Set out tools and ingredients before cooking
When to use this goal
For transition-age students in independent living or culinary programs who start cooking and then search for tools mid-recipe, which leads to burned food or skipped steps. The recipe should be one the student can read with supports. Present levels, not grade, decide the recipe length.
- Baseline
- Observe the student starting a familiar recipe without prompts and score the steps. Note mid-recipe searches.
- Tips
- Kitchen safety (hot surfaces, knives) is taught directly and supervised every time. Use the same recipe format at school and home. A photo of the set-up counter makes a good model.
- Limits
- This goal never replaces staff supervision for kitchen safety. Does not measure following the recipe.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ef-org-039.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, before cooking a familiar recipe in the school kitchen or independent living lab, the student will complete the cooking station setup before turning on any heat, performing at least 6 of 7 steps independently, on 3 consecutive cooking sessions, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected weekly.
Baseline: 2 of 7 steps independently.
- 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. Task-analysis steps fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Task-analysis checklist gives task-analysis steps 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 Organization.
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.
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- Area of need
- Executive Function - Organization
- Baseline
- 2 of 7 steps independently.
- Annual goal334 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, before cooking a familiar recipe in the school kitchen or independent living lab, the student will complete the cooking station setup before turning on any heat, performing at least 6 of 7 steps independently, on 3 consecutive cooking sessions, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Before cooking a familiar recipe in the school kitchen or independent living lab
- Behavior
- The student will complete the cooking station setup before turning on any heat
- Criteria
- Performing at least 6 of 7 steps independently, on 3 consecutive cooking sessions
- Evaluation method
- A task-analysis checklist
- Schedule
- Weekly
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Matching data sheet
Task-analysis checklist. Marks each step in each session.
Task-analysis checklist
Task-analysis steps- Student label:
- Target:
- performing at least 6 of 7 steps independently
- Mastery rule:
- on 3 consecutive cooking sessions
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Task-analysis checklist
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, before cooking a familiar recipe in the school kitchen or independent living lab, the student will complete the cooking station setup before turning on any heat, performing at least 6 of 7 steps independently, on 3 consecutive cooking sessions, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected weekly.
Key: I completed independently · S completed with support (note prompt type, e.g., G gesture, V verbal, M model, P physical) · N not completed
| Step | Session 1 Date: | Session 2 Date: | Session 3 Date: | Session 4 Date: | Session 5 Date: | Session 6 Date: | Session 7 Date: | Session 8 Date: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Washes hands and clears the counter | ||||||||
| 2. Reads the tools list on the recipe | ||||||||
| 3. Sets out each tool on the counter | ||||||||
| 4. Reads the ingredients list | ||||||||
| 5. Sets out each ingredient | ||||||||
| 6. Checks off each item on the recipe | ||||||||
| 7. Places the recipe where it can be seen while cooking | ||||||||
| Steps independent (I) | ||||||||
| Initials / notes |
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- Write the date at the top of each session column. Mark each step I, S, or N.
- Total the number of I marks for the session. The goal counts steps completed independently (target: 6 of 7).
- Use the least intrusive prompt first and record the prompt actually needed.
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