This document discusses how to formulate effective goals and objectives for teaching a class. It notes that goals and objectives provide a map for assessment and should be flexible but clear. There are two main obstacles to formulating them: lack of time for planning, and not knowing how. Goals state the overall intended outcomes of the course at a general level, while objectives specify points along the way in more specific terms. The document provides guidelines for writing goals and objectives, such as making goals general but not vague, relating objectives directly to goals, and using goals and objectives as a basis for evaluation and assessment.