Resiliency can be defined as a “capacity of children and youth to face stress without being incapacitated”. As educators, it is not our responsibility to solve all of our students’ problems; it is our responsibility to give our students the life-skills they require to be successful. The notion of resiliency is attractive because it puts the youth, not the adult, in the role of problem solver. Desirable as it might be, this is no easy task. A broadly defined solution to a broadly defined problem, resiliency will manifest itself in different ways in different students. For every risk factor that exists, there will exist at least one form of resiliency to this risk, and for every form of resiliency that exists, there will exist at least one means by which to develop this resiliency. Out of the countless means by which we can foster resiliency in our students, I have chosen goal-setting as the focus for this site. Goal setting gives all students a means to think about their future in a productive way. Goal setting can also incorporate other means by which students can develop resiliency, e.g. forming relationships, involvement in extracurricular activities, substance abuse education, etc. For more information, check the Goal Alignment section.