Follow multi-step directions with a safety step in active classes
When to use this goal
For students whose present levels show missed steps in PE, science labs, art, or career-technical classes, where a skipped step can be unsafe. For students who manage directions in seated classes.
- Baseline
- Ask the activity teacher to record, for each set of directions over two weeks, whether the student completed all steps and whether the safety step was done. Note whether errors happen more in noisy or high-movement settings.
- Tips
- Each multi-step direction is one opportunity. Met means all steps in order with the safety step done before the activity starts. Safety step omissions are always scored not met even if everything else is right. Teachers may pause the student before the activity if safety requires it; score it as prompted.
- Limits
- Active settings make observation hard; the activity teacher's record is the data source. Noise and movement affect listening; consider the setting when interpreting.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ef-dir-014.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when given a three- to four-step oral direction in a lab, shop, art room, or gym that includes a safety step, the student will complete every step in order, including the safety step, before beginning the activity independently in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected each activity session and summarized weekly.
Baseline: 2 of 6 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 Following Multi-Step Directions.
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
- Executive Function - Following Multi-Step Directions
- Baseline
- 2 of 6 opportunities.
- Annual goal409 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when given a three- to four-step oral direction in a lab, shop, art room, or gym that includes a safety step, the student will complete every step in order, including the safety step, before beginning the activity independently in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected each activity session and summarized weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When given a three- to four-step oral direction in a lab, shop, art room, or gym that includes a safety step
- Behavior
- The student will complete every step in order, including the safety step, before beginning the activity independently
- Criteria
- In at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- Each activity session and summarized weekly
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Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- in at least 5 of 6 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive weeks
- Collection schedule:
- each activity session and summarized weekly
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when given a three- to four-step oral direction in a lab, shop, art room, or gym that includes a safety step, the student will complete every step in order, including the safety step, before beginning the activity independently in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected each activity session and summarized weekly.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | # + (of 6) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 6 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.