Starting in 2017

Hello, I am new to this community of debt consolidation and very happy to be here. I am in the process of paying a debt to my college so that I can continue my education. I will have the debt paid in March and I will start my journey of debt and credit repair so that I can improve my credit score. I am starting with the lowest amount and going up to the biggest amount. I hope to make much progress by the end of 2017. Can you tell me what the first step is towards paying off my first debt of $243? I would like to be as professional as possible when settling the debt and I very much look forward to seeing my credit score go up. Thank you.