# Goals

The teacher sets each student's goals and moves them through four stages. The student and their parents see the same goals and stages.

## Set by the teacher, in order of importance

The teacher writes down goals for each student, such as “smooth seventh chords”, “both hands, slowly” or “sight-read eight bars a day”. Each goal has a name and a description with the details: what to play, how fast, which pages. Drag the goals into order; the one at the top is what matters most right now.

Exercise links in the description become practice cards on the student’s page while the goal is being worked on, so the homework is one click away from the goal.

![A teacher’s goals page for one student: four goals in order, each with a drag handle and a stage selector.](https://pianokitty.com/features/en/goals/teacher.webp)

## Four stages, moved by the teacher

Every goal is **Planned**, **In progress**, **Almost completed** or **Perfected**. Only the teacher moves a goal to the next stage. The app never marks something as mastered because a number went up; that is the teacher’s call.

![The stage selector on a goal, set to Almost completed.](https://pianokitty.com/features/en/goals/stage.webp)

## Completed goals keep their star

Every goal has a star. While the goal is open, the star is an outline. When the teacher marks it **Perfected**, the star fills in and the goal moves behind the open ones. Finished goals stay on the list as a record of what the student has achieved.

Open a goal to see its history: when it was set, when it moved from stage to stage, how long it spent at each, and the day it was perfected.

![A perfected goal with a filled star: the time spent in progress and almost completed, the date it was perfected, and the full status history.](https://pianokitty.com/features/en/goals/detail.webp)

## Everyone sees the same goals

- The student finds them under [My learning](https://pianokitty.com/my/learning), with the name of the teacher who set each one. Students can read their goals but not edit them.
- Parents see their child’s goals, and the top one also appears on the [family page](https://pianokitty.com/features/parents).
- The teacher sees each student’s top goal on the roster, on the student’s profile and when [planning a lesson](https://pianokitty.com/features/lesson-planning), since every lesson is for one or more goals.

![The student’s My learning page: four goals as chips, the perfected one muted with a filled star, each with the teacher’s name.](https://pianokitty.com/features/en/goals/student.webp)

![The teacher’s roster in the Goals view: each student with their top goal.](https://pianokitty.com/features/en/goals/roster.webp)

## The student hears when a goal moves

When the teacher moves a goal to a new stage, the student gets a message on their dashboard and, depending on their settings, a phone notification or an email. See [notifications](https://pianokitty.com/features/notifications).

![The dashboard message: your goal “Both hands, slowly” changed status, with Open and Dismiss.](https://pianokitty.com/features/en/goals/banner.webp)

## Set a goal

- Try it: [My teaching](https://pianokitty.com/my/teaching): Open a student to set their goals.
- Try it: [My learning](https://pianokitty.com/my/learning): The goals your teacher set for you.
- Try it: [Lesson planning](https://pianokitty.com/features/lesson-planning): Plan each lesson around the goals.
- Try it: [For parents](https://pianokitty.com/features/parents): Your child’s goals and practice week.

Related: [Features for teachers](https://pianokitty.com/features/teachers.md), [Planning a lesson](https://pianokitty.com/features/lesson-planning.md), [The lesson log](https://pianokitty.com/features/lesson-log.md)

Source: https://pianokitty.com/features/goals