Finish a job task within the standard time
When to use this goal
For transition-age students at work sites who do tasks well but too slowly for the employer's standard. The task should be learned. Present levels, not grade, decide the target, set with the supervisor.
- Baseline
- Time the task from start to finish across three shifts and ask the supervisor for the site's time standard. Check quality on the same tasks so the baseline shows whether speed or accuracy is the gap.
- Tips
- Quality must stay at the site's standard while pace changes; record both on the same sheet. Set the target with the supervisor and step it down in stages. The visual timer can be a phone or a watch, which looks typical on the job.
- Limits
- Speed targets must be fair, set with the employer, and adjusted for any motor or health needs. Does not measure quality alone; a fast but wrong task is not met.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ef-tm-032.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, at a work-based learning site, during a familiar task with a time standard, the student will complete the job task to standard independently within 15 minutes, on 4 of 5 consecutive shifts, as measured by duration recording collected each shift, summarized weekly.
Baseline: 25 minutes.
- 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. Duration fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Duration recording gives duration 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 Time Management.
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 - Time Management
- Baseline
- 25 minutes.
- Annual goal295 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, at a work-based learning site, during a familiar task with a time standard, the student will complete the job task to standard independently within 15 minutes, on 4 of 5 consecutive shifts, as measured by duration recording collected each shift, summarized weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- At a work-based learning site, during a familiar task with a time standard
- Behavior
- The student will complete the job task to standard independently
- Criteria
- Within 15 minutes, on 4 of 5 consecutive shifts
- Evaluation method
- Duration recording
- Schedule
- Each shift, summarized weekly
Copied as plain text, with straight quotes and plain dashes.
Matching data sheet
Duration tracker. Records start and end times.
Duration tracker
Duration- Student label:
- Target:
- within 15 minutes
- Mastery rule:
- on 4 of 5 consecutive shifts
- Collection schedule:
- each shift, summarized weekly
- Method:
- Duration recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, at a work-based learning site, during a familiar task with a time standard, the student will complete the job task to standard independently within 15 minutes, on 4 of 5 consecutive shifts, as measured by duration recording collected each shift, summarized weekly.
| Date | Activity / context | Start time | End time | Duration (minutes) | Target duration | Support levele.g., independent, 1 verbal prompt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- Start timing when the defined behavior begins and stop when it ends, using the definitions agreed by the team.
- The goal is reached when duration is at or below the target (15 minutes).
- Note interruptions that weren't caused by the student.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.