Begin the bell-ringer before the teacher starts the lesson
When to use this goal
For students with several class periods a day who socialize, scroll, or sit through the warm-up and then have no entry point into the lesson. The warm-up must be posted in a consistent place.
- Baseline
- Ask two teachers to tally, for two weeks, whether the student had started the warm-up before the lesson began. Note which classes are worst and whether phones or seating near friends are involved.
- Tips
- Each class period with a posted warm-up is one opportunity. Started means a written or typed response to the first warm-up item. Teachers should keep the warm-up in the same spot (board, slide, platform) every day so finding it is not the barrier.
- Limits
- Depends on teachers posting a warm-up consistently and on the length of time before the lesson begins. Does not measure whether the warm-up is finished or correct.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ef-ti-010.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when a warm-up or bell-ringer is posted at the start of class, the student will start the posted warm-up before the teacher begins the lesson independently in at least 8 of 10 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected daily in two selected classes and summarized weekly.
Baseline: 3 of 10 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 Task Initiation.
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 - Task Initiation
- Baseline
- 3 of 10 opportunities.
- Annual goal346 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when a warm-up or bell-ringer is posted at the start of class, the student will start the posted warm-up before the teacher begins the lesson independently in at least 8 of 10 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected daily in two selected classes and summarized weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When a warm-up or bell-ringer is posted at the start of class
- Behavior
- The student will start the posted warm-up before the teacher begins the lesson independently
- Criteria
- In at least 8 of 10 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- Daily in two selected classes and summarized weekly
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 at least 8 of 10 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive weeks
- Collection schedule:
- daily in two selected classes and summarized weekly
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when a warm-up or bell-ringer is posted at the start of class, the student will start the posted warm-up before the teacher begins the lesson independently in at least 8 of 10 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected daily in two selected classes 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 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | # + (of 10) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 10 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.