Duncan (@JKDNCN), and Shelly Sanchez Terrell, (@ShellTerrell).