Go to the meeting spot when signaled
When to use this goal
For students on field trips or community outings who keep exploring, hide, or head the wrong way when the group gathers to move on. Fit depends on outing data, not grade. The meeting spot and the signal must be shown to the student at the start of each visit.
- Baseline
- Record every regroup signal on three outings: arrived directly, arrived after a repeat, needed an adult to fetch them, or headed elsewhere. Time how long arrival took. If the student does not move at all, teach the signal at school first with a short walk.
- Tips
- Pick a meeting spot that is easy to see and stays the same during a visit (an entrance, a large sign). Teach older students to text "here" when they arrive. Reinforce arriving with a preferred next activity. Safety skills are targeted at every opportunity.
- Limits
- Outings are infrequent, so mastery comes slowly. The goal does not replace supervision ratios in the outing plan.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID bh-saf-031.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during a community outing when the adult gives the agreed regroup signal (a call, a raised hand, or a text), the student will go straight to the named meeting spot and wait there with the group independently in 4 of 4 opportunities, on 4 consecutive community outings, as measured by direct observation collected every regroup signal on each outing.
Baseline: 2 of 4 opportunities.
- Condition
- Observable behavior
- Criterion
- Measurement method
Measurability check11 of 11 met
Met: Observable behavior. Stated as an action.
Met: Condition. Stated.
Met: Unit fits the behavior. Opportunities fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Direct observation gives opportunities data.
Met: Review timeframe. Stated.
Met: Baseline and target compatible. Same unit, change in the right direction.
Met: Aligned with area of need. Still about Safety Behaviors.
Met: Level of support. Defined.
Met: Blanks filled in. Nothing left to fill in.
Checks structure and wording only. Whether the goal fits the student is the team's call.
Short-term objectives (optional)
When are objectives required?Required for students on alternate assessments (34 CFR §300.320(a)(2)(ii)); some states require them for everyone.
Paste into your IEP system
Most district systems have a separate box for each part of a goal. Copy them one at a time, or all at once as labeled text.
- Area of need
- Behavior & Classroom Expectations - Safety Behaviors
- Baseline
- 2 of 4 opportunities.
- Annual goal380 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during a community outing when the adult gives the agreed regroup signal (a call, a raised hand, or a text), the student will go straight to the named meeting spot and wait there with the group independently in 4 of 4 opportunities, on 4 consecutive community outings, as measured by direct observation collected every regroup signal on each outing.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During a community outing when the adult gives the agreed regroup signal (a call, a raised hand, or a text)
- Behavior
- The student will go straight to the named meeting spot and wait there with the group independently
- Criteria
- In 4 of 4 opportunities, on 4 consecutive community outings
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- Every regroup signal on each outing
Copied as plain text, with straight quotes and plain dashes.
Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- in 4 of 4 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- on 4 consecutive community outings
- Collection schedule:
- every regroup signal on each outing
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during a community outing when the adult gives the agreed regroup signal (a call, a raised hand, or a text), the student will go straight to the named meeting spot and wait there with the group independently in 4 of 4 opportunities, on 4 consecutive community outings, as measured by direct observation collected every regroup signal on each outing.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | # + (of 4) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- Record up to 4 opportunities per session, matching the goal's denominator.
- Define in advance what counts as an opportunity so every data collector records the same thing.
- Count only + marks toward the criterion unless the goal specifies prompted responses.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.